Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [verb] a [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here and in the United States , most experts now agree that a doctor is not obliged either ethically or legally to continue treatment when it 's refused or is useless or has become a burden to the patient . |
| 2 | Nor is sharing or giving help a route to dominance ; it is merely what is expected , part of the minimal definition of what it is to be a member of a Semai community ( see Robarchek 1986a ; see Dentan 1968 : 134 for a discussion of implications of the distinction between reciprocity and sharing ) . |
| 3 | The Transvaal provincial authorities on Oct. 2 , 1989 , met with a " Soweto People 's Delegation " , which included Archbishop Desmond Tutu , Cyril Ramaphosa ( the general secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers — NUM ) and Albertina Sisulu , the wife of leading ANC member Walter Sisulu [ for whose release from prison in October 1989 see p. 36964 ] , and agreed to negotiate an end to the three-year rent boycott in the black township of Soweto , which included a partial write-off of nearly US$100,000,000 in accumulated rent arrears . |
| 4 | Ansaf Banat was also reportedly threatened and made to sign a confession to the effect that her mother knew Ahmed al-Zahrani . |
| 5 | The Census In the United Kingdom , this is held every ten years ( i.e. 1961 , 1971 , 1981 ) , and involves distributing a questionnaire to every household . |
| 6 | Many elderly housebound people living alone feel the loss of their independence very keenly and fear becoming a burden to others . |
| 7 | One of the major trusts in Grampian is seeking £1.5m to develop contract setting and monitoring and has given a contract to a firm of management consultants to handle contracting issues with fundholders . |
| 8 | She plans to pursue her research actively and has acquired a word-processor to this end . |
| 9 | Mr Waldegrave gracefully admitted not knowing and promised to send a letter to the low fellow . |
| 10 | Calling the tour a " complete success " , Li told embassy staff in Bangkok that the visit had raised China 's international prestige , strengthened understanding with ASEAN , and helped to promote a solution to the Cambodian problem . |
| 11 | The Chancellor , Kenneth Clarke , declared in his Mansion House speech that he ‘ should like to be remembered as a Chancellor who helped British industry and British commerce through another difficult period and helped to make a difference to the wealth creating capacity of the nation . ’ |
| 12 | He should repeat his assurance that , while Labour is opposed to the privatisation of water and electricity and wants to see a return to public control , it is not the party 's intention to clobber those who buy shares . |
| 13 | Acer Inc , Taipei , Taiwan says it is considering the possibility of cooperation with Nintendo Co Ltd in the electronic games industry and plans to submit a proposal to the Japanese company soon ; Acer denied a report that it would make electronic games on behalf of Nintendo . |
| 14 | We thank him profusely , and manage to bring a smile to his face . |
| 15 | It 's hoped they too will eventually breed and begin to bring an end to the drastic decline in numbers on the estate . |
| 16 | He unrolled the parchment , scrubbed it with the pumice-stone and gently blew the fragments away , dipped his quill into the unclasped inkhorn and began to draft a letter to Burnell . |
| 17 | Dangerfield selected the thinnest girl and began dancing a waltz to the hymn-tune . |
| 18 | On 2 March however , they were called upon to play a more central part in the defence , as Desmond Vincent-Jones relates : ‘ The day started auspiciously when an Heinkel 111 suddenly appeared out of the dawn mist with undercarriage down and started to make an approach to the main runway , presumably mistaking Hal Far for its own base airfield in Sicily . |
| 19 | I reached the desolate head of the valley ( few flowers here ) and decided to attempt a crossing to the other side of the beck so that I could return by the path descending from Black Sail Pass . |
| 20 | Emecheta insisted that although she was a girl she wanted an education and managed to get a scholarship to the Methodist Girls ' High School . |
| 21 | By the later nineteenth century , these dangers were much less ; and perhaps more striking is Davy 's other remark , about how in his lifetime chemistry had ceased to be a science of furnaces and large quantities , and had become an activity to be carried on with spirit-lamps and test-tubes in the drawing room . |
| 22 | Tom had swept the room clean and had fixed a lamp to a hook on the white plaster ceiling . |
| 23 | Christina was sure she was right , and had sent a cheque to Caroline 's mother to safeguard against such an event . |
| 24 | Anthony returned soon after five o'clock with the news that there was no penicillin in the city at all , but that he had telephoned everyone he could think of who might supply it and had sent a telegram to UNRRA headquarters . |
| 25 | Mrs. Jennens , daughter of Judge Blencowe , dreamt that an express came with an account of the death of her sister , Lady Probyn ; that the latter had appointed her sole Executrix and had left a cabinet to Mrs. Betty Blencowe in which were secret drawers containing several valuables . |
| 26 | Primary prevention of suicide attempts is extremely difficult and continues to present a challenge to health and social services alike . |
| 27 | They come to be seen as existing in their own right ; so that , even when they have ceased to serve their original social purpose and have become an impediment to the progress of society , men continue to defer to them . |
| 28 | The absurdities of antiracist orthodoxy have become a target of critique by the right ( Honey ford , 1988 ; Lewis , 1988 ) , and have formed a backdrop to the bitter debates that have surrounded the publication of The Satanic Verses . |
| 29 | Customs have reviewed their policy on staff discounts and have announced a change to their previous treatment . |
| 30 | Mutual support mechanisms have helped to maintain the drive to diversify into new growth sectors and have facilitated a commitment to long-term market expansion . |