Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [verb] a [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 31 | None of the passengers had spoken a word to each other since taking off from Helsinki . |
| 32 | Teachers seem to appreciate an attempt to be positive about the Education Reform Act . |
| 33 | Shipowners had accepted an invitation to the Annual Dinner and one had purchased and presented to the union , without charge , a fine convalescent home for sailors at Limpsfield . |
| 34 | Not only did he write music for various Masonic ceremonies ( such as the Maurerische Trauermusik ( Masonic Funeral Music ) , K.477 , for the memorial service of two fellow-Masons ; but , as we shall see , he actually wrote a ‘ Masonic ’ opera that was riddled with the arcane symbolism of the craft — an incredibly daring act for the member of a society dedicated to absolute secrecy to do ( all its members had to swear an oath to ‘ hear and conceal ’ on pain of having their throats cut or their tongues pulled out ) . |
| 35 | In particular , they must have forgotten the acts of violence through which it came into being ; and to be a nation , its inhabitants have to have a will to be a nation . |
| 36 | For 21 years , the players have used an agent to privately negotiate commercial deals which have been split between the squad and the management team . |
| 37 | This suited the British , especially when pro-Egyptian groups appeared to pose a threat to Jordan in April 1957 . |
| 38 | ‘ There were coaches and cars driving round in circles knowing full well the police planned to put a stop to the rave , ’ said the motorist . |
| 39 | Two changes since those halcyon days for the societies has put an end to their safe monopoly . |
| 40 | If the police wish to limit an assembly to below the number 20 , they will be forced to use their common law powers to prevent a breach of the peace , which survive the Act intact . |
| 41 | Giving details of the situation at Konjevic Polje , Maj Waters said one armoured vehicle with five men had escorted a convoy to Konjevic Polje on Thursday to help in the evacuation of 75 wounded people . |
| 42 | conjures up images and I just object to the fact that people impose on us , degrenality , I mean I , I think lesbian 's and gay men have got a right to their life style as we have and I do n't think we should be actually imposing and I think that 's what a lot of society and what people come out with does er more or less we do n't agree with that and its wrong and its objectional |
| 43 | West Mercia Police have submitted a file to the Crown Prosecution Service . |
| 44 | But in recent years the decline of these industries has meant an end to many traditional working-class communities where the extended family still survived . |
| 45 | Accommodating the exiled Kuwaitis has given a boost to the depressed property market , especially in the Eastern Province , where rents have tripled in the past year . |
| 46 | Some companies have been set up and others reformed to offer an alternative to the limited liability structure , for example the John Lewis Partnership , the Scott Bader Co . |
| 47 | We have already seen that some of the less successful students had suffered a blow to their self-esteem as a consequence of the rigid rules on learning . |
| 48 | By 1950 the idea of part-time work for married women had become a solution to the problem of married women 's status for feminists such as Eva Hubback , for policy makers anxious to preserve male work incentives , and for trade unionists concerned about the right to bargain for a family wage . |
| 49 | The residents have presented a petition to the council calling for the plans to be shelved until an alternative access to the site can be found . |
| 50 | Many adults have developed an immunity to tuberculosis in this manner . |
| 51 | The courts have added a gloss to the words of section 1 — ; namely that the offence is committed only if the application of the false trade description was associated with the sale or supply of goods . |
| 52 | GERMAN researchers have found a technique to ‘ switch on ’ small groups of atoms on the surface of a crystal . |
| 53 | THE National Association of Public Service Advertisers has given an award to Edinburgh 's Zero Tolerance Campaign . |
| 54 | Once they have done that , the undertakers guarantee to provide a funeral to that standard , whatever has happened to charges in the meantime . |
| 55 | And as soon as you start selling cards you will be spoilt for choice as their representatives start beating a pathway to your door . |
| 56 | However , the coach-driver case was an example of a case not reported directly but taken up in Paul Foot 's column , after the relatives of the victims had made a protest to him about the sentences and the lack of publicity of the case . |
| 57 | The Romans had put an end to the social struggles in the Greek cities and had given an implicit guarantee of survival for the wealthy . |
| 58 | Brummies have made a city to be proud of . |
| 59 | Fiji Prime Minister Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara said that his colleagues wanted to send a delegation to New Caledonia each year to monitor implementation of the Matignon Accord ( the 1988 pact which ended fighting between French settlers and pro-independence indigenous Kanaks by promising a 10-year process leading to a referendum on self-determination — see pp. 36348-49 ) , but the proposal was rejected by the French government . |
| 60 | Both the Labour Party and the Liberal Democrats have expressed a commitment to introducing legislation of this kind . |