Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb base] [verb] [adj] [noun] to " in BNC.

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1 The simple hedges described in Fig.7.3 are essentially insurance operations in which profits and losses on each investment tend to offset each other to some extent .
2 Their views on programmes for urban renewal tend to follow similar lines to their views on welfare , with large-scale intervention not seen as a public responsibility .
3 RECENT developments in the British coal industry have added considerable value to this photographic study following the death throes of the Pug as well as Scottish steam .
4 PUB landlords in the North-East have criticised proposed changes to the licensing system .
5 He is not bound to afford the parties an opportunity to tender evidence or submissions ; and , even if a right to do so is conferred upon them by the terms of the lease , it is doubtful whether the expert need pay any attention to them .
6 how they gon na , how are they gon na go on with this sale of land that the council have sold some land to the council and the police have been looking into it
7 The County Council have investigated several routes to the west of Harrogate .
8 Legionnaires ' Disease , Sick Building Syndrome , Humidifier Fever and problems from contaminated ductwork have given fresh emphasis to the need for regular inspections , monitoring and specialist cleaning of water and air conditioning systems .
9 HITHERTO historians of Chemistry have paid little attention to German developments .
10 I think the correct shoes for the occasion have done bad things to my feet . ’
11 In the course of the present campaign against corruption , East German newspapers , wireless and television have published urgent appeals to citizens , complete with addresses and telephone numbers to turn to , to report any signs of abuse and malpractice .
12 If the Government seek to deny this facility to a Council , or if other parties successfully oppose such a democratic test of ratepayers ' views being held , then DUP councillors will vote , as in the past , against a Republican Sunday .
13 Why should the national level of the state continue to have such significance to people 's politics despite its apparent remoteness from their everyday lives ?
14 The Society wish to extend belated congratulations to member Mr Len Davies of Shrewsbury upon his recent investiture with the B.E.M. Len received his medal for long-standing Railway and Public Service .
15 Perhaps this is why US writers on the state have paid such attention to action .
16 The Government have given renewed priority to improvements in the infrastructure — in roads and railways and other transport .
17 The productivity and flexibility of baculovirus expression vectors ( 1 , 2 ) and the ability of the baculovirus genome to incorporate ( and express ) large amounts of foreign DNA have permitted this system to be used for both single and dual gene expression ( 3 , 4 , 5 ) .
18 Philosophically , we can not provide any absolute epistemological underpinning for our knowledge endeavours ; and , sociologically , higher education and its manifold forms of thought have lost any pretensions to occupying an independent position in relation to the modern state .
19 ‘ The Ffestiniog Railway have made two offers to the 1964 Company .
20 New corticosteroid compounds with high topical and little systemic activity seem to offer great benefit to inflammatory bowel disease patients .
21 Commenting on the mission Iain McTaggart , SCDI 's trade promotion executive , said : ‘ The high profile events in Spain last year have added fresh impetus to the country 's economic development and we are hoping to capitalise on the emerging opportunities in the principal commercial centres of Madrid and Barcelona .
22 This very year , Save The Children 's reports making ends meet and our contribution to the world health survey have enabled radical alterations to be made to the world communities practice with regard first to nutrition and food aid , particularly in East Africa and secondly to primary health care practice .
23 Medical science and prosperity have brought longer life to our parents , and , inevitably , greater costs to the rest of society .
24 Scholars studying popular culture have paid close attention to crafts , recognizing occupational traditions and customs that have origins in the middle ages .
25 In service industries , regulation and protection have allowed Japanese companies to be around half as productive as America 's .
26 These moves on tobacco-advertising have alerted British admen to a growing enthusiasm within the commission for introducing rules product by product .
27 Metropolitan Police Motion made , and Question proposed , That the Commissioner of the Police of the Metropolis do take care that during the Session of Parliament the passages through the streets leading to this House be kept free and open and that no obstruction be permitted to hinder the passage of Members to and from this House , and that no disorder be allowed in Westminster Hall , or in the passages leading to this House , during the Sitting of Parliament , and that there be no annoyance therein or thereabouts ; and that the Serjeant at Arms attending this House do communicate this Order to the Commissioner aforesaid .
28 In periods of great shortage of liquidity , the needs of banks which do not have sufficient funds with the traditional market have driven overnight rates to more than 100 per cent .
29 And now my family have offered forty-nine cattle to his family , but the government will not take them to give to his family in England . ’
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