Example sentences of "[to-vb] a [noun pl] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Government also wants to make it easier for people to obtain a drinks licence and to water down the power of licensing magistrates , who currently have absolute discretion to refuse applications , often without giving a reason . |
| 2 | But few famous folk attracted more attention than Neil Bush , in town to launch a sports channel and to root for the Eagles . |
| 3 | The two parties were reported to have agreed in principle to create a customs union and a currency zone in which future separate currencies would be linked by a fixed exchange rate . |
| 4 | The Labour movement supported the Bolsheviks in their struggle and when the freighter Jolly George berthed in the London Docks the dockers refused to load a munitions cargo that was destined for Poland . |
| 5 | He was the first European to win a Masters title and the difference between him doing that and Tony Jacklin winning the US Open in 1970 is that by the Eighties there were other talents ready to be inspired by the Ballesteros achievement . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm going to see a sports psychologist because I have n't been focusing on the job and I must become more positive . ’ |
| 7 | It is possibly this kind of teaching which is most likely to lead to situations such as those found in the Nottingham reading study ( Lunzer and Gardner , 1979 ) , where secondary-school children could explain how to use a contents page or an index perfectly well , but when observed in their work , did not actually use these things much at all . |
| 8 | At a pre-hearing review the chairman would have power to give a costs warning and to order the payment of a deposit . |
| 9 | Insignia now needs to do a Windows package and 386 emulation to accommodate OS/2 . |
| 10 | It also announced plans to build a sports hall and improve playing fields at the Knowsley Park Lane school , once the Lathom Wing on St Helens Road is closed . |
| 11 | He had studied literature with the Open University for three years , and already planned , albeit theoretically , to complete an honours degree and go on to do some postgraduate work . |
| 12 | Finding that he was not there , they ordered two family members and three customers to enter a police minibus and to keep their heads down . |
| 13 | A common method is to operate a points system where the operative is awarded points related , for example , to his trade , position and length of service . |
| 14 | For most students , the decision to follow an arts path or a sciences path is made at the age of 16 , when choosing A levels ; for some students , it is made earlier , at 14 , or , for a very few students , those who have kept their options open , later , after A level . |
| 15 | This course allows students to gain an honours degree and professional teaching certification . |