Example sentences of "a [noun] [to-vb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reason is quite simple : it is not a route to do on a single rope . |
| 2 | This would give me a base to aim for . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Similarly , the buyer 's terms of purchase might contain a provision to deal with late delivery : ( a ) If the Seller fails to deliver the goods in accordance with the terms of this contract , the Buyer is entitled to terminate the contract with immediate effect . |
| 5 | I think certainly we had to have a figurehead to relate to and in my opinion , Tom was the best one to have there . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | In general , however , GIS surely has a function to perform in simulation and role-playing exercises . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | There is a case to argue for twins , though genetic similarities have more to do with their parallel lives than do the stars . |
| 11 | The Bible does have quite a bit to say about Christians — all Christians — being witnesses for Jesus , BUT it does not have very much at all to say about the sort of ‘ Witnessing ’ being done by ‘ Damnation Derek ’ . |
| 12 | Erm There 's quite a bit to go into with that but that 's hopefully given you some idea of how electricity works . |
| 13 | I do n't want a bit to go to America now . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | There 's a bit to talk about there … we might have a little talk about industrial justice . |
| 17 | And t and th then , since the paper talk , that 's right , it 's nothing to do with it , but it may have a bit to do with justice , we 'll get round to it in a bit . |
| 18 | It 's quite a bit to do on one day , to go and do four . |
| 19 | Somebody said the players now have a bit to prove against Manchester United but some of them better do that in training on Monday . ’ |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | There 's rows of benches in front of it and I sit down for a bit to look at the tree . |
| 22 | Gradually , however , the games became a bit to rough for Stan and he would retire after a while . |
| 23 | At least there 's no awkward questions asked , no needing to bother with insurance , does mean there 's a bit to add to her measly SS giro every week . |
| 24 | Experience may help you take some of these into account but if you went for a fixed fee you may have to pitch it at such a level to allow for these that it 's perhaps twice what it might be and you could lose the client . |
| 25 | A lot of you are doing it because you want to go onto further or higher education , and you needed a third A Level to add to your other two . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | It 's quite normal for a mum to feel like that and they can talk to each other about it and support each other . |
| 29 | Instead of throwing a ball for him — a game he loved — or giving him a stick to carry in his mouth — the next best thing — Angela shrank back , as she did n't understand him and wanted to be rid of him . |
| 30 | She skirted its edge and at last spotted a possible entry , finding a stick to whack at the jagged branches of an old dogrose . |