Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed the importance of the correct citing of an author 's spelling is regularly marked by the insertion of sic into a citation by a second author who wishes to disclaim responsibility for an aberrant spelling . |
| 2 | So for the time being it would be prudent to treat money as a major variable in our relationship with crime and conformity . |
| 3 | To claim money as a major human goal is not to make any specific claim about ‘ human nature ’ ( such as its mercenariness ) since it is not so much a goal in itself but the facilitator of almost all possible human goals — expressive , artistic , acquisitive or whatever . |
| 4 | To claim money as a current human necessity , however , is not to claim the concomitant necessity of any particular mode for its generation and distribution ( such as the capitalist economy ) . |
| 5 | All sorts of people go to see performers after a first night . |
| 6 | According to Israel Radio , this was " the first time since the beginning of the intifada that terrorists have managed to plant bombs in a Jewish place , wounding civilians and soldiers " . |
| 7 | For determining whether resource contributions of taxpayers , grantors , and service recipients intended to support activities of a given time period were sufficient to recover the cost of those activities . |
| 8 | For predicting the amount of resource contributions of taxpayers , grantors , and service recipients needed to support activities of a given time period . |
| 9 | They also want the station to expand in order to be able to transmit programmes to a wider area . |
| 10 | Third process teaching and learning styles should vary as widely as possible in order to provide maximum stimulation for both teachers and pupils and care should be taken to plan programmes with a long term rhythm of change or variety the element of chance and serendipity |
| 11 | This is an offer to acquire part of a listed or quoted company 's share capital on equal terms to all shareholders . |
| 12 | It has refused to support proposals for a new draft directive , which would specify that waste be treated as any other commodity , and thereby allowed unrestricted movement . |
| 13 | In 1974 an attempt to begin to restore self-government through a new Northern Ireland Executive , elected by proportional representation to try to provide for the involvement of the Catholic minority in government , was brought to an end after a strike by Protestant workers . |
| 14 | If the terms of redemption merely provided for their redemption at par , their holders would be highly vulnerable ; for if interest rates fell since the date of issue it would clearly pay the company to redeem them and to borrow money at a lower rate of interest than the fixed dividend . |
| 15 | Until the opening of the Marlborough galleries had tended to treat artists in a patronising way , as underlings . |
| 16 | It would appear foolish to confirm existence of a spiritual state . |
| 17 | In this case the seller has no lien over one instalment of goods to compel payment for a different ( earlier ) instalment . |
| 18 | Beto continued the policy but expanded the scope of inmate productivity to include building on a large scale . |
| 19 | The MoD is keen to preserve Ferranti as an independent force in defence electronics . |
| 20 | However , my GCSE courses eventually led me to attend university as a mature student and now I hope to become a solicitor . |
| 21 | Professionally Ambache will also continue to support demands for a social workers ' council . |
| 22 | He was surprised to see foreigners on a local train from El Wasta . |
| 23 | Yet at the same time , he needed each superpower to see Bucharest as a natural place for influencing the views of the other one and other players in the international game . |
| 24 | By accepting that there is a market and career structure for the Administrative Assistant as well as the Shorthand Secretary , it is possible to treat Shorthand as an optional subject rather than as a major core element . |
| 25 | We are encouraged to see murder as a particular act involving a very limited range of stereotypical actors , instruments , situations , and motives . |
| 26 | The court may , on the application of the bankrupt or a creditor , order the official receiver to suspend action pending a further order of the court ( r 6.34(3) ) . |
| 27 | In the first instance , a simple solicitor 's letter may be sufficient to halt the work you wish to stop or to prompt action on a derelict building . |
| 28 | This distribution of p53 gene mutation between adenomas and carcinomas mirrors that of chromosome 17p deletion , believed to signal loss of a wild type p53 allele . |
| 29 | It is the only personal fellowship in Scottish history backed by industry and provides an excellent opportunity to support research in an underfunded area . |
| 30 | On the one hand , as I wrote , I found myself wanting to alert readers to an increasing amount of detailed literature , across a wide range of disciplines , currently being reported ; and to indicate something of the complexity of the issues being pursued . |