Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] [pron] [noun] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We very much appreciated your decision to grant our country a medal within the framework of your interesting initiative entitled Running for Rights ( The Right to Food NI 179 ) . |
| 2 | In a bid to regain his machine the unemployed roofer climbed to the top of a building , ripped off tiles and threw them into the street , it was alleged . |
| 3 | STEFAN EDBERG 'S bid to regain his World No 1 ranking got off to a stuttering start in the IBM ATP World Championships in Frankfurt last night , writes Giles Smith . |
| 4 | Would we commend Bob Cratchet if he had used his credit card to buy his family a lavish Christmas lunch ? |
| 5 | Yet Elizabeth had been a widow for over ten years , and her children were very nearly off her hands ; it is quite possible that her brief sojourn in the workhouse was part of an attempt to give her life a new direction and meaning — perhaps she was there as a helper , a visitor , a counsellor to those in need , or even as a missionary spreading the gospel of Christianity in general or that of the Lady Huntingdon 's Connexion in particular . |
| 6 | President Carlos Saúl Menem reshuffled his Cabinet on Dec. 2 , bringing in three close associates in an attempt to give his government a new policy focus and halt its decline in popularity . |
| 7 | Two of the party , Katie Ball and Dorothy Smith also wrote and asked Air Mail to give their exploits a mention . |
| 8 | The first hurdle will be to renew the approval of the Vice-Chancellor , a senior judge , who has so far agreed that there is a case to argue but wants to know that enough creditors support the action to make its pursuit a worthwhile use of all creditors ' funds . |
| 9 | Many kinds of caterpillar need to move to a firm support to moult their skin the twigs in the cage serve this purpose . |
| 10 | Hahnemann described her as his best ever student and her deep love for him surely withheld the manuscript to deny his critics the opportunity of judging the 6th edition even more eccentric than the 5th . |
| 11 | The experts at Gliss Cormist recommend their cleansing , conditioning and styling range to give your hair the ultimate sheen . |
| 12 | And after that we shipped — me and another feller , an Irish feller , a Belfast man — we shipped in an owd schooner called the Mount Blairie : it was an old thing that had been ashore at — in a little shipyard ; and they 'd done her up during the winter to give them men a job . |
| 13 | Near the close , Holding began to lay about him and was dropped off a skyer ; next morning he continued in the same vein to ensure his team a first innings lead , and ensure , too , that Bob Willis 's Test career would end on an unhappy note as it was he who took most of the stick . |
| 14 | Having the courage and determination to live your life the way you want to is not being a bitch . |
| 15 | It is difficult to plan far enough ahead for a quarterly magazine , but we have been quarterly for two years now and still manage a Calendar in most editions so please , members and secretaries … help the editor to make your magazine an interesting and informative read for the Institute . |
| 16 | The citizens of Amiens , for example , are engaged in a tireless battle to make their city a compulsory stop on the new line , a phenomenon which must be incomprehensible to the inhabitants of Kent and parts of Belgium where opposition to Channel Tunnel rail links is fierce . |
| 17 | WELL done to the residents of Deadwood , South Dakota , who are fighting Kevin Costner 's £25 million plan to make their town a gambler 's paradise . |
| 18 | The CHA also plans a nationwide campaign to make its proposals an issue in the coming general election . |
| 19 | Having , as a small boy , saved his pocket money to buy his mother a scarf for her birthday , he was sharply told to take it back : he had bought it at a Liberal shop . |
| 20 | and her voice trailed away , as she simultaneously managed to imply that Brian had the Town Hall in the palm of his hand , and that he had enough money to buy his father a comfortable bungalow in a nice suburb whenever he felt like it . |
| 21 | So I made an approach , a long low approach and happily there was a bit of a crosswind from the portside , I decided to use this crosswind to help me place the aircraft at the end of my run off the normal line of landing and nearer to the engineering hangar . |
| 22 | Any move in this direction should be resisted because it is vital as part of the monitoring process to see what impact the single market is having on our national economy . |
| 23 | Designed to give high-level treatment and protection to damaged hair , Salon Intensives can be used in addition to your normal shampoo and conditioner or as part of your weekly haircare routine to give your hair a new lease of life . |
| 24 | But that opportunity is circumscribed , nonetheless , and in a country where Rupert Murdoch , Robert Maxwell and Lord Rothermere , with their powerful and partisan views , control 80 per cent of national newspapers , there is an understandable reluctance to give their newspapers a blank cheque to attack political enemies . |
| 25 | There 's little need to give your baby a follow-on milk in preference to breast of formula milk . |
| 26 | Governments , employers , in conclusion colleagues , do not have the right to deny our members a safe , healthy working environment . |
| 27 | When your own practice starts it is of the utmost importance to give your cases the most meticulous attention of which you are capable , and particularly , before going into court , to familiarise yourself with the various procedural contingencies . |
| 28 | There is talk , too , of Kenny McKinstry putting in an appearance to give his Subaru a pre-Donegal work-out following its trip to Barbados . |
| 29 | Nobody wanted the shabby Jews , and nobody therefore had any right to criticize whatever welcome the Fatherland might extend to the filthy parasites on their return . |
| 30 | Economic recession has forced consumers to reassess the need to update their wardrobe every six months , while conservation awareness has begun to cause some clothes lovers to approach fashion anew . |