Example sentences of "[noun prp] [v-ing] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Poor Law was the most comprehensive official source for the relief of poverty , administered in England and Wales as laid down by the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 and a succession of later amendments , in Scotland and Ireland according to different statutes and rather different principles . |
| 2 | At the same meeting at which the Vial memorandum was read , on 6 September 1791 , a letter to the secretary from Messrs Kirkman and Hendy ( who were present ) was produced : ‘ Sir , In consequence of your Advertisement we beg leave to inform you , that we have contracted with Lord Camden for about 100 acres of building land , near [ Old ] St Pancras Church , abutting on the Turnpike Road leading to Kentish Town , which is intended to be called Camden Town conceiving the situation eligible for your truly valuable Institution we request you will lay this our proposal before the Society — We hold this Land under his Lordship for 99 years from Michaelmas last , the three first subject to no Ground Rent , our proposal is , that Lord Camden does and he will under our direction grant the Society a lease for 99 years from that time , the three first subject to no rent but for the remainder of the term an Annual Rent of thirty pounds per acre , should this proposal meet with approbation , the Society have only to direct their Surveyor to make out any quantity of land and in what position they conceive will best answer their purpose ’ . |
| 3 | The uncertainty in the foreign exchange markets also affected stock markets , with share values in London , Paris , Frankfurt and Milan falling to new lows for the year and New York also down . |
| 4 | With stories swirling and strengthening about a clutch of leading shares and Wall Street striding to new peaks , the index was down only 4.1 points at the close . |
| 5 | In Trinidad meanwhile , Eric Williams ' fears about the West Indies succumbing to American imperialism had to some extent been realised . |
| 6 | The Yardbirds performing to catatonic Chelsea mods in Blow up |
| 7 | The most likely cause of any errors at this stage are due to an incorrectly specified package name or DC , or because the DCs relating to other modules are not in the correct ( AGREED ) state . |
| 8 | strait talking Mark Knopfler Talking to Dire Straits ' frontman backstage at one of the band 's £150,000 per day tour dates , Bob Hewitt mused that when Guitaristlast spoke to Mr.Knopfler six years ago , further outings on the scale of ‘ Brothers In Arms ’ seemed unthinkable . |
| 9 | There are seven private hospitals in Lesotho belonging to different organisations/churches . |
| 10 | A sphere is used because the surface of Venus corresponding to hydrostatic equilibrium is very nearly spherical ( section 3.3.1 ) . |
| 11 | THE Squidgy tape of Princess Diana talking to close friend James Gilbey was repeatedly broadcast to guarantee it would be intercepted by radio snoops , an investigation by intelligence services has discovered . |
| 12 | Ordered , That , at the sitting on Tuesday 4th February , the Motions in the name of Mr Francis Maude relating to Supplementary Estimates 1991-92 and Estimates 1992-93 ( Vote on Account ) may be proceeded with , though opposed , until half-past Eleven o'clock or for one and a half hours after the first of them has been entered upon , whichever is the later , at which time Mr. Speaker shall put the Questions necessary to dispose of them . |
| 13 | Following those frustrations , Dettori only narrowly avoided a final disaster when jockeys ' planes were unable to take off from Newmarket owing to high winds . |
| 14 | The symbolism of Ron Todd succumbing to superior card power , and pointedly declining to fight , fight and fight again , is electorally helpful but not enough to dispel the persisting impression that Labour is not quite serious about defence . |