Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] a [noun pl] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I very much regret that it is impossible to have a sports event , club or team these days without having a commercial sponsor . |
| 2 | The court is likely to fix a directions appointment in all cases but it is not obliged to do so . |
| 3 | Buchan , nearly 37 , was approaching the end of his playing days , and in 1928 left to become a sports reporter . |
| 4 | Helen says it 's good to see a girls school putting so much emphasis on science . |
| 5 | George Dempster , the member of parliament for Dundee burghs , whose election at St. Andrews would ‘ certainly turn on a single vote unless I am able to provide a Councillors son in a Kirk ’ , urged nothing more than political consequences when pressing for the settlement of the St. Andrews clergyman , and many presentations were indeed political bribes . |
| 6 | Under the regulations of March 1956 the new army was to be made up of ‘ citizens in uniform ’ , committed to defend democracy , preserving full civil rights and even able to join a trades union . |
| 7 | Mr Davies , the CBI 's youngest director general and the first to address a Trades Union Congress , ended with praise for business communicators . |
| 8 | It is however appreciated that it can be difficult to obtain a Police report in some foreign countries . |
| 9 | The oil men were always amazed to find a customs vessel operating in their area . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's vital to have a communications network running through the team and the ideal would be for the team leader to be consulted before any part of the business gets involved in any new activity and so can recommend whatever risk management measures are necessary including any special insurance , ’ Hardie said . |
| 11 | Sewell tried in 1841 to establish a cattle infirmary at Thomas Flight 's famous dairy ( formerly Laycock 's ) in Islington , housing some 600 or 700 cows ( there were thousands of cows in London until the railways facilitated milk supplies from the country ) . |
| 12 | Andrew 's coming home for the weekend so I thought it would be nice to have a drinks party . |
| 13 | My Lords , this case raises the important question whether the governors of a voluntary aided school which is over-subscribed ( i.e. has more candidates for admission than it can accommodate ) is entitled to operate an admissions policy which gives preference to children of a particular religious persuasion notwithstanding the statutory provisions which give parents a right to send their children to the school of their choice . |