Example sentences of "[to-vb] a [noun] [noun pl] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He intends to raise the top rate of tax from 31% to 36% and wants to apply a 10% millionaires ' surtax , leading to a top rate of approximately 40% . |
| 2 | THE monolithic facade which Eastern Europe once presented to the world never seemed the same after West Bromwich Albion visited Bucharest in 1968 to play a Cup Winners ' Cup match against Dinamo in the August 23 Stadium , where it was rarely the 23rd and seldom felt like August . |
| 3 | The Local Council , in nineteen hundred and four , had the courtesy to call a rate payers ' meeting to discuss the proposed acquisition of the estate and , with the approval of the meeting , proceeded with their purchase . |
| 4 | Rick 's method of dealing with these conflicting images was to hold an evening parents ' workshop in which he outlined the rationale and aims of the new mathematics curriculum for the intake year . |
| 5 | THE son of millionaire fraudster Robert Maxwell tried to ban a charity children 's book which he claimed would set a jury against him . |