Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [to-vb] [adj] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A significant number were aimed at positive prevention and these included altering the time allowed for lesson changeover to reduce crowd chaos , a decision to involve all staff in corridor supervision , a move to set up mutual support pairs amongst staff and the creation of a rewards system following the realization that for non-academic pupils the school offered little or no incentives . |
| 2 | ‘ A request to subscribe to a building to re-house some people in the Gorbals , an invitation — which of course I shall refuse — to lunch with Lady Laughlan . |
| 3 | ROVER is slashing car prices by up to £1,000 in a bid to kick-start stalled sales . |
| 4 | The Church of England has set up a working party to investigate the possibility of placing advertisements on radio and television in a bid to attract more people to the Church . |
| 5 | President Robert Mugabe announced on April 30th that the government is to buy 70 big commercial farms , covering 190,000 hectares , as the first step in a plan to redistribute some 5m hectares of white-owned land to blacks . |
| 6 | A proposal to build more barracks was rejected by Parliament in 1739 on the grounds that ‘ the people of this kingdom have been taught to associate the idea of barracks and slavery ’ . |
| 7 | They 've launched a campaign to make young people and their parents more aware of the dangers of drugs like ecstasy . |
| 8 | In recent years there has been a move to teach young people in residential care practical skills such as cooking and budgeting which they will need when they leave care . |
| 9 | These are likely to range from an amendment to our current equal opportunities policy document ( correcting the omission of ‘ disability ’ ) to a need to employ more staff , possibly from another discipline such as health . |
| 10 | These people are entitled to use ridicule as a weapon to provoke such folk as the sweetly unreasonable Mr Akhtar and the rest of us into wondering whether our beliefs , including our most deeply held convictions , are actually tenable . |
| 11 | This is what we should be working towards when work is being shared : creating a desire to see other people 's work because it matters within the drama ; because everybody 's work affects everybody else 's in some way . |
| 12 | The statement culminates with a request for a consent to discharge ten p.p.m. of zinc . |
| 13 | ‘ It took us quite a while to persuade other people just how much tennis in general could benefit , especially in those countries where Government grants are dependent on Olympic membership , if tennis was once again a member of the Olympic family . |
| 14 | IRG Technologies Inc , Richardson , Texas distributor of computer peripherals , filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission to go public with an initial offer of up to 2.75m common shares , 2.3m of them new , at a target price of between $10 and $12 a share to raise some $25m to repay debt and for working capital ; Montgomery Securities , Kemper Securities and Raymond James & Associates will co-manage . |
| 15 | Equinox Systems Inc , making input-output controller boards for multi-user computers in Fort Lauderdale , Florida has filed to go public with an initial offer of up to 1.5m shares , 1m of them new , at a target price of $11.50 to $13.50 a share to raise some $12m for working capital . |
| 16 | It is a change of surroundings and a chance to meet new people , ’ says Gedge . |
| 17 | Some offer a chance to meet other people and share activities and a meal ; others offer specialist care , for instance to people with dementia . |
| 18 | Many of the residents have led sheltered lives and do n't normally get a chance to meet other people in the community . |
| 19 | As a permanent tribute to Boardman and Tasker who died tragically young , School inaugurated a prize to encourage further works of mountain literature . |
| 20 | He will be working on 10 different projects including building a causeway to help local people during the flood season and assisting with rhino conservation . |
| 21 | And we can join together in groups and as a society to treat other people or other groups very badly indeed . |
| 22 | POLICE flagged down a bus to take 35 people to hospital after a gas attack on a pub last night . |
| 23 | For a senior job it should not be regarded as a burden to see 12 people and then draw up a short list of three or four . |
| 24 | Alistair McNeilage , whose parents live in Kilmacolm , Renfrewshire , was part of a research team working on a project to save endangered species at the 10,000ft high Karisoke Research Centre , made famous in the film Gorillas in the Mist . |
| 25 | Staff working on a project to integrate geochemical data into a series of world geochemical maps have applied various techniques to establish a common format and to adjust sampling densities from the various regions to a common level . |
| 26 | This is a duty to provide competent staff , adequate material , a safe place of work and a safe system of work ( Wilsons and Clyde Coal v English ( 1938 ) ) . |
| 27 | ‘ Aid workers ’ who come to developing countries with a purely altruistic attitude — giving up a good job and staking a lot to help poor people — are doomed to be disillusioned and frustrated . |
| 28 | Warning that his reforms would cause business failures and unemployment , he announced plans for a scheme to put unemployed people to work on government construction projects for a minimum wage . |
| 29 | CRIME ALERT : A scheme to steer young people away from trouble has been opened in Peterborough . |
| 30 | Answering questions at a meeting with foreign journalists , Mrs Thatcher said : ‘ We are looking at a scheme to have some people from Hong Kong , but it could n't be anything like the total number . ’ |