Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " 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 | In certain circumstances , the customer 's consent will never constitute a defence to breach of fiduciary duty . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | This doctrine enables a lessee to sue for any trespass committed between the granting of the lease and his entering in pursuance of it . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I made a last minute decision to go to this game . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | RORY Underwood , England 's most-capped player and record try-scorer , has dramatically reversed his decision to retire from international rugby . |
| 12 | FRANCO BARESI , the AC Milan captain , last night reversed his decision to retire from international football . |
| 13 | In contrast to breach of fiduciary duty , an action for breach of confidence would appear to represent a more effective anti-insider dealing deterrent . |
| 14 | They often went to the park to sit by that lake . ’ |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The unification treaty provided for existing arrangements to continue to apply and required parliament to agree on uniform legislation by the end of 1992 [ see pp. 37661 ; 37833 ] . |
| 18 | Theoretically you were as free as the common snipe to go in any direction you pleased . |
| 19 | The table shows the enthusiasm with which centres took the opportunity to go beyond straightforward transfer of old courses . |
| 20 | Consequently , secondary-school pupils in China have only a limited opportunity to go into higher education and in this sense , those who do make it can be viewed as a privileged elite . |
| 21 | Moreover , we regard such fees as undesirable because we are keen that there should be no avoidable barriers to access on the part of people who have not traditionally had the opportunity to go into higher education . |
| 22 | Her studies were interrupted by the opportunity to go into local politics , from which she has never looked back . |
| 23 | It must have cost a lot of money to go for that amount of time ? |
| 24 | However , this record has been marred by the UK 's relative lack of money to invest in new housing and public works and to maintain the existing stock . |
| 25 | ‘ BHP should have used at least part of the money to invest in new technology and upgrade and improve its competitive standing in Australia . ’ |
| 26 | Trevor East , the new producer of The Match , explains the decision to wait for late autumn : ‘ People are reluctant to watch televised football or anything else on a sunny afternoon . |
| 27 | As long ago as 1957 Chomsky pointed out the weaknesses of n-gram techniques to provide an English grammar based on their inability to cope with long distance dependencies . |
| 28 | All day long she had wondered how he had managed to bamboozle his way into a consultancy , but first the calm , unflappable way he had dealt with Steve and now here , with the devastated relatives , Kathleen had an opportunity to see at first hand the qualities that set him apart as a consultant . |
| 29 | She told the judge that she now believed that Mr Ahmed , a Pakistani national , used the passport copy and subsequent marriage certificate to remain in this country . |
| 30 | ‘ Sure , we can adapt and get the ball forward quickly when needs be , but that 's all about having the variety to cope with any situation . |