Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [pron] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , pursuant to r 6.80 , no resolutions can be taken at the meeting of creditors other than : ( i ) a resolution to appoint a named insolvency practitioner to be trustee or two or more insolvency practitioners as joint trustees ; ( ii ) a resolution to establish a creditors ' committee ; ( iii ) ( unless a creditors ' committee has been established ) a resolution specifying the terms of the trustee 's remuneration or to defer consideration of that matter ; ( iv ) if two or more trustees are appointed , a resolution specifying whether acts are to be done by both or all of them , or by only one ; ( v ) a resolution adjourning the meeting for not more than three weeks ; and ( vi ) any other resolutions which the chairman thinks it right to allow for special reasons . |
| 2 | Banks may keep cash balances surplus to their requirements in times of ‘ easy ’ money to enable them later to resist open market operations when the authorities are attempting to squeeze the base . |
| 3 | Mum snatched it up to see what we had got but Dad forestalled the outburst he knew was coming . |
| 4 | He went to live among the Nuer of the southern Sudan as a vulnerable outsider , relying on their goodwill and friendship to enable him gradually to merge into the background of their everyday lives . |
| 5 | He had sensed her unease , stopping in his stride to swing her round to face him . |
| 6 | The action has nothing specifically to do with the technical content of the programmes but relates to wider difficulties between the Council of Ministers , the Commission and the European Parliament . |
| 7 | My right hon. Friend the Home Secretary and I shall see British car manufacturers again in the near future to urge them speedily to incorporate immobilisation devices into cars . |
| 8 | It 'll also if we start to take action provoke somebody else to take over the schemes , |
| 9 | These young hooligans are stealing cigarettes and booze to sell it cheaply to feed a habit . |
| 10 | The woman in the launderette showed him where to put the coins . |
| 11 | How many times has Mummy told you not to wander off like that ? ’ |
| 12 | This chapter shows you how to finish your picture once you have completed the design . |
| 13 | This chapter shows you how to care for such flowers before they are pressed , and also gives a whole range of ideas for sentimental flower pictures . |
| 14 | His light shows us where to take it . ’ |
| 15 | Or the time an African priest taught her how to become invisible ( you do n't really want to know ) . |
| 16 | ESSEX are prepared to offer former England captain Keith Fletcher ‘ a job for life ’ in an attempt to persuade him not to become the next England team manager . |
| 17 | This chapter tells you how to do it . |
| 18 | If we moved in then we 'd have to spend fifty thousand pound to get it up to scratch . |
| 19 | ww3.pcx Which directories will be searched can be set by pressing the Search button , and then changing the Search path msdos1.pcx Having set the prompt to show the text ‘ What now Fred ? ‘ , the next command sets it back to show the current drive and directory |
| 20 | The chief superintendent had something else to tell her . |
| 21 | The probationers told him to remember that every minute he was getting a little better , and Ward Sister told him not to make any effort , and not to try to take anything by the mouth . |
| 22 | ‘ Well , my Mum told me not to let boys fondle me or kiss me now I 've started me periods , otherwise , if I did , I 'd soon be having a baby . ’ |
| 23 | Mum lifted me up to see Gran and I recall the peaceful look which she had . |
| 24 | Pete ran ahead and opened the big glass doors as he usually did and Mum lifted him up to press the button for the lift . |
| 25 | ‘ My GP told me not to worry and to drink more fluids . |
| 26 | Curiously , Branson did not dislike McLaren — Malcolm 's transparently roguish charm made him hard to dislike — but he had never trusted him from the day they had first shaken hands in Leslie Hill 's office and McLaren had failed to arrive at the Virgin offices ; failed to keep his promise . |
| 27 | Finally , if you find your mind wanders on to other thoughts during the exercise bring it back to focus on the feelings . |
| 28 | There are others who never will , and you 'll have a constant battle to establish you right to have a share in making decisions , and knowing where the money goes . |
| 29 | The council told me just to stay there the weekend . |
| 30 | ‘ My auntie told me not to run , ’ he explained , ‘ on account of my asthma . ’ |