Example sentences of "[noun pl] [v-ing] [to-vb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yesterday , the Latvian parliament confirmed it would stick to a plan to introduce minimum five and 10-year residence requirements for candidates wishing to stand in local and republican elections . |
| 2 | Yesterday , the Latvian parliament confirmed it would stick to a plan to introduce minimum five and 10-year residence requirements for candidates wishing to stand in local and republican elections . |
| 3 | Also on the A thirty four , at Great Rollright near Chipping Norton , there 's been a serious accident there and there are tailbacks beginning to grow in both directions . |
| 4 | IN THE EVENT of the Insurers failing to comply with any of the above provisions the Insurers will indemnify the Society to the limit of its interest for any loss which would otherwise have been covered by a policy to which this Agreement applies , including legal and other fees incurred by the Society as a direct consequence of such failure . |
| 5 | ‘ We have evidence that once past December wheat growers having to cope with difficult blackgrass populations can lose £100/ha for every month the weed is left unchecked . ’ |
| 6 | Then we realised the mistake was ours : we were heading down one of Madeira 's ordinary roads , with cars hooting to overtake on both sides . |
| 7 | Obviously the effect of opting out on educational provision will depend upon the number of schools electing to withdraw from local authority control , and Mrs Thatcher and Mr Baker seemed to disagree about what would be an appropriate number : Mrs Thatcher hoped that at least 50 per cent of schools will become grant-maintained , but Mr Baker talked of a trickle . |
| 8 | Out goes the stereotype of the egghead with staring eyes trying to see through bottle-end glasses . |
| 9 | This year 's battle of the budget is generating more anguish than any for years , John Major 's cabinet now realize what a parliamentary mess December might turn into with week-long debates on both the Queen 's speech and the budget to pack in , and worse to come in the spring , a budget combining taxes with public spending seemed a good idea at the time Norman Lamont announced it , but with November the thirtieth just a month away the political down-side is appearing , of course with a fifty billion pound deficit in the Government 's accounts this years spending round would have been hard pounding anyhow , but the usual noisy haggle over the available cash among departments is now amplified by posses of Tory backbenchers trying to head off this or that tax increase , and there 's an incentive to keep that up right through the finance bill after Christmas , since most new taxes would not come in until April . |
| 10 | The Schneiderei is located at Gereonswall 8 in Eigelstein , a neighbourhood with many Turkish shops and resident artists tending to work in small flats rather than ateliers . |
| 11 | Reportedly he was chosen from a field of at least three candidates after two rounds of secret balloting ; commentators suggested that this bore out rumours of divisions within the Church between conservatives and reformers seeking to capitalize on greater freedom from state control by playing a more assertive role in society . |
| 12 | Shiva used words like ‘ chap ’ now , and ‘ kiddy ’ , words used by Indians wanting to sound like true Brits , though he would not have done this once . |
| 13 | Given the twin facts that our economy is now heavily reliant on light industries , financial services and oil , and that in our newer industries we actually make very few of the components we assemble and distribute , we are especially vulnerable , as recent events have shown , to companies deciding to re-locate in other countries . |
| 14 | The company launched PowerHouse for the AS/400 in a blaze of publicity a couple of years ago , but has encountered problems that will be familiar to many software companies attempting to break into this market . |
| 15 | Visitors wishing to ride behind this powerful loco should not delay too long however as the G.W.R. 's operating season finishes on October 11th . |
| 16 | The point that I 've been making with the various percentages is that those negotiations will become unrealistic if on average , you 're talking about forty some percent of sites having to go for affordable housing on a negotiated basis . |
| 17 | Residents say party-goers trying to get across adjoining land . |
| 18 | New applicants wishing to apply for these vouchers should write to Her Majesty 's Representative , The Ascot Office , St James 's Palace , SW1A 1BP , before 31st March , stating the full name of those members of their family who require vouchers , together with their ages if between 16–25 years . |
| 19 | The firm application of market methods of control would have yielded a rise in interest rates which would have provided , albeit more slowly , the allocative mechanism rather than the banks having to discriminate against one customer in favour of another . |
| 20 | Called Furfix Wall Extension Profiles , the advanced adjustable tie system offers total flexibility in the setting out and building of wall extensions , whilst also providing maximum grip to the mortar bed , The system saves having to key in new walls to existing walls . , , . |
| 21 | Trade unions exist in order to increase the market power of labour as otherwise most workers would face competition from other workers offering to work for lower wages or worse conditions . |
| 22 | This would have particular advantages to researchers wishing to embark on cross-national research , and thus needing to locate data held in different national archives . |
| 23 | INVESTORS looking to invest in US-quoted companies can now use the services of the largest US discount execution-only stockbroking service , Charles Schwab . |
| 24 | What is the likelihood of new customers refusing to budge from initial terms ? |
| 25 | There was a transfer waiting list of over 500 applicants in early 1980 in South Hams , and many of these , if moved , would release houses for families , especially if they were elderly persons waiting to go into purpose-built flats . |
| 26 | Innocent families having to suffer from that , all for the want of proper supervision and proper care . |
| 27 | Formerly the largest group of people to be housed by local authorities ( 64 per cent in 1975 ) came from these lists ; some of these people were council tenants hoping to move to better property . |
| 28 | Discrimination between local authorities in the private sector , the private sector being allowed to set their own levels of redundancy payments , the local authorities having to stick to statutory . |
| 29 | In the departure lounge there was a crowd of passengers waiting to get on other planes , and also a lot of doctors , police , and newspaper journalists . |
| 30 | The other alternative is that through-fare reduced rate tickets will have to be discarded — passengers wishing to travel on saver-type tickets would have to re-book at franchise boundaries . |