Example sentences of "[adv] [art] [noun] [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | •Sandy Lyle turned down the invitation to play in the 1989 Ryder Cup . |
| 2 | Lorna Marsh initially turned down the chance to go on the trip when she found out that Bingo The Clown would be joining them . |
| 3 | We bypassed Shaibah of the famous and immortal song Shaibah Blues — which will be belted out by our sons and their sons I hope for evermore — and on to Bahrain where we landed and had a bit of a briefing by the CO of No 84 Squadron based at Shaihali , and so on down the Gulf to look for the City of Glasgow . |
| 4 | I welcome very much the opportunity to raise on the Adjournment the question of the working of the police national computer mark 2 and the need for effective safeguards , and I am delighted that this debate is starting at a relatively civilised hour . |
| 5 | The real difficulty about this type of individual help is that it may provide immediate relief but not necessarily the understanding to cope with the same or similar situations in the future . |
| 6 | then add together the calculations to arrive at the employee 's contribution . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | However , he suggested there was perhaps a need to look into the system more closely . |
| 9 | 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 ’ . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 ? |
| 12 | Parry has turned down an offer to play in the World Matchplay and with it , an automatic £12,500 reward , and has also decided to pull out of a couple of rich Japanese tournaments , so that he can play again next week in the BMW International . |
| 13 | It is no longer the intention to differentiate between the various classes of plant and the existing definitions have been incorporated into this general exception . |
| 14 | In woodlands they can swing from tree to tree or scramble over the treetops to drop to the forest floor below . |
| 15 | Mr Johnston said : ‘ Strict financial limits are not the way to deal with the problem and that is why the whole Government approach is wrong . ’ |
| 16 | He is not the type to go to the pub and just pick someone up . |
| 17 | ‘ Often on these wards there are not the resources to deal with the specific needs of children , ’ said Foster . |
| 18 | Now is not the time to arrive at the friary . |
| 19 | This is not the time to talk of the end of history — more a time for some good history lessons . |
| 20 | It 's not the time to argue about the small print of your contract . |
| 21 | This is not the place to dwell on the answer to the first question , although it is worth remarking that there are significant nuances of opinion between Britain , on the one hand , and France and Germany , on the other , concerning the relationship with the United States . |
| 22 | Special riot squads were ordered in from outside the city to deal with the gangs . |
| 23 | This is problematic for a group which has no longer a part to play in the productive sector . |
| 24 | Legislation would not , of course , be just a requirement to comply with the code . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Not a night to linger on the road . |
| 27 | I am not a person to beat about the bush . |
| 28 | So you need all four an and it 's not a criticism to start with the N and the F. |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | A person , perhaps a porter , said there was not a lot to see at the Marischal College . |