Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun pl] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Television in every home may be a blessing for the old and infirm , indeed for all of us at times , but that , the motor car , foreign travel and umpteen other things have all combined to affect attitudes towards sport and leisure . |
| 2 | We will also seek to promote forms of accountability which go beyond dinner parties at Stormont for selected priests and other notables . |
| 3 | Work is beginning on a geotechnical database , extending the current holding of shear-strength measurements to include values of moisture content , liquid limit and a variety of further data . |
| 4 | The WaterAid committee tends to support projects in traditionally-English speaking areas as it is likely to have more effect where it can be better understood . |
| 5 | Norris made a much greater impact than Keegan had done earlier , and his speech was followed by an appeal by Cardinal Frings for a concerted effort on the Church 's part to support projects in relief of poverty . |
| 6 | She expected to see signs of fury in his eyes at that stab but she saw nothing to indicate any such irritation . |
| 7 | It is not surprising , therefore , that incomes have dropped severely during the last few years , with the result that we are now beginning to see signs of dereliction . |
| 8 | Of course it is good to see artists at work and artists discussing their work on TV , but so many of the programmes have been disappointing . |
| 9 | EC environment ministers recently supported the commission 's proposed tax , which is designed to persuade energy-intensive sectors such as the chemical industry to curb emissions of carbon dioxide . |
| 10 | I would also like to see skills of writing and arguing developed and tested . |
| 11 | BAeSEMA 's work varies from design contracts for equipment and services to support contracts for equipment the navy has had in service for many years . |
| 12 | Its purpose was to perform acts of sabotage and to organise raids far behind the enemy lines , and ( later , in Europe ) to sustain local guerrilla groups , and send back to Britain intelligence regarding any situation with which S.A.S. troops themselves were incapable of dealing in the small numbers in which they operated . |
| 13 | The military authorities in the nominally independent homeland of Ciskei declared a state of emergency on Oct. 28 " to combat activities of arson and terrorism " by the ANC . |
| 14 | A $5 million joint American-Brazilian venture to monitor emissions from forest fires in the Brazilian Amazon has been launched in an attempt to measure the role of the emissions in the global climate and their possible threat to human health in Brazil . |
| 15 | For example , since women are the main socializers of children , they have an enormous capacity to affect patterns of personality and behaviour . |
| 16 | Coordinators had to acquire skills in leadership and in handling people and ideas which the majority of them had not developed in their previous jobs . |
| 17 | Keynes was concerned with producing a theory which was sufficiently general to embrace states of unemployment as well as full employment . |
| 18 | is the author of Learn to Paint Birds in Watercolour , published in 1989 by HarperCollins . |
| 19 | When I 'm going out , I plan what to wear ages in advance . |
| 20 | Consequently , it can be misleading to see circulars as evidence of central departments attempting to regulate local authorities . |
| 21 | Some 55,000 million ringgits were allocated to the federal government , largely to implement improvements in transport and communications , education , health , defence and internal security . |
| 22 | Erm we expect to see improvements on chlorine , but I ca n't give you a time . |
| 23 | Senior officers say more and more criminals are prepared to carry firearms in cash raids . |
| 24 | At other times , however , the media are only able to report snippets of information , incomplete fragments of a complex situation . |
| 25 | The union called on teachers in certain schools to take action by refusing to supervise in lunch periods , or to attend meetings outside school hours . |
| 26 | While this is a complex area to tackle and it is by no means fully charted , it is worth looking at with some learners — for instance those who need to conduct business and to attend meetings in English . |
| 27 | The cream of one dairy 's workforce have received basic police training on crime prevention techniques and how to spot signs of trouble . |
| 28 | ‘ Justice ’ refers to the obligation of the Prison Service to treat prisoners with humanity and fairness , and to prepare them for their return to the community in a way which makes it less likely that they will re-offend . |
| 29 | Despite the temptation to see conflicts of material interest ( land and housing ) as somehow primary causes of the division , and the other factors as secondary in importance , the interaction between these factors would preclude any such simple reductionism . |
| 30 | It is said that the north Norfolk coast is the best place in England to see birds of passage — and to meet well-known bird watchers . |