Example sentences of "[prep] a [noun pl] [vb base] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is despite the recommendation of a complaints review panel that his needs would best be met at Milton Heights , a Home Farm Trust home which charges £9,000 a year . |
| 2 | The Gallery makes good use of mock-ups : a convincing re-creation of a Futures Market trading floor where big-time foodstuff deals are struck ( all braces , bravado and baked beans ) , or an authentic 1926 Lyons Corner House ( graced with a sweetly smiling ‘ Nippy ’ ) . |
| 3 | To village youths , whether they were acting as minor cogs of a cattle relay team or stealing a disliked neighbour 's bullock , it provided both adventure and a small additional income . |
| 4 | I regard the existence of flourishing humanities research as an index to the civilisation of our society ; Labour , however , has committed itself prematurely to the establishment of a humanities research council . |
| 5 | Though the Lions ' backs have the credentials and Winterbottom and Dean Richards have been in the heat of a Lions Test scrum , there are six forwards who will be experiencing a Lions Test for the first time . |
| 6 | The crew of a police patrol car which was passing the scene near Higher Road , Halewood , at the time also helped treat him . |
| 7 | Mr Coetsee said a warrant would also be issued for the arrest of Captain Dirk Coetzee , the former head of a police murder squad who confirmed and amplified Nofomela 's disclosures , claiming that the killings had been approved at the highest level . |
| 8 | Surely Co Armagh 's quarter final victory over favourites Slovakia warranted more than two lines in the middle of a Rangers match report . |
| 9 | Similarly , under Rule 37.4 , if the offeror buys-in or redeems its own shares , this has to be disclosed as a dealing under Rule 8 and in the offer document in the case of a securities exchange offer . |
| 10 | Why is the Department pussyfooting around , extending the role of the Economic and Social Research Council — which does an entirely different job — instead of accepting the original recommendation of the British Academy for a humanities research council ? |
| 11 | In early 81 , it tried to do for Oi what the New Musical Express had done for early punk , acting as midwife , prefect and publicist for a grassroots rock movement with political overtones . |
| 12 | He left school with little more than basic education , then struggled to earn a living as a cattle mart dealer and haulage contractor before going into politics full time . |
| 13 | They nurture organic matter , protect sea lands against erosion , provide habitat and food for marine life , and serve as a cattle forage crop . |
| 14 | This they term ‘ internal work motivation ’ to distinguish it from motivation which arises from extrinsic factors such as a payment-by-results wage system . |
| 15 | He then gained a job as a clerk in the City , and served as a signals lance corporal in the Territorial Army . |
| 16 | A TOP Tory MP failed a breath test after driving through a police speed trap . |
| 17 | ( d ) At the beginning of the session you will be provided with a Students Test Record Sheet , a specimen of which is attached . |
| 18 | At the CeBit show , the two companies demonstrated a personal computer running Microsoft Corp Windows , and equipped with a communications interface board jointly developed by Ericsson and Intel . |
| 19 | The idea has been expanded into a Peoples Show Festival and similar exhibitions , featuring over 200 different collections of tens of thousands of items , will be held at fourteen different venues from Cheltenham to Stoke on Trent . |
| 20 | The Kurdish leaders reportedly asked for an arms supply route to be opened through Turkey to assist the Kurdish insurrection in northern Iraq . |
| 21 | This chased filmed from a police video car shows the risks offenders are prepared to take — and the danger to officers who try to catch them . |
| 22 | The newly born boy was wrapped in a ladies jump suit . |
| 23 | Clients who are interested in a Poppies franchise travel to the town for discussions and training . |
| 24 | For example , the Audit Commission ( an arm of the treasury ) spent some time in 1987/8 with myself and others in a police research department assessing an OSU ( Operational Support Unit ) administrative system which they claimed had ‘ revolutionized police decision making ’ and released manpower for patrol equal to £6.358 million . |
| 25 | A PASSER-BY paid £4 to take part in a police video identification parade of a robbery was given the police photographer 's expensive leather jacket to wear and asked to jog down some steps and round a corner . |
| 26 | The suspension followed allegations that , while he was still on duty , he had sex with a woman in a police patrol car . |
| 27 | Two officers on a police patrol launch stationed just across the river at Westminster Pier saved the youngster 's life . |
| 28 | The figures , revealed at a police board meeting , showed that 325 complaints were made by members of the public compared with 257 the year before . |
| 29 | The Poor Persons Procedure , dependent upon the charity of the legal profession , could not cope with the increasing pressure of work in the 1930s and was supplemented in 1942 by a Services Divorce Department . |
| 30 | Chapman drove at 50 to 60mph before he was stopped by a police patrol car . |