Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] [noun sg] [prep] [num] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hours before the March for Life , dozens of volunteers from Operation Rescue ( a radical anti-abortionist group which had conducted a mass blockade of abortion clinics in 1991 — see p. 38383 ) attempted for the second morning in succession to block access to two abortion clinics in the capital . |
| 2 | The suggestion is that the spiral possesses the capacity to move energy from one level to another or from one vibration to another — to act as a channel or interface . |
| 3 | The UK 's Inspectorate of Pollution ( HMIP ) has insisted on additional environmental safeguards before it will give approval to a controversial plan to burn orimulsion at two power stations in Wales and Lancashire . |
| 4 | Audit regulation — one year on There is a mixed response to audit regulation after one year 's experience |
| 5 | It took a lifetime of service to master warfare in one element : breeding officers who could handle operations in all three would take time . |
| 6 | UK Prime Minister John Major wrote on Oct. 21 to Delors to express " severe irritation " over an Oct. 17 communication from Carlo Ripa di Meana , the Commissioner responsible for the environment , calling on the UK government to halt work on seven transport construction projects because environmental considerations had not been taken into account . |
| 7 | The court seemed to be afraid that if it allowed the jury to take account of one characteristic , such as sexual impotence , then it would be illogical to direct them not to take account of another characteristic , such as irascibility or bad temper . |
| 8 | So there is the ability to set policy to one side of the circumstances dictate . |
| 9 | It is a good practice for a member to give notice at one meeting that he wishes to discuss a certain matter at the next meeting . |
| 10 | The advantage of CISCs over RISCs , however , is the ability to transfer software from one machine to a more complex , faster model as most manufacturers provide customers with object code and not the source code . |
| 11 | The physical link between the two sides of the brain , known as the corpus callosum , has the ability to transfer information from one side to the other , so that the two aspects of mental function should not operate in isolation , but potentially have the capacity for interaction and interplay . |
| 12 | It takes a lifetime to master warfare in one element — sea , land or air — and , as yet , few officers have achieved the breadth of experience to command total confidence in all three . |