Example sentences of "[to-vb] the [noun sg] [to-vb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a report to councillors , he says that the trustees should have served notice on the county council last December if they wanted to exercise the option to continue for another 21 years at the nominal £1 a year rent for the village hall . |
| 2 | In August 1991 , GHI advised owners of those older models to contact the manufacturer to ask for specific instructions . |
| 3 | He came to understand the need to settle for half a loaf rather than nothing at all ; he recognized the need to negotiate with legislators while he also discovered how to bring them into line by going over their heads to the people . |
| 4 | He hinted that the sale might be delayed to allow the firm to apply for another warrant to allow the uplift of goods ‘ through a different procedure ’ . |
| 5 | Some of the stimulus for this came from a survey of senior medical students , yet when 30 current house officers were consulted all but two said that , though they would be happy to have the opportunity to apply for both jobs at one hospital , they would not have applied for a one year block contract that restricted them to one hospital . |