Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [to-vb] [adv] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | For further information on the medical centres and the Menopause Clinic , which offers women the opportunity to consult confidentially with a specialist gynaecologist , contact PPP on 071–637 8941 . |
| 2 | Many labour-only subcontractors have grasped the opportunity to expand initially to a labour and material sub-contractor and subsequently to a general contractor . |
| 3 | As this is ’ Youth and Parliament ’ day , led by the British Youth Council , would my right hon. Friend recognise the importance of investing in the young , overcoming unnecessary disadvantages such as handicap , and giving them the opportunity to contribute fully to a better future for the country ? |
| 4 | The jeep driver was pleased at the opportunity to get away for a few hours and we set off about 3 p.m. , arriving in the area of the Highland Division a short time later , after following their divisional signs along the country lanes . |
| 5 | One reason there is so little change in most traditional bureaucratic organizations , I argue , is that they have conditioned out of people the willingness to stand up for a new idea . |
| 6 | How can a series of fixed instructions cause the computer to come up with a random sequence of results ? |
| 7 | This was a lone voice but his view reflects the sort of pressure which compels the taxpayer to pay even on an unlawful demand by the revenue . |
| 8 | The referee was weak and allowed the Russians to get away with a few naughty episodes but to be honest Liverpool were n't that far behind . |
| 9 | The monetary role enabled the coin to function properly as a coin by ensuring that it circulated smoothly and without interruption . |
| 10 | LISTREL will then prompt the user to enter up to a maximum of 32 valid charge codes which are to be included in the Listing . |
| 11 | Whether it would be appropriate for the employee to return initially on a part time basis ; |
| 12 | The flow of adrenalin can help the mind to react quickly in a given situation . |
| 13 | In executing this blocking movement , it is essential that all the weight be concentrated on the rear leg , allowing the defender to spring forward in a tiger stance , with his whole body weight behind him , if the warding and grabbing movement fails or is countered . |
| 14 | Nor could I believe that it was the intention to bring in at a single stroke a charge to tax that would be calculated to interrupt the education and expectations of so many parents and children , for it is surely common knowledge that the provision of free or subsidised education for the children of those teaching in independent schools was part of their usual terms of employment and that the salaries paid would be wholly insufficient to meet a charge to tax based on the full fees of the school . |
| 15 | The cheapest and most practical method was for the shikari to sit out over a tethered bait in a tree hide or machan waiting for the tiger to appear . |
| 16 | It was the practice to walk out of a Sunday with the braided leather belt showing just below your waistcoat . |
| 17 | It will be up to the SMMB to come up with a scheme that is acceptable to them . ’ |
| 18 | This in turn causes the protein to fold up in an incorrect way , which results in the haemoglobin molecules sticking to each other . |
| 19 | He became lost in one of his dour moods so I let him be and went to the window to stare out at a dairy maid carrying pitchers of milk between the barns and the kitchen . |
| 20 | SHe had been impressed with how Tammuz had adjusted the machine to behave just like a real counter-girl . |
| 21 | The news caused the dollar to fall almost to an all-time low against the German mark on European money markets , on Feb. 4 dropping to US$1.00=DM1.4455 . |
| 22 | Threatened with the loss of the field , it found a local landowner who was willing to give land just outside the village to build on in a ‘ land swap ’ and approached the council . |
| 23 | If you want the motif to come out as a mirror image of the graph , keep the graph the right way up and start knitting from row 1 at the bottom of the sheet . |
| 24 | In Europe we have to strike a balance between the needs of the audience in the hall and the requirement to communicate effectively to a far larger audience through television . |
| 25 | But the defendants claimed they were just using the boards to shelter behind on a windy day , while they had a cup of tea . |
| 26 | It was in any case only to be expected that a serious move by the Community to advance further through a reduction of national sovereignty and freedom to act independently would generate a nationalist opposition . |
| 27 | Calm down , an inner voice cautioned , as she stalked across the room to sit exhaustedly on a striped upholstered stool by a mirrored dressing-table . |
| 28 | ‘ Two n't hurt the lad to help once in a while . |
| 29 | Sew a ring in the centre of the band to slip on to a cup hook . |
| 30 | At £17.50 a ticket , I expected the band to come on for a bit longer or were they all dashing off to see Lady Chatterley too ? |