Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] [noun pl] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A total of 62% of firms said they expected to lose clients through business failures over the next 12 months , the largest area of concern ; 54% named cash flow as an area of concern , while 47% named staff overheads and 38% property overheads . |
| 2 | Fine Arts Brass has always been actively involved in educational projects , and as well as coaching students , is involved in a nationwide series of schools concerts under the banner ‘ Legal and General Concert for Children ’ , which has recently bee expanded to include concerts in Schools for the deaf . |
| 3 | She expected to see signs of fury in his eyes at that stab but she saw nothing to indicate any such irritation . |
| 4 | Seeing that the independents would be slowly strangled so long as they relied exclusively upon the British circuits , he sought to establish connections to Hollywood . |
| 5 | Donors were reportedly disappointed that the government 's plans for economic deregulation , while liberalizing steel imports , failed to deregulate imports of wheat , sugar and cement or to remove government control over domestic prices . |
| 6 | She will attack the Hague declaration , a French initiative signed on March 12 , this year , where 24 heads of state proposed a UN agency empowered to impose sanctions on governments that did not reduce emissions of greenhouse gases . |
| 7 | Booz , Allen & Hamilton and McKinsey & Co. dominated this business , which sought to find guidelines for company regeneration and solutions for management problems . |
| 8 | Later in Michael Ramsey 's life it disturbed his conventional critics when they found a guardian of Catholic orthodoxy saying that he hoped and expected to meet atheists in heaven . |
| 9 | Moreover , he seemed taken aback by their liberalism , which showed concern with the problems of those who failed to pass examinations at school . |
| 10 | Well erm Steve asked to write letters to Penny . |
| 11 | But I got to write songs with Dave Anderson and Rab Handleigh for the first time and the reggae ‘ Interference song ’ which Terry Neason sang was a thrill for me as I 'd always wanted to write something for her absolutely amazing voice . |
| 12 | Confronted with evidence of damage , the CEGB tried to frighten industrialists with visions of enormously inflated electricity bills as a result of FGD , and to impose a ‘ Judgement of Solomon ’ on environmentalists which meant ‘ accept either acid rain or nuclear power ’ . |
| 13 | For example , the trade association in the nut and bolt industry actually employed individuals who posed as buyers and tried to obtain discounts on prices from sellers suspected of cheating . |
| 14 | Dexter was surprised that the TV presenter revealed her true feelings towards Nicola so quickly : most people in his experience , when first interviewed by the police , tried to hide extremes of love or hate . |
| 15 | He desperately tried to pull strings with people he knew in Parma so that he would not be called up , but eventually he had to go . |
| 16 | The URNG , although refusing to offer a total ceasefire , promised to halt attacks on communication links and economic targets for the period of the campaign for the presidential elections due to be held in November . |
| 17 | She took Bible-reading classes among her nurses , and tried to lead sinners to repentance , and Florence Nightingale was afraid this might damage the reputation of workhouse nursing . |
| 18 | He tried to persuade editors of journals to back the government , but made clear that he would prosecute them if they refused . |
| 19 | He would certainly notice if they tried to leave signs for Fenella and Caspar to follow . |
| 20 | She turned over on to her stomach and tried to put things into perspective . |
| 21 | On 14 December 1990 Fernandez proposed to distribute condoms in schools without parental consent . |
| 22 | While the government-in-exile headed by Sawyer proposed to send representatives to Monrovia to discuss its peace plan , the military conflict continued . |
| 23 | One said that devotions helped to keep things in perspective and one asked whether Christ and his commission came first ? ! |
| 24 | I tried to recall details of Frankenstein 's ghastly history . |
| 25 | He tried to settle matters between Cecily and Watkin the dung collector 's wife and achieved some accord : Cecily would be the Madonna provided Watkin 's wife could be the Virgin 's cousin , Saint Elizabeth . |
| 26 | A STOWAWAY who jumped ship was caught when he tried to call relatives in North Africa from a motorway phone . |
| 27 | Mr Christie claimed that though the Dutch and Belgian governments contributed to save sections of Leyland-DAF in their own countries , the British plants were left out in the cold after our government refused to participate in the rescue . |
| 28 | According to Western press reports five people were killed and 200 injured as riot police tried to quell disturbances in Dhaka . |
| 29 | A few of us tried to get tickets on Saturday for the Oxford game , but had no luck . |
| 30 | The three members of health care staff found to have antibodies to surface antigen were all women , reflecting the large proportion of female health care workers being vaccinated and followed up ( 7821 out of 10871 ; 72% ) . |