Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] [conj] [noun sg] [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unless the Government are prepared to provide a forum for funds and expertise to assist the defence industry to diversify into other products , the job losses and the decline in Britain 's economic performance will continue — but , then , the Secretary of State does not care . |
| 2 | Inability to raise local funds through savings and investment to reach the proportion required for projects prevented the disbursement of foreign aid committed to such projects , the World Bank estimating that USdollars 4,600 million was waiting to be disbursed . |
| 3 | It eliminated the need to grow acres of turnips or grain to feed the animals during the long winter months . |
| 4 | It would be extremely unattractive to any group of workers or management to enter a serious bid if they had been told by the Scottish Office that the bid was so contemptible that it would not even qualify for assistance if it failed because another bid from within the same management or work force had been judged as superior . |
| 5 | In this respect , s11(4) provides that where an exclusion clause seeks to restrict liability , regard should be had to the availability of resources and insurance to meet the liability . |
| 6 | Mr Kenneth Clarke has earned his promotion to the Home Office , and has the combination of brains and toughness to undertake the huge task of reforming the police . |
| 7 | The Object Management Group has added a new Object/Model specification in an upgraded version of its Object Management Architecture guide : OMG is working with the US Department of Defence and the National Institute of Standards and Technology to offer the object model for enhancing Esprit 's Portable Common Tool Environment standard . |
| 8 | In the 1370s the English , lacking good leadership and the necessary commitment of men and money to defend a long frontier ( available money might have been better spent on defence than on more popular campaigns through France ) , soon lost the ground which they had gained by treaty . |
| 9 | It had a smoking-room with fitments and atmosphere to rival the most exclusive gentleman 's club , a ladies ' drawing-room like a miniature boudoir with silk , tapestry and chaise-longue in the style of Louis XV , but the piece de resistance was the dining-car . |
| 10 | The company says it has four new products coming this quarter — Stacker for Macintosh , Stacker for OS/2 & MS-DOS , and two new releases of Stacker for Windows & MS-DOS to address the compression shortcomings of MS-DOS 6.0 , and it now has a streamlined organisation . |
| 11 | Opening the summit , UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher announced a six-point plan to : ( i ) educate the young on the dangers of drug-taking ; ( ii ) start a high-profile anti-drug publicity campaign ; ( iii ) exert pressure on parents and society to set an example ; ( iv ) improve the early identification of drug takers ; ( v ) increase treatment and rehabilitation ; and ( vi ) campaign against any legalization of drug-taking . |
| 12 | The new regulations place responsibility on businesses and industry to minimise the risk of fatality or personal injury due to faulty electrical appliances and fixtures in the workplace . |
| 13 | Er Madam Speaker I entirely agree with my honourable friend , regulation and bureaucracy are the enemy of employment and that is why the Prime Minister has ensured that every government department is looking at regulations and bureaucracy to reduce the burden and that is why in the forthcoming European elections on this side of the house we 'll be arguing for less bureaucracy and less regulation , not more which destroys jobs . |