Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] [noun sg] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Likewise , a carpenter or joiner might be on a set day rate but who for a period might take on a separate contract to saw timber at a rate per 100 ft. , the figure depending upon the hardness of the wood . |
| 2 | MILK producers are well on course to hit quota by the year-end , according to Milk Marketing Board head of quotas Huw Rees . |
| 3 | The reported separation was the third blow to hit Tatum in a week . |
| 4 | The decision to conduct debate on the war in closed session was taken by a majority vote on Feb. 13 on the proposal of the UK . |
| 5 | All the other matches ended in draws but Nottinghamshire wasted an opportunity to go top of the table at Lord 's . |
| 6 | All the other matches ended in draws but Nottinghamshire wasted an opportunity to go top of the table at Lord 's . |
| 7 | France expressed horror at the assassination and appealed for unity to assure peace in the country it once ruled . |
| 8 | The second vehicle will be a former Midland Railway six-wheeled third class brake coach dating from 1884 and , finally , a remarkable opportunity to sample travel in the groom 's compartment of a horse box dating from 1949 . |
| 9 | What is especially insulting about the decision to impose VAT on a purchase about which no family has a choice , is the flimsy pretence that this was all done in the name of greener government . |
| 10 | Caroline has a full length EVA midsole to absorb shock during the game . |
| 11 | teachers in ‘ feeder ’ middle schools were invited to read the study and two schools subsequently redesigned their humanities course to provide continuity with the curriculum at Sir Frank Markham ; |
| 12 | He seems to be on talking terms with the creator and is able to gain permission to tempt Job in a number of horrible ways . |
| 13 | If the defendant is successful in the RSC Ord 14 proceedings , the court may make various orders , including allowing the defendant to defend the claim , which means that the plaintiff 's next opportunity to obtain judgment against the defendant will not arise before the end of a full trial . |
| 14 | You have tried to either force a user to accept responsibility for a Software Performance Report ( SPR ) ( using option 3.8.0 — Force User To Accept SPR ) or to submit a Software Status Report ( SSR ) ( using option 4.3.0 — Submit SSR ) , without having the privilege SPR SSR CONTROLLER . |
| 15 | In particular , the extension of the select committee system has meant that more civil servants have attended Parliament to provide information about the work for which they are responsible . |
| 16 | It troubled Alexei that the failed assassination seemed about to be dismissed as an effort at the removal of some imagined stain on family honour , and he wondered if Jotan truly believed the explanation he had offered , or if he was acting at Burun 's direction to distract Artai from the truth . |
| 17 | The food is prepared in the prison kitchens by a private catering company — ARA , which has a contract to provide food at a set cost . |
| 18 | Against this , it was argued that government bodies which use public money to provide information to the public are under a special public law obligation to ensure that the information is accurate ; and this obligation , being a public law one , was properly enforceable by judicial review . |
| 19 | Not only , therefore , was William party to the decision to request continuation of the supervision order , but he now looks back and agrees it was the right decision . |
| 20 | Doubt and ambivalence are transmuted into clarity and certainty , and any attempt to reintroduce complexity into the debate is rejected as ‘ mere nitpicking ’ or ‘ a deliberate attempt to muddy the issue ’ . |
| 21 | The Far Eastern Economic Review reported on Sept. 28 that Myanma sources and diplomatic observers had dismissed these allegations as an attempt to discredit the NLD and as an attempt to bolster unity in the Army which had fought the insurgent CPB for many years . |
| 22 | St Johnstone coach John McClelland came on as substitute in the second half in a vain bid to restore confidence to a rearguard which badly missed the suspended John Inglis . |
| 23 | CRYSTAL PALACE face a battle with the FA over their intention to claim compensation for the injury John Salako sustained on England duty last month . |
| 24 | Birds usually have an elongated fovea to see detail on the horizon , and most have an additional circular fovea straight ahead . |
| 25 | RETURN_DETAIL/ — is a return parameter providing a report of the errors encountered during the attempt to grant/deny approval to the package . |
| 26 | The difficulty is that although sometimes it is possible to point to an intention to compel action on the part of the target , as when the aim is to prevent employees from working , or to force a local councillor to vote differently , or to stop another organisation from marching that intention is not invariably present . |
| 27 | So as you come in raise the daggerboard , lift the rudder and then when you come into shallow water , turn the boat up towards the wind to lose power for the sail and stop before you hit those rocks . |
| 28 | Badly born , poorly educated as I am , how do I have the nerve to pass comment on the society I live in — let alone marry a professor of economics and co-author with him — the publisher 's term , not mine — a book on Darcian Monetarism ? |
| 29 | Former mayor Marion Barry , who had recently been convicted of cocaine possession [ see pp. 37647 ; 37769 ] , failed in his attempt to secure election to the city council , winning only 17 per cent of the vote . |
| 30 | What really matters is political accountability , enabling the electorate to pass judgement on the performance of parties whether in government or in opposition . |