Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [verb] a [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Efta states agreed to make a contribution to the Community budget in return for participation in the market . |
| 2 | Siding with the opposition in the 198-member Assembly , the dissidents sought to ensure an end to the military 's previous stranglehold on politics , which had ensured the routine re-election to the presidency of Gen. Alfredo Stroessner , dictator from 1953 until his removal by Rodríguez in a military coup in February 1989 [ see p. 36458 ] . |
| 3 | Since 1985 the Belgian French Speaking Association of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists has sent a questionnaire to maternity units annually . |
| 4 | The Museum of Fine Arts has dedicated a gallery to its superb collection of ancient artifacts from Nubia . |
| 5 | In Reardon Smith Line Ltd v Hansen Tangen [ 1976 ] 1 WLR 989 , shipbuilders contracted to build a vessel to a certain specification at Yard No 354 at Osaka Zosen , but the ship was in fact built at a different yard , the House of Lords did not consider these words of location as being part of the identity of the vessel . |
| 6 | Recent studies ( see page 29ff ) show that many schools continue to follow an approach to learning which is impeccably orthodox . |
| 7 | Though it does not deny that subjects do have a duty to God to obey their ruler , it insists that rulers are not absolute , and themselves have duties to their subjects . |
| 8 | Suppose a judge then announces , in the style of law as integrity , that the precedents do establish a right to damages because that reading of the precedents makes them in retrospect morally sounder . |
| 9 | The candidates need to have a commitment to world mission , good presentational/speaking skills and the mental and physical stamina for frequent travel . |
| 10 | Even the famed Sherpa porters wanted to call a halt to the first British attempt on Everest in winter . |
| 11 | The Institute of Directors has made a submission to the Chancellor of the Exchequer arguing that ‘ the UK should take immediate unilateral action to resolve the problem ’ . |
| 12 | The areas covered included a guide to procurement of computer hardware and software within the RAF , a help desk to assist with the diagnosis of problems on the large variety of PCs within the Engineering Branch of the RAF and extensions to the use of rule induction techniques in the diagnosis of avionic faults at the MU . |
| 13 | May 11 In a statement issued in Luxembourg , the six GCC countries offer to send an observer to a regional peace conference , thereby partly satisfying Israeli demands that all Arab states play a role in the peace process ( the observer status was devised to differentiate the Gulf states from the " front-line " Arab states bordering Israel , each of which would receive a full seat ) . |
| 14 | Overhead is the splendid architraved knife-edge about which the guidebook says : ‘ Delightful open and delicate climbing … ‘ and : ‘ Small wires have made a difference to this once very bold lead . ’ |
| 15 | Through a series of reviews reaching back more than a decade , British scholar-critics have encouraged an approach to early-music performance that reflects the priorities of their academic training . |
| 16 | Yeah the cleaners , you know the cleaners have got a key to your room and that and you |
| 17 | Most women are not convinced by the Prime Minister 's new role as the champion of women 's rights , not least because he was the first Prime Minister in 25 years to fail to appoint a woman to his Cabinet . |
| 18 | The Director of Public Prosecutions had made an application to a judge in chambers under section 411 of the Companies Act 1948 in order to obtain books and papers relevant to showing that an offence in connection with the management of the company had taken place . |
| 19 | Ideas need to show a benefit to the ES , or our clients . |
| 20 | A research scientist called Mulk got together a group of followers and created two robots , assassination machines designed to put an end to Bangler 's reign of terror , once and for all … |
| 21 | A SEMINAR on vice is being organised by Middlesbrough branch of Toc H , and organisers want to invite a prostitute to the meeting . |
| 22 | The fact that it is only at puberty that initiation occurs today and that it was only at this age that young males came to pose a threat to the peace and stability of early human societies seems to have had , quite apart from its evident social and psychological consequences , important physiological ones as well . |
| 23 | In four years Henry may , at best , have added about £100,000 per annum to his ordinary revenue , and fairly soon the taxpayers had called a halt to further intervention abroad . |
| 24 | WORLD Cup organisers have granted an amnesty to players who received yellow cards for fouls and other offences during qualifying matches . |
| 25 | WORLD Cup organisers have granted an amnesty to players who received yellow cards for fouls and other offences during qualifying matches . |
| 26 | Not surprisingly , different viewpoints have emerged over the range of activities which can be justified under the name of academic freedom , over the kinds of threat which are most felt to be present , over the circumstances in which appeal can be made to academic freedom , and over the justifications which academics employ to claim a right to ‘ academic freedom ’ . |
| 27 | But , as at Pittodrie a fortnight ago , the Kilmarnock defence held firm , and even on the rare occasions when Rangers did find a route to goal , veteran goalkeeper Bobby Geddes was on hand to snuff out any danger . |
| 28 | On April 10 a group of around 240 Ethiopian academics had submitted a petition to the government demanding its resignation and the creation of a " provisional caretaker government " , to be followed by multiparty elections under international supervision . |
| 29 | This came about because Martens had produced a guide to the Rouen Museum , in which there are two important portraits in oils of the Alexandre family . |
| 30 | The year before the Baptists had sent a telegram to Queen Victoria congratulating her on completing the longest reign in British history . |