Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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31 The group plans to invest $150m over the period of the programme .
32 The group plans to invest $150m over the period of the programme .
33 Further extension to include 90% of the curve yields the inclusive graphic standard deviation σ 1 , ( Folk & ward , 1957 ) , which uses the 5th and 95th percentiles to define a spread corresponding to 1·65 standard deviations on either side of the mean .
34 Opportunities to take seriously such issues as girls and science or the merits of negotiated assessment , or to acquire skills in the areas of active tutorial work or special educational needs are few and far between , and often have to be carved out of evenings and weekends .
35 During this time , one senior auction house official noted that ‘ Each house has promised the heirs so much : advances , separate hard-bound catalogue , etc , that no matter which auction house gets it , it is bound to lose money on the sale ’ .
36 Unless we want to wake up on April 10 to Neil Kinnock 's punitive Britain , every vote on April 9 should go to the candidates supporting John Major to uphold freedom of the individual ( embracing rights with responsibilities ) and importantly , the British character abroad .
37 Next time we will have a basis on which to request a meeting , in advance — trying to arrange meetings on the spot becomes a nightmare of negotiating other prescheduled appointments .
38 He wanted to hit driver off the tee , but I said , ‘ No , no , no .
39 Dundee had received a commission from the deposed James II as his Commander-in-Chief in Scotland , and fled into the Highlands to gather support among the clans .
40 To enable discussions of the project to take place in total secrecy , ’ he said , ‘ I 'm taking my four colleagues cruising in the Cyclades .
41 Tesfaye Gebre Kidan ( Defence Minister in 1981-86 and appointed Vice-President on April 26 ) would " work in his place " and the government was taking steps through diplomatic channels to implement proposals for a ceasefire and a transitional government .
42 Section 743(5) states that in any case where an individual has for the purposes of s739 power to enjoy income of a person abroad by reason of his receiving a benefit from the trust ( hence giving rise to a tax charge under TA 1988 , s742(2) ( c ) ) , the individual shall be chargeable to income tax under s739 for the year of assessment in which the benefit is received .
43 It would not be too extreme to ascribe insanity to a headmaster with no pupils ringing a long-silent bell in an empty school .
44 It is expected that traffic travelling southbound on the A5 and M1 , and intending to go west along the North Circular , will be diverted via Brent Cross roundabout .
45 To treat racism as a matter of irrational prejudice is really a micro-reductive variant on this theme .
46 We therefore wish to see removal of the advice that planning authorities should consider ‘ the likely effect on the operation of the business ’ when considering justifiable enforcement action .
47 Shipping lines continued to carry emigrants across the Atlantic during the twentieth century .
48 Meanwhile , the national New Forum political movement — founded in September 1989 — began to sprout off-shoots in the provinces , including Lauchhammer .
49 The object was to monitor change in the services provided in Nottinghamshire and to evaluate the work of the CMHTs .
50 The first is to allow individuals to act alone in planning their own lives ; people should be allowed to capitalize part of the value of their national insurance benefits .
51 The rules governing national insurance premiums and child benefit should be changed so that people in clearly defined circumstances have the right to capitalize part of the value of these two state benefits .
52 An open invitation is extended to Mr Amos to attend meetings of the Village Association committee .
53 It is common for members of each to attend meetings of the others , at least as observers , and sometimes a project initiated by one body is subsequently brought to fruition under the aegis of another .
54 She was the first woman to receive such an honour , and it had to be accepted by Professor Bonney on her behalf , since women were not allowed to attend meetings of the society .
55 Early on , he asked John Wakeham , his one-time boss as chief whip , but now energy secretary , to attend meetings of the review committee , acting as an independent source of party-wise political advice and , later , as a fixer .
56 Copyholders were obliged to attend meetings of the manor court , and any changes in tenancy were recorded in the court rolls .
57 As we have noted , Circular 11/77 asked Regional Advisory Councils to draw up plans for the training of full-time further education teachers and to report progress to the DES by September 1978 .
58 As taxpayers we are entitled to know why intelligence services failed to spot signs of an end to the Cold War .
59 Woolf argues for improvements in prisons , not for their own sake , but because ‘ to treat prisoners in a way which is likely to leave them in an embittered and disaffected state on their release ’ will naturally lead to ‘ a deterioration in the ability of the prisoner to operate effectively and lawfully in society ’ .
60 For those who have never been involved in the arts the exchange offers a wide range of opportunities to invest money with the aim of obtaining hard currency under a transfer deal system .
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