Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [verb] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | De Niro does n't seem particularly keen to discuss his reasons for wanting to run a restaurant , and will only say that it 's been a vague dream of his for a while . |
| 2 | Jane van Lennep examines the reasons for wanting to breed a foal and explains how to evaluate your mare . |
| 3 | There are at least three good reasons for choosing to study a subject at college : |
| 4 | He told me that he had recently been sacked from his job as a long-distance lorry driver for refusing to drive a defective and dangerous vehicle . |
| 5 | At Pontefract yesterday Isobel Brown , who said her last permanent address was Moscow , was committed for three months in the second division for having delivered a speech at Castleford on Wednesday likely to cause disaffection . |
| 6 | In 1971 this offender had been given a ten-year sentence for attempting to rape a 69-year-old woman . |
| 7 | The consultant , Dr. Nigel Cox , has been a given a one-year suspended jail sentence for attempting to murder a terminally ill patient . |
| 8 | v. Chilton , the Court of Appeal held that a threat by A , a trading association , to put B , one of its members , on a ‘ stop list ’ ( which would prevent B from getting goods from the members of the association ) unless B paid a sum of money for having broken a rule of the association was not a tort . |
| 9 | Tap Esc for Escape , U for Undo to cancel a command . |
| 10 | ‘ You may be on the level about having done a runner , or maybe not . |
| 11 | Simply smear on a generous amount over your skin after cleansing to make a revitalising face mask . |
| 12 | My Lord , erm those are , those are my submissions my Lord , I was going to say something about my learned friends somewhat unusual request to your Lordship to make disparaging comments in judgment about the defendants case , my learned friend wishes to make disparaging comments we save a proper place for those in his submissions when he comes to apply to strike out , or say anything about that , erm , my Lord erm perhaps erm as a , as a final point , erm Mr Bernard after having reviewed a piano recital once wrote , the only thing he enjoyed more than this directive performance was having his teeth pulled , I think your Lordship has not found that the last five and a half days are equally an under defended experience in relation to , to this mornings sir activity |
| 13 | Greenwich Council is facing legal action for failing to house a young woman who was assessed as in need . |
| 14 | The Marquess was sent to Pentonville prison on Tuesday for failing to obey a High Court order to pay arrears of £10,534 to his estranged wife Becky and their son George . |
| 15 | Guerreiro had been widely criticized among environmentalists and Indian organizations for failing to take a sufficiently active role in defending native peoples ' interests . |
| 16 | Cleveland AntiFascist Association has congratulated mainstream candidates for refusing to share a platform with British National Party candidate Donald Clarke . |
| 17 | The resulting Readership Report set the guidelines for making reading a less esoteric activity and for actively canvassing the pleasure of good books in the face of hyped and ephemeral competition . |
| 18 | To drive the archbishop into exile for having recognized a pope accepted by all Normandy would have been an act of political folly . |
| 19 | Ainslie Thin said the Booksellers Association 's Books for Giving made a strong impact in Scotland . |
| 20 | I do n't see that in any combination of these Amendments , I very much hope that my Noble Friend will come back at the report stage with our grateful thanks for having found a process which will produce a body of co of o of appointed members on the police authorities of a position to influence but not to determine his policy and that should be an a position , I agree with my Noble Friend , Lord Motterstone subordinate to that of the magistrates . |
| 21 | He was sent down from Eton in 1863 for a few months for having made a forbidden visit to a Jesuit house . |
| 22 | Trace Computers Plc blames the fall in turnover for the six months to November 30 ( figures , see page five ) , on a planned reduction in the scale of its computer supplies business , where turnover fell by nearly £1m ; the company managed to shave £122,000 from its administrative and operating costs ; the original businesses of insurance broking systems , property management systems and bespoke software development have continued to prosper , the company says , and the Proteus distribution systems business , consolidated on its return to profits last year ; Trace Financial also made a small profit and there was interest in the BlueChip stockbroking product ; the group is still investing about £2m a year in research and development — with some contribution from its customers ; the Pink networking technology company had a disappointing half year , turning in a small loss after having made a profit last year . |
| 23 | Adam Czartoryski , who was forced into Parisian exile after having proved a less than satisfactory choice as head of the Polish insurgent government , found himself able , in the west , to create " a diplomatic agency which was to influence , and at times even direct , the foreign policies of the great powers " . |
| 24 | And if you change your mind after having taken a personal pension , you can switch back into SERPS ; or , if the scheme rules allow it , you can transfer your payments into a company contracted-out scheme . |
| 25 | Iraq was accused by the United States administration of failing to meet a UN July 25 deadline to give a full disclosure of its nuclear capabilities . |
| 26 | On some issues , however , the Court 's liberal minority was still able to prevail as a result of managing to win a fifth vote , usually from either Justice Byron R. White or Justice Sandra Day O'Connor . |
| 27 | For Iraq , the effect had been particularly severe , occurring at a time when the country was suffering a financial crisis as a result of having fought a war against Iran on behalf of all Arabs . |
| 28 | The row that followed the announcement of a programme of drilling to find a suitable site for burying high-level waste — and resulted in the programme being called off two years ago — has led NIREX to abandon any hope of drilling to find the best geological formation for the intermediate waste . |
| 29 | In October 1989 the government had accused the right-wing opposition of attempting to provoke a military coup by organizing four days of demonstrations in the city of Guayaquil , Febres 's powerbase . |
| 30 | Any thought in his mind of trying to protect a good score will rarely be successful ; he must meet the challenge squarely or drop shots . |