Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [noun sg] [vb base] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Improvements currently being developed through TOP have a potential to reduce spending by between £1 million and £i.5 million . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | GREAT KNITS FOR SUMMER CREATE A COTTAGE GARDEN WITH WENDY PHILLIPS KNIT AN EXCLUSIVE DESIGN WITH NINA MIKLIN TRY OUR SIMPLE EDGINGS WITH ROULEAUX |
| 4 | ( 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 . |
| 5 | ( 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 . |
| 6 | ( 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 . |
| 7 | ( 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 . |
| 8 | We were fortunate to secure as head syce a middle-aged Amhara called Kassimi . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Things do not look white in virtue of something analytically involved in their looking white , something which they have in common — as metals have in common that their oxides dissolved in water yield an alkaline solution — with other things that look white . |
| 11 | Though not strictly a member of the cabinet , Mr Ozawa has given the prime minister considerable support and has in effect run the government 's day-to-day business . |
| 12 | Patients do not need to home monitor every day when their diabetes is stable but rather two or three days a week testing three or four times during the day . |
| 13 | The plaintiffs argue that the same principle should apply in favour of making an order that the defendant should deliver up such property on the basis that such an order is not an order for discovery and that the authorities relating to discovery have no application . |
| 14 | During the period of their operations on le Fleming ground , i.e. from 1758 to 1795 , those figures which have come to light suggest a total tonnnage of about 1,454 , but this would really be stuff dressed and ready for smelting — concentrate or hand picked best . |
| 15 | According to Dr. Desmond Corrigan of Dublin University , ‘ it is a fact that 40% of all drugs used at present have a folklore basis ’ . |
| 16 | The ravages committed by man subvert the relations and destroy the balance which nature had established between her organized and her inorganic creations ; and she avenges herself upon the intruder , by letting loose upon her defaced provinces destructive energies hitherto kept in check by organic forces destined to be his best auxiliaries , but which he has unwisely dispersed and driven from the field of action . |
| 17 | All the fifteen studies of this reviewed by Box suggest a strong association ( over time or cross-sectionally ) between economic inequality and crime in general ( though this is not true of five studies on homicide specifically ) ( Box , 1987 , pp. 86–98 ) . |
| 18 | Secondly the allowance for inflation was based on a three per cent price increase and because of the very competitive nature of the prices we receive for maintenance work a sum of two hundred and seventy thousand pounds can be carried forward into next year from this allowance , in other words the real purchasing power of the budget have been maintained and two hundred and seventy thousand pounds can be put aside to stand in the future . |
| 19 | People searching for work face a tough task . |
| 20 | Most domestic items , particularly those made of wood show a dramatic fall after the mid-seventeenth century . |
| 21 | One of the recent visitors to Giverny was Roy Lichtenstein , who in 1969 had used Monet 's Rouen and Haystack series as the basis for a series of lithographs. then in 1991 he used the water-lilies theme of the Nymphéas for a series of works employing a new technique , the decorative machine turnings made by abrading metal in shining whirls , which , while looking like water have the reflectiveness of stainless steel . |
| 22 | Top racers already sidelined with injury include the World Cup champions Marc Girardelli , Vreni Schneider and Tamara McKinney ; the former world champion Peter Mueller ; the Olympic gold medallists Alberto Tomba and Martin Hangl ; and the silver medallist Helmut Mayer . |
| 23 | We believe that the children of all lone parents can best be helped by po policies which support their commitment to their family and their children and pathways out of poverty should be built which ensure that all families living in poverty have the chance to change their situation . |
| 24 | Opposition parties operating from exile include the Ugandan People 's Democratic Movement ( UPDM , led by Otema Alimadi , Prime Minister under Obote from 1980-85 ) , with which the government signed a peace agreement in July 1990 [ see p. 37602 ] . |
| 25 | If I select MS-DOS Shell and attempt to delete the unwanted directories , I get the message : ‘ You can not delete a non-empty directory … ’ but according to MS-DOS Shell the specified directory states : ‘ No files match file specifier . ’ |
| 26 | When payment is made the dealer gets his commission , normally splitting it with his mentor and possibly an official in the defence ministry who refuses to rubber stamp the deal without an ‘ incentive ’ . |
| 27 | Shearer is in to stay , but while Taylor deliberates just who should be his partner up front Campbell plans to gate crash the party . |
| 28 | Those who depend on care fear the changes will make little difference . |
| 29 | It is well known that the majority of dementia sufferers living at home receive the main part of their care from family , friends and neighbours ( see for example Bergmann , 1978 ; Levin et al , 1983 ) . |
| 30 | When selecting projects , the criteria applied by management indicate a fear of the high risk of the market . |