Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [noun sg] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Almond and Verba found that having been taught about government increases a sense of subjective political competence . |
| 2 | Improvements currently being developed through TOP have a potential to reduce spending by between £1 million and £i.5 million . |
| 3 | ‘ During the day I tend to wear classic , comfortable clothes , but knowing what to wear for evening poses a real problem , ’ she explained . |
| 4 | The reasons given for involvement follow a clear pattern : ‘ mobilise the masses around precise objectives ’ , ‘ unifying the country ’ , ‘ to help educate the masses and rally support for the government ’ , 'to mobilise the people behind the president and party' , and so on . |
| 5 | GREAT KNITS FOR SUMMER CREATE A COTTAGE GARDEN WITH WENDY PHILLIPS KNIT AN EXCLUSIVE DESIGN WITH NINA MIKLIN TRY OUR SIMPLE EDGINGS WITH ROULEAUX |
| 6 | News on Sunday asked for money to produce a dummy newspaper , which would then be market-researched , and the results wrapped into a feasibility study . |
| 7 | But when the owners later asked for permission to erect a temporary office , they were told the greenhouse itself should have had permission … and it would have to come down . |
| 8 | Thomson asked for permission to make a statement at the bar of the House of Commons but this was denied . |
| 9 | ( 4 ) If the Company shall within the period limited for acceptance find a Purchaser or Purchasers willing to purchase all the Shares concerned and shall give notice in writing thereof to the Proposing Transferor , he shall be bound , upon payment of the Prescribed Price , to transfer such Shares to the respective Purchasers thereof . |
| 10 | ( 6 ) If the company shall not within the period limited for acceptance find a Purchaser or Purchasers willing to purchase all the Shares comprised in the Transfer Notice the Proposing Transferor shall at any time within [ three ] months after the Directors have so confirmed their inability to him in writing be at liberty to transfer the Shares to any person not being a Member but capable of being a Member under these Articles on a bona fide sale at any price not being less than the Prescribed Price but in that event the Directors may , in their absolute discretion , decline to register any such transfer of any Share and shall not be required or bound to state the reason for any refusal . |
| 11 | ( 4 ) If the Company shall within the period limited for acceptance find a Purchaser or Purchasers willing to purchase all the Shares concerned and shall give notice in writing thereof to the Proposing Transferor , he shall be bound , upon payment of the Prescribed Price , to transfer such Shares to the respective Purchasers thereof . |
| 12 | ( 6 ) If the company shall not within the period limited for acceptance find a Purchaser or Purchasers willing to purchase all the Shares comprised in the Transfer Notice the Proposing Transferor shall at any time within [ three ] months after the Directors have so confirmed their inability to him in writing be at liberty to transfer the Shares to any person not being a Member but capable of being a Member under these Articles on a bona fide sale at any price not being less than the Prescribed Price but in that event the Directors may , in their absolute discretion , decline to register any such transfer of any Share and shall not be required or bound to state the reason for any refusal . |
| 13 | When one considers that the rents for the poorest housing were often as high , per square foot , as those of the wealthy middle class , his argument may seem less unconvincing ; but of course , the area per person regarded as model involved a greater number of square feet . |
| 14 | FORMER England and Leeds United soccer star Paul Madeley is recovering after surgery to remove a benign tumour between his ear and brain . |
| 15 | We were fortunate to secure as head syce a middle-aged Amhara called Kassimi . |
| 16 | The family has already asked for an investigation into her death by officials at Winterton psychiatric hospital , Sedgefield , from which she was discharged for weekend leave a day before she died on Sunday . |
| 17 | On the way they stopped for Rain to buy a silk scarf which complemented her blouse . |
| 18 | This highlights the importance of individual credit screening of those applying for credit following a marketing campaign . |
| 19 | But even though the river 's dry a nearby training stables is now applying for permission to drill a bore hole and pump up to £10m gallons out of the ground to water horse gallops like this . |
| 20 | Perhaps , in the ancestral species , this led to a frequent but happy error soon ‘ fixed ’ by evolution : food intended for queen larvae went into a food store by mistake , where it was mixed with saliva to produce a new storable food which could replace pollen . |
| 21 | For all I know , there may be a kernel of truth in what he says , but anyone expecting his followers to wear turquoise shell suits can count me out , even if his prophesy that New Zealand is about to disappear under water has a certain charm . |
| 22 | The fact that Dissent appeared to flourish under toleration became a great cause for concern to those devout Anglicans who throughout the 1680s had been encouraged to believe that the only way to protect the Church and State was by a strict enforcement of the penal laws , and their anxieties were further reinforced by the sermons of the high-flying clergy . |
| 23 | Heavy beams were lifted into place using a wooden hoist , but a lot of the work was done by sheer muscle power and would have been carried out by slaves . |
| 24 | He wore a cap on his head ( 'I even capitalized on my semi-baldness by signing with Parmalat to wear a cap with their name on it' ) and my memory is of a certain artificial constraint on the part of many in paddock and pit-lane in approaching him . |
| 25 | Topical fluoride ( applied as toothpaste or as a mouthwash ) blends with saliva to create a bacteria-fighting rinse . |
| 26 | The earliest horseless carriages were regarded as socially dangerous and the first legislation to control them required that each should be accompanied by three persons — a driver , a passenger in case the driver was taken ill , and a third person walking in front carrying a red flag . |
| 27 | Remuage in fact required a modification of the original shaking process developed by the widow , involving a fractional tilt of each bottle ( from horizontal to perpendicular ) following every short , sharp twist to loosen the sediment . |
| 28 | It agrees that compulsory treatment in the community is unacceptable , but accepts that the ‘ revolving door ’ patient who regularly defaults from treatment presents a genuine problem of management . |
| 29 | This exported oil or gas is not , as it is in the West , that part of production which is surplus to domestic requirements ; it is a quota which a decision has been taken to meet in order to fulfil a particular objective . |
| 30 | When entering shops it is essential to make a mental note of who is in front of you , and it is the custom when entering a shop to ask if they have the items you want in stock to avoid a pointless wait . |