Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] [pron] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had obviously not allowed his degree course to affect his view of what was and was not possible in the physical world . |
| 2 | Greenpeace has criticised ICI 's plans for not revealing exactly how much pollution and waste each plant produced in order to enable environmental groups to monitor its progress in reducing them . |
| 3 | Mr Anderson has been using the case to support his argument for a change in the law to allow suppliers to recover goods supplied to a customer who goes out of business before paying for them . |
| 4 | The Supergrid gave them more freedom to optimise their siting by these criteria . |
| 5 | Despite Wilkinson 's attempts to moderate criticism of the Area Board 's policies , and a trade unionist member 's introduction of some woolliness in the text to accommodate his dislike of any rationing by the purse , the committee 's report , submitted to Gaitskell in June , did make some strong proposals . |
| 6 | This process and this work represent my own attempts to acknowledge my position as a feminist artist and seriously to consider my responsibility and accountability as such . |
| 7 | She has since returned 11 times to continue her research on the long-term environmental effects of the US/Vietnam war , and last year published the book The regreening of Vietnam ( The Women 's Press , £17.95hb ) . |
| 8 | The National Governing Bodies whose sports can be accommodated in the facilities have taken the opportunity to promote their sport to a potential audience of four million people and are organising displays , coaching clinics , tournaments and so on . |
| 9 | Practically the two extremes may be reconciled through more initial effort in training to ensure user understanding of the range of information sources , combined with more indepth support from ‘ database or information surfers ’ ( navigators ) , targeting particular subject groups to optimise their exploitation of this increasingly complex information environment . |
| 10 | Nor is it the case that we in fact need a vehicle , a mythological story to carry our awareness of God , of the kind which has been fabricated in the west . |
| 11 | For some chairmen , moreover , the prospect of playing Father Christmas ( which their rural electrification largesse offered them ) provided a not entirely unwelcome opportunity to affirm their commitment to the local community , and the voices of discontent raised against the policy were few . |
| 12 | It was as if the entire French rugby community had conspired to give its favourite son , Serge Blanco , the opportunity to restage his exit in the white heat of Parc des Princes in the centennial final . |
| 13 | GMTV took over the morning franchise from TV-am and last month brought in LWT 's chief executive Greg Dyke as chairman to spearhead its fight for more viewers . |
| 14 | She chatted to University staff gathered outside the Newton Building to see her pass by . |
| 15 | He applied his energies and experience to the Commonwealth countries and , with the support of the Commonwealth Secretary-General , Sonny Ramphal , had ample opportunity to continue his involvement in Southern Africa . |
| 16 | Tucker 's contribution is a major new bronze sculpture and the first opportunity to see his work in this country since his installation at the Tate Gallery in 1988 . |
| 17 | Nuclear industry employees who work in areas where exposure to radiation is possible are given film badges to monitor their exposure to external penetrating ionising radiation . |
| 18 | The procedure also gives your solicitors the opportunity to peruse your file at an earlier stage . |
| 19 | The section prohibits canvassing in the sense of the attempt of an applicant or of another person at his instigation to influence a member of a licensing board to support his application for a grant , renewal or permanent transfer of a licence , or for a regular extension of permitted hours before the application is considered by the board ( subs . |
| 20 | ( 1 ) If any applicant for the grant , renewal , or permanent transfer of a licence or for a regular extension of permitted hours , either by himself or by another person at the instigation of the applicant , attempts to influence a member of a licensing board to support his application at any time before its consideration by the board , he shall be guilty of an offence . |
| 21 | On his return to England he found the cost of engraving his plates far beyond his means and so he learned the art and later produced this beautiful book , which brought in enough income to support his family after his death in 1749 . |
| 22 | Meanwhile , the Czechoslovak government has allocated a budget to promote its position on the dam abroad . |
| 23 | Where the disclosure is made in confidence by a child victim to his solicitor , the solicitor 's entitlement to breach his duty of confidentiality depends on the child 's degree of maturity . |
| 24 | Oh yes it 's , it 's been changed a lot and a , and er , it 's made such a difference and I 've met er , I 've got a er fr a very good friend who 's , who 's a Red Cross young man who I met at Leah Manning and he takes me out in the car which I would n't , never get out otherwise because my boys are all working you see they ca n't , they 're busy working and erm do shift work and security work , one 's got his own security business and the other one 's got a factory in Bishop 's Stortford so that they do n't get much chance , they work away , some of them do that they can not get to take me out see , so he takes me out , which he 's very , very good you know , he 's , yesterday he took me to erm , yesterday we , he took me to Ongar to see his sister in the bungalow and then he took me for a meal at erm The Chariot at er , at Brentwood , Brentwood , yes Brentwood The Chariot , it was quite nice I had rather , a good time , erm cos usually I ca n't get out unless I go out in the wheelchair you see I 'm confined to a wheelchair , though I struggle out into the kitchen with me two sticks and I 've got a stool in there that I do all my own cooking and I make cakes and that and I 'm doing a cake gon na make a cake for Christmas for me brother and make a cake , er another one for myself like , but , and then I go to my erm daughter-in-law 's to spend Christmas Day and then I , I 'm going to my son 's and spend Boxing Day which is my birthday , I 'll be seventy four on Boxing Day I 'm dreaded to say , yeah , but erm , this young man that takes me lives in Northbrooks , he 's er a widower , but he 's very , very good , he helps all us old people , you know , he 's ever so good he is to me , he comes up and brings my shopping today , does my shopping for me as well , so , well he 's , yes , he 's most kind , for , nearly two years I 've know him , that 's a photo over there , it was taken at a wedding look , of my , that 's it , over there , taken at a wedding dear , very good |
| 25 | Swiss foods manufacturing giant Nestle SA has signed a worldwide agreement with Microsoft Corp to standardise its software on Windows : the contract covers a total of 30,000 users and will take a number of months to implement , but no financial terms were available ; software from WordPerfect Corp , Ashton-Tate Corp 's Multimate and Lotus Development Corp 's Lotus 1-2-3 will be replaced with Word 2.0 for Windows and Excel 4.0 ; Nestle will also use Microsoft Mail 3.0 , Microsoft Project 3.0 , Microsoft PowerPoint 3.0 , and LAN Manager 2.2 will be the network operating system . |
| 26 | Polybius and Posidonius remained the masters in the field : the former survived in sufficient measure to impose his interpretation on modern historians , whereas Posidonius reached the Renaissance only through mediators , such as Diodorus and Strabo and perhaps Sallust and Plutarch . |
| 27 | This has given time for the ‘ marked ’ isotope to work its way through the environment much more thoroughly than in Turin . |
| 28 | Bruno Gollnisch of West Germany and Bernard Antony of France had resisted expulsion from the parliament chamber after protesting against a decision to exclude their party from leading official visits abroad . |
| 29 | A visit to West Dorset also offers a perfect opportunity to try your hand at windsurfing . |
| 30 | You will be given the opportunity to try your hand at ceramics , printing , three dimensional model , pottery and of course painting and drawing . |