Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After 20 years ' service the almost total entitlement to remain on full pay , albeit suspended from duty , until the age of 65 . |
| 2 | What the trust offered was the opportunity to invest in interest-bearing mortgages . |
| 3 | Erm now the th H S C is saying that erm it should n't have gone skin to skin and they 've stopped skin to skin in other headings . |
| 4 | A subordinate class , such as the working class will , by definition , be low on economic resources and this will reproduce its subordination ; but it may also possibly generate a collective ethic to cope with adverse circumstances and so reproduce itself in this way according to a common cultural identity . |
| 5 | In certain circumstances , the customer 's consent will never constitute a defence to breach of fiduciary duty . |
| 6 | He Mr Parkinson indicated in the Commons yesterday that Road pricing , a form of ‘ smart card ’ payment to drive through popular parts of London , would be impractical , and impinge on individual freedom . |
| 7 | So gripped did I become with my inability to proceed at one point , that I almost became benighted through ignoring what was literally a keyhole through the rock . |
| 8 | According to Regulation 8(2) of these regulations a driver has the overall responsibility to proceed with due regard to the safety of other users of the road subject to the direction of any police constable etc . |
| 9 | In September 1989 a report by Vientiane home service stated that after the promulgation in July 1989 of a law on foreign investment , " hundreds of businesspeople " had applied for permission to invest in different sectors of the economy . |
| 10 | The main aim of their eight-week-long visit is to learn enough to set up a consultancy centre at the university as the Czechs , unused to the rising unemployment they now face , do not have the knowhow to cope with such upheaval . |
| 11 | What beckons me forward is a faith in God 's Hand in history , the conviction that He means these lands to speak to the world with an answer , and the decision to support in any way I can those — black , brown and white — in whose lives I see God 's power working . |
| 12 | The philosophers claimed both the privilege to attend to epistemological questions and the privilege of epistemology to be the sole locus for debate about what was ‘ true ’ knowledge . |
| 13 | This doctrine enables a lessee to sue for any trespass committed between the granting of the lease and his entering in pursuance of it . |
| 14 | She wwent to the High Court in August and won the riught to sue for malicious falsehood , a rare procedure , which she says she has to use because she ca n't afford libel proceedings . |
| 15 | They could not issue shares but were enabled by act of parliament to borrow against future tolls . |
| 16 | 52% said they were expecting partner remuneration to fall in absolute terms over the next year . |
| 17 | I made a last minute decision to go to this game . |
| 18 | The fact that growing numbers of students are making the personal decision to go into higher education each year suggests strongly that our system of student support , far from providing a deterrent , is encouraging more people to go into higher education , who perhaps would not have had the confidence to do so or the belief that it is appropriate for them . |
| 19 | The decision to go for darker shades was a brave one , as many hoteliers opt for pastels or similar standards in the erroneous belief that they will not cause offence . |
| 20 | RORY Underwood , England 's most-capped player and record try-scorer , has dramatically reversed his decision to retire from international rugby . |
| 21 | FRANCO BARESI , the AC Milan captain , last night reversed his decision to retire from international football . |
| 22 | It takes genius to go from playful thoughts about beetles to a deep understanding of the Universe . |
| 23 | Finally , fears that fundholders would encourage referrals to private clinics to avoid a charge on their budgets seem to be unfounded , certainly as far as these aggregate data are concerned , and there was only limited evidence that fundholders were making use of their freedom to contract with private hospitals for outpatient services for NHS patients . |
| 24 | In contrast to breach of fiduciary duty , an action for breach of confidence would appear to represent a more effective anti-insider dealing deterrent . |
| 25 | Such a concern is explained by the fact that these countries had repeatedly demonstrated their willingness to go to enormous lengths ( in effect taxing imports of capital , encouraging exports of capital and , even in the case of Japan , organizing plans for importing huge stockpiles of raw materials ) in order to prevent an upward movement of their currencies . |
| 26 | They often went to the park to sit by that lake . ’ |
| 27 | with money to spare for small luxuries ; |
| 28 | But it was n't easy to lose puppy fat when Mum fed her on stodgy good home cooking — stews with dumplings and meat pies with pastry crusts and steamed sponge puddings , and there was no money to spare for proper hairdressing salons . |
| 29 | It became a great treasure because there was n't much money to spare in those days . |
| 30 | An attempt by Dagenham shop stewards to win the approval of colleagues from other plants to a South-east weighting to cope with higher living costs in the area and ease problems over recruitment and retention was rejected . |