Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [to-vb] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A local dental surgeon , Mr. Williams , was kind enough to attend at Dr. Prior 's request and he administered the gas gratuitously . |
| 2 | One sees the pleasure Bill Deedes will have got , pleasure enough to last for months . |
| 3 | Basically , however , it is our practice only to paddle on Sundays in the fishing season and not even then on certain rivers when the salmon are running . |
| 4 | The council has asked for nonperishable food and basic medicines to add to the convoy of aid soon to depart for Russia . |
| 5 | ( 8 ) Where the prospective parliamentary candidate has been selected and subsequently intimates his or her intention not to stand for parliament in the constituency as the Labour Party candidate at the next election , the procedure set out in section ( 3 ) of this clause shall ( subject to section ( 4 ) of this clause ) be forthwith set in motion again . |
| 6 | On June 17 Roman announced his intention not to stand for President . |
| 7 | Timber is the fastest growing import underlined by the arrival last month of the largest timber carrier ever to dock at Sharpness . |
| 8 | But , although they nearly ran out of steam and were forced to settle for a less than emphatic 27–24 margin of victory as the ‘ Boks came back at them , Sean Fitzpatrick 's side — with the Jones boys Ian and Michael , Zinzan Brooke and Frank Bunce outstanding alongside their skipper — were worthy of being the only New Zealand side ever to go through South Africa undefeated , albeit on an abbreviated tour . |
| 9 | PROTESTORS gathered at a Merseyside dock yesterday to campaign against coal imports and pit closures . |
| 10 | The disabled lobby in the arts must take credit for the work they have done in making galleries more accessible , but there is a great deal more to do in order to encourage and demonstrate the creative talents of older people that undoubtedly exist . |
| 11 | Baldwin contemplated all this at Aix , and made up his mind both to go for protection and to put at risk the first independent Conservative majority for two decades . |
| 12 | He studied in every spare moment he could find , not because he wanted to but because , in the absence of parents who would pay , he needed to win a scholarship even to get to school . |
| 13 | WE 'VE GOT SOMEONE COMING TO THE CLUB TOMORROW TO TALK ABOUT AIDS . |
| 14 | But they must beat Edinburgh Royals at home at the Jewel & Esk Valley College tomorrow to stay on top . |
| 15 | I was kept in a cell overnight to appear in court the next morning . |
| 16 | Car 2 was presented to the National Tramway Museum at Crich in 1963 , where it became the first car there to move under power in June 1964 . |
| 17 | With $36 million in the box-office after only five weeks ' release , and the movie yet to travel outside America , big profits are guaranteed . |
| 18 | If they had access to interpreters , it would enable his Department speedily to deal with immigration cases . |
| 19 | Driver not to blame for accident |
| 20 | Then I had no excuse not to audition for plays , and when I did I found that I enjoyed it . |
| 21 | That their duvet cover is made of the Russian flag and the Union Jack can be passed by ; better are such details as the fact that Russians call spam ‘ Roosevelt smile ’ ; the question of whether Down 's syndrome chidren are known as Mongols in the USSR , and a dispute over private medicine : ‘ You think I 've fled 1,000 miles from scientific communism just to live with Mrs Engels ? ’ asks Slava . |
| 22 | I 've been retired from playing for five years , although this season I messed about a bit just to keep in touch with what was going on , and I really do think that someone else should have the honour of captaining the team . |
| 23 | In the USA , it notes , there has been a storm of protest over a government decision not to insist on tests and labelling of genetically modified foods , which has led to calls for boycotts of gene foods . |
| 24 | For these students , this was manifested by a decision not to continue with physics at postgraduate level . |
| 25 | Female science students may make the girls think again about their decision not to continue with science . |
| 26 | The unrest , which was connected with further proposed petrol price and bus fare increases and also involved student protests , was believed to have been caused by a Supreme Court decision not to proceed with corruption charges against various former ministers . |
| 27 | They notified the applicant of their decision not to appeal by letter dated 23 November 1990 . |
| 28 | What we have , we hold : The decision not to build in Foxley Wood leaves vital questions of planning policy unanswered . |
| 29 | Reluctantly , Johnson accepted their advice , and on 31 March 1968 he made a dramatic appearance on nationwide television to announce a fresh peace initiative , the reduction of bombing raids on North Vietnam , and his decision not to stand for re-election in November . |
| 30 | Sonia Gandhi 's decision not to stand in by-election |