Example sentences of "[to-vb] a sports " in BNC.
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| 1 | But few famous folk attracted more attention than Neil Bush , in town to launch a sports channel and to root for the Eagles . |
| 2 | Emma was Captain of the School 's under 12 soccer team … and today her friends started a collection to buy a sports trophy to be presented in her memory . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm going to see a sports psychologist because I have n't been focusing on the job and I must become more positive . ’ |
| 4 | People just did n't want to see a sports film . ’ |
| 5 | Meanwhile , the Vatican said it had accepted an unprecedented Chinese invitation to send a top official to Peking to attend a sports ceremony this weekend and meet government officials . |
| 6 | The Sports Council also provides speakers for pre-retirement courses in addition to its funding of local initiatives , so if you 'd like to start a sports project in your area , ask them for help ( address on page 156 ) . |
| 7 | There are moves to get hunslet out of Elland road … in particular there are plans to build a sports complex out at Stourton … it would be perfect close to the M1 even close to hunslet … ! ! ! |
| 8 | Similarly , a power entitling a landlord to re-enter for " building sites or planting or other purposes " did not entitle him to re-enter in order to build a sports stadium ( Coats v Diment [ 1951 ] 1 All ER 890 ) . |
| 9 | It also announced plans to build a sports hall and improve playing fields at the Knowsley Park Lane school , once the Lathom Wing on St Helens Road is closed . |
| 10 | Brannen , born on a farm at Sadberge and raised at first Long Newton and then Yarm , moved to Stoke at the age of 20 partly to study a sports and recreation degree at North Staffordshire Polytechnic but mainly to train under the guidance of Jim Talbot , the national decathlon coach . |
| 11 | His father longed to have a sports star as a son , but Kasmin was too small . |
| 12 | I very much regret that it is impossible to have a sports event , club or team these days without having a commercial sponsor . |
| 13 | Abel managed to make £730 , which helped to develop a sports shop beside the Oval , though this later failed and he was rescued from penury by a public appeal launched by the Daily Mail after the First World War . |
| 14 | Buchan , nearly 37 , was approaching the end of his playing days , and in 1928 left to become a sports reporter . |