Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] [art] [noun pl] ['s] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Edward Stanton 's elder son , William , who was master mason to the Mint , attempted to carry on the sculptors ' yard , but was declared bankrupt in 1735 . |
2 | This was augmented by Hastings 's conversion and two penalties , and only now , with more than a quarter of the match gone , did France pull themselves together and begin to pull back the Lions ' lead . |
3 | to walk into the Students ' Union office and demand to know where the Women 's Group met . |
4 | Although unfortunately details of the projects are tantalizingly hard to ascertain , at least two attempts were made after 1888 by the Edinburgh Typographical Society to set up a women 's union , The first , in the late 1880s , is referred to only in the retrospective " statement on the Female Question " , published in 1904 ; Miss Black of London [ who must have been Clementina Black ] a lady who was well-known for her efforts to improve the social condition of her sex , offered to make an endeavour to organise the female compositors in Edinburgh , with a view to remedying the evils complained of by the journeymen . |
5 | Hesitantly at first , and in the face of some opposition , the male union leadership , in consultation with the women , decided to set up a women 's section of the ETS instead of pursuing the strategy of recruiting the remaining women compositors into the Warehousemen and Cutters " Union . |
6 | In southern India The Body Shop has provided the means to set up a boys ' town for destitute youngsters . |
7 | That was not so on the men 's tour , which means it would be very much easier for the ITF to set up its own women 's tour linking many of the principal regular events such as Berlin , Eastbourne , Brighton etc , with the Grand Slams , than it would have been had they responded to the many appeals they had at the time to set up a men 's circuit in competition with ATP … |
8 | Having sorted out Barry 's clothes , she then went home to sort out the miners ' strike . |
9 | One of my first jobs in the morning , when I was not at school , was to sweep out the customers ' part of the shop . |
10 | Mr Murray now wants to give away the Smugglers ' Kitchen so that he can channel his efforts into another property — the Dartmoor Inn at Bovey Tracey , also in Devon . |
11 | G M B pensioners were represented on the first delegation to visit the E E C in Brussels , in an effort to secure parity with the pensions in other European countries , and we also took part in the pensioners parliament in Luxembourg last year , to help to draw up a Pensioners ' Charter for Europe . |
12 | Failing that , it should at least be standard practice to carry out the voters ' register check to show whether or not the information concerns a different person , if different-name information is passed : and we recognise that this alternative might be cheaper . |
13 | In order to understand how the Occupiers ' Liability Act 1957 operates we must consider who may be an occupier and who constitute lawful visitors . |
14 | In order to understand how the Children 's Hearing system works , it is necessary to go back to the beginning and explain how it was established and how it was intended to operate . |
15 | Professionals have a choice between imposing ‘ appropriate ’ needs on their clients or attempting to break down the latters ' 'dein-dividualisation' ( e.g. as an unemployed person , as a schizophrenic etc. ) and assisting ‘ real ’ needs to be collectively voiced . |
16 | Even so , with at least two American tournaments lacking name sponsors at the time of writing and the LTA 's anxious search for a company willing to take over the men 's autumn indoor event in Birmingham , are we , I wonder , starting to see the icy blow of reality infiltrating a sport which , for so long , has seemed immune from the impact of any recession ? |
17 | Bob Groves insisted there ought to be a public inquiry into the proposal , and called on Chelmsford Tory MP Simon Burns to take up the residents ' cause : they were less than happy with the MP 's response to date . |
18 | Because our beds come straight from our factory we are able to cut out the middlemen 's profit and keep our prices down . |
19 | Cos I thought it was n't very fair to lend out the children 's stuff |