Example sentences of "[subord] a [noun sg] [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Cobol approach to object-oriented programming will mainly be one of incremental re-engineering of venerable applications rather than a rush to write new programs , hence the need to retrofit new Cobol into old code . |
| 2 | What she is really saying , after all this time , is that it is more important for a woman than a man to look good . |
| 3 | Under the Soviet system , it was little more than a bureaucracy to collect personal savings for which there was no other legal outlet . |
| 4 | There is no sharp division of duties between senior lecturer and lecturer , but a senior lecturer is , in general , more likely than a lecturer to hold such posts as dean or head of department , or to chair university committees . |
| 5 | It is less a question of efficiency or cleanliness than a refusal to let past and present blur together . |
| 6 | But actually those videos cost s less than a pound to produce each . |
| 7 | The most common example of an obligation to transfer economic benefits is the requirement to make cash payments to the holder of the instrument , although an obligation to transfer other kinds of property would also cause the instrument to be classified as a liability . |
| 8 | The member states have , however , come out in almost unanimous opposition to such a change , arguing , in a paper prepared for today 's meeting by national treasury officials , that it is too cumbersome and bureaucratic ( although an unwillingness to cede fiscal control to Brussels is probably more relevant ) . |
| 9 | That there is more to his writing than an ability to recount individual anecdotes is increasingly being acknowledged . |
| 10 | The Black-and-Ambers ' All Black date in three weeks has been looking more of a death sentence than an opportunity to breathe new live into an ailing club . |
| 11 | Work experience for teachers will help them to plan work experience for students as an integrated part of the curriculum rather than an add-on to provide some relief for the teacher but of little advantage to the student and an inconvenience for business . |
| 12 | For example , although Kondratiev saw long waves as international , embracing all the advanced capitalist societies simultaneously , that was more of an empirical observation than an attempt to understand spatial relationships . |
| 13 | People on legal aid will only be able to get the most inexperienced lawyers to work for them if a plan to set fixed hourly rates goes ahead , the Law Society warns . |
| 14 | Orders for the Olympian have been received from the independent operator , Stagecoach , while a contract to supply 50 buses to Kowloon Motor Bus company marks Irvine 's first foray into overseas markets . |
| 15 | A court might refuse to treat as a disability any condition unlisted , while a failure to exemplify indicative impairments could be a hostage to fortune as courts will tend to construe the protected class narrowly . |
| 16 | In the event of Conservative defeat , one of the great questions never to be answered would be whether a decision to postpone full-scale implementation of the various forms of opting-out , in favour of local experiments , might have saved them . |
| 17 | The Anaglypta range includes borders in both vinyl and ‘ Original ’ types , which can be used under a cornice or picture rail , as a dado to divide two different papers , above a skirting and around a doorframe to ‘ frame ’ a wall , or around a window . |
| 18 | This was seen as a way to reward the unions for their opposition to Nazism , as well as a way to foster good industrial relations . |
| 19 | Charles de Gaulle had wanted such an agreement as a way to maintain French economic links to their former colonies , and it represented yet another important concession to him by the rest of the Six . |
| 20 | Allied fears that mainland Japan itself would have to be invaded at the suggested cost of millions of fatalities on both sides , as well as a wish to pre-empt Soviet involvement , led to the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki , respectively , on 6 and 9 August 1945 . |
| 21 | Sunday racing would do wonders ; but when a bill to allow this came to a crucial vote in the House of Lords three years ago , the Jockey Club 's then senior steward , Lord Fairhaven , did not bother to attend . |
| 22 | Adam mentioned Tendulkar to Brian Close , the chairman of Yorkshire 's cricket committee , when a deal to sign Australian fast bowler Craig McDermott fell through . |
| 23 | Its own-branded apricot skincare is selling well in the 1800-strong US drugstore chain , K-Mart , though a deal to supply Euro Disney hotels is thought to be suffering from low bookings . |
| 24 | On the substantive application W. , who had attained the age of 16 , exercised her right to separate representation and resisted the application on the ground that section 8 of the Family Law Reform Act 1969conferred on her the same right as an adult to refuse medical treatment so that the court could not override her decision . |