Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [to-vb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My hon. Friend brings a great deal of expertise to bear on this issue . |
| 2 | If the formation and acquisition of knowledge has the character of a conversation , then students must be accorded an appropriate measure of freedom to engage in that conversation in their own way . |
| 3 | The burlesquing of the debate over this issue does not simply lie in the Nun 's Priest 's professions of inability to cope with such learned speculations : or in his finally declaring the problem irrelevant : Learned in-joking on one of the authorities on the subject of freewill and providence , Boethius , is also found in the fox 's ability to refer to Boethius ' book on music ( 3293 – 4 ) and the fact that the fox breaks into Chauntecleer 's yard " " By heigh ymaginacioun forncast " " , " Foreseen by High Imagination " ( 3217 ) . |
| 4 | He had his own share of responsibility to bear for this . |
| 5 | British Aerospace , National Westminster Bank and Cable & Wireless have joined together to contribute £1 million to purchase 100,000 Mercurycards for the Ministry of Defence to distribute to British personnel in the Gulf . |
| 6 | The three businesses comprise 60.9%-owned San Diego-based subsidiary GTI Corp , which makes magnetic components for the local area network market ; UK-based Zetex , a specialist analogue semiconductor manufacturer for the data storage market ; and Trend , which has now completely moved out of defence to concentrate on dedicated telecommunications test equipment . |
| 7 | On that first visit to Iceland we made Lake Mývatn our turning point , but before retracing our route back to Reykjavik and the ferry , we made a detour up the valley of Bárðardalur to look for one of the breeding places of the pink-footed goose . |
| 8 | I 've got a lot of preparation to do before first period . ’ |
| 9 | Similarly , crop plants and microorganisms with a high degree of resistance to damage by some herbicides are under investigation to determine the genetic nature of the resistance . |
| 10 | But this argument assumes that there is some value in separating the issue of entitlement to apply for judicial review from the question of entitlement to a remedy at the end of the day . |
| 11 | It must have cost a lot of money to go for that amount of time ? |
| 12 | The others had paid a lot of money to go on this guided trip . |
| 13 | However , this record has been marred by the UK 's relative lack of money to invest in new housing and public works and to maintain the existing stock . |
| 14 | If , for example , there was excess demand for short-term loans ( like money at call ) and excess supply of money to invest in long-term assets ( like bonds ) , short-term rates of interest would rise relative to long-term rates . |
| 15 | Her desired outcome was a bit of money to help with major structural repairs . |
| 16 | Members had plenty of opportunity to join in two open classes taken by Margaret Charlwood and Chris Markham . |
| 17 | The period of time a bill is before Parliament determines how long the window of opportunity to legislate on criminal justice matters remains open . |
| 18 | They could not issue shares but were enabled by act of parliament to borrow against future tolls . |
| 19 | The level of rent to qualify for full Housing Benefit subsidy will be determined according to locally operating market forces . |
| 20 | ( Smart , 1959 ; Armstrong , 1968 , 1980 ; Lewis , 1966 , 1972 ) What is distinctive about this view is not that it takes the episodes of consciousness to stand in such causal relations . |
| 21 | No sooner do you suggest a trad/rap crossover record be released than Brendan Shine comes out with the biggest load of crap to fall on this earth since Bros recorded their limited edition live L.P. ‘ Live From Mars ’ . |
| 22 | Differences between the three main systems in use mainly concern punctuation , use of parentheses and the order of elements which must be cited ; but while these may seem small discrepancies , it is one part of the process of research to assess at some point the different conventions governing the listing and presentation of sources , and to present work accurately according to whatever set of conventions you are following . |
| 23 | Oh , you wan na first bit of light to go along that |
| 24 | When does the right hon. Gentleman expect the next tranche of type 23 orders , to which he did not refer in his statement , to be in the pipeline and when can we expect the next round of tendering to start for those ? |
| 25 | Gelsemium would thus seem to be an appropriate choice of remedy to use in neurological experiments . |
| 26 | Although it is only necessary to show an element of bounty to come within these provisions now , this case is important and taxpayers should bear it in mind when they are carrying out any reorganisation of share capital . |
| 27 | At this point I persuaded her to part with a small sample of blood to check for glandular fever and to see that she was n't anaemic . |
| 28 | Or , for solid-backed shelves , cut pieces of fabric to fit into each space and then fix in place with PVA adhesive . |
| 29 | There 's obviously frustration on the part of low paid women members of NALGO and some of our NUPE colleagues , and we are pleasantly surprised that they felt = and I wish now to express frustration at that response of management to break off local negotiations on their grading structure . |
| 30 | Nadine Meisner visits a Royal Ballet project that is encouraging a different sort of child to put on pointed shoes |