Example sentences of "of [noun] [to-vb] [adv prt] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This period saw the beginning of attempts by conferences of representatives of states to draw up treaties or conventions on different aspects of the law of armed conflict , what is referred to as the jus in bello , that is , the rules of how war should be waged if it should break out . |
| 2 | Does my hon. Friend agree that the ability of employers to take out injunctions to prevent unofficial strike action and the ability of the courts to sequester the funds of unions that ignore such injunctions can act as a very firm and much-needed last line of defence against industrial anarchy ? |
| 3 | He faces selling his priceless collection of Ferraris to pay off creditors . |
| 4 | The Texas-based airline warned two weeks ago that it might pull out of Stansted due to mounting losses and delays in the granting of licences to open up routes from Stansted to other U.S. cities . |
| 5 | It is here that the ability of banks to pull off mergers successfully is most at question . |
| 6 | Erm p pro probes , nearly all closed erm we were taking notes of sort to follow up things . |
| 7 | Most distinctive feature is graceful dipping flight , often stooping to surface of water to pick up insects , but very rarely diving in . |
| 8 | Nearly all territories operated strict laws governing the right of Africans to set up newspapers . |
| 9 | It is good staff development to ask a more junior member of staff to carry out tasks normally associated with more senior positions . |
| 10 | Two men talked their way into the home of two elderly sisters , pretending that they had come on behalf of neighbours to cut down trees in the garden . |
| 11 | If then you have invited the artists of Europe to send in plans for a Plan which we have no intention of executing , two questions will arise — the first is who will pay the Premiums which you propose to offer for these Plans , seeing that we could hardly propose to Parliament to vote Premiums for Plans that are not to be executed , and secondly whether the Artists of Europe will not think that they have been trifled with in being asked to send in Plans for an undertaking which the Govt had on consideration determined not to attempt . |
| 12 | I appreciate that the legislation , as drawn , enables my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State to draw up regulations which could redefine the 25 per cent . |
| 13 | You did n't have to get up at the crack of dawn to work out yardages . |
| 14 | It soon became apparent that a crucial factor was the readiness of interviewees to take up areas referred to in the questions . |
| 15 | I have been told that in these circumstances it is permissible from an audit point of view to write back debts that are over two years old , notwithstanding the provisions of the Statute of Limitations , giving the creditor the right to demand payment for up to six years . |