Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] [prep] [det] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The government , through a rigorous cash limits approach , is forcing local authorities to carry out most of the unpopular cuts in actual services . |
| 2 | After a week in the country , Baxter 's health greatly improved and so he took the opportunity to preach in some of the needy country churches in Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire . |
| 3 | There is nothing in the black youth 's experience to compare with that of javelin thrower Paul Brice , a white boy , whose father carefully supervised and monitored his training programmes and competitions at considerable financial expense . |
| 4 | I am very proud to have this opportunity to work with all of you , to promote the uniqueness of the voluntary sector . |
| 5 | The Doctor allowed his eyes to fall to those of Miles Engado , as they moved spasmodically behind closed lids . |
| 6 | As he relaxed , his charm and humour seeped back and , to trap their attention , Blufton rarely allowed his eyes to stray from those of his listeners . |
| 7 | He did not want Eleanor to talk to any of his fellow patients and suss out what sort of hospital he was in . |
| 8 | Here are a few remedies to help with some of the more commonly encountered problems during breast feeding . |
| 9 | Thus book is an attempt to look at some of the things that go on when people face a loss of someone or something significant in their lives . |
| 10 | The British Trust for Conservation Volunteers ' new Natural Break brochure includes over 450 opportunities to escape to some of the country 's most spectacular settings and make a real contribution to their survival . |
| 11 | He has had an inconsistent side to handle for much of the summer . |
| 12 | This species is the main alternative to spruce in much of the Uplands but has a much reduced capacity to take up sulphur compounds than any forest when assessed on the basis of weight per unit area . |
| 13 | A party may reasonably ask its supporters to give to all of its candidates all of their higher preferences : it has no good reason to tell them to refrain from expressing further preferences . |
| 14 | We then moved on and expanded we expanded we brought with with a minimum of two words to do with each of those twelve words that we generated and we did this in a much faster way a much more creative way a right brain activity . |
| 15 | On Dec. 31 , 1989 , Aquino announced sweeping Cabinet changes in an attempt to deal with some of the charges made against her by the rebel soldiers , with nine new appointees taking over key government posts [ see p. 37121 ] . |
| 16 | In an attempt to account for some of the peculiarities of the sternopleural region , Ferris ( 1940 , etc. ) has argued that the greater part of the ventral side of the thorax of some insects is derived from pleural structures , but further critical study of his theory is necessary . |
| 17 | This pattern of results was not expected and does not seem to be an obvious prediction to make from any of the theories about arousal and memory which were considered in Chapter 2 . |
| 18 | Having spent a night in accommodation which is the same as the recruits ' and having had the opportunity to talk to some of the recruits in the Sandes Coffee Shop last night , they have an excellent idea about their future career . |
| 19 | Colleagues , on composite motion thirty two , Toxic Shock Syndrome , I notice a number of colleagues went to the , the meeting that was held in the Conference Hall at lunchtime , and certainly for a few minutes , I had the opportunity to listen to some of the discussions that took place . |
| 20 | Alec himself was always interested in our ideas and in the development of art in the schools and he had considerable skill in persuading the Education Committee to agree to many of our plans which today would doubtless be rejected as not being cost effective or economically viable . |
| 21 | In this part of the interview the respondents were asked to perform a variety of tests so that the interviewers could observe their capacity to cope with some of the tasks usually needed for people to live independently . |
| 22 | I was inclined to be star-struck and would creep into the gallery to listen to some of the singers . |
| 23 | Rosenthal 's own research , and his review of other genetic studies , also leads him to argue that the high probability that identical twins will either both develop or both remain free of schizophrenia is explained by their identical genetic constitution , rather than by a tendency on the part of their friends , relatives and parents to behave towards each of them in a very similar way . |
| 24 | Taking into account the length for the length of the features and the cons the consultation that take place and the length of time they take , I do not expect to see er Bungay bypass construction for some time yet , but I do expect the County Council to progress on that in such a manner that Bungay will not grind to a halt . |
| 25 | Modem linkage for Dawyck will be needed within the next five years , and it may be that at that point we could decide to install a multiplexor to deal with all of our external computer links — use of local EUCS services , JANET , PSS , Royline and others . |
| 26 | Different species of cones specialise in different types of prey , mainly comprising worms , other molluscs and fish , and have specific venoms to deal with each of their prey . |
| 27 | In the laboratory he did undoubtedly think with his hands thoughts which he could not clearly express in words , or in the more accurate language of mathematics ( which he distrusted ) ; but he did try in his lectures to put across some of his underlying convictions . |
| 28 | There is no statutory requirement to refer to this in the directors ' report . |
| 29 | There is no statutory requirement to refer to this in the directors ' report . |
| 30 | Despite the persistence of huge environmental problems , Western donors and lending institutions are financing only projects that give a good return on investment and are expecting Eastern European countries to pay for much of the clean-up themselves . |