Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] extra [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was always something of a showman and sought to attract extra revenue by utilising the tramway as an attraction : to this end he introduced Illuminations tours , reintroduced the Circular Tour and created new feature cars , attracting commercial sponsorship . |
| 2 | This is why Uvistat has developed extra protection products for children and toddlers . |
| 3 | He is aiming at 100 stores , has added extra warehousing space and has even ( briefly ) considered expanding into eastern Europe , an idea he has since gone cool on : ‘ I was interested in Prague , but the Germans seem to have taken over . ’ |
| 4 | The Government needs to find extra money from somewhere and has been considering all sorts of options . |
| 5 | Volvo promised to create extra work for the two plants and to provide ‘ substantial investment ’ . |
| 6 | It had undermined pillars erected to give extra support to the roof of the workings and about 6 p.m. that day the pillars gave way and about 200 feet of the roof collapsed . |
| 7 | These included providing extra farm machinery and manpower , including 20,000 troops . |
| 8 | Turning now to those carers who said in their first interview that they wanted their relative to remain at home , one would expect that those in the action sample would be more likely to have retained that preference than those in the control sample ( assuming that the project has provided extra home care when needed and therefore indirectly or directly assisted or relieved the principal carers ) . |
| 9 | And I think the time has come to consider extra reward financially for your loyalty . |
| 10 | To cater for demand at peak times it has to build extra power stations , which are then idle during times of day when demand is lower . |
| 11 | Mr Cowlam , who has taken extra security measures following the break-in , also lost a pair of slender billed Conures , worth £250 , dog leads , collars and aquatic equipment . |
| 12 | Lawrence added : ‘ We have played five games against First Division sides this season and it has taken extra time in the fifth for us to be defeated . |
| 13 | When you need a quick change of role — or want to take extra time to look stunning — start with your hairstyle . |
| 14 | There is no evidence of health problems arising from this particular factor , but on this healthy diet we want to take extra care to ensure all essential nutrients . |
| 15 | ( ii ) If your salary grade is PO1 or above you are not permitted to undertake extra mural employment without the written approval of your Head of Department . |
| 16 | Nobody wants to spend extra money to prepare for something that may never happen and earthquake engineering has long been neglected . |
| 17 | The HAT has purchased extra land at each site on which the first phase of new houses will be built . |
| 18 | Advertised to operate on Sundays and Bank Holidays , the routing of certain buses is expected to bring extra revenue to both parties , plus the added convenience to passengers alike . |
| 19 | English Electric Class 37s in particular were subjected to near-total rebuilds , involving replacement of the main generator with an alternator , regeared CP7 bogies , and in some cases Ruston or Mirrlees power unit , electric-heat generator , or ballast weights added to provide extra adhesion for particular freight work . |
| 20 | This mother says having extra help was an excellent idea in teaching her how to breastfeed . |
| 21 | Maurice Freeman grabbed a second for Nova and with eight minutes remaining Graham Murphy equalised to force extra time . |
| 22 | LANDOWNERS in Cumbria looking to earn extra cash from quarrying are being urged to identify sites with the county council . |
| 23 | This structure should be generally more useful in the future because it can easily be expanded to store extra information , should this become necessary . |
| 24 | The first phase of the Urban Programme concentrated mainly on educational provision , following the Plowden Report ( see Chapter 3 above ) , and was used to provide extra nursery education , day nurseries , community centres and language classes for immigrants . |
| 25 | Councils have had to levy extra money for unpaid poll tax , business rates and interest on borrowing in a bid to balance the books . |
| 26 | Other grants recently given to firms include : — Barry Chow , Wilson Street , £14,880 to help modify empty building for take-away restaurant , with up to ten jobs created ; — Ruby Tuesday , Parliament Road , £11,804 to help create extra space for planned business expansion by fashion accessories firm , with five additional jobs planned ; — S Upex and Son , North Ormesby Road , £7,690 to help improve premises ; — Tyne Tees Cash-and-Carry , Cargo Fleet Lane , £20,975 to help reconstruction of access road and security fencing ; — A Razzaq , Linthorpe Road , £6,667 to help refurbish property used as a take-away restaurant ; — Laing Employment Training Organisation , Parliament Road , £1,908 to help with site security at its base in the old Cleveland Transit bus depot ; — Fletcher Investment Consultants , Wilson Street , £1,108 towards painting and cleaning outside of premises . |
| 27 | Should you arrive at a delicatessen counter when a salame is just being started or finished , you may be lucky enough to collect the end chunk which can be used to give extra flavour to spaghetti sauces or risotto-type dishes . |
| 28 | We must reflect on whether further measures might be needed to put extra pressure on authorities to bring properties back into use . |
| 29 | However , the we have recently had to incur extra expenditure because the road that were put in looking at one hundred er er were found to be too high especially for the services and er place er committee which er throughout that it was very difficult but apparatus you know moving fire . |
| 30 | But , then , you 're going to get extra pay for it . ’ |