Example sentences of "to earn [pers pn] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | When enterprises plan their production on the criterion of profitability they are only honouring their obligation to their shareholders — — to earn them a reasonable return on their money — and if those shareholders are institutions which are in turn merely trustees of the people 's savings … well , evidently notions of class struggle and exploitation must be out of date . |
| 2 | And it was joy too for the Ballymena triple of Billy McCandless , Jack Robinson and Roy McCune who had a 19-15 victory over the CYM trio skipped by Alf Keegan to earn them a crack at the strong Portrush triple of Barry Moffett , Jeremy Henry and Ian McClure who had an easy 19-9 win over Alex Beggs , Gary Clarke and Mark Shannon from Clarendon . |
| 3 | After releasing a couple of singles on their own Hag label in 1989 , they signed for Musidisc the following year and released a debut album in ‘ A Weapon Called The Word ’ , which has since gone on to earn them a silver disc . |
| 4 | Arsenal 's £2.5 million England striker escaped censure from controversial referee Alf Buksh for his latest moment of madness — but the flashpoint is certain to earn him a Football Association misconduct charge this week . |
| 5 | In 1168 Geoffrey stood on the threshold of a long and turbulent career which was to earn him a great reputation as a knight both in Europe and on crusade and to help lift his dynasty out of the ranks of the barons of Poitou and place it firmly among the leading princes of Christendom . |