Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] [verb] a [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Never before or since equalled for its length , number of sets and sheer volume of visual effects , this twelve part story remains a testament to the skills , planning and resourcefulness of Doctor Who 's most formative Director , Douglas Camfield , now sadly deceased . |
| 2 | Framework knitting offered a lifeline to such people in ‘ open ’ parishes all over Leicestershire . |
| 3 | How drug addicts unlocked a key to Parkinson 's Disease |
| 4 | Back in the cell Pete began a letter to his wife . |
| 5 | But the puritan lobby do a disservice to their cause by lumping everything under the one name , just as the temperance lobby forfeit respect by classing a Christmas sherry with a vodka bacchanal . |
| 6 | That night , after they make love , Mark falls asleep and Babur goes into the living room to write a letter to his parents . |
| 7 | Stoddart quotes a great number of opinions on this subject : it seems that some authorities think that they may have been caused by a fall in sea level which meant that the reef flat became a barrier to water movement , so that surf became channelled down the outer edge of the algal ridge as it returned to the sea ; alternatively the spur and groove system may be the most effective form of baffle for dissipating wave energy and is caused by reef-building corals forming the spurs — the grooves , once formed , may of course be accentuated by scouring . |
| 8 | As a family Queen 's Park Baptist Church means a lot to us , and it is good to be going into this task with such a strong church behind us . |
| 9 | The non-intervention policy with regard to ‘ lame ducks ’ was effectively abandoned with the politically inescapable rescue of Rolls Royce and Upper Clyde Shipbuilders , and the 1972 Industry Bill marked a return to the kind of industrial policy which had been evolving over the 1960s with the formation of NEDC and IRC . |
| 10 | Moreover , neighbourhood police expressed a sensitivity to the effect which these casual encounters might have on the safety of those they talked to ‘ for you do n't know who 's watching ’ . |
| 11 | THE shares of Quicks Group raced ahead 22 to 90p yesterday after the Manchester-based car distributor announced a return to the black in 1991 and that it was maintaining its dividend total at 3p , with a 2p final on July 10 . |
| 12 | Given permission by the Brigade Major to pay a visit to the Highland Division to obtain new reeds for the bagpipes . |
| 13 | At the other end of the scale , the relocation company assigns a counsellor to the family who assesses their requirements and provides a hand-held viewing schedule . |
| 14 | Then the burial party took a pace to the right and began digging the grave of another known soldier . |
| 15 | So that when want numbers of non-directed peasants began to spill out of the disaster areas in the early summer of 1921 , the Central Committee of the Communist Party ordered its guberniia counterparts to put a stop to migration ‘ since the flight of the peasants … will ruin entirely our economic life ’ . |
| 16 | The universities complained that the replacement of the University Grants Committee by the Universities Funding Council posed a threat to their independence , arguing that whereas the University Grants Committee represented the universities to the government , the Universities Funding Council represents the government to the universities . |
| 17 | Similarly , when life sentences are reviewed , the trial judge makes a recommendation to the parole board but complaints have been made that too frequently junior Ministers in the Home Office depart from the recommendation , usually by increasing the length of the period of imprisonment . |
| 18 | Apparently she thinks his pruning technique leaves a lot to be desired . ’ |
| 19 | Alternatively , Option 3.8.0 — Force User To Accept SPR can be used by a user with SPR SSR Controller privilege to force a user to be responsible for the SPR . |
| 20 | Alternatively , Option 3.8.0 — Force User To Accept SPR can be used by a user with SPR SSR Controller privilege to force a user to be responsible for the SPR . |
| 21 | Recess brackets enable a pole to be used within a window reveal and replace end finials . |
| 22 | On the village green stands a memorial to the poet . |
| 23 | Type Module allows a user to quickly display the contents of a LIFESPAN module . |
| 24 | Previous Security Council efforts to send a mission to the territories to investigate the Temple Mount killings had been frustrated by the Israeli government 's refusal to co-operate . |
| 25 | By this marriage Gaunt acquired a claim to the throne of Castile which , if successfully asserted , might reverse the most important consequence of Pedro 's murder , the movement of Castile into the French orbit . |
| 26 | The Olympic hurdles finalist Jon Ridgeon has joined Belgrave Harriers following a move to South London . |
| 27 | ALLOA and Alva Grouping staff presented a cheque to Senior Manager Alex Reid when he retired after 43 years ‘ service . |
| 28 | On the second of July of this year , the Home Secretary made a statement to Parliament on the subject of asylum . |
| 29 | Invited the Home Secretary to circulate a memorandum to the Cabinet on the suggestion made by the Lord Chancellor that it might be possible to distinguish between certain types of murder for which capital punishment would be retained and other types for which it would be abolished . |
| 30 | If a guarantee is to be given , the best approach is for the parent company to become a party to your contract and it is desirable for the document to be under seal . |