Example sentences of "['s] [noun] [to-vb] [adv prt] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leaseholders were found to have experienced a variety of problems with the management of their block , including failure on the landlord 's part to carry out repairs , too little or excessive refurbishment , estimates ‘ rigged ’ by landlords or managing agents , failure to consult leaseholders and difficulty in obtaining information about accounts and insurance . |
| 2 | BZW 's decision to break off talks came after a top-level meeting between executives at the investment bank and Morgan yesterday . |
| 3 | Diplomatically , Soviet success at exploiting Europe 's division to bring about changes in Western policy has , in turn , given Western Europe inroads into the USSR 's own preserve . |
| 4 | The tenant 's liability to carry out repairs will be covered by a covenant to keep " the demised property " in repair ; but a covenant to pay a fair proportion of the cost of repairing party structures not included in the demise must be separately imposed . |
| 5 | In fact , Labov 's propensity to set out patterns in his data in a highly visual way is quite in the spirit of exploratory statistics ; but the data are not presented as comprehensively nor analysed as thoroughly as they would be using Tukey 's principles . |
| 6 | The project 's battle to break down barriers between communities has finally been won in spite of an atmosphere of very insecure funding . |
| 7 | It 's the wife 's job to send out invitations and manage a couple 's social life , not the husband 's . ’ |
| 8 | Friends of the Earth 's Campaigns Director , Andrew Lees , claimed that the advocate general 's opinion " points to the government 's failure to bring in controls over the use of artificial fertilizers , the root cause of this illegal problem " . |
| 9 | Dakar proved to be the last occasion that de Gaulle 's efforts to win over territories in the empire were conducted in close and sincere collaboration with his allies . |
| 10 | A FURIOUS row has erupted over a Muslim leader 's call to lop off thieves ' hands . |
| 11 | Increasingly , the practical application of many mathematical techniques depends on the computer 's ability to carry out calculations with faultless accuracy at ever more extraordinary speeds . |
| 12 | If upheld , the preliminary decision by the US Patent and Trademark Office could hurt the company 's ability to fend off imitators of its widely used computer software . |
| 13 | Environment Secretary Michael Heseltine has taken no action against 56 of the 79 English waste disposal authorities which have failed to fulfil their legal obligation of 10 years ' standing to draw up plans for waste disposal . |
| 14 | National newspapers had been expected to publish the declaration , code , and announcement of a system of readers ' representatives to take up complaints from the public in today 's newspapers . |