Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] a [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two scrutinies , in particular , were crucially important : the first in 1979 led to the decision to implement a management information system for ministers ( MINIS ) in the Department of the Environment ( DOE ) . |
| 2 | North Yorkshire County Council is being urged to restore its funding to support a bus service to Murton near York , the home of the Yorkshire Museum of Farming . |
| 3 | You do n't have to be regular cyclist to enjoy a cycling holiday in Holland as the safe , segregated cycle lanes have special traffic lights and signposts for cyclists making it a relaxing and enjoyable pastime for people of all ages ; families , couples , or groups of friends . |
| 4 | WITH so many flops in the West End these days it makes a welcome change to report a success story . |
| 5 | So that everyone in Scotland could have been covered and given the opportunity to carry a donor card . |
| 6 | ( 7 ) The holder of the licence may appeal to the sheriff against the closure order or against a refusal of a licensing board to cancel a closure order . |
| 7 | Richard Baxter requested the opportunity to preach a farewell sermon and administer communion to his former flock , but this too was denied . |
| 8 | An anniversary meeting in Manchester on 1 August 1854 showed willingness to attend a unity conference in London in November although it was under the aegis of the BFASS . |
| 9 | The powers were given in The Local Government Act 1988 , which enables the auditor to issue a prohibition order which , subject to a right of appeal to the courts , precludes the authority from implementing such a decision . |
| 10 | This enabled Lane to sustain a print run of around 75,000 when Penguin New Writing proved an outstanding success . |
| 11 | The northern half of the piazza , which was left at a lower level to accommodate a pedestrian subway ( unbuilt as yet ) to the nearby Forum des Halles shopping centre , will be filled in . |
| 12 | Having agreed to our participation in the formation of school/industry partnership ( both school management and Governors were enthusiastic ) , we proceeded with central support to plan a launch conference for May 1988 . |
| 13 | The first arose from the government 's decision to impose a standstill grant for that year — in effect a reduction in the District 's planned programme in the 1952–53 session at a time when much patient work to gain support from trade union branches and members had succeeded particularly in Norwich and Northamptonshire . |
| 14 | ROLLS-Royce is defying the recession to launch a £91,000 car , the Bentley Brooklands , named after the racing circuit . |
| 15 | Both particulars and memorandum of satisfaction have to be signed by the chargee and the company and there is provision to obtain a court order where one of the parties refuses to sign the particulars . |
| 16 | He is cautious about all the hype that has surrounded Alpha from the time of announcement and warns that too much is being promised by a chip that was designed in the first instance to provide a Unix migration path for VAX users . |
| 17 | Very soon after his appointment he was pressing the Board to provide a consulting room where he could do his work , particularly the surgical operations . |
| 18 | The DTI has given the polytechnic an award to establish a technology transfer programme for materials analysis and quality assurance , based on an XL40 scanning electron microscope supplied by Philips Analytical . |
| 19 | If our staff are worried about problems at home or work they can not achieve that , ’ said , staff relations manager with Standard Life in Edinburgh , explaining the company 's decision to provide an Employee Assistance Programme ( EAP ) . |
| 20 | The EC 's decision to establish a Relay Centre in Glasgow follows a successful bid by a consortium of four companies : the Glasgow-based EuroInfo Centre and Technology Transfer Centre , Business Information Source of Inverness , and RTC North of Sunderland . |
| 21 | Cole continues : That explanation is significant as much for its excusatory tone as for its substance ; and the excuse is of the Pioneers , decision to establish a production arm as a separate entity from the consumer society , a decision pointing production for consumer co-operatives along a road to the industrial co-operative form of organisation , along a road it was not to take . |
| 22 | In principle , a decision to establish a tax haven operation should be an integral part of a group 's overall commercial plans , and not merely be tax driven . |
| 23 | The final communiqué reported the decision to establish an observation committee to monitor the cease-fire as well as the forthcoming elections . |
| 24 | The new policies , aimed at increasing the flow of local and foreign capital , included ( i ) the decision to establish an Investment Centre to streamline investment approvals ; ( ii ) the decision to join the World Bank 's Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency ; ( iii ) the negotiation of bilateral investment protection agreements with foreign governments ; and ( iv ) the introduction of a range of measures on remittance of after-tax profits , redefinition of foreign-controlled companies and the associated relaxation of domestic borrowing ceilings for foreign firms . |
| 25 | Their ability to contain or manage the conflict when this has threatened to engulf them as well as the regional contestants , for example in 1967 and 1973 , contrasts sharply with their inability to transact a peace process which transcends their own rivalry in order to resolve the conflict . |
| 26 | AT&T Co is joining forces with Trender Corp to provide a transaction station for truck stops , to be based on AT&T 's Smart Card readers : the idea is to move trucks more efficiently through fuelling islands and minimise errors in charging . |
| 27 | Arianespace has won a contract to launch a communications satellite for Eutelsat : the contract , Arianespace 's sixth this year , will take its order book to 37 birds worth $3,000m ; Eutelsat II F5 will go up an Ariane 4 rocket from the Kourou Space Centre in French Guiana at the end of 1993 or early next year . |
| 28 | Moss Bros has become the first high street retailer to launch a privilege card that clocks up points towards discounts at the till , giving customers money off at the group 's stores and other outlets . |
| 29 | Koninklijke PTT Telecom Nederland NV has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract to provide a multiprotocol network to will be used to connect European academic , industrial and governmental research institutions . |
| 30 | With encouragement from the paper 's enlightened sports editor Clifford Makins — ‘ he was a widely read man with respect for The Word , who believed that sports writers who are insular are doubly boring ’ — and a chance opportunity to write a boxing piece , McIlvanney was on his way , armed with Makin 's almost religious guidelines . |