Example sentences of "[to-vb] [n mass] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The group plans to invest $150m over the period of the programme .
2 The group plans to invest $150m over the period of the programme .
3 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 .
4 Legal & General 's Business Protection Plan now enables firms to claim 80% of the sum assured when terminal illness is diagnosed and death is expected within 12 months .
5 Although the requirement for a double diary entry may have increased errors , our data showed that patients are more likely to make retrospective entries in the evening and are more likely to miss data in the evening than in the morning , but errors in data entry ( inferred from discrepancies between the two forms of entry ) are no more likely in the evening than the morning .
6 Questionnaires were sent out to 300 employees and timekeepers in order to gather data on the problem areas .
7 ( Douglas and Craig ) Foreign market research will include an enormous scope for error , unless local nationals are used to gather data in the country concerned , because of ignorance about local markets and conditions .
8 In societal risk assessment ‘ it is also necessary to input data on the distribution of population around the installation .
9 Clerical staff who may be required to input data into the system will be expected to train in order to use the system .
10 It was a term of the contract between them that Jones would procure his wife to grant a mortgage over her separate property to secure £1,000 of the debt .
11 Though the antarctic ice-cap is estimated to contain 90% of the world 's water , only a tiny fraction of it becomes available each year for living material .
12 Quarterly returns allow the CIA to monitor trade in these substances and to provide data for the Department of Trade and Industry , the Home Office and Customs & Excise .
13 The manpower database for each health authority should be able to provide data on the number of staff residing in each location of the staff catchment area .
14 The Clarks sued through their solicitor , and over a year later , after much bitter argument , agreed to accept £3,450 from the surveyor 's insurers .
15 In order to obtain data on the difficulty of the questions at different levels it was necessary for the sample of pupils taking them to be drawn from the complete range of target pupils in the schools .
16 This work could eventually lead to better machine vision systems and optoelectronic neural integrated circuits that would literally enable parallel computers to process data at the speed of light .
17 This work could eventually lead to better machine vision systems and optoelectronic neural integrated circuits that would literally enable parallel computers to process data at the speed of light .
18 Under these circumstances , a " Device full " error would be reported when you tried to write data to the file for the first time .
19 I learned from my uncle how to catch fish in the wetland during the dry season by using special fishing tackle , and how to release the fishing net during the rainy season when the water came out of the river to the field and wetland .
20 We might also note that , in order to arrive at the implicature , we have to know certain.facts about the world , that garages sell petrol , and that round the corner is not a great distance away .
21 We also expect to increase sales in the aviation fuel nozzle servicing business .
22 Mr Lawrence adds that he had no industry network and little background experience on which to base decisions , so he spends a lot of time getting to know people in the industry .
23 The two charges concerned acts likely to incite people against the government and to undermine the authority of the President .
24 To provide people with the opportunity to acquire even a tiny stake in the land is a daunting task calling for wisdom , courage , and political integrity almost unheard of in modern times .
25 It 's to provide , to provide people with the opportunity use the wipes if they require as a safety precaution .
26 Does my hon. Friend agree that employers and the TECs should be congratulated on the fact that , despite difficult economic circumstances , they are continuing to train people for the period , which will shortly come , when under a Conservative Government we shall be re-expanding the economy and employment ?
27 You know , trying to attract people into the town — And they 'll need this land .
28 So shopkeepers have joined forces to attract people into the town , with a special publication circulated in neighbouring areas .
29 Ynys Mn Borough Council 's director of planning , Arthur Owen , now says the creation of an open-air museum is the best alternative to attract people to the park .
30 This notice is to inform staff of the background to the decisions on recent cuts in library subscriptions .
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