Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [to-vb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Neither in the production of variations nor in the elimination of disadvantageous variations is there any reference to an ‘ end ’ of producing ‘ fit ’ or successful species : the probability of variations occurring , or of a particular variation occurring , is independent of the need for change to produce a better ‘ fit ’ between organism and environment , or of that variation being successful . |
| 2 | ( 2 ) Loss of status through inability to complete an apprenticeship ( Dunk v George Waller & Son Ltd [ 1970 ] 2 QB 163 ) . |
| 3 | Will the right hon. Gentleman arrange for the Secretary of State for Defence to make a statement about the way in which contractors are paid £10 an hour for security guards at some of our vital establishments when security guards in my constituency are being paid £1.80 an hour ? |
| 4 | All that remains is for Zenith to make a stuff of this one as well . |
| 5 | Six years later , the band reformed as Hilt to make a record , the result being ‘ Ambulance ’ . |
| 6 | Six years later , the band reformed as Hilt to make a record , the result being ‘ Ambulance ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ the clearest and simplest remedy for this evil of litigation about charity , by which so often the kindly intention of a testator is defeated , and still more often a considerable part of the benefaction is wasted in legal costs , would be for Parliament to enact a modern definition or classification of charities on some broad lines . |
| 8 | For long before 1946 , it had been customary for Parliament to preserve an oversight of such central government delegated legislation by requiring that such legislation be laid before it in some form or another . |
| 9 | Sergei Yushenkov , a leading democrat in the Russian parliament , guesses that , for less than $10m , you could bribe enough deputies to resign , making it impossible for parliament to form a quorum and thus forcing a general election : a small price to pay for removing a big obstacle to reform . |
| 10 | John Howard , of 15 Hawkswood , Hurworth , has applied to Darlington borough council for permission to prune an oak tree . |
| 11 | An Icelandic request for permission to take an " interim " commercial quota of 192 minke and 91 fin whales over the coming year was rejected . |
| 12 | A LOYALIST remand prisoner in Ulster has lost a court battle for permission to wear a poppy at a prison remembrance service on Sunday . |
| 13 | He began work as a mining engineer in Lanarkshire and applied to Alexander Hamilton Douglas , tenth Duke of Hamilton [ q.v. ] , for permission to open a new mine on his land , but was refused on the grounds that he was too young for such responsibility . |
| 14 | On Sept. 27 Mulroney appealed to Queen Elizabeth II , Canada 's head of state , for permission to use an arcane clause of the 1867 British North America Act to create an extra eight Senate seats , in order to avoid Article 42 of the 1982 Patriation of the Constitution Act [ see p. 31312 ] . |
| 15 | But when the owners later asked for permission to erect a temporary office , they were told the greenhouse itself should have had permission … and it would have to come down . |
| 16 | The agency has applied to the Scottish Office for permission to erect a barrier across the mouth of the dock which is used by local fishermen to unload their catches and berth their boats . |
| 17 | But even though the river 's dry a nearby training stables is now applying for permission to drill a bore hole and pump up to £10m gallons out of the ground to water horse gallops like this . |
| 18 | To do it , he had to have more privacy than his room allowed , and he had tentatively approached Captain Dawson , who was home on leave and was painting the porch , for permission to put a table and chair in the garage , so that he could work there . |
| 19 | Those advocating embalming lose little love for doctors who ask relations for permission to do a post-mortem examination and get it . |
| 20 | In our explorations , ostensibly in search of good compositions to sketch , we often came upon the nuns : a solitary sister on her knees in front of a grotto , a nervous magpie secreting days off purgatory , would fly up ; a group of novices , disturbed roller-skating or playing the guitar , would look to their novice-mistress for permission to accept a boiled sweet . |
| 21 | TENANTS living in council owned sheltered accommodation could be allowed to keep their pets without having to apply for permission on an annual basis.Uttlesford District Council has allowed tenants to keep a pet dog or cat , but until now only on a temporary basis.For the past two years , tenants have had to apply annually for permission to keep a pet under the council 's rules . |
| 22 | Thomson asked for permission to make a statement at the bar of the House of Commons but this was denied . |
| 23 | Has he asked you for permission to make a statement to the House on the initiative or , has he , as he did last week when he refused to make a statement to the House on the Welsh business rate , copped out once again ? |
| 24 | In early August more than 61,000 South Korean citizens , many of whom had relatives in North Korea , applied for permission to make an unprecedented visit to the North . |
| 25 | Application for permission to develop a timeshare facility would be considered on the same basis as any other resort development . |
| 26 | In these circumstances each polytechnic evolved as best it could in the various contexts within which it had to operate — for finance , primarily its local authority ; for permission to develop a course , the Regional Advisory Council ; for course approval , the CNAA and other validating bodies . |
| 27 | Consortium Developments Ltd , a company established by Bovis , Barratt , Wimpey and Beazer , was behind the spectre of Stone Bassett and fought long and hard for permission to develop an area of 12,000 acres and build 6,000 houses . |
| 28 | When , in 1150 , the citizens of La Rochelle had asked the Bishop of Saintes for permission to build a new parish church to accommodate the growing number of worshippers , they had met with a refusal . |
| 29 | When they applied to Stroud District Council for permission to build a house , they were turned down flat . |
| 30 | House extension : Mr Ross , of Bryan Close , Hurworth , has applied to Darlington Borough Council for permission to build a single-storey extension to his house . |