Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] ' " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | £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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | But let me get to the various leaders ' speeches . |
| 7 | The Kingscote mosaic itself , like those of rooms 5 , 11 and 14 at Chedworth , could lie at a stylistic crossroads ' . |