Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] a [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Health authorities contract a hospital to treat a specific number of patients . |
| 2 | In return employers make a commitment to provide support for schools and colleges , as well as further education and training and worthwhile jobs for those who reach the agreed targets . |
| 3 | This rule was founded on a principle of policy , for if sailors were in all events to have their wages , and in times of danger entitled to insist on an extra charge on such a promise as this , they would in many cases suffer a ship to sink , unless the captain would pay an extravagant demand they might think proper to make . ’ |
| 4 | Based mainly on research evidence that some schools are more effective than others in promoting the progress and development of their pupils , School Development Plans provide a mechanism to link the planning of improvements with the financial and staff development planning of the school as a whole . |
| 5 | It was clear that the employers proposed a plan to generate more immediate investment in the sector to provide some stability and to ensure that quality training would be provided . |
| 6 | A combination of vulnerable classes or groups living in vulnerable and ecologically marginal areas in many cases causes a failure to create sufficient income for food to feed themselves . |
| 7 | We could make a plan of the street , we could ask each of the groups to find a reason to go to someone else 's " house " ; we could perhaps ask other people in the street to try to help resolve some of the disputes other people are having . |
| 8 | Requests to establish a clearway to prevent cars parking in the stop zone have been turned down on the grounds the restriction would be difficult to impose . |
| 9 | One of the most outspoken proponents of commercial whaling in Japan , the Fisheries Agency , has requested funds to conduct a survey to assess the potential for developing a " whale-watching industry " as a tourist attraction . |
| 10 | A COMBINATION of domestic worries led a woman to take her life with a lethal cocktail of drink and pills an inquest heard yesterday . |
| 11 | When the chief minister of Maharashtra became uppity earlier this year , Mr Gandhi arranged for dissidents to mount a campaign to get rid of him , and relented only after the chief minister ate humble pie . |
| 12 | All major dietary guidelines advocate a need to reduce our average national fat consumption . |
| 13 | Despite these circumstances , the case strongly affirms that where the parties intend a treaty to confer a benefit upon a non-party it can be applied , regardless of third party consent . |
| 14 | Alliterate : witty Whicker 's wonderful way with words has a lot to answer for . |
| 15 | Notebooks provide a way to organize many spreadsheets together in the same file . |
| 16 | As we have already implied , GIS has a role to play in all aspects of hazard research , from hazard monitoring , risk assessment and emergency planning to coping with an event and evaluating its consequences . |
| 17 | To see out Fun Fortnight , Waves has a prize to bowl you over . |
| 18 | His genealogical lists suggest a need to search for and establish his own identity . |
| 19 | A case on these facts would now be covered by the Motor Insurance Bureau Scheme , whereby motor insurers provide a fund to meet claims against uninsured drivers . |
| 20 | SEX talk on sordid chatlines drove a sailor to rape a terrified schoolgirl , leaving her an emotional wreck . |
| 21 | Joel the Magician agrees to act as a trial judge , and lets the demons bring a lawsuit to get their house back . |
| 22 | Appledorn said clear plastic film can also be covered with triangular grooves to make it into a mirror for use as ‘ light pipes ’ for more efficient road lighting , while other shapes create a reflector to make a road sign stand out when illuminated . |
| 23 | The SDLP had called on the Unionist parties to give a guarantee to continue the talks after the election regardless of its outcome . |
| 24 | Regrettably , it also gave those ‘ Bog End ’ supporters present a chance to run loudly through their repertoire of football chants and sea shanties . |
| 25 | " with the view to promoting the co-operation of the two schools and the possibility of avoiding the teaching subjects in the two schools having a tendency to overlap and so bringing the two schools more fully in accord with the requirements of the town . " |
| 26 | Mr Aitchison said last night that the consortium was still speaking to ‘ a number of interested parties demonstrating a willingness to help us ’ . |
| 27 | LOGO 's particular characteristics allow a beginner to build complex procedures out of very simple steps , to use a word to cover a list of small procedures . |
| 28 | Gaviria alone among the major candidates stressed a determination to continue Barco 's campaign to defeat the drug cartels , rejecting the possibility of political dialogue with them although modifying Barco 's stance by opposing the " indiscriminate " extradition of drug traffickers to the United States . |
| 29 | Some experienced speakers ask a friend to stand against the back wall and signal with hands facing forward by their ears if you need to speak louder , and with hands horizontal if you should speak more softly . |
| 30 | At best Making Belfast Work has provided the infrastructure , albeit unaccountable , to let those wanting small starter units to get a chance to carry out their business ideas . |