Example sentences of "a [noun] [to-vb] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In general , however , GIS surely has a function to perform in simulation and role-playing exercises . |
| 2 | On the death of Sir Harry Erskine in 1765 , the election of a burgess to serve in Parliament for the District composed of the burghs of Anstruther Easter , Anstruther Wester , Pittenweem , Crail and Kilrenny , showed three of these burghs to be in the interest of Mr Alexander , Merchant in Edinburgh , and the other two in the interest of Sir John Anstruther . |
| 3 | Through learning , children acquire not only their parents ' moral code but also a willingness to act in accordance with the rules . |
| 4 | Certainly mention of Cailliet and Bédé brings back Eliot to a familiar uniting of primitive and urban as , after stating that ‘ I myself would like an audience which could neither read nor write ’ , he recalls Sweeney Agonistes ( published in book form in December 1932 ) and speaks of the poet as ‘ something of a popular entertainer … having a part to play in society as worthy as that of the music-hall comedian ’ . |
| 5 | So it looks as though mate-guarding too has a part to play in sex differences in the breeding season . |
| 6 | Another company now convinced that magnetism has a part to play in pond management are Aegean International Trading Company Ltd . |
| 7 | 1824 " This Meeting being impressed with the utility to the Island by the appointment of a Steamboat to ply in place of the Packet , do unanimously Stent themselves in the sum of one Hundred and ten pounds sterling for this current Year … " |
| 8 | We have a responsibility to bear in mind where the money paid out in benefits comes from . |
| 9 | Obviously you might be better joining a club to participate in sport . |
| 10 | You tell me that it 's a crime to fall in love . |
| 11 | During preliminary police investigations into Norman Scott 's allegations that he had been the victim of a conspiracy to murder in order to protect a former lover , Liberal leader Jeremy Thorpe MP , the " Daily Telegraph " obtained a scoop from a police source . |
| 12 | The manager who took Sunderland to Wembley six months ago knows that he 's still not out of the woods , but he has turned back the clock in a bid to stay in business . |
| 13 | There 's a sofa and armchair , a writing table , music from a threechannel radio and even a telephone to keep in touch with the landlubbers back home . |
| 14 | It is small wonder that Dr Underwood finds it a ‘ little disconcerting ’ as the inference of the inquiry , as far as it has gone at present , would appear to be that it is better for a child to stay in East London sleeping irregular hours in ill ventilated shelters and eating fish and chips than to have fresh air conditions in one of our Camps with regular hours of sleep and plenty of well prepared wholesome food ( in which vegetables fresh from the garden play a large part ) forming a diet balanced in accordance with the best advice obtainable from the Board of Education and others … |
| 15 | If a villager migrates to Bombay and makes a living as a hawker , he probably has to bribe a cop to stay in business and pay off the local mafia don . |
| 16 | Baker wins a thriller to stay in race |
| 17 | As for herself — she 'd be a fool to fall in love with him . |
| 18 | While it may be fine to have a small puppy sharing your bed , you will face a battle to remain in place if you are fighting for space with a large adult Irish Wolfhound . |
| 19 | In a similar fashion a refusal to participate in quality control circles through which management make labour responsible for product quality , is taken as a sign of selfishness . |
| 20 | A failure to consult in accordance with a clear duty to do so before the decision to close a unit may be ruled unlawful , but may amount to little more than a Pyrrhic victory for the applicants for judicial review . |
| 21 | In advance of that , however , it can be noted here that as a generalization about the fabliaux , rather than a point to consider in relation to some fabliaux , her claim may go too far . |
| 22 | Moreover , a point to bear in mind is that for many users of weekly collection credit it is not just one transaction ( with a relatively small money cost , in spite of its high APR ) but is instead virtually continuous indebtedness , with one transaction following closely on the heels of another . |
| 23 | He deliberately kept the Lamonts in a separate compartment , their home providing him with a place to refuel in company he enjoyed and in countryside he loved . |
| 24 | We will ensure that every employee has a right to participate in decision-making in their enterprise . |
| 25 | ( vi ) If the court should hold that a right to sue in libel must be allowed to a local government authority , then , in the alternative , this court should , in extending the law of libel to permit actions by a local authority , impose particular restrictions or limitations upon the cause of action , namely that a local authority could only sue for libel upon proof of special damage ; and that the council would be required to prove both the falsity of the allegation and that it was published maliciously . |
| 26 | The State would then be equated to a non-signatory for all purposes , including having a right to accede in accordance with any accession clause . |
| 27 | In the meantime , however , until these directives are enforced , Britain 's corporate landscape will remain open to attack without a right to reply in kind . |
| 28 | Interesting high-profile autobiographies that drop names like confetti : in Well , I Forget The Rest ( Hutchinson , £17.99 ) , Quentin Crewe , thrice-married , confesses : ‘ It has never taken me longer than a week-end to fall in love , usually less . ’ |
| 29 | The decision not to simply take over the entire MoMA show was made partly on the grounds that the Pompidou has already mounted a major Matisse retrospective ( in 1971 ) , and partly through a desire to study in depth a period of the artist 's life now viewed as fundamental for the development of twentieth-century painting . |
| 30 | It was , in any case , a difference to bear in mind if Stevenson 's worked more extensively in Europe , as now appeared quite likely . |