Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun sg] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1 The official table of appointments in 1779 for the college of foreign affairs , which lasted until it was slightly modified by Catherine 's son Paul in 1800 , provided for each mission abroad to have two students regularly attached to it for these purposes .
2 it be known then for that squad just to go right through the gambit and become a fully fledged riveter 's squad and work for their days as a squad ?
3 This will mean that any person can be liable to the acquirer for the full liability , with a separate right for that person subsequently to obtain contributions from other people liable .
4 But Cadle cares for English basketball enough to have stayed here for 10 years — most of the time on a budget even Norman Lamont could manage .
5 If conventionalism were so single-mindedly practised in a particular jurisdiction and so often announced and confirmed by public institutions that people were thereby entitled to rely on that style of adjudication , of course it would be unfair for some judge suddenly to abandon it .
6 It has been our practise for some time now to give out names addresses and telephone numbers of local teachers to any one making enquiries at promotional events .
7 The same is true in the US , where the banking sector has been eager for some time now to find loopholes in the Glass-Steagall Act 1933 ( which segregates to a large extent the banking and securities business ) and expand into other , more profitable , areas of financial service activity .
8 I feared as well that Mills might not be dead after all , that he 'd recovered miraculously and decided for some reason not to go to the police .
9 You were not chosen for this trip just to see an old flame , were you ? ’
10 it is for this reason firstly to identify the gree er the Greater York area as considered by the Secretary of State , and also to with regard to criterion three , er the question of consistency with agreed agreed approved greenbelt policy that I make this further comment .
11 10.7.1 Subject to due performance of its obligations hereunder each Party shall be entitled , subject to reimbursement of the costs of collation reproduction and delivery , to receive copies of all results and of such background technical information of the other Parties as is in each case reasonably necessary for such Party independently to exploit results in the manner specified herein .
12 If liked , you can transfer the marzipan to a sheet of non-stick paper now to make inverting it with the cake easier .
13 like it you know , you , you can spend a lot of bloody money just to try and improve
14 John Major 's taking a break from the hard grind of political life here to sell Britain to the Japanese .
15 It would now be an act of political madness further to raise them to support the pound ( as indeed it would be to sacrifice more of our reserves to the same purpose ) .
16 It is in the interests of each individual therefore to proclaim clearly among the confusion of swarming fish , that its particular niche is occupied so that no other individual of the same species will poach its territory .
17 Place the dough on greased baking sheets , raising the edges of each piece slightly to contain the topping .
18 Will Kampuchea become a land of gentle peace , or is the bad blood from ten years of fratricidal war about to gush in torrents ?
19 None of this , though , for Ifor or for Cis or , I presume , for the rest of the family , was to be compared with the fact that Richard Walter Jenkins Junior , aged eleven , passed a scholarship to the Secondary School and went there : the first Jenkins of that line ever to do so .
20 Madam Chairman if I may just make a comment of concern that information was not , on this point was not forthcoming to the county councillors of that area perhaps to make er give them an opportunity to make comment prior to you so you could make this delegated action .
21 ‘ The challenge on the people side of the business was to change behaviour , ’ says Mel Smaje , ‘ because most people enter the profession of chartered accountancy either to get the qualification and go out or , if they are going to stay in , to tackle intellectual challenges in the field of accountancy , which often makes them deskbound .
22 He has n't played a competitive game since , but turned out with an Ulster XV in the unlikely setting of Sheephaven Bay yesterday to mark the local club 's introduction into the Ulster League .
23 I got paid for August which was quite clever really cos my date would of been sort of half way through to book my holiday
24 It would make little sense in this context to increase the categories of sexual assault simply to maintain gender specificity .
25 At the same time the great Victoria Terminus was extended by the addition of another station behind to cope with increased long-distance traffic .
26 In the case of information relating to er say client A which is obtained by the auditor while auditing client B , the auditor ought as a matter of sound practice normally to use the information to make further enquiries for the purpose of the audit of A. These interpretations have been set out more fully in the statement of auditing standards and the professional guidance issued by the auditing practices board that will accompany this legislation and as matters of courtesy to the house er Madam Deputy Speaker , I ask that a copy of that be placed in the library .
27 Seb reached Burford in a state of high excitement only to find that Superintending Constable Aplin was in London .
28 My right hon. and learned Friend and I meet the chairman of British Rail regularly to discuss all current issues .
29 My right hon. and learned Friend and I meet the chairman of British Rail regularly to discuss all current issues .
30 Will my right hon. and learned Friend confirm that he will ask the chairman of British Rail urgently to look at the position of the tunnels further along the line to ensure that precautions similar to those that are being instituted in the Severn tunnel will also be made in those tunnels if signalling changes have taken place recently associated with the general modernisation work ?
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