Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [to-vb] a [noun pl] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Government also wants to make it easier for people to obtain a drinks licence and to water down the power of licensing magistrates , who currently have absolute discretion to refuse applications , often without giving a reason . |
| 2 | Arising from the work of the Way Ahead Committee , proposals were made in March to establish an Estates Management Advisory Committee , which would subsume much of the Accommodation Committee 's work . |
| 3 | But few famous folk attracted more attention than Neil Bush , in town to launch a sports channel and to root for the Eagles . |
| 4 | The two parties were reported to have agreed in principle to create a customs union and a currency zone in which future separate currencies would be linked by a fixed exchange rate . |
| 5 | Now it says on average for , and then essentially we looked at the three main support of erm protectionist powers , like the E E C , U S A and Japan right , and they said that on average alright for every one dollar benefit alright for every one dollar benefit , one agricultural support , right it actually costs right one one fifty dollars of the general statistics in order to give a pounds worth of support to domestic farmers , we er have to find one pounds fifty right . |
| 6 | Similarly , a power entitling a landlord to re-enter for " building sites or planting or other purposes " did not entitle him to re-enter in order to build a sports stadium ( Coats v Diment [ 1951 ] 1 All ER 890 ) . |
| 7 | That was good enough for BA to launch a rights issue to raise £442m to pay for its grand ambition : to become the first and biggest global airline . |
| 8 | After the Guardian pointed out on December 8 that Kingfisher did indeed face a prima facie competition problem , he told another newspaper that during his 1986 bid for the then Woolworths , he had been obliged by the OFT to pre-sell Comet to Granada to avoid a monopolies investigation . |
| 9 | Meanwhile , the Vatican said it had accepted an unprecedented Chinese invitation to send a top official to Peking to attend a sports ceremony this weekend and meet government officials . |