Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [noun pl] [to-vb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The dinner was a pleasant opportunity for members to catch up with each other 's news . |
| 2 | Roger Green and Peter Katin gave delightful concerts to demonstrate the new instrument which provided an opportunity for graduates to come back to the University , meet old friends again and raise funds for the Foundation . |
| 3 | In education , although legislation promises increased power to parents and the opportunity for schools to opt out of local education authorities , it also promises a greater power for head teachers and , in the case of City Technology Colleges , a greater direct input from industry . |
| 4 | Most teacher-training programmes include provision for trainees to sit in with other teachers so that they get some experience of the environment they will work in . |
| 5 | This is a challenge of course for publishers to keep up with . |
| 6 | Then she sighed and squeezed in by the side of the chest of drawers to look out of the window , scratching away with her finger nail at the film of grease on the pane . |
| 7 | A general tradition in a neighbourhood that children leave school as soon as possible affects the decision of individuals to stay on at school beyond the compulsory school leaving age ; and so on . |
| 8 | without prejudice correspondence was admissible for the determination of applications to strike out for want of prosecution . |
| 9 | It would be much more constructive for a consortium of donors to sit down with governments and review their need for aid finance over , say , the next three-year period . |
| 10 | One of the runners rushed into work on Saturdays to help out with the vast backlog of administrative chores on the understanding this might help his promotion prospects . |
| 11 | He continues the list of what can be seen , using run on lines to build up to the climax : |
| 12 | No point could be served by preserving ‘ bourgeois ’ freedoms or accountability mechanisms , nor was there any need for socialists to work out in detail how their post-revolutionary state could be run . |
| 13 | She drew comparisons between the present crisis concerning Iraq 's invasion of Kuwait and the experience of 1938 , declaring that " Czechoslovakia of all countries needs no reminding of the need for nations to stand up to bullies and do so at once " . |
| 14 | The pretty garden has fine views ( particularly towards the Pennine Way ) , a table and chairs for guests , and enough room for dogs to run around in . |
| 15 | When we come to deal with infant baptism we take the view that the failure of parents to measure up to certain standards is to be allowed to stand in the way of the grace of God being available for their children . |
| 16 | Lisa nodded , carefully scooping up armful of bouquets to carry out to the van . |
| 17 | A north Oxfordshire racehorse trainer has dismissed calls for tighter security at courses to crack down on race fixing . |
| 18 | No matter how it started over the summer , there has been no shortage of things to bang on about . |
| 19 | The announcement is a gentle nudge to developers to move over to the new version of Solaris . |
| 20 | It 's a very difficult name at times to live up to I 'm sure because the word Hugh literally means mind or soul and it is important that we seek indeed to live up to what our names mean . |
| 21 | Alternatively , and in the long term , plan building in cities to cut down on travel overall . |
| 22 | The professor said that the plans , which will not involve incineration , followed the region 's appointment of consultants to come up with the best environmental option for the disposal of the region 's sewage sludge without excessive cost . |
| 23 | His intention is to form a complete collection , covering the whole of his working life , so that he will have a real store of memories to look back upon in his old age . |
| 24 | It reads like a confirmation present specially written by a malicious , rakehell uncle for a serious-minded adolescent with ambitions to get on in society . |
| 25 | Dr Nigel Cox , who gave the terminally ill woman a lethal injection , has accepted an offer from bosses to go back under supervision . |
| 26 | Er Tom has also asked for twenty tonne of anutrients to go up to . |
| 27 | I know in , was it eighty-nine , there was a fashion Yves St Laurent put , putting , was putting out a fashion for women to walk around with one breast bared , now in Oxford I just saw nobody dressed like that ! |
| 28 | Send the form to your local social security office , and you 'll be sent claim form BW 1 to be completed in order to receive the book of orders to cash in for the widow 's allowance . |
| 29 | That gave it a high spot on her list of things to put out of commission . |
| 30 | He would have liked to have stayed and pried further , but he had a list of figures to telex up to New York , and as usual Stephen wanted them instantly . |