Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [vb pp] 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | She plans to pursue her research actively and has acquired a word-processor to this end . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Tom had swept the room clean and had fixed a lamp to a hook on the white plaster ceiling . |
| 6 | Christina was sure she was right , and had sent a cheque to Caroline 's mother to safeguard against such an event . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Customs have reviewed their policy on staff discounts and have announced a change to their previous treatment . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | It started off as a laugh , but has become a job to me . |