Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] [det] [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyway , one day at a time : tomorrow I go to Durham and , as Mother said ’ — she pursed her lips now — ‘ it will give me an opportunity to wear some of the clothes I have been spending my money on . |
| 2 | A range of objectives for watershed experiments was identified by Ward ( 1971 ) and these extend from specific black box approaches to comprehensive studies in which there is an attempt to monitor many of the processes operating within a small area . |
| 3 | Despite OSF 's attempt to harmonise some of the products based upon its technology , it has come too late to net some of the larger fish . |
| 4 | But this booklet is a serious attempt to highlight some of the questions which are most frequently asked about the role which alcohol plays in society . |
| 5 | There are several accounts of the events of this crucial period in the history of British ‘ race relations ’ : what follows is an attempt to highlight some of the features which I feel are pertinent to a discussion of ‘ racial problem ’ films of the era . |
| 6 | It may also be for the benefit of the institution to state that of the patients discharged , cured and remaining in the House three were afflicted with that most excruciating complaint , the stone … the operation has been thrice successfully performed . |
| 7 | There was some attempt by friends of Highlander to purchase some of the books etc. at the auction but the buildings and most of the moveable assets were lost . |
| 8 | The police came to the college to arrest some of the students . |
| 9 | Prime Minister John Major 's Citizen 's Charter initiative , launched in the summer of 1991 , represents an attempt to apply some of the tenets of total quality management to the civil service , transport , health and education . |
| 10 | This chapter is not a systematic analysis of the areas of women 's invisibility in sociology ; rather , it is an attempt to suggest some of the areas and ways in which it is manifested , some of the reasons why it occurs , and why , from the point of view of sociology ( and women ) it matters . |
| 11 | For example , the Association of Environmental Consultancies was established in 1991 by a group of 20 European environmental consultancies , in an attempt to dispel some of the uncertainties surrounding the professional standards of consulting firms . |
| 12 | During the 1930s the interest in public opinion polling germinated a more academically oriented interest in attitudes , in part as an attempt to resolve some of the problems arising from electoral prediction . |
| 13 | Last season a referee allowed himself to be wired up for a League match at The Den to record some of the things he had to put up with from players . |
| 14 | This was an attempt to retain some of the advantages of the gold standard , since stable rates of exchange were thought to be beneficial to the conduct of trade and other international transactions , and yet adjustments in the exchange rate were deemed desirable for a country facing a permanent payments imbalance . |
| 15 | Many organisations in fact are overwhelmed by a superabundance of communications and some are looking to computerisation to solve some of the problems created by information bombardment . |
| 16 | In the evaluators ' view , the county is to be congratulated on undertaking a project of this type in an attempt to overcome some of the inadequacies that characterise school library provision and curriculum planning within and beyond Essex . |
| 17 | The following techniques use randomization prior to the start of the study to remove most of the problems cited earlier . |
| 18 | However , it could provide ammunition for legal action which Ferranti intends to take against advisers and individuals in an attempt to recover some of the losses it has suffered . |
| 19 | Sterling is looking to part with one or more of the aircraft in an attempt to recover some of the costs incurred in bringing the aircraft back to civilisation . |
| 20 | yes it says we would like to take this opportunity to answer some of the questions you might have and then the question comes will the management charges greatly increase ? did you have any part to play in the posing of this question in the brochure ? |
| 21 | That is why the Home Secretary 's proposal to amalgamate many of the forces is to be welcomed . |
| 22 | And if you get the private sector to finance some of the developments such as toll roads , then it has all the hallmarks of sound finance about it . |
| 23 | The /S at the end of the command tells XCOPY to copy all of the sub-directories and the files and sub-directories that they contain . |
| 24 | I thank the hon. Member for Ilford , South ( Mr. Thorne ) for having initiated the debate and for giving us an opportunity to discuss some of the implications of the Secretary of State 's announcement earlier in the week . |
| 25 | This study provided us with an opportunity to identify some of the myths that predominantly unskilled workers hold about life in their work environment . |
| 26 | And today the RSPCA held a news conference to highlight some of the cases . |
| 27 | This booklet should provide a useful starting point to explore some of the issues involved . |
| 28 | This perspective takes as its point of departure the discrepancy between the law 's assertion that shareholders control corporate managers and the reality of their more or less total failure to exercise any of the responsibilities of ownership . |
| 29 | In this respect there is sometimes a need to dispel some of the myths which surround alcohol . |
| 30 | Obviously , computers and the use of notation in computerized systems may place additional constraints upon the nature of notation or , conversely , may eliminate the need to consider some of the characteristics listed below . |