Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] [art] [noun] [noun sg] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Seven days — a week — is a long time to wait for a telephone service nowadays . |
| 2 | The simplest method would have been for a French submarine to wait for the Rainbow Warrior somewhere on the high seas and sink it with a torpedo but that posed the problem of what to do with any survivors . |
| 3 | It is also open to the court , in appropriate cases , to issue an order requiring the authority to go through the decision-making process again . |
| 4 | Mandamus sometimes issues in conjunction with certiorari to require a body whose decision has been quashed to go through the decision-making process again . |
| 5 | Once a pair are in good condition , they will probably begin to go through the spawning ritual even in the community tank . |
| 6 | Pearce said : ‘ We always planned to try for a drop goal whenever we were in the French 20 metre area . |
| 7 | Three patients declined to come for a check endoscopy immediately after radiotherapy as they had no bowel symptoms . |
| 8 | There was one member whose sight was so bad that when she read she not only had to prop a second pair of spectacles on top of the pair already resting on her nose , but also had to stand under the standard lamp almost pressed against the light bulb . |
| 9 | The separate populations would first constitute mere varieties of the original species , but as the modifications accumulated they would eventually become distinct species in their own right , unable to interbreed with the parent form even if they were brought back into contact with it . |
| 10 | The main point is not to be caught out unexpectedly and be prepared to launch into a contingency routine as smoothly as possible . |
| 11 | Leaning forward I had a view of it in the side mirror , the bend we had just rounded obliterated by a great mass of avalanching rock and mud that went spilling down over the edge to disappear into the cloud vapour below . |
| 12 | Hetty had left the shop to work in an ordnance factory soon after Sarah returned , and now to add to the misery of the two girls , Mabel went to train as an auxiliary nurse and Mrs Dyson 's sister came to take charge of the shop . |
| 13 | The Ministers in this scandal should be ordered to appear before a Commons committee so that their actions , and those of the Government , can be properly examined . |
| 14 | ‘ You 're asking me to work round the police department here . ’ |
| 15 | Blade cleaning is dangerous so the technique is to work from the centre boss radially outwards , with short strokes of a well folded cloth , lifting pressure as the edge of the blade is reached . |
| 16 | The agony of the debate was over — although both John Nott and Peter Carrington next had to appear in a committee room upstairs in front of an unhappy party meeting . |
| 17 | Caldwell was remanded in custody to appear in a Belfast court again on October 1 . |
| 18 | I remember not being able to stand outside a phone kiosk any longer and dragging out a man who was obviously gossiping therein . |
| 19 | In thanking the groups , Hasan Kaker said : ‘ The continuous pressure which you and other human rights organizations brought to bear on the Kabul government ultimately resulted in my release … |
| 20 | To maintain continuity , the paper suggests that firms should establish transitional arrangements for the handover : these could include arranging for the new partner to work on the audit team beforehand , and ensuring that other senior staff do not change in the same year . |
| 21 | She left the pages where they lay , one-dimensional flakes littering the murky floor , and she went to stand by the balcony window again . |
| 22 | The Queen who gave it to Andy and Fergie as a wedding present has made it clear to her advisors that the Duchess should not be forced to leave , as long as the she adheres to her agreement not to talk about the marriage break up . |
| 23 | The number of weeks paid holiday that a worker will get is increasing rapidly so as today we have the norm of twenty days plus public bank holidays , giving more time if you like to engage in a package holiday abroad . |
| 24 | and we were geared more to progress in the education system where the industrial change in the other countries did n't happen at the same time and that they needed now a younger ag a younger age group to keep the , the industrial system going |
| 25 | Thank you for your response to participate in the Flower Festival again this year . |
| 26 | However , bargains were to be had in this depressed time , with a Cessna 0–2A expected to sell in the $85–105,000 range actually being sold for $56,000 . |
| 27 | Her work became more purely abstract , and yet refused to conform to the Puritan style often associated with abstract art . |
| 28 | Having been freed from NHS control and from any control by local people , trust managers were now saying they did n't want to answer to the Health Secretary either . |
| 29 | She ran up to listen at the bedroom door again . |
| 30 | But first they had to look for a camp site so Mr was the chief engineer I was employed by him , to have a look round and we discovered Lyness farm to be a suitable place . |