Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] a [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was n't as if Jay might storm into banks with a shot-gun , or ram a wages van . |
| 2 | Or select a women for the cabinet . |
| 3 | At the present time , apart from Part IV Licences ( Restaurant and Residential Licences ) , the Licensing Justices have complete discretion as to whether or not they grant or renew a drinks licence . |
| 4 | It can be found in baking a cake , pruning a tree , or holding a children 's party . |
| 5 | Other initiatives , such as skill-sharing and studio-sharing , forming a group or association , or joining an arts guild , can help reduce some of the financial overheads or create cheaper and often better ways of exhibiting work . |
| 6 | In ethics , there have been attempts to incorporate or develop a women 's point of view , perceived as missing from mainstream theory . |
| 7 | There were an infinite number of ways in which the investigating magistrate could compromise or embarrass a police officer , whereas having the judiciary on your side was an invaluable asset . |
| 8 | Older systems may require you to hunt around for a disk that contains a BIOS setup program . |
| 9 | How , I mean , is it just each village that has a Women 's Institute ? |
| 10 | If you are the sort of band that wants an arts council grant , then you are probably too special or too precious to conform to the limits set by ‘ popular ’ taste . |
| 11 | Flying was even better than she had hoped : better than skiing , better than driving a sports car . |
| 12 | The US Clean Air Acts ( 19S5 , 1970,1977 ) have established an environmental policy that includes an emissions trading programme and bubble policy . |
| 13 | ‘ It would seem the people of Middlesbrough are about to lose a valuable free open space for the sake of an enterprise aimed primarily at commercial profit rather than providing a sports facility , ’ she said . |
| 14 | The only European country that maintains an arms embargo is Great Britain , but even that is not absolute . |
| 15 | The main Regency style dining room has a very comprehensive à la carte menu offering rare delicacies and wines that include a connoisseurs selection for those seeking something extra special . |
| 16 | Energetic and many-sided , Hunt edited or sub-edited several popular magazines and journals , including the Quiver ( 1865–1905 ) and Cassell 's Magazine ( 1874–96 ) , besides founding and editing a children 's paper , Little Folks , until 1876 . |
| 17 | That threatened dozens of jobs in school kitchens , but now the staff have worked out that by concentrating cooking in larger schools and using a meals on wheels principle to serve others , they can provide a hot meal for everyone , without a subsidy and without putting up prices . |
| 18 | He also called unsuccessfully for concerted action by the US , USSR , France , and Great Britain , and announced an arms embargo to all belligerents . |
| 19 | To understand the qualitative features of the binding of GH5 to DNA , we have taken the structure of the CAP/DNA complex , and made a least-squares superposition of GH5 onto CAP on the basis of the sequence alignment in Fig. 4 . |
| 20 | Dexter knew they were hungry for information so he winked at them and made a thumbs-up sign . |
| 21 | She led a battle to keep local nursery schools open ( and won ) , campaigned for a skateboarding bowl for neighbourhood children ( now up for a community award ) and produced a Parents ' Guide to Oxford Pubs . |
| 22 | The Union employs an Entertainments Manager based at Jordanstown to organize and coordinate an entertainments programme across the four campuses . |
| 23 | I am often asked to lead seminars on a topic which has been chosen for me and has a ti tie like ‘ coming to terms with our own mortality ’ . |
| 24 | Meanwhile , Vistec is making the most of the recession and has a Pounds 4m cash pile . |
| 25 | A SCHOOLBOY brandishing a toy gun jokingly held up his mum in the street — and triggered a police alert . |
| 26 | The European Parliament called for an independent inquiry and proposed an arms embargo on Indonesia . |
| 27 | Grannell also changed his pleas in respect of charges of assaulting PC Eric Moss and damaging a police car . |
| 28 | The palaces were very large , richly decorated and comprised a temple(s) , basilica , public rooms , banqueting hall , a throne room and magnificent gardens with peristyle and fountains . |
| 29 | It came to the rescue of Rolls-Royce and of Upper Clyde Shipbuilders and negotiated an incomes policy with the unions . |
| 30 | On the technical side , the project will include a comparative assessment of two different strategies : adding statistical capability to a commercially available GIS , and writing a GIS module within a general statistical computing environment . |