Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] a [noun] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , well up here in Scotland er where I live erm the maincrop variety Golden Wonder tends to certainly need a par boiling and a par boiling only er when cooking so it needs about what five to six minutes or something like that but erm any more and the tatties go to mash and er that 's why I think a lot of the Golden Wonders er in Scotland are cooked in their skins but erm if I was to go for a variety that er I enjoy would be one called Pentland Ivory , it 's a , a nice flowery spud er and you get quite a plentiful supply of them too so it 's quite a good variety but you know the old Kerr 's Pink used to be called I think Henry 's Seedling , I remember rightly and then it changed its name to Kerr 's Pink because Kerr was a seedsman up in who really introduced it and er that was just after the first world war and that 's a good one , that 's a very good one and it 's got that waxy skin as well you see so it might be quite useful . |
| 2 | You 've got to go for a ball that 's on the table . |
| 3 | So deeply ingrained is our instinct to search for a pattern that we refuse to accept any input as genuinely random . |
| 4 | I think we also need to recognise that there has also been a er , high level of er , commitment from er , officers employed by this council to achieving the changes that we have asked in terms of financial management , now I 'm not going to pretend for a moment that er , we 've gone all the way there yet . |
| 5 | But there are basic things that the journalist will want to know about a story that you can work out in advance . |
| 6 | Getting back to the actual poem , I had to write about a subject that the ladies of the congregation could identify with , and as Tupperware is a household name , I got the inspiration to write ‘ The Hostess ’ It all started from there , and , like the product , has gone from strength to strength . |
| 7 | As to what would have happened without the event of the accident in her A level year by way of results , I regret I have to find as a fact that she would not in the year of her accident , have achieved the grades necessary for her to take up a place at Norwich City College . |
| 8 | Firms that should be investing and preparing are throwing overboard , just to survive , research , design and everything , including model changes and investment , to struggle through a depression that the Government have created . |
| 9 | Unless you are fortunate enough to work for a company that recognises this need , there are basically two options available for that initial promotion . |
| 10 | We are all to blame for voting for politicians who are unwilling to work for a solution that would acknowledge the rights and aspirations of both traditions in our community . |
| 11 | Public lighting engineers give very considerable thought to the glare produced by their installations , but in designing lamps you have to compromise between an installation that will make things most visible , use least energy and produce least glare . |
| 12 | ‘ I got to know after a time that he ad-libbed because he got bored with his lines . |
| 13 | This interpretation was kind to Edward , because it was more normal even then to demand of a king that he produce an heir , and Edward 's childlessness unloosed on his luckless kingdom the horrors of 1066 . |
| 14 | ‘ I 've come to find you ! ’ he cried , struggling back to his feet ; but the words seemed to blur into a shout that was almost meaningless . |
| 15 | Furthermore , the parties are unable to respond adequately to such developments because of an unwillingness to tamper with a system that works to their mutual advantage . |
| 16 | Anybody working with chemicals should know , they are very silly to work with a chemical that they do n't know what it could do , the first aid treatment , in fact , erm , anybody here work with chemicals ? |
| 17 | ‘ The four of them left to work in a factory that opened near the village . |
| 18 | If you 're normally passive , we 'd like you to work in a syndicate that will be aggressive . |
| 19 | A major factor here is that the pupils who have useful sight should be able to work in a position that enables them to use it more easily and effectively . |
| 20 | Now we 're obviously even split two in each three so aggressive group So remember want it to work in a group that a normal style so volunteers for groups ? |
| 21 | But to be made a deacon was for the first time to profess before a multitude that the soul undertook the cause of God in a special ministry , and for the first time to feel sent to an apostolic work . |
| 22 | In crassly materialistic terms , our students are unlikely to benefit from a training that rests on the principal that historical computing is distinctive owing to its scientific properties ( as advocated by humanities computing departments ) , or its especial role in subjective historical analysis ( as advocated by history departments ) . |
| 23 | Beyond the farm buildings , the waterfalls path is joined and briefly followed to the left until a path forks to the right to come alongside a wall that will be a constant companion for the rest of the journey and in misty conditions must be kept in sight . |
| 24 | If Labour wants to attack ‘ greedy investors ’ by using regulation to cut ‘ excessive profits ’ , then capital spending will fall — or it will have to come from a government that can ill afford it even on Smith 's numbers . |
| 25 | It is useful to establish within an institute that everyone will zero at the same point , so that the numbering starts from approximately the same place each time . |
| 26 | And then you will tell him to come to a place that I will tell you of and at a time that I will tell you . |
| 27 | I was once advised that the best way to avoid jumping the gun during intercourse was to concentrate on an image that offered the minimum in erotic possibilities . |
| 28 | Unfortunately , the SPD , like Labour , has been nervous in calling for a complete recasting of public financing and altering both tax and expenditure profiles to fit with a post-cold war world while attempting to relate to an electorate that believes it is paying too many direct and indirect taxes as well as ever-rising social security and health insurance payments . |
| 29 | Erm , it would be unsafe , I think , to work on an assumption that what we 're going to er one post becoming available through natural wastage per year , and even that erm , highish I think . |
| 30 | I mean , I knew from my own experience that carers were not getting the help , they were not getting the back-up , so any sort of really good telephone numbers I had laid my hands on got sort of written away in a wee book , and I was lucky enough to come across an association that actually backed up carers and actually were willing to sort of , put their life on the line and say to me , yes , you have got rights and you need support and we are here to give you that support . |