Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] [to-vb] [noun] or [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | SPECULATORS : People who buy or sell currencies to make money or avoid making a loss . |
| 2 | It is said to function through the mechanism of the take-over bid so as to allocate the assets of companies to those managers who can put them to their best use , thereby disciplining managers to maximize profits or face the threat of a take-over bid ousting them from their jobs . |
| 3 | Consequently there is no necessity to devise strategies to handle risk or to manage uncertainty which is not likely to occur : resources can be better invested in core activities . |
| 4 | The Insurer may at its own expense take proceedings in the name of the Insured Person to recover compensation or secure an indemnity from any Third Party in respect of any loss or damage covered by this insurance and any amount so recovered shall belong to the Insurer . |
| 5 | Sales and purchasing directors and managers will probably have authority to make commercial contracts in most cases , whilst warehouse and delivery staff will generally not have authority to agree contracts or vary terms , but no hard and fast rule can be laid down . |
| 6 | Here again the standing orders , which prohibit proposals to raise taxation or to provide relief if this would mean that other taxes would have to be raised , limit debate to general proposals about overall rates of VAT , supertax and corporation tax . |
| 7 | First he attacked the tents of that Moorish Queen the Negress , who lay nearest to the city ; and this onset was so sudden , that they killed full a hundred and fifty Moors before they had time to take arms or go to horse . |
| 8 | Sporadic outbursts of fighting continued , with claims and counterclaims as to who was responsible , and late on June 29 Gen. Marko Negovanovic , a member of the JNA high command , appeared on television to warn Slovenia to stop fighting or face " decisive military action " . |