Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] [prep] a [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is a difficult , and unresolved , question about the application of the " fair comment " defence to comment by a third party which is published in a newspaper . |
| 2 | We do know that it was not until the late summer of 1965 that he gave private indications of his intention to stand for a second term , and not until 4 November that he made his decision public . |
| 3 | Hence began the campaign to enable the President to stand for a second term of office . |
| 4 | Opposition leaders stated their concern that the PRI would push through an amendment to allow Salinas to run for a second term as president in 1994 . |
| 5 | Earlier this week , the college announced plans to extend to a second campus either in the Grassmarket or near Leith . |
| 6 | Jo Durie also has the chance to progress with a first round match against fellow stalwart Liz Smylie , ranked four places below her . |
| 7 | It is almost certain that targets will be set , including efforts to reduce by a third the number of smokers by the year 2000 . |
| 8 | Russell Ferrante has been given permission by the High Court to ask for a second inquest into his son 's death . |
| 9 | SCOTLAND — SCOTLAND have qualified for the last five World Cup finals , but with only one point from two games they already face an uphill struggle to qualify for a sixth time . |
| 10 | Lois Forer , a judge and former assistant Pennsylvania attorney general , expects that the decision on the Barnes tour will encourage donors to include ‘ gift over ’ provisions in their bequests , allowing gifts to pass to a second institution if the first recipient of a donation violates the restrictions placed on gifts . |
| 11 | In big years , Aube wines may also possess too much alcohol to allow for a second fermentation and effect the correct balance . |
| 12 | There are different ways to control for a third factor when investigating a relationship between two variables . |
| 13 | Some of the European Court of Justice 's opinions can be quite ‘ woolly ’ and do leave themselves open to a wider interpretation , but I do not believe that the opinion was meant to be interpreted so widely as to provide for an auditor recognised in one member state to practise in a second member state without any requirement to obtain local authorisation . |
| 14 | It 's unusual for Festival to extend an invitation to an artist to return for a second consecutive year but that is what 's to happen tonight and we make no apology for it . |
| 15 | Would millions of people tramp across the hills to look at a twentieth century Broadway Tower ? |
| 16 | Sunderland made no attempt to sit on their lead , however , and looked just as likely as Norwich to score in a second half which comfortably surpassed the first in entertainment value . |
| 17 | Perth jobless forecast to rise by a third |
| 18 | Full-time students who pass only 3 to 9 modules in their first year have , by right , the option to return for a second year in Stage I to take additional modules to meet the requirements . |
| 19 | It is striking , in fact , how much the latter idea seemed at the time to dominate as a first priority . |