Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun] [coord] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 If you need to obtain shareholder or to other approval prior to completion , you should inform us of the specific clearances that you need to obtain and confirm your ability to exchange contracts by Friday 1st December , 19XX .
2 The term ‘ weeding ’ describes the removal of stock from library shelves , either for withdrawal , or for moving to reserve stock or to remote storage .
3 The moving of books to reserve stock or to remote storage is usually referred to as ‘ relegation ’ .
4 British agents of government , whose primary responsibility was the collection of revenue , were given judicial duties , and the Board of Kandyan Commissioners functioned much as the Supreme Court in the Low Country , with the power to hear appeals and with original jurisdiction over serious criminal offences .
5 Contamination of blood and its products for medical use has been virtually eliminated by the testing of blood for antibodies to HIV , by heating blood products to kill HIV and by voluntary withdrawal from blood donation by people who know , or think , they have been at risk of HIV infection .
6 The $22m or so net proceeds will be used by the developer of the RobCAD line of interactive three-dimensional graphics software for the design , simulation and off-line programming of automated manufacturing systems for a range of manufacturing processes to expand marketing and for new product development .
7 Such friction could arise from personality clash , from communication breakdown , from ineffective delivery , from customer resistance to price changes or from competitive pressure .
8 Tricord Systems Inc , building servers in Plymouth , Michigan got its initial public offering of 3m shares , 2.5m of them new , away at $11 a share , and plans to use the $25m or so net proceeds to repay debt and for working capital .
9 IRG Technologies Inc , Richardson , Texas distributor of computer peripherals , filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission to go public with an initial offer of up to 2.75m common shares , 2.3m of them new , at a target price of between $10 and $12 a share to raise some $25m to repay debt and for working capital ; Montgomery Securities , Kemper Securities and Raymond James & Associates will co-manage .
10 Applied Signal Technology Inc , developing reconnaissance equipment to collect and process telecommunications signals in Sunnyvale , California got its initial public offering of 2.2m shares , 2m of them new , away at $7 per share , and will use the $13m or so net proceeds to repay debt and for working capital .
11 Megatest Corp , San Jose maker of test equipment for integrated circuits , filed to go public with an initial offer of up to 1.8m common shares at a target price of $10 to $12 a share , and will use the $18m or so net proceeds to repay debt and for working capital ; Robertson , Stephens & Co and Montgomery Securities will be the underwriters .
12 Net proceeds will be used to repay debt and for working capital and possible acquisitions .
13 Some of these skills are essentially verbal : the ability to articulate one 's need , to understand expositions of the subject-matter in written or spoken form , to make notes and in due course write reports , essays and synopses , and so on .
14 However , self development and personal interest factors ( eg , to gain confidence or for mental stimulation ) were greater than expected — it is more usual for humanities and social science courses to attract these kinds of comments .
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