Example sentences of "[to-vb] [art] [noun sg] [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Howell has taken up a job in Aberdeen and feels he may no longer be able to spare the time to travel back to Edinburgh each weekend . |
| 2 | To relieve the monotony of the black head , yellow sighting lines had been painted on it to enable the golfer to line up his putt on the ‘ sweet spot ’ — the dead centre of the putter head . |
| 3 | The Patents Information Network has been established by the British Library to enable the public to find out what patents are being applied for and granted in this country and elsewhere . |
| 4 | Usually , these are water-based ( emulsion type ) paints which , as well as containing a fungicide , have been reinforced with sand , stone , granite or fibre to enable the paint to fill in and disguise small cracks . |
| 5 | Consider adding the following words to this clause : by which date the Premises shall be watertight defect free and in a fit state for fitting out and sufficient access thereto together with a sufficient electricity and water supply shall be available to enable the Tenant to carry out the Tenant 's Works/ [ fitting out works etc/ ] |
| 6 | The tenant should also consider amending 7.5.2 to extend the suspension by an additional three months to enable the tenant to fit out the premises and there is no harm in including a provision that a due proportion of rents paid in advance should be refunded to the tenant . |
| 7 | Extra fuel was taken on board to enable the plane to fly on to another airport or return to London if the weather caused the closure of Prestwick . |
| 8 | However , Mesa Engineering 's prime motive for including these sockets is to enable the TriAxis to link up with one of their new Switch-Track power amps ( eg. the Strategy 500 , the Simul 395 Stereo or the Simul-Class 2.90 ) . |
| 9 | The object of the research is to enable the organization to find out what is going on in the market-place , and to evaluate the impact on customers , competitors and others , of the organization 's own marketing activities . |
| 10 | An environmental campaigner is demanding that Severn Trent Water should refund seven million pounds in charges because he claims it 's not doing its job properly.Julian Jones says the authority is failing to control pollution … and the local community could spend the money more wisely.And now he 's going to court to claim the water charges back . |
| 11 | May we have an early debate on foreign affairs and aid and on the encouragement that should be given to President Serrano , who now says that he is keen to see the problem sorted out ? |
| 12 | to see the distance glow out , answering |
| 13 | At five fifty-three , as a blood-red sun peeped over the horizon , a Verey pistol was fired and Charlie looked back to see the sky lit up behind him . |
| 14 | For myself , I was hooked by John 's radical zeal to see the gospel go out to all . |
| 15 | er and therefore for that very reason do not like to see the Government going in for a whole series of embarrassing defeats er and erm getting into very grave difficulties with an important Bill and I therefore arise only to ask my Noble Friend er at the last minute would like to consider very seriously erm a conciliatory reply of whether accepting er the amendments with er or er or some of them er with er er er view to their reconsideration or asking those who propose them to defer them from to from today 's sitting , there 's still further sittings ahead , but whether he was prepared to ask them to give him a chance to reflect without incurring serious Government defeats to reflect further on whether further amendments can not and should not be made . |
| 16 | Erm the volume i i is tremendous and er one worries about the effect of the surging waters on such an old construction , now we far worse than and consequently the emergency services have had to consider all sorts of alternatives , some of which you see now with the piping on , on the surface of it 's been having a good result the immediate problem , but you ca n't stop there and the emergency team have given consideration to all sorts of other possible temporary solutions in the event or that the pumping failed and er I think that 's possibly where this rumour about erm the railway line arrived but er I think Chairman I 've said enough , we all , we would all agree I think that the emergency workers have performed er I think we 're all pleased to see the army coming in erm and doing what they 've done and erm I certainly er appreciated the opportunity to come in on the old A Twenty Seven through West it took my mind back er many years I can tell you and erm I , I think congratulations all round are due , but I come back to what 's all saying and which I support as it would be a folly when the dust has settled erm to really take a an objective er position and see that er arrangements are in hand channels and things like that will not again be supercharged in the way they are . |
| 17 | ‘ Unbelievable ! ’ cried a media unused to hearing from singers who habitually hate to see the sun go down or sleep in hollow logs . |
| 18 | The Foreign Office drafted and sent a personal reply form Churchill that may have given the Shah way amusement as well as comfort " … while we do not interfere in Persian politics we should be very sorry to see the Shah driven out . |
| 19 | But the following year ( 1905 ) William Hamilton declared to a delegate meeting of the STA that " even if it were true that work would be lost to Edinburgh , it would be better to follow the work and get fair wages than to see the bread taken out of our mouths at home " . |
| 20 | Benny hated to see the expression come back . |
| 21 | They still had some close escapes , the most important of which came after 49 minutes when midfielder Michael Thomas beat the keeper with his cross-shot only to see the ball come off the foot of a defender on the line . |
| 22 | He turned , expecting to see the child sitting up , his face transformed again into a snarl , but the boy slept on . |
| 23 | As an admirer of Potter 's plays , I wait to see the rabbit come out of the hat . |
| 24 | ‘ I did not want to see the goalkeeper go off . |
| 25 | My parents would go and stand outside the Aldwych theatre just to see the audience going in to see me . |
| 26 | Indeed , if you are lucky , on a clear day you might just be able to see the spring bubbling up at the bottom of the pond . |
| 27 | Culley went back to the street , passed the front of the house , then turned and retraced his steps in time to see the car pull out of the cul-de-sac and move away from him . |
| 28 | And under the bed there was a basket , and we used to see the chap come down and wash these , what was in the mass it was kippers , and conga eel . |
| 29 | It was , said the Examiner , ‘ an unusual sight to see the crowd hanging about after the match instead of rushing for the tramcars . |
| 30 | Eventually it became too much , and one afternoon we looked down to see the bowwab moving out . |