Example sentences of "[prep] a [noun sg] [verb] [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A member of a council ceases to hold that office in the following circumstances : |
| 2 | That a commercial ‘ body of persons ’ has a ‘ trading character , ’ and can sue in respect of a publication tending to injure that trading character , is now clearly established … |
| 3 | Chramn 's actions are best interpreted as those of a prince determined to have some share in the Merovingian kingdom : effectively he was creating a new kingdom in his father 's lifetime . |
| 4 | At the moment , the establishment of a branch tends to require less documentation , formality and cost , while a subsidiary has the advantage of being a separate legal personality , with the result that disclosure requirements may not apply to the parent , and the subsidiary 's debts will not necessarily become obligations of its parent in the event of insolvency . |
| 5 | The critical reader of a poem needs to have some idea of what a poem is , which need not be a theoretically sophisticated idea , and some acquaintance with poetry already . |
| 6 | Produced by the winemaker acclaimed for " 1989 Wine Magazine/Good Wine Guide , White Wine of the Year " , this is a superb example of a product vinified to retain all the characteristics of a fruity well balanced wine . |
| 7 | Tell you what Mark , that must be a hell of a job trying to collate all this information you know , must be a hell of a job trying to collate all this information they 're gon na have to get , I mean how many people are they gon na get to do this ? |
| 8 | Tell you what Mark , that must be a hell of a job trying to collate all this information you know , must be a hell of a job trying to collate all this information they 're gon na have to get , I mean how many people are they gon na get to do this ? |
| 9 | A science founds itself , Canguilhem suggests , on its method : ‘ When it became apparent that every science more or less gives itself its given , and thereby appropriates what is called its domain , the concept of a science began to place more emphasis on method than on object ’ ( 1980 : 38 ) . |
| 10 | The government certainly had no money to spare to help the colonies , and this introduced the general rule that English colonies had to cover their own costs , both in the sense that the government of a colony had to raise enough revenue to pay its own bills and in the sense that there were no subsidies to encourage people to stay in a colony where they could not earn their own living . |
| 11 | Now that 's a bit of a change for a recruiter to have to do that . |
| 12 | It is prudent , therefore , for a tenant to try to settle any differences without going to court , even if the landlord appears pedantic and inflexible . |
| 13 | Mr Botham explained his reasoning , saying : ‘ Farmers have enjoyed exaggerated returns in recent months but they should remember that we as a country have to import many of our basic raw materials and as the pound has fallen costs have risen on a pro rata basis . ’ |
| 14 | The Third World as a term needs to retrieve this lost positive sense — even if today the political order has changed so that to some extent the various forms of Islamic fundamentalism have taken over the role of providing a direct alternative to First and Second World ideologies . |
| 15 | Destroying the connections in a computer tends to isolate these colonies and leave them vulnerable to stimulation by spurious signals . |
| 16 | ‘ It is regretted that the council is no longer in a position to continue to finance this service . |
| 17 | It shall further be unlawful for any man to stare at or make googoo eyes at , or in any other manner look at or make remarks to or concerning , or cough or whistle at , or do any other act to attract the attention of any woman upon or travelling along any of the sidewalks , streets , Public ways of the city of Abilene with an intent or in a manner calculated to annoy such women . |
| 18 | Each genuine ‘ Sun ’ record is worth about three hundred pounds to a collector aiming to acquire all of Elvis 's records . |
| 19 | But with all the relevant documents and witnesses controlled by a government determined to evade any suggestion of responsibility for what had happened , no adequate defence was possible . |