Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] a [noun] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | A TORY council yesterday failed in a High Court bid to halt a teachers ' boycott of school tests . |
| 2 | Japan , which was expected to pay the largest share of the UN 's cost in Cambodia , had announced its intention to organize a donors ' conference in Tokyo before March 1992 . |
| 3 | Following this was the rodeo World Championships on the Bitches which decided at the last minute to include a ladies ' competition . |
| 4 | Malone , the fourth quarterback to start a Steelers ' opener in as many seasons , hooked up with Lipps for a 33 yard completion to the Colts ' 18 yard line on the Steelers ' third offensive play . |
| 5 | Quigly , Willis and Frome — it would have formed a sufficiently high-sounding trio of names to grace a solicitors ' firm . |
| 6 | In fact , pursuant to r 6.80 , no resolutions can be taken at the meeting of creditors other than : ( i ) a resolution to appoint a named insolvency practitioner to be trustee or two or more insolvency practitioners as joint trustees ; ( ii ) a resolution to establish a creditors ' committee ; ( iii ) ( unless a creditors ' committee has been established ) a resolution specifying the terms of the trustee 's remuneration or to defer consideration of that matter ; ( iv ) if two or more trustees are appointed , a resolution specifying whether acts are to be done by both or all of them , or by only one ; ( v ) a resolution adjourning the meeting for not more than three weeks ; and ( vi ) any other resolutions which the chairman thinks it right to allow for special reasons . |
| 7 | A spokesman for Ferranti said Sir Derek had no reason to fear a shareholders ' revolt and there were no indications that there would be one . |