Example sentences of "a [noun] [verb] [noun] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Simon Patiño , the family 's patriarch , who rose from being a clerk in a mining supplies store to owner of the largest known tin deposit , accrued revenues from the manufacture of nearly every tin can and piece of tin foil and was ultimately appointed a representative of the Bolivian government in Paris . |
| 2 | In fact , the evidence suggests that at the time of the great debates over defence and the Middle East in 1946 Britain had a realistic view of Soviet intentions in this area — that they fundamentally consisted in a determination to secure access to oil concessions in northern Iran . |
| 3 | I also saw many examples of good practice where a teacher introduced children to terminology to discuss their own writings . |
| 4 | Prime ministerial power , and therefore prime ministerial government is challenged ; Cabinet government and collective responsibility are challenged because of the claim that the first allegiance of a Labour minister is not to the Cabinet but to the mandate given by the party conference ; parliamentary government and the autonomy of MPs to deliberate as representatives is challenged through the notion of mandate reducing them to delegates ; and liberal-democracy itself is challenged because of a refusal to accept limits to participation and to the role of the state in the struggle to attain socialism through democracy . |
| 5 | This results in a failure to activate pepsinogen to pepsi and so denature proteins . |
| 6 | For Robin , a place to put mind to music . |
| 7 | The few experiences of community education , linking formal with non-formal methods such as the bi-lingual education in Scotland , have only begun to demonstrate the validity of a community orientated approach to learning . |
| 8 | He has a right to come face to face with me , and judge for himself whether he can honourably deliver them , and never fear that he is helping to lure a brave man to his death . ’ |
| 9 | I 'm gon na have a bit of a job getting Rob to school and over , over |
| 10 | The Shamen : A laff-riot awaits listeners to Radio 5 next Tuesday ( allegedly ) |
| 11 | It is a hum like the sound of crickets in the summer , a sound urging men to joy and mirth . |
| 12 | Think of all the , all the times I trudged up here with a pushchair to get Robert to playgroup and to school . |
| 13 | A thumbnail sketch by a friend brings Fénéon to life : ‘ He did not thrust himself upon you . |
| 14 | [ Op paras ] I enclose with this letter , the following : ( a ) a leaflet explaining the position regarding costs and the funding of your claim ; ( b ) a leaflet explaining your entitlement to Legal Aid ; ( c ) a leaflet explaining entitlements to welfare benefits ; ( d ) a brochure briefly explaining what happens next in Personal Injury cases ; ( e ) a short brochure explaining something about the Firm 's other services . |
| 15 | You must have your face covered up in some way on the night : I suggest a balaclava worn back to front , with eye-holes cut in it . |
| 16 | Of course , Ceauşescu was not a man to leave things to chance . |
| 17 | Standing at the far end of the room , before the southern doors , is a man clad head to toe in plate mail armour , wielding a rune-inscribed bastard sword . |
| 18 | Erm John 's Dream the National Playwright 's Network actually wrote back to me and said they 're quite happy to read your plays for a fee erm but I intend to re-write that before I put it in er for a reading erm Oh , I I sent a poem called Pleasure to Woman 's Weekly in June last year and I suspect they were actually planning to use it but they 've had a New Year 's clear-out and I got it back yesterday . |
| 19 | A book called Excursion to Hell claims three prisoners were shot by two members of the 3rd Battalion Parachute Regiment in 1982 . |
| 20 | This follows allegations in a book called Excursion to Hell by Vincent Bramley , who served in the conflict . |
| 21 | When it comes to the more basic aspects of organizational culture — the beliefs and values concerning leadership and organization — that lay behind the concrete organizational phenomena , a model relating culture to idea-management has evolved in our research efforts . |
| 22 | Birmingham has a scheme called Passport to Leisure , which is also in operation or being planned in other areas , including Norwich and Gloucester . |
| 23 | John Crawley : 70 against the Pakistanis , then a century to lead Cambridge to victory in the Varsity match |
| 24 | The Act allows children , for the first time , to initiate proceedings and instruct a solicitor to make applications to court . |
| 25 | Television cameras all over the place recorded everything both for news items that evening and for the two-hour Support Canadian Racing programme which posters everywhere announced was being made for a gala showing coast to coast after the triple had been completed in Vancouver . |