Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] [to-vb] [prep] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A NEW TV detective will use breaks between programmes to embark on his first case — to track down investors in the latest sale of BT shares to the public . |
| 2 | We know that the best way to achieve our objective is for countries to work with their national traditions — not against them . |
| 3 | Now you have a choice of combinations to use as your basic exposure . |
| 4 | Now you have a choice of combinations to use as your basic exposure . |
| 5 | The stickers and leaflets which are the main tools of this campaign ( to persuade managers of shops to care for their older and disabled customers by providing a chair ) are distributed from PR Promotions . |
| 6 | Emphasis is placed on the responsibility of individuals to provide for their own welfare needs and those of their dependants . |
| 7 | Luxury clothing retailer Burberrys has invited a number of agencies to pitch for its estimated £1.5m international business . |
| 8 | Once your solicitor has helped you establish your business , you will be faced with a constant range of decisions to make about its day-to-day running . |
| 9 | Mankind ( me ) , he thought , mashing up the rest of the mattress because he was n't going to spend the night braced for a lot of bedsprings to bust in their own time , is idyllic in his intentions , tragic in his fate , and farcical in his functions . |
| 10 | Affecting the coal , oil , gas , petrochemical and metallurgical industries and the railways , it featured a package of incentives including a 5 per cent pay rise for workers for each percentage point by which monthly output in their enterprise exceeded average output in January-April 1991 , and the right of enterprises to sell for their own profit 10 per cent of their output on the domestic market . |
| 11 | It is now more feasible than ever for organisations to switch from their expensive proprietary machines to lower-cost Unix computers . |
| 12 | Erm well I tried for years to live with my second husband and it just was impossible ! |
| 13 | Both Yorkshiremen played the hole like Superstars to hold onto their precious advantage . |
| 14 | Genesis 1 is all-embracing : sun , moon and stars are his handiwork , with duties to perform in his ordered universe ; even the sea-monsters ( the tanninim of ancient mythology ) were created by him ( Genesis 1:21 ) . |
| 15 | It is common for patients to appear for their first out-patient appointment with one or other of these problems , which has been going on for the previous few weeks . |
| 16 | It will be very strange for Rangers to perform without their passionate supporters and fascinating to see how they cope in that alien atmosphere . |
| 17 | ‘ And I appeal to employers to look on our ex-service people and see in them the opportunity for the loyal , dedicated , hard-working men and women that they are . ’ |
| 18 | For example , as I indicated in discussing personal care , it is regarded as legitimate for children to think about their own interests when deciding whether to support a parent , but this is balanced rather delicately with the morality of obligation and duty , so that children can quite easily get into the position where they are regarded as too self-interested . |
| 19 | The effect was to make it difficult for children to contribute to their own support , let alone the support of other people , thus removing the reciprocal nature of support between the young and their parents ' generation , and establishing childhood and youth as a period of one-way dependence of the young on their parents ( Pinchbeck and Hewitt , 1973 ; Anderson , 1980 ; Gittins , 1986 ) . |
| 20 | It 's looking for volunteers to help with its annual flag day and street collection in the Greater Belfast area . |
| 21 | Objectives for Care outlines practical applications for nurses to use in their everyday working lives . |
| 22 | In the hospital , the patients and their life stories become the triggers for students to talk about their own lives . |
| 23 | The hedge was fast approaching , looking too big , far too big for Buttons to jump on his own . |
| 24 | ' Any project searching for a shared ‘ female ’ identity in the work may be misleading , yet the shared endeavour by women to succeed in their chosen field and on their own terms is important . |