Example sentences of "[vb pp] to a [adj] [noun pl] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is why the Government are committed to an expanded roads programme and continuing major investment in our transport infrastructure . |
| 2 | Added to a National Rivers Authority grant of £100,000 , it 's enabled 3 weirs to be restored . |
| 3 | More than 200 residents were evacuated to a nearby police station . |
| 4 | Eventually I was asked if my reference number related to a low-level police helicopter flight planned in Wales . |
| 5 | The fact that the system cost around £300,000 as compared to a traditional suppliers offer of £2.5 million and only took three months to design , install , train and make fully operational reflects well on the technology — even though the paper itself failed . |
| 6 | In these authorities the function of ‘ filling in ’ important works not ordered by the areas is given to a central resources unit , a team of professional librarians headed by the bibliographical services officer , with authority-wide responsibility for selecting published works of any importance . |
| 7 | If the candidate makes the grade in the Hawk , where he learns to handle fast jets and basic skills in bombing and dogfighting , he is posted to a Tactical Weapons Unit where these skills are honed . |
| 8 | Children who come to this school are limited to a Fine Arts base , and possibly Graphics . |
| 9 | During my lengthy spell abroad , I was seconded to a public relations unit , run by a delightful and eccentric colonel . |
| 10 | In some contexts , and particularly where the document to be served originated abroad , an informal mode of service is used ; typically the document is passed to a local police station , and is either taken round to the defendant 's address or the defendant is invited to call in to collect it . |
| 11 | When the name of a vulnerable elderly person has been passed to a social services department , that person becomes at least temporarily a client . |
| 12 | He need not be taken to a designated police station if it is not anticipated he will be detained for more than six hours or where the arresting officer is without help . |
| 13 | TWO men who used an imitation firearm to carry out a robbery were sent to a young offenders centre at Belfast Crown Court yesterday . |
| 14 | We are often talking about young people who have been through the entire menu of alternatives to imprisonment before they are sent to a young offenders institution , formerly known as a detention centre . |
| 15 | A TEENAGER who led police on a chase at speeds of up to 90mph through a built-up area was yesterday sent to a young offenders institution for two months . |
| 16 | Hayman , a first offender , was sent to a young offenders institution for three years . |
| 17 | Similarly , the graphics sub-system turns in some respectable benchmark timings , allied to a neat 14″ SVGA monitor of indeterminate parentage which gives a very steady , if over-bright display . |
| 18 | Although no incentive frills are attached to a National Savings Investment Account , the variable interest rate paid gross ( currently 11.75 per cent ) tends to be around 3 per cent higher than the best net rates offered by the major competitors . |
| 19 | Although no incentive frills are attached to a National Savings Investment Account , the variable interest rate paid gross ( currently 11.75 per cent ) tends to be around 3 per cent higher than the best net rates offered by the major competitors . |
| 20 | Although no incentive frills are attached to a National Savings Investment Account , the variable interest rate paid gross ( currently 11.75 per cent ) tends to be around 3 per cent higher than the best net rates offered by the major competitors . |
| 21 | In theory civil service recruits were supposed to pass an examination in law and a first language test and then be attached to a senior police magistrate for six months . |