Example sentences of "a [noun] [to-vb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reason is quite simple : it is not a route to do on a single rope . |
| 2 | The surroundings , however , are bleak , and interest is confined to the wide expanse of Loch Ewe , an inlet of the sea of considerable extent , commissioned into service during the war as a base to assist in the passage of convoys , when there was a submarine boom across the entrance . |
| 3 | But lasting influence depended not only on some form of regular , close contact , but equally crucially on a sense of affinity , of common inheritance and character , which allowed a grandchild to see in a grandparent a model for his or her own development . |
| 4 | At 12.15 I was due at a function to pose for a photocall to launch a twenty-four-hour helpline for a worthy and deserving charity . |
| 5 | There an Investigation Officer will consider the documentation and decide whether the solicitor about whom the complaint has been filed has a case to answer within the powers of the SCB . |
| 6 | I erm am obviously feeling guilty cos I 'm not feeling guilty but it makes me cough a bit to go to the post office every week and get vastly more disabl disability er invalidity benefit than he gets , vastly more . |
| 7 | I think that may have been construed as impolite , so I smiled and replied that , yes indeed it was still a bit to go before the top , and wow , certainly it was proving mighty tough . |
| 8 | We 're walking back from the shops — me and Marie — and we stop for a bit to look at the lights in the electric shop . |
| 9 | There 's rows of benches in front of it and I sit down for a bit to look at the tree . |
| 10 | For reasons which are not stated the legislature in 1988 made it essential for a successor to live in the dwelling house during the period of six months but did not amend the Act of 1985 so as to impose either a six months ' period or residence in a particular dwelling house in the case of a council house . |
| 11 | According to the reported terms of the agreement the government would call a referendum to decide on a reform of the Constitution and would table in Congress a reform of the current electoral law . |
| 12 | She skirted its edge and at last spotted a possible entry , finding a stick to whack at the jagged branches of an old dogrose . |
| 13 | This was a necessity to qualify for a later call to the Bar . |
| 14 | For example , a number of humanities courses allow the student to postpone a decision to opt for a single subject or interdisciplinary course , or a major , joint or minor programme until the beginning of the second year . |
| 15 | The outcome was a decision to continue with the same dosage , because what is the use of physical strength without the brain to direct it ? |
| 16 | Services at the Horton General Hospital in Banbury have been saved by a decision to invest in a new maternity unit . |
| 17 | Last year the society 's committee made a decision to relaunch in a bid to attract more members and introduce a more entertaining programme . |
| 18 | They are given a budget to spend on the drugs they prescribe for their patients . |
| 19 | Whether you use a shell to hide from the C : > prompt or as a useful tool , you will probably want to customise it to suit your system and personal preferences . |
| 20 | Paris was first and despite a struggle to get off the ground , the company now has three operations bringing in some £200,000 a week . |
| 21 | ‘ The crew had quite a struggle to get into the cabin . |
| 22 | Far from bringing an end to worry , home ownership became a struggle to stay in the place called home . |
| 23 | But manager Maurice Setters knows his side have a struggle to qualify from a tough section — Germany are the other team in five-nation group three . |
| 24 | To go into the ‘ night ’ betokens a willingness to go into the unknown . |
| 25 | It indicated a willingness to descend to the political arena in circumstances other than those of national crisis . |
| 26 | The general terms , financial data and proposed loan conditions are provided to enable potential lenders to assess and indicate a willingness to participate in the loan proposal . |
| 27 | Where the buyer is well known and where , by his own remarks , the buyer indicates a willingness to talk about a more social matter , the salesperson will obviously follow . |
| 28 | Following a survey for the Widdicombe Committee , Professor Miller concluded that ‘ very few respondents declared a willingness to vote in a local election for the major party they opposed nationally ’ ( Widdicombe 1986 , III : 106 ) . |
| 29 | Women writers are less likely to identify with the existential plight of the lone male , but even so , a willingness to conform to the narrative conventions of realism is evident in the fiction of a number of writers who are now viewed as innovative . |
| 30 | Conformity to rules relies primarily upon compliance , upon a willingness to work within a regulated framework which Etzioni has suggested rests either upon acceptance of a ‘ utilitarian ’ financial bargain or upon a ‘ normative ’ commitment . |