Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [noun pl] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He argued that rational people drawing up a just social contract would only be willing to grant governments the power to punish to the extent that was necessary to protect themselves from the crimes of others . |
| 2 | Mr Kerswell explained firms were asked first and foremost to teach trainees a skill , not to expect them to be productive . |
| 3 | Absolutely no interest in politics whatsoever you know all they 'd done it 's you know it 's sad to see things the way they are but it seems to be that with the world over at the moment so . |
| 4 | At home the television reports were prefaced with warnings about the shocking content to give viewers the option of switching off . |
| 5 | The US state of Louisiana defaulted on a nineteenth century loan and was still unwelcome to bond markets a century later . |
| 6 | Technically it would not be hard to give consumers the freedom to override the electricity board 's switch-off signal , by paying an extra charge if necessary . |
| 7 | Jamie Osborne rode again yesterday despite giving up later rides on the first day and will be fit to partner Whats The Crack . |
| 8 | In any event , it was clear , when the Education ( Corporal Punishment ) Bill 1985 was being considered by Parliament following the ruling in Campbell and Cosans , that to give parents a choice over whether or not their children should receive corporal punishment was justifiable in principle but practically unworkable . |
| 9 | THE Government whipped its supporters into the Lords last night to defeat a final attempt by Labour to give shareholders the right to decide on company donations to political parties . |
| 10 | As it 's a beta version , it 's tricky to give ClarisWorks a star rating . |
| 11 | The following version is useful to give children the opportunity to channel excess energy — everybody is in action for the whole time it is being played . |
| 12 | Although John Wright had been due to send Hanns a letter about the technical requirements , it was actually the choreographer who wrote again in late September , suggesting simplification to avoid distracting the eye and adding ‘ You must design several feet around the back cloth , otherwise what you have designed will be cut off by the back legs and flies ’ . |
| 13 | ‘ Nurses everywhere are saying that although they remain loyal to the NHS , they are frustrated by not being able to give patients the quality of care they need . |
| 14 | Where no guardian has been appointed and the child is unable to give instructions the solicitor must act " in furtherance of the child 's interests " ( FPCR , r12(1) ( c ) ; FPR , r4.12(1) ( c ) ) . |
| 15 | So far she has been unable to give police a description of her attacker . |
| 16 | Tony Abraham , chair man of Lansdown Conquest , says , to my mind quite rightly , that if you can draw a commercial accurately on a storyboard , it is a poor commercial , because the film camera should be able to do things no pen or paintbrush can . |
| 17 | Nevertheless the onus of proof is in my view on demonstrating that the large is able to do things the small can not , as well as not hampering the smaller units . |
| 18 | Boots ( retail division ) may consider giving employees moving from low-cost to high-cost areas a loan of up to a maximum of one and a half times the employee 's expected first year 's gross salary . |
| 19 | One view of the system is that although formally an international agreement , it serves more to allow governments a way of countering internal pressures on trade than to regulate international trade relations . |
| 20 | My Working Group was solely concerned to allow teachers the freedom to choose , and to prevent another media extravaganza about essential books in the canon . |
| 21 | DeKalb High School principal Jed Dunbar is reluctant to allow visitors a glimpse at the 1984 year book with rare pictures of Cindy . |
| 22 | A pharmaceutical salesperson will be able to offer doctors a range of drugs to combat various illnesses . |
| 23 | It is always important to tell children the truth , in a way and at a level that they can accept . |
| 24 | Collectors love to be able to show friends the book with their own clock illustrated in it . |
| 25 | One will not arrive at the concept ‘ mass ’ through observation alone , however closely one scrutinizes colliding billiard-balls , weights on springs , orbiting planets , etc. , nor is it possible to teach others the meaning of mass merely by pointing to such events . |
| 26 | The counsellors are available to see students every weekday from 9.30 am to 4.30 pm at 7 Buccleuch Place ( first flat ) , and two mornings a week at the King 's Buildings Union , ( first floor , through the Careers Library ) . |
| 27 | The Counsellors are available to see students every weekday from 9.30am to 4.30pm at . |
| 28 | Indeed , Dr. Mooreman , the vicar of Menheniot from 1530 , had been the first to teach parishioners the Lord 's Prayer and Liturgy in English . |
| 29 | It 's vital to give farmers the incentives to manage their land properly . |
| 30 | It is not necessary to bring convictions every time , but it is necessary to prevent terrorism . |