Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [to-vb] [art] [noun sg] " 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 | Opposition politicians , however , dismissed the " coup " revelation as a ruse to cloud the issue of his responsibility in the scandal . |
| 8 | 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 ! |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Biometrics is a key contributor to their success , and recognition of this has led to an opportunity for a Statistician to complete a team of three . |
| 11 | Iago felt in his blood the coming of the climax , the moment when Owen had drawn them , with his body for bait , exactly where he would have them , with all eyes on him , and never an archer ready to string bow , or a lookout to shout an alarm . |
| 12 | The principle of proportionality — do not use a sledgehammer to crack a nut — is straightforward logic . |
| 13 | At the operational level planning tasks will be simpler and there is less need to look for complex procedures as it would be like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut . |
| 14 | At first , this suggestion seemed to apply to all accounts — which certainly would have been taking a sledgehammer to crack a nut — but it has now been narrowed down to those of ‘ public interest ’ companies , with a fairly generous definition of which companies are of public interest . |
| 15 | He said : ‘ It 's a sledgehammer to crack a nut . |
| 16 | ‘ A sledgehammer to crack the nut of finding … |
| 17 | If you have to cut a notch in a joist to run a pipe , cut it in the middle of the floorboard and leave a little room for expansion |
| 18 | We had to construct a cradle to support the roof while parts of the wood beams were replaced . |
| 19 | Could you reach through a cat-flap to withdraw the door bolts and turn a key left in the lock ? |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | The ability of a resort to quicken the pulse as I approach . |
| 22 | This allowed a rating to allocate a proportion of his pay each month to be sent direct to his family . |
| 23 | 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 " . |
| 24 | It may be possible in such a case to base an action on negligent misstatement instead . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Despite the passing of the Children Act 1989 , the inherent jurisdiction of the court could still be invoked in such a case to prevent an abortion which was contrary to the interests of the minor . |
| 27 | ‘ 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 . |
| 28 | It scares me a bit to tell the truth . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |