Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The development of NVQs and SVQs is underpinned by the assumption that in order for Britain to maintain and enhance its economic position in an increasingly competitive market it requires a more qualified , skilled , flexible and adaptable workforce capable of acquiring the competences to cope with changing technology and methods of work . |
| 2 | After 20 years ' service the almost total entitlement to remain on full pay , albeit suspended from duty , until the age of 65 . |
| 3 | What the trust offered was the opportunity to invest in interest-bearing mortgages . |
| 4 | This , it was argued , amounted to ‘ service abroad ’ ; any other view would infringe the right of other Contracting States to object to certain modes of service , such as Germany 's objection to the use of registered mail ; would circumvent the translation requirements existing under the Convention ; and would deprive defendants of the guarantees in Articles 15 and 16 . |
| 5 | Erm now the th H S C is saying that erm it should n't have gone skin to skin and they 've stopped skin to skin in other headings . |
| 6 | A subordinate class , such as the working class will , by definition , be low on economic resources and this will reproduce its subordination ; but it may also possibly generate a collective ethic to cope with adverse circumstances and so reproduce itself in this way according to a common cultural identity . |
| 7 | There have , however , been some attempts to go beyond this and to develop conceptions of TNCs not as representatives of the power of the state , as tends to happen within state-centrist analyses , but as independent of and even , on occasion , opponents of the state . |
| 8 | But the big record companies say they need elaborate long term contracts to invest in new talent . |
| 9 | ‘ I think to myself ‘ Well , has this company got the expertise to treat to this particular standard ? ’ , ’ said an area officer : |
| 10 | In certain circumstances , the customer 's consent will never constitute a defence to breach of fiduciary duty . |
| 11 | It was a strange experience to wait in that embattled and enclosed town , amongst the tense thousands . |
| 12 | He Mr Parkinson indicated in the Commons yesterday that Road pricing , a form of ‘ smart card ’ payment to drive through popular parts of London , would be impractical , and impinge on individual freedom . |
| 13 | A rise in wage levels , Barton argued , encouraged employers to invest in labour-saving technology . |
| 14 | So gripped did I become with my inability to proceed at one point , that I almost became benighted through ignoring what was literally a keyhole through the rock . |
| 15 | An opportunity to profit from this excellent Savings Plan and benefit from growing financial protection for your family |
| 16 | Is that the shell to go in both , good idea there Mark |
| 17 | Eating sand rice and stone peas , drinking small quantities of an unknown sticky orange substance , stopping off for re-fuelling at most airports in the world , taking crazed detours to Nowhereland through Afghanistan , Pakistan , India , Iran , Saudi Arabia , what seemed like Iceland and what definitely was Cuba , herded off the plane every few hours to sit in concrete bunkers while men with machine guns handed out the sticky orange , with the true feeling gnawing into your dead-from-the-nerves-down brain that you would n't make Bangkok until the New Year , if at all . |
| 18 | According to Regulation 8(2) of these regulations a driver has the overall responsibility to proceed with due regard to the safety of other users of the road subject to the direction of any police constable etc . |
| 19 | In September 1989 a report by Vientiane home service stated that after the promulgation in July 1989 of a law on foreign investment , " hundreds of businesspeople " had applied for permission to invest in different sectors of the economy . |
| 20 | Perrier 's competitors have had to put their plants on 24-hour shifts to cope with added demand from the unaccustomed absence of the once ubiquitous green bottles . |
| 21 | ‘ Those who desire to win the favour of princes generally endeavour to do so by offering them those things which they themselves prize most , or such as they observe the prince to delight in most . ’ |
| 22 | The main aim of their eight-week-long visit is to learn enough to set up a consultancy centre at the university as the Czechs , unused to the rising unemployment they now face , do not have the knowhow to cope with such upheaval . |
| 23 | ’ For Lewis it was a sobering experience to lose at major international level , following his Helsinki and Los Angeles exploits . |
| 24 | What beckons me forward is a faith in God 's Hand in history , the conviction that He means these lands to speak to the world with an answer , and the decision to support in any way I can those — black , brown and white — in whose lives I see God 's power working . |
| 25 | The philosophers claimed both the privilege to attend to epistemological questions and the privilege of epistemology to be the sole locus for debate about what was ‘ true ’ knowledge . |
| 26 | A true performer needs patience to cope with all the waiting in the wings and general hanging about while some director chappie takes his pick of the talent . |
| 27 | Although she was anxious to be able to travel on the underground and in aeroplanes , she felt that the problem which caused her the most inconvenience was her inability to go into any large shop or department store without experiencing extreme panic . |
| 28 | This doctrine enables a lessee to sue for any trespass committed between the granting of the lease and his entering in pursuance of it . |
| 29 | You 'll need two of these because we want two O Hs to go with those two O Hs . |
| 30 | She wwent to the High Court in August and won the riught to sue for malicious falsehood , a rare procedure , which she says she has to use because she ca n't afford libel proceedings . |