Example sentences of "[noun] to make [coord] [vb infin] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At a prompt date , a member 's matching open contracts for that date ( where he has not indicated an intention to make or take delivery of metal ) are automatically settled against one another by LCH and the resulting price differences are posted to his account . |
| 2 | S & N bought the right to make and sell Nivea in Commonwealth countries for a minimal sum in 1950 . |
| 3 | The flaw in this idea was that the Assembly was to have no executive powers and no powers to make or unmake ministers . |
| 4 | Whereas domestic politics occur within a political system which includes a government to make and enforce laws , the international system is anarchic . |
| 5 | History , as we have mentioned , has been kind : the country has staved off invasion by its enemies , and the resources have been available for government to make and meet commitments in response to changing demands and expectations . |
| 6 | The obligation to make or take delivery can be avoided by an offsetting purchase or sale before the settlement date , and normally only a small proportion of all contracts are settled by delivery . |
| 7 | The $10m trial of the wireless communications system based on very low-power , digital radio communications will involve personal handsets and microcellular technology to enable users to be immediately and constantly accessible — 1,000 trial participants will use the pocket phones to make and receive calls within the coverage area , on both home base stations and 500 or so public base stations in the downtown and other densely-populated or widely visited parts of Boise . |
| 8 | Mr Bland said last night : ‘ Our scheme is designed to ensure that LWT is in a position to make and broadcast programmes at the weekend from 1993 onwards . ’ |
| 9 | Taking these cases at face value , does the apparent ability to make and use maps provide convincing evidence of active intelligence ? |
| 10 | We need to adopt something like the German distinction between Wissenschaft — that is , knowledge or scholarship , which may cover all subjects including chemistry , history , literature , or physics — and Technik — the ability to make and use things , whether machine-tools , architectural drawings , or stage-scenery . |
| 11 | Until recently , it was considered that this ability to make and use tools was one of the defining characteristics of the human race . |
| 12 | Since God is the source of our ability to make and enjoy music , we risk ingratitude if we spurn so rich a blessing . |
| 13 | It was precisely this opportunity to make and unmake Cabinets which led Bagehot to argue that " the ultimate authority in the English constitution is a newly elected House of Commons " : " we are ruled by the House of Commons " . |
| 14 | The rest of us use this time to make or mend kit , and to read up on possible areas to visit come the Spring . |
| 15 | Similarly with regard to misrepresentations made , it was held in Overbrooke Estates Ltd v Glencombe Properties Ltd [ 1974 ] 1 WLR 1335 ( followed by the Court of Appeal in Collins v Howell-Jones ( 1980 ) 259 EG 331 ) , that a clause limiting the authority of auctioneers and the firm 's employees to make or give representations or warranties , fell outside the scope of the original version of s3 of the Misrepresentation Act 1967 , since it was a limitation on the apparent authority of the auctioneers rather than an exemption clause . |
| 16 | The railways in Russian Asia also had the power to make and break cities . |