Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun pl] [prep] [noun] " 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 | In general , the courts are concerned to enforce contracts between businessmen , especially executed agreements even where the uncertain terms may be meaningless ( Nicolene Ltd v Simmonds [ 1953 ] 1 QB 543 ) . |
| 4 | As a result of the progress made , it was agreed to cancel the meeting in Tombouctu but to continue discussions on Jan. 16 in Algeria . |
| 5 | Thames Water has promised to continue discussions with objectors over the next two to three years before applying for planning permission . |
| 6 | During the year , a new brochure was distributed to increase awareness in the project and to encourage companies to support Clubs with materials , trainers , visits and funding . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | She expected to see signs of fury in his eyes at that stab but she saw nothing to indicate any such irritation . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The talks were due to include discussions of measures to reduce tension between the two states and to promote bilateral exchanges . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | I would also like to see skills of writing and arguing developed and tested . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | For example , since women are the main socializers of children , they have an enormous capacity to affect patterns of personality and behaviour . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Used to accommodate maps into books . |
| 23 | Palace officials stressed there was no mystery behind her absence from either event but royal watchers were struck by the fact she chose to cancel plans for engagements at which she has an almost ever-present record . |
| 24 | Keynes was concerned with producing a theory which was sufficiently general to embrace states of unemployment as well as full employment . |
| 25 | is the author of Learn to Paint Birds in Watercolour , published in 1989 by HarperCollins . |
| 26 | And again arrangements are made between schools and the university to accommodate groups of children , or |
| 27 | When I 'm going out , I plan what to wear ages in advance . |
| 28 | Consequently , it can be misleading to see circulars as evidence of central departments attempting to regulate local authorities . |
| 29 | The author has asked us to point out that it is a desire of his to see opinions of restorations expressed by speakers at conferences thrown open to the floor for immediate debate this is not the prevailing state of affairs . |
| 30 | Fearing a drug smuggling gang at work , we were relieved to see cases of Mars bars being offloaded — by order of Dom Mintoff . |