Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] [conj] [art] [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nothing now remained to contend for but the possession of office : politics were reduced to a struggle between ‘ ins ’ and outs . |
| 2 | This could give staff and governors something specific to aim for and a way of measuring success . |
| 3 | For us lesser mortals a redfin of two-pounds remains the fish to aim for and the capture of just one can be the catch of a lifetime . |
| 4 | I ignored her , trying to look as if the prospect of Corfu did not excite me . |
| 5 | A sudden emergency may make a situation far more complicated to deal with if no plan of action has been previously thought over . |
| 6 | Physically and emotionally exhausted groups of people sit round the bed of the ill person feeling quite unable to leave even though they may have children at home or jobs to go to or a multitude of other functions . |
| 7 | ‘ No unit to go to and no hope of getting my Commission back . |
| 8 | I do n't think he finds himself any easier to live with than the rest of us . |
| 9 | One of the first jobs Mr Kenneth Clarke , the new Home Secretary , is to decide on whether the task of gathering intelligence on Irish terrorism on the mainland should be given to MI5 rather than the Special Branch . |
| 10 | Continuation of inflation at this kind of rate would cause the whole problem to recur in that the value of gold stocks , at the new fixed price , would be regarded as insufficient in relation to the rising value of trade , and speculation on a further gold price rise , against the dollar , would redouble ( as it would have been proved so profitable the first time ) . |