Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] [to-vb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our rotten mainmast began whipping sickeningly to and fro and required five men constantly clinging to its lee mainstay to cushion the strain . |
| 2 | The purpose of this relief is to permit the bobbin case hook to pass the needle without touching it . |
| 3 | However , delays may occur if the authorities have failed to make contingency plans to meet the change in circumstances , and consequently prolonged discussion may be necessary before a decision is made to use particular instruments in a certain way . |
| 4 | It includes communal workshops containing metal and woodworking equipment , and a training room with computer programmes to give the new-starter a grounding in marketing , book-keeping and business management . |
| 5 | These were the introduction of majority verdicts to avoid the necessity for new trials when juries could not reach unanimous verdicts , and the extension of firearms certificates to shotguns . |
| 6 | The staggering fact that 41% of the original researchers have not published papers relating to their original research should lead funding authorities to question the extent to which the research programmes which they sponsored were worthwhile undertaking in the first place . |
| 7 | The fact that 41% of the original researchers have not published papers relating to their original research could lead funding authorities to question the extent to which the research programmes which they sponsored were worthwhile undertaking in the first place . |
| 8 | Will the Secretary of State ask Major-General Burden to come to west Norfolk to have a look at houses on two RAF bases , Sculthorpe and West Raynham , which may close in the future ? |
| 9 | The course attempts to place the study of cultures in a British , European , and wider international perspective . |
| 10 | It remains to be seen just how much public money has had to be promised for the Heathrow to central London fast rail link to break the deadlock between airports operator BAA and British Rail . |
| 11 | Customs have now used the Polysar decision to review the position and have stated that they will deny recovery of input VAT incurred by a holding company in carrying out its basic functions . |
| 12 | Robinson smiled as he lifted the plastic cover from the slop bucket to reveal a lump of excrement . |
| 13 | The hydrogens are probably removed one by one : first , the methane loses a hydrogen atom to give the methyl radical , CH 3 , and extremely reactive fragment . |
| 14 | You do not need to be on income support to get a crisis loan but you must be able to show that it is the only means of preventing serious risk to you or your partner 's health and safety . |
| 15 | Each database developer tailors its own SQL products to increase the functionality it is able to offer , and therefore gain a competitive edge over rival suppliers . |
| 16 | Each database developer tailors its own SQL products to increase the functionality it is able to offer , and therefore gain a competitive edge over rival suppliers . |
| 17 | Do not overfeed , only place in the tank enough brine shrimp to match the size of the brood . |
| 18 | On 8 October , the Swedish government seems to have side- stepped its own strict wolf protection laws by pressuring the National Environmental Protection Board to issue a licence for her to be taken into captivity . |
| 19 | The men , who covered 1,350 miles unaided and set two world records , were said to be ‘ more dead than alive ’ when they radioed their base camp to request an airlift . |
| 20 | I have to make decisions every second about when I leave the rhythm guitar part to play the melody and how I balance between switching the pickup selection , reach over , mute the strings and play . |
| 21 | On Oct. 18 the House approved , by 379 votes to 37 , another stop-gap funding measure to enable the government to keep operating for another week . |
| 22 | The course writer attempts to cover the experience of the native speaker in about 2000 hours of learning . |
| 23 | In addition , a purchaser should have the necessary funding support to complete the deal . |
| 24 | The Dolphin SCI Technology A/S arm of Oslo , Norway-based Dolphin Server Technology A/S , already has an agreement with Vitesse Semiconductor Corp to make chips for its Scalable Coherent Interface high-speed bus in Gallium Arsenide — it runs at 1Gbps — and with Convex Computer Corp to use the thing . |
| 25 | In particular , this instrument was used during the case study to examine the information needs of customers in terms of time , security , reliability etc , and to decide how these factors might be improved . |
| 26 | The approach used analysis of national income data to quantify the regulation of demand , and when the statement turned from discussion of the transition to a peacetime economy it became a standard exposition of Keynesian policy prescriptions as interpreted by the academic economists in Whitehall . |
| 27 | Finally , draught-proof the point where the sashes meet by pinning on a length of plastic or metal spring strip excluder to cover the gap . |
| 28 | This is common at the beginning of a behaviour change programme to enhance the process and speed up the initial rate of change . |
| 29 | Activists in rich countries will organise consumer boycotts of genetically engineered foods , while farmers in the south take action to oppose the patenting of genes . |
| 30 | The initiative comes from the industry following the setting-up of the first Chinese Takeaway Association to represent the country 's 10,000 shops . |