Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [to-vb] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However they confirm that farmers who had claimed for more quota than they had ewes would be given ‘ around ’ two months after the statutory instrument had passed through Parliament to secure their extra rights to ewe premium and to notify the authorities of the transfer . |
| 2 | A young , newly-arrived Guards officer asked for permission to spend his first weekend at the home of a retired service officer in Co . |
| 3 | It is easy to assume that the law about planning new developments , or changing the environment around us , only affects us when we need to take a positive step — such as applying for permission to extend our own property . |
| 4 | ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS : Grateful thanks are extended to Robertson Research International Limited for permission to use their Southern North Sea reflectance data in this study . |
| 5 | Two methods used by the smuggling firms are bribing local officials to allow them to dump waste in landfills and offering to build ( often low-quality ) incineration and energy-producing plants in destination countries in exchange for permission to burn their toxic waste there . |
| 6 | The glitzy building — boasting an address on Bishopsgate , now one of the City 's favoured streets — was opened just three years ago but became an obvious target once the bank needed to put the family silver up for auction to improve its financial standing . |
| 7 | Where the nuclear scientist in Seven Days to Noon is shot , and the engineer in The Sound Barrier ends the film a shattered man , the scientist in The Net is rescued from danger and goes off home to resolve his marital problems . |
| 8 | Held , allowing the appeal , that , notwithstanding the general principle that a trading or non-trading corporation was entitled to sue in libel to protect so much of its corporate reputation , as distinct from that of its members , as was capable of being damaged by a defamatory statement , a local authority , as a corporate public authority , was not entitled at common law to sue for libel to protect its governing reputation ; that to allow it to do so would impose a substantial and unjustifiable restriction on freedom of expression , since an action for malicious falsehood , or a prosecution for criminal libel , provided the local authority with the sufficient and necessary protection it required in a democratic society ; and that , therefore , the local authority could not maintain its libel action for any words which reflected on it as the county council for Derbyshire in relation to its governmental and administrative functions in that county ( post , pp. 41H , 48F–G , H — 49B , 56B–C , 58A–B , 59F–G , 65B–C , F ) . |
| 9 | Gave him a stiff sentence in a House of Correction to teach him better ways . |
| 10 | Unlike Rousettus , which can see very well and which uses unmodified relatively low-pitched sounds to do a modest amount of echolocation to supplement its good vision , the smaller bats appear to be technically highly advanced echo-machines . |
| 11 | A foal requires about one pint of colostrum to give it sufficient antibiotics to help fight neonatal infections . |
| 12 | Because educational institutions are largely staff ed by professionals , there has , in the past , been a tendency to allow individuals a lot of freedom to use their professional judgement in deciding how best to achieve the aims of the organisation . |
| 13 | Fortunately , Prince Nikolaus Esterházy was an enlightened and civilized person , who appreciated Haydn 's outstanding abilities , and allowed him a certain degree of freedom to pursue his own interests . |
| 14 | Each manager will identify opportunities within his own sector of responsibility to demonstrate his personal commitment to TOP . |
| 15 | He 's taken a break from the murky world of espionage to help his 5 year old Labrador unravel the mysteries of the canine psyche . |
| 16 | Previous nudes , even when taking the form of courtisanes , never allowed the odour of money to tarnish their classical form ; in Olympia , money is clearly at issue , sex becomes a commodity . |
| 17 | Night Goblin shamans are allowed to gobble pieces of mushroom to give them extra power , while Forest Goblin shamans are immune to ‘ Eadbangin ’ thanks to the spider venom flowing through their veins . |
| 18 | By 1830 the number of towns which had obtained Acts of Parliament to have their own Courts of Requests or Courts of Conscience , on the lines of those established in London in 1749 , had risen to fifty-four . |
| 19 | Labour 's 1983 election manifesto pledged the party to ‘ take action to abolish the undemocratic House of Lords as quickly as possible and , as an interim measure , introduce a bill in the first session of Parliament to remove its legislative powers — with the exception of those that relate to the life of a parliament ’ . |
| 20 | Given a large enough supply of machine catalogues and enough flexibility of mind to give yourself different problems , an inventive woodworker could spend the entire winter playing this game . |
| 21 | It is essential to provide places where the more sensitive species of marine fish can retire and a few pieces of rock to simulate their natural reef environment makes for a much more natural and stress-free environment . |
| 22 | You must have put in many , many hours of practice to attain your current level of technique … |
| 23 | ‘ You could n't supply the children of Wales with a toothbrush or tube of toothpaste to promote their oral health with that budget , ’ he declared . |
| 24 | In fact , the war gave him a new sombreness of attitude to match his stark experience of the " essential problems of life " ; and inevitably this sombreness communicated itself to his continued thinking about the problems of tragedy . |
| 25 | I have made it a point of honour to spare you moral blackmail of the ‘ Do you honestly suppose for a single moment that I would be capable of stooping to such beastliness ? ’ variety , and I shall not waver even at this supreme moment . |
| 26 | Pretty , dramatic Suzie , who could twist the younger members of the male sex round her beautifully manicured fingers , would have made it a point of honour to test her feminine power over Svend . |
| 27 | The archers have a lighter corselets of scale mail and powerful bows constructed of alternating layers of wood to give them great power and range . |
| 28 | It was probably the custom for the owner of Rocamar to exercise his seigneurial rights over his guests in the good old days . ’ |
| 29 | WHETHER THEY ARE 8 weeks or 8 years old SCOTT-ADIE HAS A RANGE OF CLOTHING TO FIT YOUR SMALL PERSON AND YOUR BUDGET . |
| 30 | Accordingly , he formulated a new conception of drama to suit his own inclinations . |