Example sentences of "[pers pn] [to-vb] [adj] [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ To allow me to see that woman in the land . |
| 2 | Hoffmann J. declared that in each case the beneficial interest in the property was owned by the bankrupt and his wife in equal shares and he made orders for possession and sale but , after considering the circumstances of the two wives and their children and , in particular , that the half shares to which they would be entitled would be insufficient for them to acquire other accommodation in the area and the educational problems of the children , imposed a provision for postponement until the youngest child in each case attained the age of sixteen . |
| 3 | We must also consider the opportunity that some occupations have for deliberately restricting access to the acquisition of the skills needed to do the job , thereby keeping down their distribution amongst the population , and enabling them to claim higher rewards in the market place . |
| 4 | Phalangist officers of the time insist that he told them to kill 40 Muslims in reprisal . |
| 5 | Does not the right hon. Gentleman realise that he is setting an obstacle course for the courts which will make it more difficult for them to pass tough sentences in serious cases ? |
| 6 | Sainteny tried to persuade them to accept French fighters in their advance , but he was given a brush-off . |
| 7 | The agricultural working class , deprived of a subsistence on the land by the enclosures of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries , thronged to the cities of the Midlands and the North where the economics of laissez-faire forced them to work long hours in wretched conditions for miserable wages , and threw them out of employment altogether as soon as there was a downturn in the market . |
| 8 | The experience of watching my late husband 's 16-year fight against the degenerative effects of Parkinson 's disease ( one of those conditions which might one day benefit from embryo research ) causes me to write this letter in the hope that all who take part in the debates will recognise and confound these tactics of the anti-abortion pressure groups , quite rightly described by the British Pregnancy Advisory Service as ‘ an attempt to hijack government legislation ’ . |
| 9 | Two months before his departure he wrote to twelve or fifteen poets , requesting their public support for Pound and asking them to provide private testimonials in the event that he should be tried and sentenced for his crime : there was , at this stage , a strong possibility that Pound would be condemned to death . |
| 10 | Are n't I to have any pleasure in life at all ? ’ |
| 11 | A common strand in comments coming to the Commission from many quarters emphasises the vital role played by the clergy in the leading of worship , and the need for them to receive proper training in the selection and use of music in church . |
| 12 | If Andrew Morton , the paparazzi , the Press and the public were to take a similar interest in your marriage or mine , I 'm sure it would n't be difficult for them to pinpoint dramatic cracks in our relationships . |
| 13 | Allow 1.2m ( 4ft ) between the plants and expect them to reach full size in four years . |
| 14 | It saddens me to hear some people in Britain speak as if there were some way of keeping Germany divided whether or not this is what the Germans want . |
| 15 | Their superior intelligence capabilities have allowed them to exert considerable leverage in setting the terms of trade and the manner in which the separate stages of production in their customers ' factories are linked together . |
| 16 | It is not for me to help Scottish Tories in those circumstances , but I suggest to them that it may have something to do with the way in which the Government treat Scotland in legislative terms . |
| 17 | This enables them to handle any disputes in a courteous , constructive manner . |
| 18 | But if women do want change , they may have to give up what they have invested in men — the idealisation which ( temporarily ) allows them to avoid uncomfortable things in themselves . |
| 19 | But you owe two months ’ rent now and I 'm afraid I must ask you to find other accommodation in a week 's time if this is still outstanding . ’ |
| 20 | Create User privilege allows you to create immediate descendants in the LIFESPAN user tree using option 7.2.1 . |
| 21 | In the company happy for you to visit previous customers in the area ? |
| 22 | This flexibility includes job mobility , which may require you to do different jobs in the office , or being asked to take up a job at another office within a reasonable travelling distance . |
| 23 | Would you prefer exercise that allows you to mark definite progress in your skill ? |
| 24 | When the Minister had ended the meeting with the words , ‘ Now , Mr Sanders , what can we do to persuade you to put more investment in Ireland ? ’ the Englishman had replied , ‘ The best advocate you could have , Minister , to influence more investment in your country , is a local plant manager who consistently turns in good results , year after year . |
| 25 | I told you to put some orange in there . |
| 26 | He wants that , yo , he wants you to put some water in that for a test , some of your water in that |
| 27 | ( EMBEDGPH ) While on the subject of graphs , Symphony now allows you to use 12 series in a graph and there are eight new chart types . |
| 28 | Diagrams can help you to record such questions in a clear and interesting way . |
| 29 | Probably the most important aspect of this add-in is that it enables you to embed live graphs in your worksheet . |
| 30 | Most employers will only ask you to repeat this information in a standard application form anyway . |