Example sentences of "[to-vb] the [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Was he planning to restage the battle of Lepanto ? |
| 2 | Will my hon. Friend do everything he possibly can firmly to nail the blame on Bruce Millan for the delay in these funds coming to the coalfield areas ? |
| 3 | And there is the factor that there is a need to diversify the economy of York generally erm and also erm to ensure that the new settlement has an employment component . |
| 4 | Notwithstanding attempts to diversify the production of commodities , Vietnam 's state-owned enterprises faced strong competition from private companies after losing their subsidy and monopoly rights . |
| 5 | Continuity in subcontracting allows parent companies to diversify the risks of specialization and promotes the exchange of technological information so that the quality of inputs is ensured and delivery schedules guaranteed . |
| 6 | Continuity in subcontracting allows parent companies to diversify the risks of specialization and promotes the exchange of technological information so that the quality of inputs is ensured and delivery schedules guaranteed . |
| 7 | And through it all were shafts of golden splendour , shooting down from above to burnish the leaves with brilliance . |
| 8 | Such greed can drive people to sacrifice the well-being of others . |
| 9 | It 's clear now , if it was n't clear then , that they were willing to sacrifice the well-being of schools , of their staff and pupils , for the glory of their leader and for national recognition of the then Councillor , as the most ardent of Thatcher disciples and ensuring for him another step towards that coveted safe Tory seat |
| 10 | His decision to sacrifice the newspaper to MacQuillan rather than sacrifice the estate to the newspaper had not met with universal approval , but he did not let that trouble him . |
| 11 | You need a four base width formation to get your rank bonuses , but it is better to sacrifice the bonus in favour of avoiding being dragged into a broader combat . |
| 12 | In this case mobility between firms is constrained because labour may have to sacrifice the growth in earnings they could expect if they remained with their current firm . |
| 13 | There are also powers to compel the attendance of witnesses by obtaining a witness order . |
| 14 | Now we have to accommodate the tastes of partners of immediate family as well as our own offspring , so choice is careful indeed . |
| 15 | It is often suggested in the literature that male migration aggravates environmental degradation as women 's coping strategies are modified to accommodate the fall in labour availability in rural households . |
| 16 | This is parallel to the gradient of acceptability which emerged from Harris 's results , and Labov attempted to accommodate the tendency of speakers to avoid making absolute judgements by asking them to assign to each sentence a score on a four-point scale , as follows : |
| 17 | But the French had not managed to divert or to accommodate the forces of nationalism . |
| 18 | The company , faced with a bad debt of £40,000 , took drastic action to accommodate the blow to cash flow . |
| 19 | Erm first of all Chairman I would confirm that it is our view that with a provision of six thousand five hundred for Harrogate district , we do n't think we 'd be looking at a new settlement to serve our needs , erm , having said that , we support the Greater York strategy , and we we certainly the level of provision erm for Greater York as proposed by the County Council , er but leaving aside for one moment the issue of a new settlement , it is our view that we 'll be able to accommodate the level of growth that I think is anticipated in our district , erm , within the figures , and I 'm referring specifically to N Y one , and the table on the last page where there 's an indication there of the sort of of er housing numbers that would would have to be accommodated within Harrogate district , and and our part of Greater York is essentially a rural character consisting of a a number of small villages , so there there we have er a total figure of two hundred dwellings to be provided within our part of Greater York , that basically represents erm existing commitments and a a yield from small sites in the future , perhaps conversions , and we'r we 're quite happy with that . |
| 20 | One thrust of this revolt displayed itself in a widespread attachment to the established church of the pre-1625 period , with its more relaxed doctrinal approach that was able to accommodate the beliefs of Richard Hooker as well as those of the compilers of the Lambeth Articles ; the other took the form of the ‘ left-wing Arminianism ’ of radical groups such as the General Baptists and Quakers , who rejected the rigidities of predestination in favour of the belief that all could attain salvation , and who , it is argued , won much popular support as a consequence . |
| 21 | As a mark of friendship with his second son , the Duke of York ( later George Vl ) , King George V granted Diana 's grandfather , Maurice Fermoy , the 4th Baron , the lease of Park House , a spacious property originally built to accommodate the overflow of guests and staff from nearby Sandringham House . |
| 22 | Those who stress reversal see the process as one that has been led from the top , using the need to accommodate the reforms to Japan 's particular social system in order to legitimate the changes . |
| 23 | Gaps can be left to accommodate the areas of planting . |
| 24 | The city of Lothern grew from a small fishing village to a great city to accommodate the increase in trade from the colonies and other realms . |
| 25 | There was no lack of change in Aberdeen 's team , though , with McKimmie replacing Winnie and Shearer being left on the bench to accommodate the return of Booth . |
| 26 | Durham City meet Middlesbrough at Hollow Drift in another noon kick off to accommodate the France v England international . |
| 27 | From the fourth century , popes , bishops , and emperors competed in fostering the memorials of the martyrs , rediscovering or restoring their burials , adorning them with inscriptions recording their deeds , erecting great basilicas in the cemeteries to accommodate the crowds of worshippers . |
| 28 | At the Congress of Vienna they cut a semi-circle from one of the grand dining tables in the Hofburg to accommodate the King of Wurtemberg 's belly . |
| 29 | Mr. McGregor recognised the force of this and accepted that , had not statute intervened , the judges would have been likely to extend the English law of negligence to accommodate the requirements of justice . |
| 30 | Thousands of insanitary back-to-back houses were built to get as many as inhumanly possible into every acre of land to accommodate the legions of workers . |