Example sentences of "[conj] a [noun sg] [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Edge curtains with a row of co-ordinating fringing or a frill to add to the layered look . |
| 2 | But more often , he was there in the front row with a chalice or a chasuble to lay on the stage . |
| 3 | These can include either a loss of control or a tendency to freeze in the face of attack . |
| 4 | We were given crêpe paper to make hats , lanterns and crackers , and Mrs Archer would provide us with a sweet or a nut to put in the cracker . |
| 5 | Ok , Time found hidden in a hard day , dry earth becomes a dance floor , audience of three fowl , the fourth along with a reaper turns it back , wooden shoes meant for mud , rug on dancing feet Erm the next one is the still life on , on with three puppies , while I was looking at Gaugin 's work I could n't help but notice he 's constantly struck by the fact that he use set of three symbols through out his work it seems , and very , very often three caricatures erm or lines of three or three objects and I found this very interesting , more point of view that something that I , I wanted to incorporate in my own work , but I wanted to find a line or a phrase to use in the same way , erm , all of my work starts as one or a series of visual images and , and I then turn them into characters , repeating a word or repeating a line would be a way of erm emphasising characterise erm and the puppies that are in this painting erm , they delighted my children so much , I do n't know if any of you know , do you know the painting of the three puppies |
| 6 | He eyed the door , expecting the handle to turn or a key to rattle in the lock . |
| 7 | Although a failure to comply with the principle is not directly an offence , it could result in an ‘ enforcement notice ’ being issued by the Registrar . |
| 8 | Now the purpose of relying on a rights- based argument is frequently to claim an entitlement to act irrespective of the consequences for others , and so if the idea of rights is to be coherent we must accept that a freedom to act in the face of at least some adverse social outcomes is entailed . |
| 9 | It is possible that a failure to distinguish between the two sexes can explain the lack of agreement . |
| 10 | In a House of Commons debate on the Griffiths proposals , the Health Minister , Mr David Mellor , said that a commitment to care in the community meant ending the incentives to residential care in the social security system . |
| 11 | The insurance should cover the full cost of rebuilding and reinstatement from time to time , although it is accepted that a covenant to insure for the " full cost of reinstatement " will be construed as meaning the cost of reinstatement at the time when reinstatement actually takes place , as opposed to the date when the premium is paid , or any other date . |
| 12 | If it takes an hour and five minutes , we charge an hour and a quarter to get for the time to get back . |
| 13 | The interest which the RUC has as a police force derives entirely from the social context in which it operates , but this context is both a spur and a hindrance to research on the RUC . |
| 14 | If , on the other hand , the customer wants rights to both the standard Sun chip and a derivative to sell on the open market , the price tag is $2.5m up-front and 10% . |
| 15 | If , on the other hand , the customer wants rights to both the standard Sun chip and a derivative to sell on the open market , the price tag is $2.5m up-front and 10% . |
| 16 | It was an exhausting climb which took nearly an hour and a half to complete in the midday heat of 90° . |
| 17 | Immediate reactions to this news brought about utter mental confusion , rapid breathing and a tendency to hop about the place , with a risk of injury , diagnosed as a case of galloping boggle . |
| 18 | In the South , where Labour was not so deeply influenced by trade-union traditions , the local parties were becoming an increasingly coherent pressure group with a common outlook and a tendency to look outside the Labour Party and towards the Communists for ideological guidance . |
| 19 | To complete your visit , a browse around the Castle 's excellent museum shop specialising in British crafts and a chance to relax in the Castle Buttery are strongly recommended ? |
| 20 | However , many computers do not have this facility and a procedure to clear to the end of the screen would be useful . |
| 21 | An early lunch and a failure to return to the office afterwards was not how Derek would have wished to start the week at Fithyan & co . |
| 22 | The Court had jurisdiction to hear an originating summons on the question of the Inland Revenue 's right to demand information in a situation where the taxpayer had no statutory right of appeal against the demand , and a failure to comply with the demand would result in a penalty . |
| 23 | The situation was the same with regard to the Revenue 's right to demand information where the taxpayer had no statutory right of appeal , and a failure to comply with the demand would entail a penalty . |
| 24 | to ask questions about what the Royal Quay 's are gon na be about and a group to go into the Mediwell itself . |
| 25 | He had pride at stake , deposed champion Senna to humble — and a point to underline to the team that has negligently abandoned him to a new career in America . |
| 26 | It came from many sources and for many reasons ; but the growth of Romanesque churches in the eleventh and early twelfth centuries was stimulated first and foremost by the flocks of pilgrims who arrived on major festivals and sought shelter and a place to worship in the presence of the high altar of a great church and the shrines of its saints . |
| 27 | Peter 's near-certainty had a little to do with intuition and a lot to do with the Letts School-Boy Diary for 1964 . |
| 28 | WORKERS have good reason to dislike Mondays … but it 's got little to do with returning to work and a lot to do with the air-conditioning , a researcher said yesterday . |
| 29 | I see an ever growing tendency towards , on the one hand , public art , and on the other transient art such as ‘ land art ’ and a passion to experiment with the mechanics of all kinds of visual media . |
| 30 | [ more calmly ] I am now convinced that nothing but religious considerations and a resolution to watch over the very first appearances of evil can be of sufficient weight to keep steady to his good purpose a vain young man . |