Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] a [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | MAS 's performance at this stage and at subsequent meetings represents an opportunity to raise the profile of MAS which , if we impress sufficiently , may provide future work for MAS and KPMG in general . |
| 2 | Health authorities contract a hospital to treat a specific number of patients . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . ’ |
| 5 | The meetings provided an opportunity to exchange information about future events and to discuss problems of mutual interest . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The magistrates ' courts provided an opportunity to do this while simultaneously bolstering flagging markets for solicitors , who were feeling the economic pinch of a depressed property and commercial market . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The non-academic streams tend to have fancy names whereas in my day they were the D and E streams , and most schools make an effort to provide a specialised curriculum . |
| 14 | A COMBINATION of domestic worries led a woman to take her life with a lethal cocktail of drink and pills an inquest heard yesterday . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | All major dietary guidelines advocate a need to reduce our average national fat consumption . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Alliterate : witty Whicker 's wonderful way with words has a lot to answer for . |
| 19 | Notebooks provide a way to organize many spreadsheets together in the same file . |
| 20 | Move A to 7 Move B to A Move T to B For this reason some computers provide an instruction to exchange the values , either in an accumulator and a store location ( for example the DEC PDP- 10 ) , or in two processor registers . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | To see out Fun Fortnight , Waves has a prize to bowl you over . |
| 23 | His genealogical lists suggest a need to search for and establish his own identity . |
| 24 | Tonics , restoratives and health remedies provide an opportunity to invest in the non-toxic remedies of the future . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | FREE-market economics took on a new meaning last week as schools received an invitation to shop around for the cheapest General Certificate of Secondary Education exams . |
| 27 | SEX talk on sordid chatlines drove a sailor to rape a terrified schoolgirl , leaving her an emotional wreck . |
| 28 | Joel the Magician agrees to act as a trial judge , and lets the demons bring a lawsuit to get their house back . |
| 29 | In any event , a Conservative Cabinet can always rely on its ‘ backwoodsmen ’ to get it out of trouble if its more usual supporters amongst the Peers show an inclination to reject an executive decision . |
| 30 | 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 . |