Example sentences of "[adv] a [noun] [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sniffing greatness by association , in flocked the A & R men but with little luck as the bemused James turned their backs on record companies , turned down a chance to feature on the cover of NME ( this was rectified later ) and refused to supply photos in a strange but subtle disregard for the traditional career ladder . |
| 2 | However , he suggested there was perhaps a need to look into the system more closely . |
| 3 | Meade cites the membership of the ‘ little company of four men and four women who , in 1379 , could afford to provide only a candle to burn during the daily mass at the church of St Nicholas , Great Yarmouth ’ . |
| 4 | Lowell Bayles paid $500 for the chance to fly the aircraft and it was completed with only a week to go to the National Air Races at Cleveland . |
| 5 | Has X got property rights over the goods entitling him to recover the goods ( or their value ) in priority to any other creditors of Y Ltd. , or , on the other hand , is he merely an unsecured creditor having only a right to sue for the price ? |
| 6 | This is problematic for a group which has no longer a part to play in the productive sector . |
| 7 | Legislation would not , of course , be just a requirement to comply with the code . |
| 8 | If it 's just a cough to go with the cold then there 's nothing they can do anyway , but if it 's an asthmatic cough then I can give him some erm Ventolin . |
| 9 | Not a night to linger on the road . |
| 10 | I am not a person to beat about the bush . |
| 11 | So you need all four an and it 's not a criticism to start with the N and the F. |
| 12 | Ah , are you suggesting that , that you have a system of requesting a yellow plastic wallet from , sorry this is not a suggestion to do with the procedures anyway . |
| 13 | A person , perhaps a porter , said there was not a lot to see at the Marischal College . |
| 14 | ‘ Not a lot to see in the hold of that ratty freighter , was there ? ’ |
| 15 | There was not a lot to tour in the inclement weather , though the Bohemia concert party was marked down for a visit , and the bandstand too held promise , though with all these people about , she doubted she would hear the music . |
| 16 | If my wife and I both go then the car is cheaper by £10 , but that is not a lot to pay for the increased safety of rail travel , the convenience of not having to take a car into London and indeed the fact that we can read or go to sleep on the train . |
| 17 | Well he 's not gon na want to , he 's not , sha I mean he 's it 's not a meeting to look around the place is it really ? |
| 18 | In consequence , there was always a scramble to spend in the last half of the financial year when the danger of an underspend was becoming apparent . |
| 19 | And the ex-Minister learned that when someone else foots the bill there is always a price to pay in the end . |
| 20 | It is always a privilege to speak from the Opposition Dispatch Box , especially towards the end of a Third Reading debate . |
| 21 | It is always a pleasure to reply to the beguiling and dulcet tones of the hon. Member for Bradford , South ( Mr. Cryer ) . |
| 22 | It is always a pleasure to speak in the same debate as the hon. Member for Beaconsfield ( Mr. Smith ) . |
| 23 | I think that may have been construed as impolite , so I smiled and replied that , yes indeed it was still a bit to go before the top , and wow , certainly it was proving mighty tough . |
| 24 | However , there is still a need to discriminate between the management skills appropriate to completing the task and the leadership qualities relevant to meeting individual and team needs . |
| 25 | We note the elapsed time at that quarter-point , knock off a minute to allow for the initial climb out of Gransden , and mentally predict the arrival time at the half-way point . |
| 26 | An executive earning , say £15 000 a year in salary may cost the employer as much as £80 000 or more a year to maintain in the overseas location . |
| 27 | Protests have followed the weekend killings in South Africa , President De Klerk has cut short a visit to attend to the crisis , Archbishop Desmond Tutu is calling for South Africa to be expelled from the Olympic games if action is not taken . |
| 28 | It was once a privilege to belong to the Broederbond ; now there is a scurry to get out , led by Andreas van Wyk , who was supposed to become the group 's next chairman . |
| 29 | Minutes earlier , General Noriega , the military dictator , urged supporters at a rally to ‘ defeat the indecisive ones ’ — presumably a reference to dissent within the military after the second failed rebellion against him in less than two years . |
| 30 | In this way each partner can build up a capacity to contribute to the workings of an interlinked system . |