Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] [to-vb] [adv] [prep] a " in BNC.

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31 These moulded sties allow eggs to roll away through a small hole at the back for automatic collection .
32 The Greek government issued a temporary ban on traffic in central Athens and warned people to stay indoors after an unprecedented build-up of air pollution led to hundreds of people falling ill with respiratory and heart problems .
33 Should the United States , it therefore asked , allow Britain to adjust naturally to a lower level of power — defined by some as that of a " comparatively lesser middle state " ?
34 How about Ge , asking George to come round for a meal ?
35 A point of serious concern is the shift in the balance of staff from established to contract-funded posts which appears set to continue primarily as a result of the transfer of research funding from the UFC/HEFCE to the research councils , of substantially increased external research income from all sources , and of constraints upon core funding from the HEFCE .
36 The Solicitors ' Incorporated Practice Rules 1988 ( the Rules ) enable solicitors to incorporate either as a company limited by shares or as an unlimited company .
37 Because we do send people erm er sorry send , we ask people to come on to a training course which we fully expense .
38 When the summons came from the Palace , she took care to dress neither as a lady of pleasure nor a noblewoman .
39 As a rule he was unobserved , as he took care to go out at a time when everyone in the house was occupied elsewhere .
40 It is no place for PROs to go snooping around collecting information to put out in a defensive public statement before its true significance can be established .
41 World economic and political uncertainty once caused gold to twitch up like a kneecap tapped with a hammer .
42 They took turns to go back to a hotel to sleep , and came back to take their places on watch and yell ‘ Pamella !
43 Haslemere took time to settle down against a predominantly young side , obviously well coached and organised .
44 So erm right now I think we might as well erm allow things to draw naturally to a close there so um let's see erm this gives you a few minutes to catch your breath in time for video , for those of you who 're erm intending to watch it .
45 These additions to a basic service may persuade customers to sign up with a particular factor , but the reason why they stay comes back to the quality of the service provided .
46 You ca n't allow membranes to exist permanently in a depolarized state .
47 He has since left BP to sign up for an American company in Oklahoma .
48 Widnes 's coach , Doug Laughton , says that the asking price will be ‘ realistic ’ so as to enable Grima to move quickly to a new club .
49 Now if you 're a majority party you can instruct officers to come up with a specially paid reduction pol you pay for the policy , so you can then structure the system or look at the service and come up with a reduction , come up with an expansion
50 Leadership is the process of influencing others to work willingly towards an organisation 's goals , and to the best of their capabilities .
51 ‘ Oh , Mr Algernon ! ’ exclaimed Mildred with relief , and before he had time to hide away under a stone , as he usually did , she shot a hand into the water and scooped him up .
52 To do so , the UK must clear out parts of the spectrum being used by something else , or develop technology to squeeze more into a given piece .
53 Trust Charlie to come up with a long-term interest-free loan .
54 A very few forward-looking companies follow up on these courses by allowing employees to cut down to a four-day week from six months before retirement , reducing again to a three-day week in the last three months .
55 For example , no amount of arguing by itself will convince anyone of the truth of Genesis , 2 – 3 , but knowledge of the possibility of interpreting it in different ways — which include the symbolic — can help people to think again about an easy dismissal of it .
56 The module is intended to prepare students to work effectively in a group and to understand the benefits of teamwork in achieving a common goal .
57 They express a wide range of emotions and feelings to which we can readily relate : expectantly waiting for their master or mistress to return home , display of affectionate greetings , or excitement when it comes time to go out for a walk or prepare their food .
58 Lucy could n't find time to come over for an evening ; the globally significant exhibition was floating on some remote iceberg ; Jeremy had an agent , an opening ; Lucy 's sister was ill and needed her ( Jay recalled Lucy 's exasperated indifference to her sister ) ; the painters were coming .
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