Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] [to-vb] [noun] or [verb] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | In a majority of cases no tender was made by a private sector firm but the potential threat was enough to cause council leaders to reduce staff or rewrite employees ' terms of service ( The Price of Winning 1989 ) . |
| 2 | All he did was ask Mr Fractor to explain things or tell him what he wanted to know . |
| 3 | Now that Libya has referred the matter to the International Court of Justice , will Britain desist from trying to get the United Nations Security Council to impose sanctions or take military action against Libya until the International Court of Justice has ruled on the matter ? |
| 4 | The edge of the main blade can also be used as a hacking tool to clear vegetation or cut through tree roots . |
| 5 | a means of altering artwork or colour separations to correct faults or enhance the image . |
| 6 | Now he was faced with the problem of how to promote an airline which was forbidden under US law to sell tickets or advertise its service until the CAB and Federal Aviation Authority had given their approval . |
| 7 | In addition she required government approval to leave Singapore or to participate in the activities of any organization . |
| 8 | Mr Tantum criticised a suggestion made by the Law Commission this year that hacking in its simple form should be an offence which did not give the police powers to arrest suspects or search their premises . |
| 9 | Unfortunately , you need either an expensive Kodak Digital Image Recorder to get prints or process the images through DTP software to get colour separations , cromalins or prints . |
| 10 | Senior managers may have the resource power to grant promotion or pay increases to subordinates ; trade unions possess the resource power to take their members out on strike . |
| 11 | We have had a very good year , thanks to the indefatigable Bugs sitting behind me , who is either fitting the boats out or going to New Zealand to win races or taking Guide Dogs for the Blind sponsored trips round greek flotillas er everything comes to him readily . |
| 12 | Attempts by an aggressor power to exact indemnities or to confiscate the wealth of private individuals in a conquered state would cause chaos in the international money markets , undermining the basis of the conqueror 's own prosperity . |
| 13 | You may hold or attend press conferences to announce news or show a product range . |