Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] an [adj] [noun] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've heard of farmers slipping the lads a few marks to drive through an old fence so they can get a new one free . ’ |
| 2 | The county court , often in the person of the chief clerk , will arrange for the debtor to attend for an oral examination as to his means , The debtor 's answers are recorded and signed , becoming the basis of a realistic payment order by instalments in many cases . |
| 3 | The advisory team should enable the flow of relevant information on the pupils ' needs to reach the schools where they are placed and enable teachers and visually handicapped pupils to work in an effective way because they are well informed and well supported . |
| 4 | How do you bring a group of people together to work on an equal basis when half the members of the group are experienced non-disabled professionals who are used to taking control ? |
| 5 | The select committees , in contrast , were to be investigating bodies where policy issues were not of first importance , the principal task being to find out what was happening inside the various government departments , to inform the House and the public , thus bringing public opinion to bear at an earlier stage while policy was still relatively fluid . |
| 6 | One important factor seems to be the tendency of the cat to ‘ jump up unexpectedly ’ and to behave in an unpredictable way when at close quarters . |
| 7 | This note applies as much to an RFL who wishes to participate in an incorporated practice as to an RFL who wishes to enter into partnership with an English solicitor . |
| 8 | He 's got to apply for an extended licence so we can stay open an extra hour on August Bank Holiday , that 's all . |
| 9 | I had no conception of what it was like to play for an honest-to-god institution until Walter put me straight . |
| 10 | This approach , far from just offering a comfortable sense of hand-holding , serves as an excellent safety net , as it helps us to identify at an early stage where a trainee 's progress may be for some reason deficient , and to take whatever steps may be needed to rectify the situation . |
| 11 | Gone are the days when a hand-painted sign advertising a ‘ Real working farm experience ’ meant the townie parents paid £10 and got to look at an old plough while their children cuddled a fat , flop-eared rabbit . |
| 12 | It 's best to go with an organised group if you want to cycle or paddle your way through the area . |
| 13 | If you have another lucrative position lined up , that will be a good reason to press for an early resolution if you fear that once your ex-employer learns of it , he might be much less inclined to generosity . |
| 14 | The boom has less to do with an ageing population than a growing interest from collectors and American tourists . |
| 15 | That what it means , and it was fifty days se se se seven weeks , after the death and resurrection of Jesus and the disciples had been told to wait in an upper room until the Holy Spirit would descend upon them , and you 've had that record read to you from acts chapter two of just what took place on that day , that birth day of the church of Jesus Christ . |
| 16 | Any intelligent man , once he has been given the opportunity to voice his feelings , will understand just what he has done and be able to see that it makes no sense at all to build upon an isolated failure when he has a lifetime of ‘ successes ’ about which he could think . |
| 17 | The value they place on your business is more likely to rest on an independent assessment than on your balance sheet and projections . |
| 18 | Their amorous activity attracted the attention of two passing couples and the two males in this group were beginning to respond in an ugly way when the police arrived . |
| 19 | Since the matter is important , I wonder if you would take the trouble to write to me again , indicating particularly whether such other arrangements as you will be making are likely to commence at an earlier date than one might otherwise suppose . |
| 20 | I used to think about an academic career when I was a student . |
| 21 | My stuff seems to get into an awful pickle when it 's translated . ’ |
| 22 | Already for a number of years , employers have not been able to oblige women to retire at an earlier age than their male colleagues but by law must have a common retirement age that applies equally to both sexes . |
| 23 | Topper was not one to strive for an imaginative simile when a well-used one came to hand . |
| 24 | The Governor General appointed an Advisory Council to act as an interim government until a general election was held in December 1984 , in which the New National Party ( NNP — an amalgam of three centrist parties ) , under the leadership of Herbert Blaize , won 14 of the 15 seats in the House of Representatives . |
| 25 | The Governor-General appointed an Advisory Council to act as an interim government until a general election was held in December 1984 , when the New National Party ( NNP — an amalgam of three centrist parties ) led by Herbert Blaize , won 14 of the 15 seats in the House of Representatives . |
| 26 | If you are not told of the risk that you run , you might be able to complain of an unfair dismissal if you are sacked following a recurrence of the same conduct . |
| 27 | Unresolved mourning has the capacity to erupt as an overwhelming crisis when a further bereavement is faced , not only of a death , but also of a loss to one 's life-purpose , like redundancy or retirement . |
| 28 | Pascoe rippled through the pages of his notebook , stopped , coughed and began to speak in an impersonal monotone as before . |
| 29 | What I do not need is to be awoken at 4 a.m. in the depths of winter , forced from my bed and summoned to gawp at an empty space where once a football stand stood . |