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 .
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