Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] [verb] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition , high rankers tend to have access to scarce resources so that in competitive encounters the possession of a powerful ally will increase the subject 's chance of obtaining some . |
| 2 | SACKED Timex workers in Dundee intend to lay siege to their factory in an attempt to get their jobs back . |
| 3 | Hib-E speakers appear to have access to two systems here , one in which meat merges with mate and one in which meat merges with meet ; that is , they know both mergers . |
| 4 | A much better approach is modular software where a number of packages from a single supplier all share a common data format allowing information to be transferred easily but without requiring vast amounts of memory . |
| 5 | Paramount have thrown caution to the wind and employed MICHAEL CIMINO to write and direct a movie entitled Heaven Is A Sometime Thing . |
| 6 | Creation stories belonging to other ancient peoples have given currency to the view that Genesis contains merely another version , adapted to suit Hebrew beliefs . |
| 7 | A number of woodcutters and honey-hunters have fallen victim to Sunderbans tigers . |
| 8 | The scope of the Cash Accounting Scheme , whereby traders have to pay VAT to Customs only once they themselves have been paid by their customers , is also to be extended . |
| 9 | Since last May many of these same passers-by have come face to face on their TV screens with the agony , desolation and despair of the people of Ethiopia and the Sudan . |
| 10 | Since the six-day war in 1967 , the Jews have had access to the old city and many excavations have revealed its past history . |
| 11 | These relationships have allowed Chorus to piggyback on the expertise of its partners netting Chorus an SVR4 base in the case of Unisys and now fault tolerance from Tandem . |
| 12 | Branded manufacturers have lost share to own-label in a market which is estimated to worth £100m , including sweet pickles , relish and chutney . |
| 13 | Will he take steps to ensure that buses have greater priority over other road users and to eliminate one of the major causes of road congestion in London — the long time that it takes to get passengers loaded on to one-man operated buses because drivers have to give change to passengers ? |
| 14 | And two more drivers have fallen victim to the robbery becoming known as carjacking . |
| 15 | School-based choices about curriculum and curricular goals have given way to external requirements and to a greater measure of centralized uniformity . |
| 16 | The collapse of its junk-bond market and the fiasco of its thrifts have drawn attention to broader worries about the soundness of its financial system . |
| 17 | Both American Express and Diners Club have lost ground to Mastercard Gold , which increased its share of the market by about 38 per cent in 1990 ( although from a small base ) and now has 19 per cent of the cards in issue by volume , compared with American Express ' 57 per cent and Diners Club 's 13 per cent , says Market Assessment . |
| 18 | In most families the parents tend to pay attention to the children when they quarrel , but to pay much less attention when they are playing peacefully together . |
| 19 | The war rages on unabated as the Dark Elves seek to gain access to the Inner Lands and conquer the Holy Shrines . |
| 20 | Opus Systems Inc , of Fremont , California , which has now emerged restructured from a brief encounter with Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection , has started shipping OpusFS resource sharing software to its SparcCard add-in board users . |
| 21 | It 's a pretty sight alright , even if sparks do set fire to the dry grass on either side of the track , enraging landowners . |
| 22 | Most of York 's old central pubs have fallen victim to drastic recent remodelling with yawning spaces , often indistinguishable from one pub to another , replacing the old rooms and idiosyncratic nooks and corners that previously gave individuality and preserved genuine historic character . |
| 23 | Both the rising expectations of the rural working population and the changing character of the village have made access to some form of transport an essential element of contemporary rural life . |
| 24 | In at least one other case the changes in organizational responsibilities brought about by the NHS and Community Care Act have weakened commitment to these expensive , difficult-to-serve clients and there is the prospect of return to cheaper , poorer-quality care in spite of the benefits experienced by individual clients . |
| 25 | Other Nigerian Institutes have exercised influence to a slightly lesser degree : Nsukka , Ife , Lagos and Ibadan . |
| 26 | Ever since the Industrial Revolution created a mass urban society , the conditions of the poorest city dwellers have given rise to anxiety among the better off . |
| 27 | These financial and moral concerns have given rise to a change in policy , which has led to the Child Support Act due to be implemented fully by April 1993 . |
| 28 | Would the death of Aproditus have brought joy to Paul ? no it would not . |
| 29 | That 's because Scum have taken football to another level of skill ( how do you show sarcarsm in e-mail ? ? ) . |
| 30 | Econometric studies of this type have given support to those in favour of limiting overall rates of tax . |