Example sentences of "[noun prp] [to-vb] [noun sg] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The company has already had to win a hard-fought battle with Telecom to get access to international telephone lines — a must for the type of customers it hopes to attract . |
| 2 | P&W is confident that it can continue to grow the business further and is contemplating acquiring a company in the North of England to gain exposure to that lucrative market . |
| 3 | One day a statue will be erected somewhere on O'Connell Street to bear testament to this fact . |
| 4 | The DHAC was a coalition of radicals from the local Republican Clubs and the left wing of the NILP ; they had organised a series of imaginative protests in Derry to draw attention to bad conditions and discrimination in housing . |
| 5 | Thailand maintained close relations with neighbouring Myanma despite widespread international disapproval of the failure of the ruling junta in Myanma to transfer power to elected civilians . |
| 6 | Because of the national need for minerals , planning authorities have been strongly advised by the DoE to pay attention to economic considerations : ‘ a fundamental concern of planning policy must be to ensure a free flow of mineral products at economic cost . ’ |
| 7 | The report calls on the EC to shift support to organic and other ecological forms of farming , to phase out support for intensive farming , to end subsidies on EC exports and to impose taxes on pesticides and synthetic fertilisers . |
| 8 | The announcement follows in the wake of a government decision in principle in June to provide protection to 20 sites of national importance whose survival is threatened by urban and tourist development . |