Example sentences of "[to-vb] [art] [noun sg] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Are you going to sacrifice the chance to help Chester 's on the altar of your pride and independence , Virginia ? ’ |
| 2 | It has long been held that the writs of mandamus and prohibition will go either to compel the visitor to act if he refused to deal with a matter within his jurisdiction or to prohibit him from dealing with a matter that lies without his jurisdiction . |
| 3 | A combination to compel the plaintiff to pay a debt is apparently unlawful , but where the object is to punish him it is necessary to distinguish between mere vindictive vengeance , which is unlawful , and the purpose of deterring others from similarly offending , which apparently is not . |
| 4 | Held , allowing the appeal , that although there was a strong presumption against interpreting a statute as taking away the right of silence of an accused person it was the plain intention of the Criminal Justice Act 1987 that the powers of the Director of the Serious Fraud Office should not come to an end when the person under investigation had been charged ; and that , accordingly , she was entitled to compel the applicant to answer questions on pain of commission of a criminal offence under section 2(13) of the Act of 1987 if he did not do so and no caution was appropriate ( post , pp. 68F–H , 81C–F , 83E , 86H ) . |
| 5 | A table-topping rebound next year would not be enough for a quick return if a no-promotion season is declared to accommodate the proposal to reduce League One to 10 clubs — a mad price to pay for an all-play-all format . |
| 6 | I hope that you will be able to spare the time to complete this form . |
| 7 | ‘ Thank you , Charlie , ’ Hari said , ‘ there 's good of you to spare the time to come to help us out . ’ |
| 8 | Howell has taken up a job in Aberdeen and feels he may no longer be able to spare the time to travel back to Edinburgh each weekend . |
| 9 | Why Brunel should have agreed to spare the time to become involved with the competition is not clear , except that his brother-in-law and close friend was Sir Benjamin Hawes , who had framed the War Department 's accommodation schedule . |
| 10 | Every action which is accepted as kindly , every individual act of devotion and sacrifice , whether made in the havoc of war or in times of peace , every act of generosity and in fact every good thing which has resulted from the endless struggle to uphold the decision to master the violent and lustful urges which are a legacy from the evolutionary process , will play its part in providing units of goodness to be enshrined in the Created God . |
| 11 | When Thornton started at the Daily Mirror he found the usual chronic Fleet Street over-staffing , and began to swing the axe to enable the paper to stand on its own two feet and ward off the inevitable predators , such as Rupert Murdoch and Robert Maxwell . |
| 12 | Once a family contacts or is referred to the referral scheme coordinator every assistance is given to that family to link into their local community group to ensure that the group is physically suitable and that any special assistance needed to enable the child to attend the group and enjoy its activities is provided . |
| 13 | No structured programme is necessary to teach a baby its mother tongue , to enable the child to master the complexities of sentence construction or grasp the subtle nuances and meanings conveyed in phrase and tone . |
| 14 | They were required to choose one of three mortgage valuations ; a basic valuation to enable the society to assess the adequacy of the security offered , pursuant to the duty imposed on societies by section 13(1) of the Act of 1986 , a copy of which would normally be provided for the borrower on payment of a fee ; a house buyers ' valuation containing a fuller report , for which the borrower paid a higher fee ; or a full structural survey . |
| 15 | There is the basic valuation required to enable the society to assess the adequacy of the security offered pursuant to section 13 of the Building Societies Act 1986 . |
| 16 | Royal Mail is giving a package of technical support and advice worth £3,500 as a first prize , to enable the winner to make the best use of postcodes in her business . |
| 17 | In addition , the Arts Council will provide an extra £10,000 to enable the winner to commission new work which will encourage young writers and readers . |
| 18 | To relieve the monotony of the black head , yellow sighting lines had been painted on it to enable the golfer to line up his putt on the ‘ sweet spot ’ — the dead centre of the putter head . |
| 19 | Yes , she said that she opened the door of the cab , to enable the porter to place her luggage within , before entering herself . |
| 20 | There are three variants of lotion to enable the stylist to choose one most suited to the client 's hair condition and needs . |
| 21 | This capacity is no more than a device to enable the organisation to act , and should not be seen as either creating or weighing against an agency relationship . |
| 22 | They need to develop strategies to enable the organisation to make the appropriate policy choices and implement them in order to enable the organisation to meet the needs of the environment . |
| 23 | Although formalisation and bureaucratic organisation helps a small company to develop into a large one , it may be insufficient to enable the organisation to survive continuing environmental changes . |
| 24 | They need to develop strategies to enable the organisation to make the appropriate policy choices and implement them in order to enable the organisation to meet the needs of the environment . |
| 25 | The final three categories represent the progressive development of a professional style of nursing , in which patterns of personal , social and emotional functioning in all aspects of the work are sufficiently self-disciplined to enable the nurse to work effectively . |
| 26 | There is a trap for the unwary where Newco is a close company and lends money to the trustees of an employee trust which holds shares in Newco , for example where funding is required to enable the trust to acquire further Newco shares . |
| 27 | Hence , there are a battery of effects — ‘ fades ’ , ‘ wipes ’ , ‘ dissolves ’ , and variations on them — designed to enable the film-maker to take the viewer through the film in the right emotional and psychological frame of mind . |
| 28 | The answer is that we politicians exist to enable the public to have its cake and eat it . |
| 29 | A 1982 White Paper again recommended greater disclosure suggesting that if the document itself could not be issued , material should be disclosed to enable the public to know the type of information which was being withheld . |
| 30 | It was founded to enable the public to identify qualified medical practitioners . |