Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [to-vb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't wait for Personnel to come along and do it for you . |
| 2 | Due for Sarah to come round soon to have it trimmed again ai n't you ? |
| 3 | Manchester-based Riverside International is now looking for franchisees to take on Cozydry , which is British Standard approved . |
| 4 | The Dos Quiz is a useful way for beginners to find out just how much they know after reading all the MS-DOS bibles . |
| 5 | A request was received from a household asking for support to turn down an application for a garage but it was deemed not a function for the Association . |
| 6 | A request was received from a household asking for support to turn down an application for a garage but it was deemed not a function for the Association . |
| 7 | It is for employers to set up suitable pension arrangements for their employees . |
| 8 | In France , for instance , where there are no incentives for employers to take on part-timers ( in the form of our lower National Insurance contributions and lack of rights and benefits for part-timers ) and far more extensive subsidised childcare facilities and parental leave , far fewer mothers work part time and more are in higher status occupations , according to the Department of Employment 's French And British Women 's Employment Comparisons . |
| 9 | For Friedman the realized decline in the measured real wage rate — a decline which only becomes apparent to workers with the passage of time — was sufficient incentive for employers to take on more labour . |
| 10 | If we give the basis of the complaint , however , it is very easy for employers to look down the list and find out which employee comes from Linlithgow , Greenock and Port Glasgow , Aberdeen , North or Banff and Buchan . |
| 11 | BELGRADE ( Reuter ) — The Yugoslav Prime Minister , Ante Markovic , leaving behind an economic crisis with inflation running at almost 1,200 per cent , flew to the US to ask for $1bn to back up his reform programme . |
| 12 | But ref Snoddy , with vast experience of World Cup and European football , insisted : ‘ It has never been the custom for referees to be paid their expenses in cash — or for clubs to hand over the money . ’ |
| 13 | Other recommendations include the need for policies to speed up the exploitation of renewable energy technologies ( such as wind , wave , solar and geothermal power ) which do not Produce carbon dioxide , the most important greenhouse gas . |
| 14 | A hedge is ideal for ducks to nest in — although they usually build their nests on the ground , using leaves and grass , they like them to be well hidden . |
| 15 | Detroit was paving the way for Mueller to take over and run the whole bloody show from America . |
| 16 | On March 15 , Israeli aircraft attacked a Palestine Popular Struggle Front ( PSF ) base in the village of Qoub Elias in the Bekaa valley on the Beirut-Damascus road , allegedly used as base to carry out attacks against Israel . |
| 17 | Branches clawed at her hair and she felt like she had done years ago , waiting for Jezrael to catch up , knowing she was going to be late for school , but she could n't leave her sister to struggle in on her own . |
| 18 | They were waiting for Nicandra to come in . |
| 19 | It is certainly not unknown for artists to sing on until well past their best and to put considerable strain on even their most sympathetic listeners , expecting them to weigh charm of manner and artistic experience against failing vocal powers . |
| 20 | Strategies , in this sense , are preprogrammed rules for action , so it was appropriate for contestants to send in their entries in computer language . |
| 21 | Diane stopped by the first of the mounds , not too close , and waited for Aldridge to catch up . |
| 22 | Examination of the debate on Buxton 's resolutions for gradual emancipation of 15 May 1823 , of his resolution for parliament to take up general emancipation of 15 April 1831 ( the resolution was interpreted in the debate by other speakers as being immediatist ) and , more briefly , of the debate on Stanley 's government resolutions for emancipation followed by a period of apprenticeship of 14 May 1833 indicates a clear shift to acceptance of abolitionist assumptions . |
| 23 | As Lord Wilberforce said in Anisminic : ‘ Although , in theory perhaps , it may be possible for Parliament to set up a tribunal which has full and autonomous powers to fix its own area of operation , that has , so far , not been done in this country . ’ |
| 24 | Lord Morris said that just as it was for Parliament to lay down the procedures to be followed for the passing of legislation , so it was for Parliament to determine whether these procedures had been followed . |
| 25 | It must surely be for Parliament to lay down the procedures which are to be followed before a Bill can become an Act . |
| 26 | It must be for Parliament to lay down and to construe its Standing Orders and further to decide whether they have been obeyed : it must be for Parliament to decide whether in any particular case to dispense with compliance with such orders . |
| 27 | When Lord Morris stated ‘ It must surely be for Parliament to lay down the procedures which are to be followed before a Bill can become an Act . |
| 28 | DEC 's announcement that it would concentrate on OSF/1 only for the Alpha range made enough customers angry for DEC to go back to its business plan and think again . |
| 29 | Robert Aaron , of Low Coniscliffe , has applied to the council for permission to set up a portable building in his garden for village events . |
| 30 | In 1984 the Anglian Water Authority applied for permission to carry out a land-drainage scheme on the Stour between Stratford St Mary and Flatford Mill , with the purpose of converting the riverside pasture to oil-seed rape . |