Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [verb] a [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He spends all day in his room and has n't been heard to say a word to anyone . |
| 2 | A new dance company has been formed to give a boost to the performing arts outside London . |
| 3 | Jesus 's words are intended to put a stop to liberal divorce practices , and an all-too-easy acceptance of failure when more can be done . |
| 4 | All sixty-five , despite wildly divergent styles ( Minimalism to Neo-Romanticism ) , and mostly diabolical qualities , are claimed to have a hot-line to the Sacred . |
| 5 | The findings are expected to make a contribution to the practical evaluation of the Act , and to wider debates concerning the relationship between law , discretion and working practices in the criminal justice process . |
| 6 | The three groups competing for the right to develop the technology for high definition television are expected to sign an accord to pool resources to develop the standard , the Los Angeles Times reported : it said signing of the pact , which could accelerate introduction of HDTV , was imminent ; the groups involve General Instrument Corp and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Zenith Electronics Corp and AT&T Co , and Philips Electronics NV , Thomson SA , Compression Labs Inc and the National Broadcasting Co arm of General Electric Co . |
| 7 | I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for the sympathy that he has expressed , and I share his sense of encouragement , brought about by the action taken by individual members of the community and groups which are seeking to call an end to the terrible experiences that we have all had . |
| 8 | I can announce today that we 're going to put an end to the unco-ordinated and inefficient activities of public utilities digging up our roads . |
| 9 | You 're going to get an invitation to Jadey 's party . |
| 10 | Whether it 's boots or shoes , slip-ons or sandals , you 're bound to take a shine to the latest in leather . |
| 11 | Go ahead , beaver away , and while you 're negotiating give a thought to my business that will crumble if I don ’ get out of here and do some negotiating of my own . ’ |
| 12 | The one we'v we 're trying to put an age to . |
| 13 | You are requested to give a talk to the members of your group on a topic of your choice . |
| 14 | Any sort of boat could have been used to ferry a body to midstream and to put it gently over the side in darkness . |
| 15 | Realist approaches ( see Sayer , 1984 ) have been used to provide an alternative to positivism on the one hand and historicism on the other . |
| 16 | ‘ I am going to describe a girl to you . |
| 17 | internal business shuttles but a lot of them are long haul passengers who could n't get a direct flight to their nearest regional airport and with the nineteen ninety three directive liberalising the E C erm or European Union Airways , more and more passengers from the North and the Midlands are going to take a shuttle to Europe not to Heathrow , they are going to fly from Ringway or East Middlesbrough t to Europe and catch a long haul from Charles De Gaulle or Frankfurt and indeed Amsterdam which you probably know is now advertising itself as Britain 's third airport . |
| 18 | * Ask rhetorical questions only when you are going to give an answer to them ( see p. 84 ) . |
| 19 | Virtually all competition now takes place on mats , since hard floors are known to present a hazard to the falling competitor . |
| 20 | This flightless , quarter-ton relative of the Australian emu has a head like a monstrous purple turkey , runs through the undergrowth in small bands , and has been known to kick a man to death with its six enormous taloned toes . |
| 21 | The amendments had been introduced to put a stop to " quota hopping " whereby foreign vessels flying the British flag were plundering fishing quotas . |
| 22 | The Preamble and Article 1 of Regulation 2052/88 should be amended to include a reference to Article 130 R of the Treaty . |
| 23 | The conference also suggested that the standard requisitions on title be amended to include a reference to whether a seller 's solicitor was also acting for the lender in the redemption of the mortgage . |
| 24 | The editorial contents will be designed to provide a back-up to course work and a bridge between the college experience and the realities of working on site . |
| 25 | The group also included Treasury ministers , who might be expected to support a change to private insurance if anyone would . |
| 26 | It is , of course , important to improve the trial process as much as possible but the trial can not be expected to offer an alternative to testing by way of re-investigation for reasons similar to those that led us to reject prosecutorial review as an alternative . |
| 27 | Experience in computing , preferably in maintenance and trouble-shooting , is essential , and the successful candidate will be expected to develop a commitment to delivering an efficient service to the users . |
| 28 | ( 4 ) In this Clause ‘ the Act ’ means the Companies Act 1985 as amended by the Companies Act 1989 and ‘ the AJA ’ means the Administration of Justice Act 1985 as amended by Schedule 18 , paragraph 54 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 , but so that any reference in this Clause to any provision of the Act or the AJA shall be deemed to include a reference to any statutory modification or re-enactment of that provision for the time being in force and the reference to the Solicitors Act 1974 shall be deemed to include a reference to any statutory modification or re-enactment thereof for the time being in force . |
| 29 | ( 4 ) In this Clause ‘ the Act ’ means the Companies Act 1985 as amended by the Companies Act 1989 and ‘ the AJA ’ means the Administration of Justice Act 1985 as amended by Schedule 18 , paragraph 54 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 , but so that any reference in this Clause to any provision of the Act or the AJA shall be deemed to include a reference to any statutory modification or re-enactment of that provision for the time being in force and the reference to the Solicitors Act 1974 shall be deemed to include a reference to any statutory modification or re-enactment thereof for the time being in force . |
| 30 | ( 3 ) Any reference to any provision of the Act , the AJA , the Solicitors Act 1974 or any provision of any other statutory act relevant to these Articles shall be deemed to include a reference to any statutory modification or re-enactment of that provision for the time being in force . |