Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] [noun pl] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the letter was intercepted by Amiroutzes the Emperor 's Chancellor , who deduced that the prince Uzum Hasan wished to rear a child of the blood to lead armies one day against Trebizond . |
| 2 | An attempt to steal horses two weeks ago near Thornhill was thwarted when the raiders were disturbed . |
| 3 | It is common practice in the haulage industry to give customers 30 days from date of invoice in which to pay , and it must be the aim of every haulier to avoid giving extended credit to customers who , for one reason of another , fail to keep within these terms . |
| 4 | It has long been common practice to give students isolated passages of poetry or prose , often but not always anonymous , to analyse , discuss , and respond to , in the manner of Richards 's original undertaking . |
| 5 | THE Treasury could receive a substantial boost to tax revenues next month because of attempts to take income before April 5 so that it would not be taxed at the Labour party 's threatened high rates . |
| 6 | Our commitment as socialists to the Social Charter , therefore , is based on our economic analysis as well as our determination to give individuals equal life — chances . |
| 7 | Former Widnes boss Laughton , who first tempted the ex-Llanelli half-back to switch codes four years ago , said : ‘ I have not been in touch with Widnes about Jonathan Davies and it has never been discussed by our board . ’ |
| 8 | According to KFC in the US the removal of the word ‘ Fried ’ from the name will give the company more flexibility to offer customers non-fried food . |
| 9 | Sir : Peter Wilby 's endorsement of the vice-chancellors ' proposal to charge undergraduates full fees ( 29 September ) confuses two quite different issues ; expansion and access . |
| 10 | My hon. and learned Friend the Member for Burton ( Mr. Lawrence ) referred to the need to give prisoners some work . |
| 11 | No need to pack trunks this time . |
| 12 | Nevertheless I am certain that society has the right to prevent homosexuals encouraging others to be homosexual . ' |
| 13 | The proposal would cause a huge administrative burden not only on business — the necessity to give businesses good notice would take some time — but on the DSS and the Inland Revenue . |
| 14 | I mean if , if you felt that if there were any , it 's unlikely I think but you felt that there were any dragging of the feet in relation to the structured settlement you could come back and ask the court to make orders limiting time for further discussions or whatever you thought appropriate |
| 15 | A disabled pensioner has been told she ca n't travel by train to visit relatives this Christmas — because her wheelchair 's too big . |
| 16 | So advice to jam makers this year is … try some new flavours . |
| 17 | Watson , who also scored on his Cup debut against Brentford , is the latest junior to rescue Spurs this season , following Nick Barmby , 18 , and Andy Turner , 17 . |
| 18 | For example , there was some confusion over a recent policy decision to allow OICs greater autonomy in the use and administration of their budgets , without any clear guidelines as to what this meant in practice , or when it would take effect . |
| 19 | But it does make sense to paint floors last thing at night , giving the paint a chance to dry overnight . |
| 20 | Tait and his advertising agents hit on an idea for generic advertising , of filling the skies above New York with a message done by ‘ skytyping ’ — a development of skywriting in which five light aircraft , working on computer synchronicity , puff dots into the sky to form letters sixty feet high . |
| 21 | There is live music to entertain guests several evenings a week . |
| 22 | BR takes the strain to give passengers brighter outlook British Rail is set to unveil a multi-million pound project to up-grade the North-East network in the next few weeks . |
| 23 | From a business perspective it is a manoeuvre which meets a much-recognised need for the agency to offer clients international service . |
| 24 | There was little in the report to offer investors any incentive to assess the company more favouarbly . |
| 25 | If his influence and ability to communicate helps urban dwellers , now many generations away from any direct links with farms , understand that farming is no bed of roses then that 's helpful . |
| 26 | If his influence and ability to communicate helps urban dwellers , now many generations away from any direct links with farms , understand that farming is no bed of roses then that 's helpful . |
| 27 | As this wartime film of Land Army women shows , the way to harvest cereals 50 years ago was to use a binder . |
| 28 | BRC frequently relay wrong information ( primarily because they receive wrong information ) , and wider societal divisions ensure that the main mode of transport in Easton , as elsewhere , is reinforced Land Rovers in order to afford occupants some protection from attack , although policemen and women see them as having their own vulnerabilities . |
| 29 | New York-based Linkon Corp will be developing an SBus multimedia communications board called Link Engine FS3000 for SunSoft Inc 's Solaris operating system to give desktops interactive voice response with speech recognition and facsimile capabilities : claimed to be the first SBus offering supporting distributed speech processing applications , it will be generally available by June following a May beta test ; there will be one-to-four port configurations for the desktop and T-1 configuration for large client-server installations ; Europe will be supported by E-1 . |
| 30 | New York-based Linkon Corporation will be developing an SBus multimedia comms card called Link Engine FS3000 for SunSoft Inc 's Solaris operating system to give desktops interactive voice response with speech recognition and fax capabilities . |