Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [noun] [to-vb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean there we are we 've got a er purveyors of er intoxicating liquor allowing children to go in to their bars or hang around outside . |
| 2 | Due to the large spread ( i.e. difference between buying and selling prices ) , it usually takes a substantial rise to enable investors to sell out at a profit . |
| 3 | The skin needs time to settle down after these treatments in order to absorb the essential oils more efficiently . |
| 4 | The finish of radiotherapy caused values to fall back towards baseline after four weeks . |
| 5 | For example , in a case — Sex slur drove man to lash out at bully who mocked him : Killer stepson 's years of torment — where a bullying stepfather was killed by the stepson he had tormented for years , one of the taunts mentioned was the mocking of his desires to get on at college , calling him a ‘ funny boy ’ . |
| 6 | What a pity the management allows bombers to ski out of control and spoil serious skiers ' pleasure by crashing into them ! |
| 7 | The IMF 's Interim Committee urged Russia to press on with reforms , particularly in establishing a rouble currency area , in order to qualify for future loans from the IMF and the World Bank . |
| 8 | The March issue of Woodworker will also see the introduction of a new regular column inviting readers to come up with ideas for using offcuts . |
| 9 | Whether or not this constitutional tug of war is resolved by the proposed referendum on presidential powers in April — indeed whether anyone will get around to formulating questions for it , or persuading the battle scarred citizenry to turn up at the ballot box — are still matters of obsessive speculation . |
| 10 | The Stock Exchange permits companies to raise up to 15 million in the main market and 5 million in the USM when they come to the market through a placing ( companies with existing quotations on the Exchange can also raise 15 million by means of a placing ) . |
| 11 | A statement such as ‘ That makes me feel very angry/unhappy/sad/upset when you do that ’ rather than immediately shouting at the child enables parents to stand back from their immediate emotional reactions and also teach the child awareness of other people 's feelings . |
| 12 | But after two years , the frustrations of the job led Selina to move on in search of a new challenge . |
| 13 | This technique of interpreting a duty as coupled with a discretion , although strictly illogical ( how can a duty be discretionary ? ) , is a useful device to enable courts to keep out of contentious areas . |
| 14 | The International Union for the Conservation of Nature has plans to move up to 26 of the rhinos to two new reserves in Indonesia , and to the USA , where a captive breeding programme will be undertaken . |
| 15 | The group helps people to find out about our faith and meets usually about once per fortnight in the Presbytery . |
| 16 | ‘ Oh , ’ said Betty , but after a moment she went out to the stream leaving Lydia to sit back on her heels and wonder why she found dressing-gowns and slippers so tawdry . |
| 17 | Joints open up , and crumbling putty allows water to seep in around the panes , eventually rotting the glazing bars and frame members . |
| 18 | The therapist encouraged Tony to look back at what had and had not changed , and stressed the efforts Tony had made to bring some structure and pleasure to his weekly routine , and to pursue his search for a job . |
| 19 | The centre 's staff recruitment policy ensures the appointment of adequate numbers of appropriately competent staff and the staff development policy encourages staff to develop/keep up to date with current practice in their field and in education/training . |
| 20 | A low level of both consumption and investment demand leads firms to cut back on their production , lay off workers and leave capital equipment lying idle . |
| 21 | Indeed comprehensivisation is now likely to be reversed by government policy to allow schools to opt out of LEA control . |
| 22 | A consultant with fly-away silver hair and an offensively breezy manner asks Kate to pop up on the table and just pop her pants down . |
| 23 | These include : pedal cycles for a clinic allowing nurses to get out to outlying villages ; health care kits to help with the care of patients in their own homes ; training for different agencies ; and a variety of education initiatives . |
| 24 | Developed by Kodak and Philips , Photo CD allows users to store up to 100 high quality photographic images on a CD and watch them on a TV set or computer screen . |
| 25 | During the run-up to the elections in 1990 the SPD candidate , Oskar Lafontaine , gave high priority to the withdrawal of NATO troops from German soil , and even the Christian Democratic government allowed doubts to creep in about the level of their commitment to NATO when they refused to modernise their short-range nuclear missiles in 1989 . |
| 26 | The Under 13 Clarkson Shield semi-finals ended all square after extra time , Stanfield ( Quinn 2 , Ruby 2 ) overcame a 3-0 deficit to force a 4-4 draw with Tramways ( Gill 2 , McDonald , Barton ) and Four Swallows ( Carroll , King ) had a 2-0 advantage but then missed a penalty allowing Athlone to hit back through Kennedy and Randalls to equalise . |
| 27 | This piece of information caused Makins to slow down for the first time and look at me more carefully . |
| 28 | Only one ship , the Star , was in the three ports at the right times , and this morning the Star left London to sail back to Georgia . |
| 29 | THE Government 's scheme to encourage people to contract out of the state earnings related pension scheme ( SERPS ) via personal pensions has produced results way beyond expectations . |
| 30 | Now the company want permission to work up to 20 Sundays in any year from 7.30am until 4.30pm . |