Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] [to-vb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having done this … what was more natural than for them to invite the sister institution , with its professedly similar aims , to join them ? |
| 2 | When they returned , they discovered that the main body of men had already flown out and that a party of drivers under Scratchley was waiting for them to join the vehicle convoy south through the Great Sand Sea . |
| 3 | If you win , it will then be for them to serve an enforcement notice or injunction as appropriate . |
| 4 | It is even possible that a few councillors were sufficiently worried by the prospect for them to advocate a protectorate as a way of blocking Woodville pretensions . |
| 5 | It is even possible that a few councillors were sufficiently worried by the prospect for them to advocate a protectorate as a way of blocking Woodville pretensions . |
| 6 | It took a mere two minutes for them to open the scoring through Tracy Fry 's fine solo run , and by the time Helen Bray shot home from the spot with nine minutes remaining , Wimbledon had been reduced to chasing shadows . |
| 7 | This is a unique chance for them to retain the use of this line and I urge them to keep up the pressure . |
| 8 | You will find that a good audio-visual presentation and some agreeable refreshments afterwards are all you need for them to welcome the information and instruction . |
| 9 | So if you 're happy for them to use the tape okay . |
| 10 | So I wait for them to put the phone down . |
| 11 | Smythe had dispensed with help and advice and was enjoying the writing , while the free speech folk had decided it was more appropriate for them to publish a cartoon balancing Oliver 's offensive one . |
| 12 | If no appropriate child restraint is available for children aged 1 to 4 years old , it is safer for them to wear an adult belt alone , rather than no restraint at all . |
| 13 | But erm , yes , so I still do n't know what 's happening with that yet , and I 'm waiting also for them to confirm a date for this first sort of Do Business in France seminar , that we 're going to help them with , which was originally going to be February , and is now going to be March . |
| 14 | A £1,000 grant has been recommended by Langbaurgh 's finance committee towards the provision of a ramp for disabled people to have access to Scaling Dam sailing club which has a specially adapted dinghy for them to enjoy the sport . |
| 15 | Fleischmann decided to send over all the equipment , cell , fluid and palladium , by air to Harwell for them to do the neutron measurements . |
| 16 | I think it 's quite common now for them to do the asking . ’ |
| 17 | So , for instance , the Crowther Report of 1959 on the education of 15-18-year-olds talked about the likelihood that middle-class girls would combine a career with motherhood and marriage and the necessity for them to receive an education which prepared them for this future dual role . |
| 18 | Under the present compensation er proposals put forward by Good , it would all be provided by the pension funds themselves and there 's no pain for the fund managers er no requirement really for them to blow the whistle . |
| 19 | Er that help is , there are fewer to draw from , i it 's also far more difficult for them to spare the time , the pressures on the academics are considerable nowadays . |
| 20 | Now it 's arranged for them to spend a year living with families over here . |
| 21 | What a pity that the members of the Napier Commission which was set up in 1883 to enquire into the conditions of the crofters and cottars in the Highlands and Islands were unable to have sittings in Islay ; despite pleas for them to visit the island they finished their tour at Tarbert . |
| 22 | What a pity that the members of the Napier Commission which was set up in 1883 to enquire into the conditions of the crofters and cottars in the Highlands and Islands were unable to have sittings in Islay ; despite pleas for them to visit the island they finished their tour at Tarbert . |
| 23 | GLC funding made it possible for them to conduct a research project into the lives of young lesbians and gays . |
| 24 | But it 's natural for them to lick a wound . |
| 25 | erm And I think erm we 've got to obviously give them as much respect as possible , because for them to reach the semi-final , the same as us erm they obviously erm have got some useful players . |
| 26 | He declared that it provides time for the family to gather or the body to be transported home and it offers an opportunity for them to see the person in a state of peaceful repose . |
| 27 | Apart from the health risk , it would have been disturbing for them to see the damage . |
| 28 | Apart from the health risk , it would have been disturbing for them to see the damage . |
| 29 | It was a tremendous relief for them to take a stand in the way they had done . |
| 30 | Because they are experts and you are not it is easy for them to take the initiative . |