Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] [noun] of [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pausing only to pour buckets of water into the burning dustbins , and to be sick in the basin on the landing , Rainbow races for the nearest pay-phone , to ruin several people 's evenings . |
| 2 | The critical chain length c is interpreted as representing the dividing point between chains which are too short to provide a significant contribution to η from entanglement effects and those large enough to cause retardation of flow by intertwining with their neighbours . |
| 3 | ‘ All dressed ready for your important engagement , I see , ’ he drawled , his eyes going once more over her bedroom attire , and , if that was n't enough to ignite sparks of fury in her , his mocking tone abruptly fell away as his glance went from her and to the hall — in which direction she knew he was aware there was at least one bedroom . |
| 4 | It is a time for the Governments to act together to take charge of economics for the sake of the citizens that they , and only they , can represent . |
| 5 | The leading case is Anisminic Ltd v. Foreign Compensation Commission , where the House of Lords held that the effect of an exclusion clause is only to prevent errors of law by a tribunal which are within its jurisdiction : the clause would not prevent the review of decisions outside jurisdiction . |
| 6 | But I think it would be very nice if everybody joined Riot Girl , just to show sort of affiliation of events on campus . |
| 7 | The distinction , nonetheless , needs to be made , so that the aim of Procedure Audit is properly understood , ie to identify levels of disorder within procedures . |
| 8 | Teachers , always prominent in Tutorial Classes in the twenties , are given a separate category here to avoid problems of distortion in the percentages of the non-manual category . |
| 9 | As to the former of these points , Nield , J , held that the effect of the Order was simply to prohibit payment of rent in excess of the ‘ standard rate ’ ( ie , £600 per annum ) during the time when the Order was in force . |
| 10 | Their court appearance brings to 26 the number of men charged by the inquiry team headed by Cambridgeshire deputy Chief Constable John Stevens , who was called to Northern Ireland three months ago to investigate allegations of collusion between security forces and Protestant paramilitaries . |
| 11 | And they went on then to consider lack of understanding of consumers about G M technology as a whole , and made recommendations for erm , er , better labelling , and for a erm , information campaign to be launched as well . |
| 12 | Peers , and later MPs , will be offered in committee stage a free vote either to permit licensing of research for up to 14 days after creation of an embryo in vitro , or an absolute ban . |
| 13 | It seems illogical to require response to a treaty which adversely effects a third State , as in the instance of a territorial settlement when the third State also has a claim , and yet to regard lack of protest to an evolving principle of customary international law as acquiescence to it . |
| 14 | In the meanwhile , we did not feel it right to make aspects of knowledge about language in the programmes of study ( which will be legally obligatory for every pupil working at levels 5 to 10 ) too extensive or demanding . |