Example sentences of "[to-vb] [verb] a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is all very well for the Government to pretend to mount a campaign against drugs and drug imports , but at the same time they have allowed another Department , the Treasury — Conservative Members do not want to hear — to cut 400 customs officer jobs . |
| 2 | Rather , I would like to see developed a Code of Practice binding on doctors which would grow out of the views of all interested parties : doctors , patients , and the public . |
| 3 | We played the harmonium and sang together and Dad sometimes gave us money to go to see a picture at the Queen 's Hall . |
| 4 | ‘ Yes , London is undoubtedly the best place to go to find a job in the fashion industry . ’ |
| 5 | In spite of these restrictions , it is our intention to continue to provide a service for older people . |
| 6 | Typical questions relating to this need would be : has the education authority enough funds to continue to provide a place for all school-age pupils ? |
| 7 | Those who live close enough to walk to work make a point of mentioning it , rather as if they were keeping alive a forgotten folkway . |
| 8 | if a man has HIV , trying to conceive involves a risk of HIV passing to the woman and baby |
| 9 | That is an example of an institution joining the Government to try to provide a solution to a serious problem . |
| 10 | Saint Gobain took a substantial share in Olivetti to try to cement a tie between Cii-Honeywell Bull and the big Italian multinational . |
| 11 | Lisa 's letter inspired me to try to write a verse on the subject ( not very good , but here it is ) |
| 12 | She is also collecting reports of horses stolen to try to establish a link between the thieves across Britain and has started a Horse Watch group in her area , which works in a similar way to Neighbourhood Watch . |
| 13 | An alternative approach , the one adopted here , is to examine in close detail the types of interaction which involve code switching , and to try to establish a taxonomy on the basis of these . |
| 14 | Now one of the jobs of the police force , and especially the CID , is to try to establish a pattern in crime , if this is possible , and in this instance both Sergeant Lewis and myself found it difficult not to believe there was some link between the two events . |
| 15 | Frustration born out of watching history repeating itself prompted Anna Merz to try to establish a haven for Kenya 's beleaguered rhinos . |
| 16 | A variation was to try to extract a ransom from the owner for the return of the animal . |
| 17 | Allen Paulson , who runs Gulfstream , has resigned from the Chrysler board to try to launch a buy-out of the technology business . |
| 18 | Union leaders are meeting management tomorrow to try to find a way of softening the blow . |
| 19 | Xerox is today expected to announce that it has called in New York investment banker Goldman Sachs & Co to try to find a buyer for the company . |
| 20 | This afternoon , the liquidators were meeting to try to find a buyer for the holiday firm , which employs 6 staff at its offices in Summertown . |
| 21 | The pupils were asked to plot pairs of points and to try to find a rule for working out the coordinates of the midpoints of the lines joining these pairs of points . |
| 22 | Mr Oag will be using his prize of two return BA return tickets to any European destination and up to £1,000 of accommodation provided by Grant Thornton , with introductions to local contacts , to try to find a distributor for the German market . |
| 23 | While the mechanics were setting up the cars , she thought she 'd go outside into one of the empty stands to try to find a breath of wind , anything rather than standing in the back of the pits in the high humidity which made her skin glow . |
| 24 | While one would have liked to have thought that the injustice of B's situation would of itself have been enough to persuade the Court of Appeal to strain to find a way of bringing it to an end , the Convention considerations ought to convince a future court that it has the duty to do so . |
| 25 | They will intervene to try to secure a settlement of the claim without its being determined by an industrial tribunal , and in doing so they are required to seek to promote the reinstatement or re-engagement of the employee . |
| 26 | The UN special envoy Cyrus Vance also arrived in Sarajevo on March 5 to try to secure a commitment from political leaders to find a peaceful settlement . |
| 27 | My hon. Friend the Member for Belfast , East ( Mr. Robinson ) and I understood that the basis of the talks was to try to secure a replacement for the Anglo-Irish Agreement and to make arrangements to safeguard the administration of Northern Ireland within the United Kingdom . |
| 28 | UNION leaders are to meet the Government next week to try to reach a deal on the ‘ costly chaos ’ of workers moving from public employers to private contractors . |
| 29 | The court was satisfied that the right approach was to try to reach a conclusion on a proper construction of the relevant clause before turning to any other cases where similar clauses had been used . |
| 30 | I could n't afford my house in London any more , so I decided to try to buy a house in the country . |