Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [to-vb] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In public law , on the other hand , rules of standing are seen as rules about entitlement to complain of a wrong rather than as part of the definition of the wrong . |
| 2 | The company is also hoping for permission to develop on a nearby abbatoir site . |
| 3 | ( a ) for solicitors to enter into a multi-national partnerships with members of that profession ; and |
| 4 | By now the tendency for manufacturers to concentrate on a single site was apparent , and many of the smaller mills , such as Inchbrook , fell into disuse . |
| 5 | Perhaps they saw it as a last call for help to come to a failing Britain . |
| 6 | ADVANCES in microelectronics are making it possible for countries to switch to a military strategy that is purely for defence and has no offensive capability — if they want to . |
| 7 | All the more reason for Lorraine to look for a bigger home . |
| 8 | Their work can be seen as a range of attempts to deal with a shared set of problems which have perhaps been most clearly formulated by the greatest among them — by Bloch and Febvre ( the founders of the journal ) in the first generation , by Braudel in the second , and more recently by Le Roy Ladurie . |
| 9 | Resolved , That this House , believing it is in Britain 's interests to continue to be at the heart of the European Community and able to shape its future and that of Europe as a whole , endorses the constructive negotiating approach adopted by Her Majesty 's Government in the Inter-Governmental Conferences on Economic and Monetary Union and on Political Union ; and urges them to work for an agreement at the forthcoming European Council at Maastricht which avoids the development of a federal Europe , enables this country to exert the greatest influence on the economic evolution of the Community while preserving the right of Parliament to decide at a future date whether to adopt a single currency , on issues of Community competence concentrates the development of action on those issues which can not be handled more effectively at national level and , in particular , avoids intrusive Community measures in social areas which are matters for national decision , devlops a European security policy compatible with NATO and co-operation in foreign policy which safeguards this country 's national interests , increases the accountability of the Commission , enhances the rule of law in the Community including improved implementation , enforcement and compliance with Community legislation , improves co-operation between European governments in the fight against drugs , terrorism and cross-border crime , and through these policies secures the long-term interests of the United Kingdom . |
| 10 | The motion , eventually approved by a clear majority of 101 votes , declared that it was " in Britain 's interests to be at the heart of the European Community " but called on the UK government at Maastricht to pursue a policy which would avoid " the development of a federal Europe " and enable it " to exert the greatest influence on the economic evolution of the community while preserving the right of parliament to decide at a future date whether to adopt a single currency " . |
| 11 | Alternatively , they may continue to worry about their initial error of judgement instead of making a revised plan of action to get into a good position for the base leg and approach . |
| 12 | It also accounts for the extraordinary ability of shoppers to select from a huge array those goods most appropriate to themselves and their close friends or relatives . |
| 13 | One day Victoria made herself a pair of earrings out of porcelain to go with a particular dress , and they turned out to be the start of a new part-time career . |
| 14 | He now works in a group set up by the Bishop of Ely to work on a better understanding of market forces than that shown in Faith in the City , he says . |
| 15 | the availability of opportunities to study at a broad range of levels , of course lengths and of modes ( part-time , full-time or mixed ) ; |
| 16 | Its rigorous application of the acquis communautaire and the finalité politique to new members will in all probability lead to a Europe too full of contradictions to survive as a unitary bloc . |
| 17 | A parallel and significant trend of policy is a move in a number of countries to differentiate between a basic education cycle and a continuation cycle , the first aiming to provide basic learning skills , the latter emphasising prevocational studies and education for citizenship . |
| 18 | But when Geoff Hamilton handed me a chunk of Barnsdale to turn into a well-planted garden , I had to put my money where my mouth was . |
| 19 | Second , there is empirical work which looks for evidence that fiscal considerations play any part at all in the decision of individuals to reside in a particular locality . |
| 20 | Britain 's native flora and agricultural crops are likely to be transformed by global warming , with the present emphasis on special sites militating against the ability of nature to adapt to a warmer climate . |
| 21 | As Tudge ( 1988 ) discusses , the facility of plants to regenerate from a few cells is related to the characteristic known as totipotency . |
| 22 | The fisherman reached the shore unharmed and took a piece of tentacle to show to a local naturalist called Moses Harvey . |
| 23 | Please could you tell me the best form of algae to keep in a fish-only aquarium ? |
| 24 | A significant contemporary manifestation of that belief , and a vivid instance of how ‘ modern ’ sexuality became a surrogate religion , somewhere for an essentially religious notion of integrity to survive in a mutated and displaced form , was at the prosecution for obscenity of D. H. Lawrence 's Lady Chatterley 's Lover ( 1960 ) . |
| 25 | Sunderland have appointed a firm of consultants to advise on a proposed referendum over a move from Roker Park . |
| 26 | But compressed ZIP files are n't the easiest of things to handle on a day-to-day basis . |
| 27 | It may or may not be true that positive control of development , the compelling of development to conform to a particular plan determined by the state , is unattainable without nationalisation . |
| 28 | We have grown used to expecting the Spirit of God to speak in a gentle whisper , not a roaring wind . |
| 29 | But because Lord Elton 's team was established as a Committee of Enquiry to look into a serious and immediate problem , it was precluded by its terms of reference from addressing the more fundamental questions concerning the conflict between teachers ' autonomy and children 's rights . |
| 30 | Critically discuss the apparent inability of academics to arrive at a universal set of determinant factors for the APT . |