Example sentences of "[subord] [noun] [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The extension was completed at a cost of more than £3m to cope with school enrolment of 540 pupils . |
| 2 | Painted steel is likely to be less durable than the other kinds , but it is equally important to choose strong frames that are not likely to buckle : ( aluminium may be more likely than steel to bend under strain ) . |
| 3 | Many sediments are more susceptible than others to change during diagenesis . |
| 4 | As the first part of our special teenage sex survey — carried out by the Research Group of Great Britain Limited — showed yesterday , girls are more willing than boys to talk about sex with their friends . |
| 5 | International Law — Recognition — Effect — Proceeds of goods belonging to Republic of Somalia in court — Somali government overthrown — Interim government set up by nominee of international conference — No administrative control over territory of Somalia — Solicitors instructed by interim government to obtain payment out — Whether authority to act on behalf of Republic of Somalia — Whether proceeds to be paid out |
| 6 | But they may be otherwise arranged as for instance the two ways whether end to end in line , at an angle to one another or otherwise may be oppositely inclined from opposite sides of the head bay and terminate at foot each in its own tail bay connected with the lower pond . |
| 7 | Children — Care proceedings — Family proceedings court — Local authority seeking care order — Rehabilitation programme proposed — Guardian ad litem opposing rehabilitation — Whether power to include in care order direction for guardian ad litem to monitor rehabilitation — Whether order for no contact between parent and child appropriate — Children Act 1989 ( c. 41 ) , s. 34(2) |
| 8 | At the end of the process students present their solution to a panel of mixed experts and lay people , and answer questions about the engineering issues as well as matters to do with team-building , leadership , decision-making and planning . |
| 9 | To add further confusion , this same six-man syndicate volunteered as individuals to buy in total , 17% of the proposed issuing bonds . |
| 10 | Commitment to employment to having a job is not the same as commitment to work to effort or activity . |
| 11 | In my view that course of conduct by the landlord seriously interfered with the tenant 's proper freedom of action in exercising her right of possession , and tended to deprive her of the full benefit of it , and was an invasion of her rights as tenant to remain in possession undisturbed , and so would in itself constitute a breach of covenant , even if there were no direct physical interference with the tenant 's possession and enjoyment . |