Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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1 | Caine was filming in London with Sidney Poitier , and once or twice a week they would take it in turns to treat each other to a decent meal . |
2 | Get up at two , I do n't think got much mention to them at all from what I was |
3 | Clearly , managers with good information about the firm will want to transmit that information to the market , while managers with bad information might want to conceal it and might also be tempted to transmit false ‘ good ’ information to the market . |
4 | On the particular facts of the case , service on a wholly owned , closely controlled subsidiary was reasonably calculated to secure timely notice to the parent company , and so to meet the United States version of due process . |
5 | Request earliest information whether approved policy is to despatch to SHAEF or to endeavour to secure direct return to Russians by Eighth Army negotiations . |
6 | That is the only reason I agreed to write this message to you . |
7 | Each agreed to provide practical assistance to the other in times of difficulty . |
8 | The scheme was intended to provide financial help to unemployed workers in depressed areas who were prepared to move to other areas . |
9 | Therefore , any form of report which by virtue of the qualifications of the reporter was intended to provide some comfort to readers of accounts would be regarded as a quasi audit report . |
10 | Not only would the courts leave the meaning of the term to the magistrates ; they would also accept the magistrates ' view as to whether the evidence justified applying that term to the case . |
11 | Though he will be seeking Wissenschaft , he must be taught to relate that knowledge to other knowledge , across a wide spectrum . |
12 | It is becoming increasingly apparent that drugs , which act through mechanisms other than acid inhibition , can control duodenal ulcer disease as effectively as H 2 receptor atagonists ; the findings of this study suggest that stimulation of normal gastroduodenal motility ( and thus acid clearance from the bulb ) may be an important mechanism in this respect , but one which has received scant attention to date . |
13 | In particular it lends itself to analysis by a technique which has received limited application to extensive data for a British conurbation , namely the technique of trip chains . |
14 | At St Bartholomew 's Hospital , 75 beds have closed ; Parkside Health Authority has closed a 20-bed ward it had just re-opened to try to tackle waiting lists ; and proposals to close some beds at the London Hospital are expected to go next week to Tower Hamlets Health Authority , which faces a £1.3m overspend . |
15 | This , however , occurs at a time when the government has limited financial slack to be able to respond . |
16 | But the staff at Westonbirt say lose one claim to fame , gain another . |
17 | The hotel has no private parking space but has arranged concessionary access to a municipal multi-storey car park nearby off Southgate Street . |
18 | The very existence of such a high-profile federally-sponsored project has given greater confidence to planners elsewhere to adopt their own solutions to local problems . |
19 | For many years now it has given much pleasure to both young and old . |
20 | Clive Barker ( 1977 ) of Warwick University has given new substance to the use of games in the training of actors and Brian Watkins ( 1981 ) has evolved a theoretical framework conceptually linking drama and game in a way which I shall attempt to build on in the next chapter . |
21 | THE role of Harry Thomason , Friend of Bill and TV producer , in the Case of the White House Travel Office ( see above ) has given new edge to a month-long spat between Washington and Hollywood . |
22 | The retreat from professional standards which marked the period of industrial action has given new impetus to those politicians and administrators who seek to define the teacher 's role . |
23 | Although a number of Directives were adopted in the 1970s on various aspects of employees ' rights , it is the passage of the Single European Act which has given new impetus to the evolution of EC social policies . |
24 | The social fund has given extensive help to people in real need . |
25 | The EC 's overseas aid directorate has given conditional approval to a funding proposal for a southern African ivory trading centre , which would flout the existing provisions of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species ( CITES ) . |
26 | On the whole , however , the left has given little priority to these issues . |
27 | If David Gower 's captaincy against West Indies left something to be desired , his batting has given endless pleasure to millions of people . |
28 | Of course quality and assessment of performance are important , and the government is right to insist that often in the past education has given inadequate attention to evaluation . |
29 | One factor which has given renewed emphasis to this need for cooperation is the increased use of simulation ( p. 128 ) . |
30 | This enables a liquidator or administrator to apply to the court where , within two years before insolvency , the vendor has given preferential treatment to creditors . |