Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although working people are now more likely to be contributing to an occupational or personal pension , even in future years not all people will have been able to accumulate sufficient provision to support themselves in retirement — for example those people who have not worked for many years because they were unemployed or disabled or caring for relatives . |
| 2 | A struggle to realize what in some sense already exists . |
| 3 | All of us probably envy the ability of Imelda , Ivana , Diana and co to indulge themselves with a glorious shopping spree whenever the desire grips them . |
| 4 | And I do not give you permission to fling yourself at her feet , grab her hands and weep into her palms . |
| 5 | Cos she was trying to find a , a reason or an excuse to sue them for it . |
| 6 | This uncertainty might , on the one hand , encourage social commentators in the attitude expressed by a writer in The Economist in 1848 : ‘ In our condition suffering and evil are nature 's admonitions ; they can not be got rid of ; and the impatient attempts of benevolence to banish them from the world by legislation , before benevolence has learnt their object and their end , have always been productive of more evil than good . ’ |
| 7 | He was too deeply into the part to see anything outside the stage . |
| 8 | a Services Division to support them for a transitional period |
| 9 | was going out of this area to the providers of er of capital , for opportunities within this area we can go to London for example be many bankers there who will be being approached by companies within the northern region , north west region asking them for money to support them in their in their ventures . |
| 10 | The core Marxist value is freedom — freedom from exploitation , freedom from the coercion of others , and freedom to realize oneself in creative labour . |
| 11 | To avoid the album selling for ludicrous amounts on import , Rough Trade took the decision to issue it in Britain . |
| 12 | The head of national television , Elemer Hankiss , initiated legal action in December to reverse Antall 's Dec. 9 decision to suspend him pending an investigation of charges of financial misconduct . |
| 13 | It may take several releases and many months before the company starts to see a return on its investments , so it is essential for an indie to have a relatively solid financial base to see it through the difficult early stages and to sustain the levels of promotion until an act on the label breaks . |
| 14 | She said she did not want any birthday presents unless they could be enjoyed by everyone , so her friends spent £500 on young trees and got permission to plant them around the town . |
| 15 | Strange said : " Athletes who are in the public eye have a responsibility to conduct themselves in a manner which can set a positive example . |
| 16 | I see no opportunity to debate it in Government time . |
| 17 | Personally , I am rather too fond of my sanity to risk it in this way . |
| 18 | But , alas , one 's head must be permitted to rule , and so I will say only this : a little house where I may be safe , with an income to enable me at least to enjoy the comforts of life , if not its luxuries . |
| 19 | You never knew when your luck would turn — another mean Taibach slogan to see him through these dazzling fields of honey and clover . |
| 20 | More important , support for the League would be maximized if people were given the opportunity to support it without supporting war . |
| 21 | Atkinson said : ‘ It 's a blow to lose someone like Shaun , who has been so impressive for us . ’ |
| 22 | Filaret owed his eminence less to his holy office than to his son 's willingness to treat him as a co-ruler . |
| 23 | Whether you decide on a honeymoon at home or you 're planning a trip abroad it 's a wonderful excuse to treat yourself to a couple of new outfits for the beach and it 's essential to look after yourself and protect against the sun 's more harmful rays . |
| 24 | Tonight I want to take the opportunity to thank her for her patience and support . |
| 25 | I would like to take this opportunity to thank them for their support , and I hope that when my nest book is published they will feel confident enough to treat me just as a novelist and not as a problem . ’ |
| 26 | We have also had support from our colleagues in Brussels ( see article on page 21 of this issue ) and I would like to take this opportunity to thank them for taking the lead and to appeal to Johnson Matthey sites around the world to take up the challenge . |
| 27 | May I take this opportunity to thank you for your continuing support of the Society . |
| 28 | Mrs A. W. wrote : ‘ I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for the time and effort you have put into compiling this diet which has made a bigger difference to my weight and dimensions than any other diet I have been on … . ‘ |
| 29 | I hope you will not be too disappointed and would take this opportunity to thank you for the interest which you have shown . |
| 30 | I hope you will not be too disappointed and would take this opportunity to thank you for the interest you have shown . |