Example sentences of "[noun prp] be [verb] [to-vb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | SUNDERLAND are expected to announce a voucher system for the distribution of their FA Cup final tickets . |
2 | French club Cannes are refusing to obey a Football Federation order to replay their Cup match with Montpellier . |
3 | RESIDENTS of Middlesbrough are expected to face a poll tax increase of almost £45 from April 1 . |
4 | ‘ Ray and Kathleen are proposing to have a week or ten days touring the Cotswolds next month , ’ she told Agnes , as she stuffed his letter back into the envelope . |
5 | Although this written account is extremely tenuous , patient archaeological excavations that have been going on for many years on Santorin are beginning to reveal a story to rival that of Pompeii . |
6 | Walter Schellenberg is going to want a source for this information . |
7 | ‘ Miss Kenton is wishing to have a word with you , sir , ’ he said . |
8 | DOUG SCOTT is hoping to lead a trip this winter to that most expensive of climbing venues , Antarctica , to make first ascents of the continent 's second highest peak Naomi Uemera ( 15,257 feet ) and Tyree ( 15,895 feet ) . |
9 | Kuwait is preparing to make a US$1,000 million claim for compensation from Iraq to cover the costs of cleaning up after the oil well fires left burning at the end of the Gulf War in 1991 . |
10 | DEREK Warwick is poised to make a return to Grand Prix racing with the Milton Keynes-based Footwork Mugen-Honda team next season . |
11 | The brothers were told he was part of an international organisation and Mr Shafi was asked to become a broker . |
12 | Scrambling up the escarpment leading into the mountain ridge of the Jebel , David was forced to call a halt , saying that he was feeling unwell . |
13 | Julia Verity was looking to start a business by buying a house in Henley , doing it up and selling at a profit . |
14 | Keynes was trying to create a consensus around public works and his adoption of protection in the autumn of 1930 was almost certainly an attempt to enlist the support of the growing tariff lobby . |
15 | In 1975 author Francis Hitching was commissioned to write a book and television documentary entitled Earth Magic . |
16 | Molly was invited to start a class and Hilda was one of five beginners in it . |
17 | The MRT are hoping to create a series of excursions during the year which will conclude with two further charter trains to London for Christmas 1993 . |
18 | In the early 1960s , however , changes within Northern Ireland were beginning to create a degree of common interest between Unionists and Nationalists in Derry , and they were brought closer together in resistance to the industrial and commercial decline of the city . |
19 | Unions said yesterday that there would be a threat to thousands of jobs if either GEC or Thomson were allowed to gain a foothold at Ferranti because of the overlap in radar interests . |
20 | Erm , yes Chairman , the , the suggestion of the recommendation if you like , that er , Reginald 's erm , proposal it is , er to participate is , is er , rejected by er , I do n't particularly feel that way about it , that erm , if , apart from the fact that the contribution is sizable , and I do n't think that we 'll get all that many applications from the Regional District Council anyway , but erm , I would n't see harm at all of both Oswestry and Bridgenorth being allowed to send a representative if there were any applications , it 'd be good for their area , er , and er , even if they were n't allowed to vote on it , and I suppose they should n't be allowed to vote on it , erm , I , I would see it as erm , another attempt , another avenue to , towards partnership between District Council and the County Council development . |
21 | But Bootle were preparing to spring a surprise of their own by including Jimmy Lewis , from Norfolk , who opens the bowling for the Minor Counties side . |
22 | Football has always been played at both ends , a fact made significant by Robson 's assertion that England were forced to fight a rearguard action in Chorzow . |
23 | Four of the leading jurists of Bologna were appointed to prepare a document defining for ever the relationship between the empire on one hand and the cities of Italy and imperial vassal on the other . |
24 | Castle Drachenfels is designed to present a challenge to characters of all levels of experience , but inexperienced adventurers will have to be very careful indeed if they want to survive their visit to the Castle ! |
25 | The Bank of England is struggling to finance a budget deficit running at 8% of GDP . |
26 | The Church of England is expected to discipline a vicar who removed wooden crosses from a grave , despite the distress of the family involved . |
27 | The former Darlington manager who played for Aston Villa and England is set to take a team to promotion for the third successive season as long as his Leicester team keep their nerve in next Saturday 's crucial last game at home to Newcastle . |
28 | As its name suggests , MPEG is trying to define a standard for coding moving images and associated audio . |
29 | Balancing the books is going to be tricky … going on recent balance sheets around three million pounds will be needed up front to pay off debts and buy the Maxwell family shares … and then presumably more money will have to be invested to beat off losses of fifteen thousand pounds a week … the club 's managing director Pat McGeough is hoping to do a deal within the next few days … its not simple … its not clear cut … but for the first time win weeks United are confident about the future |
30 | If North Korea is determined to have a bomb , then no amount of reassurance by America or South Korea will be enough to get the inspectors back in . |