Example sentences of "[det] [noun] [to-vb] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She hopes ( ‘ in a money sense ’ ) that he will ‘ get the Civil Service post : Nice to have a little money to spare above the necessaries of life . ’ |
| 2 | 14 You have a little money to give to an animal conservation project . |
| 3 | Such a duty of confidence is subject to , and overridden by , the duty of any party to that contract to comply with the law of the land . |
| 4 | Younger workers living in company dormitories have little opportunity to escape from the affairs of their firm and from an early age their leisure time is dominated by work colleagues . |
| 5 | The wife may be unable to get a job and may have little opportunity to work in the house especially if it is customary for servants to do all cooking and housework . |
| 6 | Mr Takeshita wants that election to come after the Paris economic summit in mid-July , hoping that the voters will be impressed with his statesmanlike performance in dealing with the Latin debt crisis . |
| 7 | Leave five minutes before each interview to look at the candidate 's application form/letter , and any particular questions noted down while first reading it . |
| 8 | If the concentration of production and distribution units becomes a major force in the transition to the SEM , there will be an inevitable tendency for that concentration to occur in the core regions which will probably not only contain relevant headquarters and production units , but will also guarantee proximity to markets and immediate access to a range of supporting service functions . |
| 9 | I cut a path through the rushes which allows enough space for two rods , and room each side to wade to the water 's edge . |
| 10 | Sir Derek will resist pressure from some shareholders to resign in the belief that this is largely a minority view . |
| 11 | He noticed that he was almost out of them and fumbled in his jacket pocket for some change to feed into the cigarette machine . |
| 12 | I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Basildon ( Mr Amess ) on taking this opportunity to raise in the House the granting of trust status to the Basildon and Thurrock hospitals and on providing the House with the opportunity to mark the granting of trust status . |
| 13 | It is important that we have this opportunity to concentrate on the Bill as it affects Scotland . |
| 14 | It is clearly for the mother in this case to establish to the court that the interests of the children lie in their remaining in England , and that their future can appropriately be determined here so that it would be proper to allow those matters to prevail over the purpose and philosophy of the Convention . |
| 15 | It is clearly for the mother in this case to establish to the court that the interests of the children lie in their remaining in England , and that their future can appropriately be determined here so that it would be proper to allow those matters to prevail over the purpose and philosophy of the Convention . |
| 16 | Adjusting this income to allow for the rise in prices , it seems that the real income fell by more than one-third . |
| 17 | He told me to be a good girl for Mum , and that he would give me some money to go to the pictures . |
| 18 | Vaquero offers the city-bound reader a few minutes to escape to a time and place that we are losing ’ . |
| 19 | Please could I ask you to find a few minutes to write to the Secretary of State for Wales , Welsh Office , Cathays Park , Cardiff CF1 3NQ , urging him to persuade his cabinet colleagues of the importance of finding time for an Environment Bill which includes these measures . |
| 20 | It took only a few minutes to run to the kitchen and request Agnes Diggory to take Lady Merchiston 's luncheon tray straight upstairs when it was ready , and then Theda passed out of the house into the early warmth of a sunny April day , Hector charging ahead . |
| 21 | Penny went shopping with Rowan , into one of those very expensive boutiques shops , yeah , and between them they bought this dress , and when they got it home , Rowan 's mother would n't let her have it because it was too revealing and so Penny was stuck with it and then her mother would n't let her have it either , but the shop would n't refund , it would only give them credit so she 's got all this money to spend in the shop . |
| 22 | Lord Gardiner regarded him as being well qualified by this experience to advise on the renewal of another , even more antique , part of the national heritage : the hallowed courts of justice . |
| 23 | this experience to get on the course |
| 24 | These comprised a pork pie and some salami to stave off the munchies while I drove , a toothbrush and some toothpaste , and then a bottle each of tequila , lime juice and Asti Spumante for which I had plans . |
| 25 | A two shift system was introduced in this department to coincide with the shift working in the underframe shop . |
| 26 | It was beyond the scope of this study to enquire into the way by which urethane inhibits mucosal repair processes . |
| 27 | But this readiness to intervene in the Philippines was a useful message to send to a Soviet leader still exploring the thinking and the reactions of the new US President . |
| 28 | Not surprisingly , considerable pressure was put on the Conservative government to take some action to cope with the problem , though it was neither clear nor agreed what the basic problem was . |
| 29 | Another crime to add to the register . |
| 30 | It is not the purpose of this chapter to speculate on the degree of roof venting but it is necessary to consider the means by which roof venting is controlled . |