Example sentences of "a [noun] [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This could be an alternative route back to the turret , I thought , a route to bypass the quire . |
| 2 | A particular place in the fence has been used as a route to cross the railway . |
| 3 | Such payment is not made to keep alive the right to recover it , inasmuch as the opportunity is thus afforded of contesting the demand , and payment in such circumstances is a payment to close the transaction and not to keep it open . |
| 4 | Such payment is not made to keep alive the right to recover it , inasmuch as the opportunity is thus afforded of contesting the demand , and payment in such circumstances is a payment to close the transaction and not to keep it open . |
| 5 | David Ross Stewart , the chairman of ESII , said the board had examined a number of options to ensure that shareholders received a payment to reflect the value of the company 's liquid assets , while achieving a satisfactory long-term solution in respect of the unquoted portfolio . |
| 6 | Gregg Petersmeyer , director of the White House 's Office for National Service , denies that Mr Bush 's rhetoric is simply a ruse to allow the government to shed expensive responsibilities . |
| 7 | The natives were treacherous people , as everyone knew , ungodly and faithless , and their early shows of friendship were nothing but a ruse to lull the pioneers into a false feeling of security , so that they could ensnare them in their false enchantments , pounce on them unawares and kill them while they slept . |
| 8 | Opposition politicians , however , dismissed the " coup " revelation as a ruse to cloud the issue of his responsibility in the scandal . |
| 9 | If you 're gon na separate chemically , say for example , you produced erm an organic acid which is optically active the things you would normally have to do is to use a base to make the salt of , you know , you make the two optically salt and then separate them by a thing such as fractional crystallisation and then we generate the acid afterwards very very tricky ! |
| 10 | In such cases the draftsman should provide for the costs of periodic maintenance and inspection to be recoverable from the tenants , for they may not always fall within a provision to pay the cost of repairs . |
| 11 | Dai Jones remembered when he had to go to his cousin in Llandidloes for a bucket to mix the dyes , ‘ because there was no money to buy one , and money was owed everywhere . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ A sledgehammer to crack the nut of finding … |
| 13 | We had to construct a cradle to support the roof while parts of the wood beams were replaced . |
| 14 | Could you reach through a cat-flap to withdraw the door bolts and turn a key left in the lock ? |
| 15 | The hardware handshaking is always active , so if you only want to use software handshaking , you will need to wire a cable to set the handshaking lines high at all times . |
| 16 | The ability of a resort to quicken the pulse as I approach . |
| 17 | It is interesting to note that 300 years ago in a census to find the number of Conformists , Catholics and Nonconformists , that Hailing was given as " no Papists , no Nonconformists but 60 Conformists " . |
| 18 | However it may be prudent in such a case to offer the defence expert the facility to administer questions in writing to which the plaintiff can respond if they so choose . |
| 19 | It would be necessary in such a case to apportion the proceeds of the issue to each component . |
| 20 | ‘ But , when it 's switched on , the motor will go at a good jogging speed , though you need to pedal a bit to get the pace up . |
| 21 | it 's just got a bit to cover the pipes , so it just like , sits on the wall , so that you can get a wheelchair underneath . |
| 22 | It scares me a bit to tell the truth . |
| 23 | She found herself running a comb through her hair , taking a short-hand pad and three pencils instead of the two which should surely have been enough , running a handkerchief over her dusty sandals and easing her left-hand stocking round her ankle a bit to keep the ladder out of sight . |
| 24 | A final check with a level to ensure the copings are true . |
| 25 | Class 3 contributions are voluntary contributions paid by non-employed persons ; the usual reason they are paid is to bring the number of contributions up to a level to entitle the person to a benefit . |
| 26 | Once authorisation to carry on a banking business has been granted by the home member state to a bank in accordance with the Community 's essential requirements , the Community legislative approach is to require the host country in which the bank may wish to provide cross-border services or establish a branch to recognise the validity of that authorisation , and to allow it to do so without making additional ‘ authorisation ’ requirements to the bank . |
| 27 | Ray Noorda , 67 , chief executive of Novell Inc , has given an assurance that he will set in train the process of finding a successor to run the company ‘ in the next year ’ . |
| 28 | I detest Javier Tusell , protector of ‘ Guernica ’ who , after condemning the Ministry of Culture 's high-handed attitude , proposes a referendum to decide the fate of the painting . |
| 29 | In his opening address to the autumn session of the Federal Assembly on Sept. 24 , Havel called for a referendum to resolve the issue of separate Slovak sovereignty [ see p. 38357 ] . |
| 30 | The DUP demanded that the Irish government give a commitment to sponsoring a referendum to amend the Articles , but the Irish government continued to insist that it would only provide such a guarantee within the context of an overall settlement . |