Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] [art] [noun] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The two sides were a world apart and while Northern hope for successive victories in their final two games for survival , Wigan can relax and prepare for the Silk Cut Cup final at Wembley on May 2 against Castleford .
2 If you have the possibility of both services in a kitchen , you could opt for a gas cook top and an electric oven ; or vice versa ; or a mixture of both gas and electric plates to hedge bets should anything go wrong with one or other service , or to take advantage of both sorts of energy for different cooking needs ( slow simmering ; fast boiling etc . )
3 Of course many will still opt for the country cottage look which remains as fresh and comforting as flowers in May .
4 In addition , ‘ well-established ’ auction houses which conduct substantial auctioneering activities in Singapore , and private museums can qualify for the service tax incentive .
5 Employees required by the company to move house to a part of the country where housing is more expensive will qualify for the mortgage allowance scheme .
6 Rather than wait for an employment appeal tribunal , they went on strike .
7 A CUCUMBER is n't a cucumber — and wo n't count towards the EC cucumber crop — unless it 's the correct colour ( green ) and has the right amount of curve , according to European Commission rules .
8 Try not to let the free block count of the LIFESPAN Process fall below 10000 .
9 ALTHOUGH it was pleasing to see so many people out shopping last Saturday , I did not approve of the Oxford Street poster which urged people to ‘ Shop until you drop ’ .
10 ‘ Did you approve of the Animal Liberation Front 's Mars Bars hoax ? ’
11 After all , businesses can insure against the exchange rate risk on particular deals — for example , their exports to France — by accepting less sterling today in exchange for the known future quantity of francs .
12 of the criteria and try to allocate those which would fall under the structure plan umbrella , those which would be more applicable at local plan level and added to that , give some form of weighting .
13 MOTHER 'S boy Lennox Lewis last night declared : ‘ I wo n't fall into the Mike Tyson trap . ’
14 ( 2 ) That a requirement that the plaintiffs should give an undertaking had no justification in Community law since any obligation to make good any damage suffered by the defendants in the event of section 47 being found to be in breach of article 30 of the Treaty would fall upon the United Kingdom Government ; that accordingly , the question was to be decided on the ordinary principles of English law and it was within the judge 's discretion not to require an undertaking in damages ; and that in the circumstances , the grant of an interlocutory injunction was fully justified and should be restored ( post , pp. 173D–F , 189A–H , 190A–C , D , D–E ) .
15 Bearing in mind that er we 'd like to try and distinguish those which would fall within a structure plan umbrella and those which would be more applicable possibly at local plan level .
16 When acting as a lead adviser in respect of an acquisition of a private company or business by a listed company there is the normal requirement for due diligence , the coordination of which may fall within the deal management role .
17 He says ’ It could be solved … but in that case it would mean paying twice … the cost would fall on the poll tax payer .
18 Upjohn will now appeal to the UK Medicines Commission , but the suspension will remain in place until the appeal has been heard .
19 Red Mars is one of those ‘ crossover ’ titles , with a great cover and a story that will appeal to the Tom Clancy/techno-thriller market .
20 IF HEAD teachers of opted-out schools were typical voters , the Conservatives could count on a landslide election result .
21 If their hours of work can also be limited to less than 16 hours a week , then these workers will also fall outside the employment protection legislation , which means they can be used even more flexibly and cheaply as they then forgo rights to certain occupational benefits ( which now comprise a further 9 per cent of labour costs ) .
22 Said I must concentrate on the Camden Town case .
23 ‘ Now I can concentrate on the Christmas cake rush .
24 Its partner in the new Unix System Technologies SA is software and services house Steria SA , and the company will concentrate on the Tuxedo transaction processing monitor for Unix .
25 But Vera did not wait on a Home Office ruling .
26 She 'll hang around the Earls Court guest house till then , waiting for me to turn up and whisk her out for a spaghetti .
27 Can you think of a supply side reason ?
28 Aunt Hortense : : What do you think of the South Bank Show ?
29 What do you think of the Max Pack compilation ?
30 Christine felt her stomach lurch as the executive transporter bay gravity generator fluctuated , flinging her and Atrimonides into a spiralling loop , then failed completely , leaving her weightless .
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