Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun pl] [to-vb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ANGRY managers have drawn up contingency plans to keep an Essex port running if dockers vote for an all-out strike , it was revealed last night . |
| 2 | However , delays may occur if the authorities have failed to make contingency plans to meet the change in circumstances , and consequently prolonged discussion may be necessary before a decision is made to use particular instruments in a certain way . |
| 3 | It includes communal workshops containing metal and woodworking equipment , and a training room with computer programmes to give the new-starter a grounding in marketing , book-keeping and business management . |
| 4 | These were the introduction of majority verdicts to avoid the necessity for new trials when juries could not reach unanimous verdicts , and the extension of firearms certificates to shotguns . |
| 5 | The staggering fact that 41% of the original researchers have not published papers relating to their original research should lead funding authorities to question the extent to which the research programmes which they sponsored were worthwhile undertaking in the first place . |
| 6 | The fact that 41% of the original researchers have not published papers relating to their original research could lead funding authorities to question the extent to which the research programmes which they sponsored were worthwhile undertaking in the first place . |
| 7 | The course attempts to place the study of cultures in a British , European , and wider international perspective . |
| 8 | The technique attempts to separate the data structure from the functions for which the data may be used . |
| 9 | Each database developer tailors its own SQL products to increase the functionality it is able to offer , and therefore gain a competitive edge over rival suppliers . |
| 10 | Each database developer tailors its own SQL products to increase the functionality it is able to offer , and therefore gain a competitive edge over rival suppliers . |
| 11 | It is the ongoing maintenance requirements which will be most scrutinised by the environmental health officer , and in many cases , it only takes a dirty grease filter system dripping onto the food cooking surfaces to alert the authorities . |
| 12 | The course writer attempts to cover the experience of the native speaker in about 2000 hours of learning . |
| 13 | He remembered that a flight of twelve B–17s of the 7th Bomb Group were expected from the mainland en route to the Philippines and that the US carrier fleet at sea could send aircraft back to Oahu , so he dismissed the report and told the radar operators to ignore the plots . |
| 14 | Use any pastry scraps to decorate the pies and glaze with beaten egg if required . |
| 15 | Better Schools is more emphatic in its statement that intending teachers should be given ‘ training and practice in classroom skills ’ , and devotes some space to these — the skills of selecting appropriate materials , varying teaching styles to match the nature of the work and the type of pupil , guiding individual pupils , handling written and oral work , cultivating independent learning , using open and closed questions when appropriate , managing diverse opinions on sensitive issues , setting clear objectives , and so on . |
| 16 | The meeting also resulted in a recommendation to allow toy designers to join the BTG . |
| 17 | Utilising modern technology and traditional hop aromas to recreate the atmosphere of the bygone days spent ‘ Hopping Down in Kent ’ . |
| 18 | As well , the Tigers ' chief political adviser , Mr Anton Balasingham , said the guerrillas would not contest elections until the government drops a constitutional amendment requiring election candidates to swear an oath of allegiance to a unitary state . |
| 19 | This may involve phosphorylation of NMDA channels to alter the extent of the Mg 2+ block of these channels . |
| 20 | At best Making Belfast Work has provided the infrastructure , albeit unaccountable , to let those wanting small starter units to get a chance to carry out their business ideas . |
| 21 | The robbers then used computer key-codes to open the strongroom , and packed the 200 million francs into bags . |
| 22 | This interest in national subjects could have led to cosiness as it tended to during Balcon 's time at Ealing Studios , but at this period he was under pressure from the Ostrer Brothers to maintain a diversity in his output and aim for the international market . |
| 23 | This review attempts to catalogue the mechanisms available to such firms in their efforts to reduce risk , ensure payment and secure adequate finance . |
| 24 | It is usual for relocation policies to pay a grant towards the costs associated with the education of employees ' children . |
| 25 | Studies have been done on humans , intact animals , isolated gastric mucosa , and gastric cell cultures to study the effect of ethanol on gastric cell function . |
| 26 | The research is policy-related and involves the organisation of study groups to tap the expertise of those with operational experience of naval deployments . |
| 27 | Never before interested in the nuts and bolts of public policy , the BJP has set up study groups to define the party 's position on such communally uncharged questions as water supply and the ( for Hindus , low-caste ) leather trade . |
| 28 | The US company Chevron reached agreement with the Kazakh authorities to develop the Tengiz and Korolev fields and a 4,000 sq km exploration area . |
| 29 | It was in the 1880s that the Ministry of Finance began to coordinate its tariff , fiscal , and investment policies to extend the railway lines already laid . |
| 30 | One method involves parsing the dictionary definitions to identify the genus term in the definition and produce semantic relations ( e.g. sets , hierarchies and networks ) ( Ahlswede & Evens , 1988 ) . |