Example sentences of "a [noun] [to-vb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Local councils can get a warrent to tow away illegally parked caravans . |
| 2 | He still needs the freedom of a four-year-old , to explore , to laugh suddenly in surprise at the world , to be open , to wander with the secure knowledge of a base to return home to . |
| 3 | The House of Representatives approved overwhelmingly on June 26 an appropriations bill which included a provision to allow federally funded family planning clinics to discuss the subject of abortion with their patients . |
| 4 | But the thieves had eccentric tastes — they stole two goldfish , her cascading waterfall , a stone ornamental duck and a stone toadstool — plus a bucket to take away the fish . |
| 5 | It was a kitchen to challenge rather than enhance the skills of any cook ambitious beyond the boiling of eggs . |
| 6 | One consequence of the exclusive pursuit of the selfish and self-indulgent ethos of the naked fabliau is that the Shipman 's Tale , unlike the majority of the French fabliaux , contains no concluding moral , ending instead on the selfish prayer : The failure of a moral to appear here is emphasized by the fact that the Host immediately tries to draw a moral from the tale — an appropriately pragmatic one : It could and has been held that the Shipman 's Tale is thereby amoral . |
| 7 | On a loose rein however , slowed down by Theodora 's seat and guided by her legs , he began after a bit to do better . |
| 8 | If you have got one of those deep fat fryers you , you have quite a bit to throw away . |
| 9 | So McCloy greased your palm a bit to walk home with Hatton and catch him unawares . |
| 10 | It 's a pretty filthy day again today Mick , it 's er it 's raining , it 's windy , it 's cold , it 's the middle of November , it 's gon na cost er the supporters a bit to come tonight , er only two and half thousand came to the first game , how anxious are you that County 's supporters come out in their numbers this evening ? |
| 11 | Anyone who has ever taken anti-histamines to relieve an allergy or the symptoms of hay fever will know that such tablets often cause drowsiness and a inability to think as clearly as usual . |
| 12 | During this period , both she and you need to consider very carefully all the possible gains and losses of a decision to live together permanently . |
| 13 | Britain 's Jackie Stewart carried on where Clark left off and , had it not been for a decision to retire early , could have dominated the sport longer than he did , and could well have added to his collection of three world titles . |
| 14 | Mr Maxwell said that the postponement was agreed in the last few weeks , following a decision to spend heavily next year on unspecified initiatives to increase Mirror Group 's market share . |
| 15 | A decision to go ahead with this approach to the formation of a company file was taken in January this year and the initial test files became available during April . |
| 16 | Some of them will be developed further with the use of private sector capital — particularly Port Wakefield if , as a result of the public inquiry to be held this month , a decision to go ahead is given . |
| 17 | But she stressed that the programme 's development was at an extremely early stage , and a decision to go ahead with its production had still to be made . |
| 18 | A decision to go ahead would further secure the position of Prestwick , whose future was ‘ highly questionable ’ had the ATP operation not been moved there , Mr Turner said . |
| 19 | Each time she made a decision to keep away from birds , she was in fact reinforcing and enlarging the fear in her own mind , so that she changed from being someone who simply did not like birds to becoming a person who would actually consider spending the rest of her life within her own four walls rather than risk encountering a few sparrows in her path . |
| 20 | However , in order to ensure deductibility by Target of such payments , the termination payments must be " wholly untrammelled by the terms of the bargain [ that the vendor ] shareholders [ have ] struck with [ Newco ] and [ that Target ] come to a decision to pay solely in the interests of the trade " ( see the James Snook case , above ) . |
| 21 | The lads had pitched their tents behind some small dunes and it was a struggle to get there . |
| 22 | Nevertheless , so far as policy and plan formulation is concerned , recent practice indicates a willingness to reflect both local wishes and concerns for policies elsewhere in the city . |
| 23 | And at the heart of what Mr Stark calls ‘ the new business ethics ’ is a willingness to tackle head-on the vexed question of mixed motives . |
| 24 | Only if no suitable candidate emerged would there be a need to consider asking a member of staff to move who had not indicated a willingness to do so . |
| 25 | However , the DES has expressed a willingness to look sympathetically at limited transitional arrangements to help schools that enter the new system with serious inherited problems , such as buildings in a very poor state of repair . |
| 26 | If you are particularly interested in any activity or craft , ask to go on a course to learn more about it . |
| 27 | Safety , health and environment are high profile portfolios and Chris Hampson believes that quality programmes have a part to play here , too . |
| 28 | He regarded the new ideas as a trick to give even more power to the manufacturers — and perhaps his political analysis was not at fault , since the exponents of these ideas were largely middle-class . |
| 29 | The length of time required for a solid to flow rather than fracture is known as its rheidity and the type of flow produced is termed rheid flow . |
| 30 | Do not use visual aids for the sake of using them and do not use them as a defence to hide behind if you are nervous . |