Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] [art] [det] " in BNC.

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1 Dustin , who had arrived with Anne , three-month-old Jennifer , and a nanny , played the piano or sang dirty songs to a guitar accompaniment in the hotel lounge in the evenings and , on one occasion , went into the kitchen to gather a few pots and pans to use as bongo drums in order to entertain his colleagues .
2 ( Note , though , that once prices have risen , people will need more money to conduct the same amount of transactions . )
3 Students at the Belfast campus have the opportunity to enjoy the many social and recreational facilities available in the capital of Northern Ireland .
4 Students at the Belfast campus have the opportunity to enjoy the many social and recreational facilities available in the capital of Northern Ireland .
5 I warmly welcome the opportunity to debate the many forward-looking suggestions the APB has put forward .
6 We would like to take this opportunity to thank the many people who have written to us .
7 Church & Co has been producing shoes in Northampton since 1873 and here is an excellent opportunity to see the many processes that make up the manufacture of men 's welted shoes .
8 This will give people the opportunity to see the same actors play three different parts , and it will give me that essential ingredient of a good farce : strong ensemble acting . ’
9 ‘ He 's not the first striker to go a few games without scoring , ’ Alex Smith , the Aberdeen manager , said .
10 I suppose it 's too much to expect a senior Queen 's Counsel to work the same hours as ordinary folk , ’ Bragg said grumpily .
11 Yesterday Sudbury chairman Iain Hook said the club 's case was based on the fact the division four clubs had a greater need for support as a result of their geographical locations and inability to attract the same amount of outside backing as top clubs .
12 Members of the senior management team who will be responsible for guiding and shaping the Board to meet the many challenges and opportunities of the future are …
13 Both the phosphorylation of receptors and their absence means that it takes more of the drug to obtain the same effect .
14 more money to provide the same level of service .
15 The next stage is to find a piece of plastic or card tube which will just slide snugly over the wound coil to provide the former for the pickup coils .
16 Well , I can report on that front that we have been offered the opportunity to secure a few locomotives ( one has already been given to us ) , and a number of pieces of rolling stock .
17 Merson is controlling his diet and craving for fast-food in a bid to lose a few pounds excess weight , but spoke out yesterday to nail the lies that he has had a bust-up with George Graham over the battle of the bulge .
18 Where two tractors are of equal power , the heavier will probably need to be in a lower gear to pull the same weight .
19 ( make ) Both in the same script : the difference in the attempt to spell the same word indicates fairly clearly a weak visual memory .
20 Keep the rudder where it is and allow the speed to increase a few knots so that both you and the student can observe the exact position of the rudder pedals .
21 Cough worse ( < ) lying down which causes the most violent cough to appear a few moments later .
22 THE Ffestiniog Railway Trust have issued the following statement regarding the FR 's bid to revive the former Welsh Highland Railway .
23 In the north , while in Aragon the CNT militia pushed forward from Barcelona in an attempt to recapture the former anarchist stronghold of Zaragoza , elsewhere the rebels seized the initiative .
24 The chiefs — moved by the former Nobel Peace Prize winner 's poignant pleas during her visit to Britain — have pledged the aid to refurbish a former Metropolitan Police property in London 's Lambeth .
25 David Young , the Lions prop , has recovered from his hamstring strain in time to be included in the Cardiff side to tackle the All Blacks on Saturday .
26 The Japanese know only too well of the dangers that can be posed by Hong Kong 's ‘ expatriate ’ rugby community in their bid to tread the same path for the next World Cup .
27 He admires the work of the PFA and wants his association to win the same respect .
28 His achievements to date were listed : charges laid on the railway in the Tobruk area on the night of 14 October ; a failed attempt to do the same near Sidi Barani which resulted in the death of the patrol commander , Lieutenant Shorten ; two further breaks in the railway on 24 October ; nine breaks on 29 October , and finally another attack on the track on 31 October .
29 ‘ We will continue … to pursue steadily the path of co-operation with China and we look to the Chinese side to do the same .
30 Receiving a copy of the AGM Minutes from the Branch prompts Air Mail to give a little space to describe the activities and efforts being made by the Branch Committee , a committee which has been virtually unchanged since the Branch was re-activated six years ago .
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