Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun pl] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When we held activities at the school , the girls would always opt for the domestic tasks ' and it was difficult to persuade them to take on some other responsibility . |
| 2 | What do you know of the two men 's relationship ? |
| 3 | They will also clash in the senior women 's long jump and the shot . |
| 4 | Why do the Government continue to extol the virtues of this obnoxious Gummerburger food culture instead of instituting an independent food standards agency as the Labour Government will do in a few weeks ' time ? |
| 5 | The increasing use of diagnostic information and the requirements of public examinations should bring to the fore teachers ' role in assessment in comparison with their somewhat peripheral involvement hitherto . |
| 6 | Hunter , the Tyneside runner now based in Albuquerque , has been told she need not compete in the British women 's 10,000 metres trial race in Sheffield on June 5 . |
| 7 | If she could fit in a few days ' break in order to attend the wedding in Andorra she would , she promised , and Peter returned to Rocamar the next day , leaving Sarella to close one chapter of her life and get on with the next . |
| 8 | Caution may arise from the civil servants ' commendable desire to protect their Minister from criticism or embarrassment , but it may also result from Ministerial reluctance to contemplate unpopular options . |
| 9 | This feeling of being addressed in a special , understanding way does not happen with the best children 's theatre , and greater credit could be given even to a young audience , with less recourse to pantomime-like delineation of character . |
| 10 | £5 will plant five trees in a woodland project £10 will clean 25 yards of ditch to improve plant and insect life £20 will help guard an eagle 's nest for a day £50 will pay for a black-throated divers ' nesting platform £75 will buy an acre of unplanted Scottish moor £100 will build a new nest platform for another pair of ospreys £350 will buy an acre of damp lowland meadow where snipe and redshanks breed . |
| 11 | So how much money will you get for the three days ' work you 've done ? |
| 12 | Redgrave and Pinsent , who on Saturday thrilled the nation with a gold medal triumph in the coxless pairs , now ca n't get into the official athletes ' village . |
| 13 | Children of any age can now ask a judge to decide where they should live under the new Children 's Act . |
| 14 | But let me get to the various leaders ' speeches . |