Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [adv] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The wording is very clear and in view of the dicta in the Vestey decision and the major shift in the approach to be adopted to that section — restricting the same to the settlor and his spouse and taking into account the provisions of TA 1988 , s740 — it is felt that the Revenue will have to concede this point unless they change the law ( in which case one would have to watch very carefully what was said in Parliament to see how the change is to have effect ! ) .
2 A library , like any other organisation , has a limited amount of manpower and money to carry out the activities required and expected of it ; training is just one way of ensuring that these resources are used in the most effective possible manner .
3 ‘ If a rusty water pipe bursts it takes an enormous amount of time to find the money to carry out the repairs .
4 It is , however , possible that there may be no solutions at all to a system of Diophantine equations ; the assistant could never give 46p change using only the 5p , 10p and 20p coins .
5 The chestnut-seller laid out the chestnuts on the grating to cool and then brought them over to Owen and Georgiades .
6 The story bring out the significance of dreams and their interpretation at this time .
7 In its most basic form the technique involves merely an outline , or when it is filled in , a silhouette ; but of course it can be much more elaborate than that .
8 Only I misheard and thought he said a cow hanging over a chair .
9 These shepherds would stop for both rest and prayer using both the chapel and the Black Boy opposite .
10 She 's got this cute little duffle coat on and a bobble hat with her hair sticking out the bottom .
11 How thrilled the girl had been to be going to the Holy City , how lovely she had looked in a jacket of scarlet silk , a birthday present given only the day before by Mrs Browning , how she had glowed and shivered with anticipation …
12 The man who , up to then , had experienced 18 years as a player at the highest level revealed how the sack made him determined to prove he had not suddenly become second rate .
13 It means that there are holes in the DLV's willingness to connect up the evidence and enforce the conclusions it generates .
14 On occasion it was vital in a really bad case to carry out a tracheostomy — that is , to put a small tube into the trachea or windpipe , below the level of the swelling which is causing the breathing difficulty — but this was only rarely required .
15 In the case of the simple penal code , the essential reason it is in the interest of a firm in this case to carry out the threat of punishment is that it believes that if it does not it itself will be punished .
16 There was still an hour to wait so the Feldwebel suggested that we should have some coffee .
17 Just as in his rotation of Party officials to areas with which they had no connection and where they would have difficulty building up a power-base , so now Ceauşescu was transferring people into new places of work , forcing them to move from their old homes .
18 There was a dining-room , its vast table formed of two carved stone pillars supporting a smoked-glass top , and there was a bedroom with a display of silver-topped toilet jars , and a fragile lacy négligé hanging on the door .
19 Suddenly the memory of the négligé hanging on the door in Luke 's house and Elise 's painting in the corridor outside his room struck a chill .
20 Their original term was to be twenty-one years , though extension was usual , and few restrictions were imposed on the trusts ' powers of raising capital on the security of the tolls , on their use of it , or on the appointment of toll gatherers , nor on the freedom to contract out the tolls at auction .
21 ‘ The Territorial Army are using the opportunity to carry out an exercise in — ah — conditions where large numbers of civilians are present .
22 While the fireman attended to a brew , the driver sought out the R.S.F. in his lair , and enquired the loco number ‘ 4913 ’ came the reply .
23 II , p. 258 ) — in other words mothers should have the wherewithal to carry out a household chore .
24 They do not have the wherewithal to carry out the administration and paperwork or to watch over them and ensure that they learn on the job and produce an effective piece of craftsmanship .
25 Campaigners have welcomed Cleveland County Council 's decision to carry out a road safety study taking in Sappers Corner and Truro Drive on the A689 on the outskirts of Hartlepool .
26 A SENIOR consultant admitted yesterday that the decision to carry out a Caesarian section on an expectant mother was left too late .
27 The decision to carry out a Caesarian section should perhaps have been taken after the 4.30pm examination when the heartbeat was known to have decelerated , he said .
28 And were your involvement the decision to carry out the search or was your involvement the operational search ?
29 The cost of checking that a loss has been reported to the Police , Hotel or Courier and the time taken to do so must affect the decision to carry out an investigation .
30 Initially , he could n't see the body , and then he noticed the tell-tale blanket draped over a shape on the floor .
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