Example sentences of "[noun pl] [to-vb] to [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were expected to take about twenty minutes to sink to the bottom . |
| 2 | Machinery does exist for selected authorities to appeal to the Secretary of State , and in 1986/7 several rate-capped councils appealed for and obtained redetermined spending levels . |
| 3 | At the same time it is a contract : responsibility , authority and accountability are defined by the superior and the individual in his job contracts to perform to the standards set . |
| 4 | Out of doors , if it is being chased by a rival cat , a dog , or some human enemy , it will try , as always , to scamper up a wall or a tree , using its non-existent claws to cling to the surfaces as it leaps upwards . |
| 5 | The practice of ‘ back-door ’ rights issues enabled companies to evade the requirements of pre-emptive rights by getting shareholders to agree to a paper issue ( an expansion of the authorized capital which , if not being sold to raise additional capital , may be used in a share swap ) for the purpose of taking over an investment trust . |
| 6 | In practice , this is unlikely to prove a problem for directors of private companies who are probably also the shareholders , but directors of public companies do have to consider whether it is in the interests of the company and the shareholders to agree to a lock-out clause at a figure which may not be the highest obtainable . |
| 7 | Manchester-based Airtours needed 50 per cent of Owners ' shareholders to agree to the deal , but failed to get the necessary votes . |
| 8 | We want these moneys to go to the coal mining areas , many of which are represented by Labour Members . |
| 9 | Five pitches to go to the break at the end of the difficulties , four hours of daylight left . |
| 10 | And the other thing to say to from me is yes , we would love a multiplicity of views to go to the District Health Authority , I and my predecessor Betty Stanford , who were District Council Members on that health authority , we were there and able to listen to and able to contribute to the debate , the Government White Paper has taken us off , so that is not a good start in terms of how you involve the city and the district with the policy decisions of the health authority . |
| 11 | Having opened up the process of selecting technologies that surround the core System V.4 operating system beyond Unix System Laboratories Inc , Unix International plans to go to the industry at large for three technologies this year , according to president Peter Cunningham . |
| 12 | Having opened up the process of selecting technologies that surround the core SVR4 operating system beyond Unix System Labs ( UX No 42 ) , Unix International plans to go to the industry at large for three technologies this year , according to UI president Peter Cunningham . |
| 13 | Does my hon. Friend agree that we should also pay tribute to Friends of the Earth which , when I was a Minister at the Department of Transport , suggested that it would be sensible for the Minister with responsibility for roads to go to the Netherlands with some civil servants to see how traffic calming works there . |
| 14 | Last night , Mr Krenz told a Communist Party rally that the new travel regulations , allowing East Germans to go to the West whenever they wish , should be taken as proof that the government was ‘ serious about the policy of renewal ’ . |
| 15 | In such circumstances LIFESPAN RDBI will make a number of attempts to write to the error log . |
| 16 | Please could I ask you to find a few minutes to write to the Secretary of State for Wales , Welsh Office , Cathays Park , Cardiff CF1 3NQ , urging him to persuade his cabinet colleagues of the importance of finding time for an Environment Bill which includes these measures . |
| 17 | Individuals possess conveyances to go to the country . |
| 18 | Before starting the study , pressures were recorded for 30 minutes to check the correct functioning of the recording system and to allow the subjects to accommodate to the catheters . |
| 19 | Nathan took my keys , brought the first aid kit from the car , and broke open some antiseptic wipes to attend to the cut . |
| 20 | With less than nine months to go to the West German election on December 2nd , the East German result also strengthens Mr Kohl 's hold over his centre-right coalition in Bonn . |
| 21 | They waited tea for another twenty minutes , before Beth addressed the two impatient children with the solemn words , ‘ If the others do n't have the good manners to come to the table at the proper time , then we 'll start without them . ’ |
| 22 | Meanwhile , the NSF-controlled radio and television services had been calling its supporters to come to the square ; some were brought by lorry , and by mid-evening they had forced the anti-NSF demonstrators , now outnumbered , to retreat from the Square . |
| 23 | The effect here is that during the last five years the Conservatives have played no part in the management of this county whatsoever , and it has been left to the other two parties to come to an agreement . |
| 24 | It took seconds for her eyes to adjust to the darkness . |
| 25 | It took seconds for his eyes to adjust to the gloom . |
| 26 | It took a few minutes for his eyes to adjust to the dimness , and he remained still , blinking hard , making out the man standing directly in front of him holding the shotgun , while on the stairs to his left another person — a woman ? — was also holding what looked like a small pistol on him . |
| 27 | The first 500 readers to write to The Sugar Bureau will get a free copy of Easy Cooking On A Budget . |
| 28 | Clearly , training that allows the subjects to come to the task with these associations ready formed will be of help ; and equally clearly , reversed pre-training will have just the opposite effect . |
| 29 | The twenty-six signatories invited their fellow traders to come to the Crown and Anchor Tavern in the Strand on Thursday 9 May . |
| 30 | It is also a chance for home-grown designers to sell to the world . |