Example sentences of "[subord] [noun sg] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The present book does not pretend to do more than help students to lay some of the foundations of scoring methods , but of course they should be encouraged to keep abreast of all fruitful developments that take place . |
| 2 | When a circus comes to town they send in the stars … so who better than Desert Orchid to lead the festival parade into Cheltenham … |
| 3 | Tile thickness ranges from about 3mm ( ⅛in ) for plain wall tiles up to around 6mm ( ¼in ) for floor tiles , which are generally denser than wall tiles to resist dents . |
| 4 | This provides what Eo calls a simple ‘ pen and paper ’ -style intuitive interface that requires simple writing gestures rather than keyboard skills to operate — for instance to delete text you simply cross it out rather than entering a command . |
| 5 | One study , for example , has shown that children separated early on from their schizophrenic mothers are not only more likely than control children to become schizophrenic themselves but also show greater artistic and musical talent . |
| 6 | Unfortunately , ex-care women were much less likely to experience the protective effect of a non-deviant supportive spouse , firstly because they were more likely than comparison women to marry men with problems , and secondly because they were much more likely to be without any kind of spouse . |
| 7 | Thus we can see that there is a broad variety of approaches which we may group under the heading of ‘ natural law theories ’ because they all rely on something other than state law to constitute the valid rules of a legal system . |
| 8 | After all , the Louvre uses private donations rather than government funds to make its most expensive acquisitions . |
| 9 | Although government capacity to meet expectations has declined , its capacity to meet expectations in the past built up a body of diffuse support , support that now exists independently of particular failures to meet demands . |
| 10 | Look no further than driving distance to find this pair 's problem . |
| 11 | She also makes it clear that if labour attempts to leave one large company for another , such mobility is taken as evidence of unreliability . |
| 12 | Far from it — it is an argument for policies extending beyond the school to the areas of work and income , if government attempts to equalise the outcome of education are to stand any serious chance of succeeding . |
| 13 | The third task is to stop the abuse of Italy 's system of granting deputies immunity from prosecution for many crimes unless parliament votes to lift it . |
| 14 | We also because County Council to address and introducing traffic calming measures such as er costings or . |
| 15 | This is because of differences in hunting behaviour and also because predator reaction to prey availability varies considerably . |
| 16 | While training schoolchildren to deal with threatening situations , they found many were making the wrong decisions . |
| 17 | Or perhaps they would have the sense to be washing their hair when Esquire phones to ask them out . |
| 18 | President Saddam Hussein on Nov. 6 appointed Interior Minister Ali Hasan al-Majid as Defence Minister to replace Gen. Hussein Kamil [ for whose April appointment see p. 38165 ] . |
| 19 | After the First World War Letters of Credit became commonplace as payment instruments to facilitate international trade . |
| 20 | Also to the drivers , who not only drove with such care that the passengers were n't inconvenienced in any way , but also doubled as bike handlers to get the bikes on and off the trailer , inevitably a dirty job . |
| 21 | Or , the US could try to overcome the political disability of association with what was at least a latent French colonial enterprise ; as midwife help to bring the independent state of Vietnam into existence ; and , as godfather , protect and support it in a cruel world . |
| 22 | I was asked as Home Secretary to consider whether I should ban his entry . |
| 23 | It 's easy for us as establishment people to say they can come to us . |
| 24 | With financial conglomerates , a supervisor is nominated as lead regulator to oversee the exchange of information and data by the individual supervisors involved . |
| 25 | PM gives Heseltine top post Major promotes women as race ison to succeed Kinnock |
| 26 | The computer can then interpret your keystrokes either as characters you want to appear on-screen , or as menu selections to allow formatting commands to be carried out . |
| 27 | The CEGB already has one nuclear power station at Sizewell , as well as planning permission to build at least one more . |
| 28 | In addition Drury persuaded one witness to amend his evidence so as to incriminate Cooper , arranged for another to be shown a photograph of McMahon so as to pick him out in an identification parade , omitted to tell the defence of two witnesses crucial to their case , cited another as prosecution witness to prevent the defence from calling him , and bribed two prisoners in Leicester Prison , where McMahon was on remand , to say that McMahon had admitted to them his part in the crime . |
| 29 | His puritanical streak led him as lord mayor to attempt to ban the ‘ demoralizing pleasure fair ’ in Ashbourne and to outlaw Shrovetide football . |
| 30 | It hopes the findings of the survey will provide ammunition to press for government funding as well as policy changes to encourage housing associations or similar schemes to help local people . |