Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun pl] [coord] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He began to write verses and at the age of seventeen , in sending a sonnet to his mother , declared his resolution that ‘ My poor abilities in poetry shall be all and ever consecrated to God 's glory . ’ |
| 2 | The new clause will allow a consultative committee to make recommendations to bus operators and to the Secretary of State about the effect of the Act on bus passengers in Scotland . |
| 3 | The committee would make representations to bus operators and to the Secretary of State , who could then direct any of the privatised Scottish Bus Group subsidiaries to implement any such recommendation . |
| 4 | Very soon this rigidity starts to restrict movements and by the time we reach old age we can barely get around . |
| 5 | You might try to sell dreams but in the end people do n't buy them . |
| 6 | Nevertheless it still had its American critics who asked what was really meant by the general references to aid programmes and to the use of American forces at the request of Middle Eastern states against " overt aggression from any nation controlled by International Communism " . |
| 7 | Since then a host of antibiotics have been developed to fight bacteria but in the battle against viral infections we are still largely dependent on the body 's imperfect natural defences . |
| 8 | But the intelligence fraternity has a long track record of trying to fool others and in the process usually ends up fooling itself . |
| 9 | The soldier from the Dishforth-based Army Air Corps had stopped at the station to ask directions but on the way out of the car park he crashed his four ton truck into a wall knocking it down . |
| 10 | Finally these examples in which to consent is to promise refute the suggestion that in one case the purpose is to confer rights and in the other to undertake an obligation . |
| 11 | Budgets will be devolved to team managers but for the present the department lacks the confidence . |
| 12 | In addition , there should if possible be a right to enter upon adjoining premises to make connections and for the purpose of repair . |