Example sentences of "[to-vb] [art] [adj] [noun pl] the [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | In order to meet the financial cutbacks the universities were forced to encourage staff to retire early . |
| 2 | To attract the best patrons the movie-houses had to ape the conventions and the standards of theatres and opera-houses but very quickly the whole industry realized that the appeal of the movie palaces was not unrelated to the fact that all customers had to be treated the same and so they became temples of a new classlessness . |
| 3 | Consequently he will have to create sufficient live and TV interest to attract the huge sums the boxers will demand , even after the ‘ unrealistic ’ figures they are now seeking have been modified . |
| 4 | It was recalled that when the Community Charge was introduced and differential rating for the rural areas of the borough ceased , to compensate the rural areas the Borough Council undertook to pay Parish Clerks ' salaries and to be responsible for the maintenance of playing fields . |
| 5 | 4.2 Learning Outcomes have been amended to reflect the actual competences the student will have on successful completion of a module rather than reflecting knowledge acquired by the student . |
| 6 | It has been suggested recently by a press commentator that without the CNAA there would be no polytechnics , and undoubtedly if the Council did not exist some similar body would be necessary to give the new institutions the opportunities they need for their full development . |
| 7 | There was an even more temporary grant to ease the political problems the community charge caused — the community charge reduction scheme ( previously ‘ transitional relief ’ ) . |
| 8 | Shawcraft Models were contracted to build the three robots the budget would allow , plus the model of their city on stilts . |
| 9 | A brief outline of the events is that the editor of a major medical journal ( a ) republished a previously published paper solely in order to attack it in an editorial ; ( b ) did this without the authors ' permission , while stating the opposite ; ( c ) initially refused to allow the original authors the right to reply in his editorial criticism ; ( d ) published a further editorial attack when ( a year later ) he published an edited version of the authors ' response ; ( d ) refused to publish any other correspondence about the editorial attacks ; and ( f ) gave another editor a dishonest account of events to dissuade him from publishing our account of the affair . |
| 10 | C. The choice of crops and livestock greatly depends on current prices , but to get the best results the farmers consider carefully the amount of rainfall and of sunshine their farms are likely to receive . |
| 11 | More troublesome was the imperial chamberlain , Markward of Anweiler , who wanted to make the southern lands the centre of resistance for the imperialists . |
| 12 | The coordinator or a member of the radiology referral review committee also visited all the larger general practices to explain the purpose of the study , to show the participating practitioners the guideline booklet , and to obtain their approval . |