Example sentences of "[vb infin] a [noun sg] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Proposal goes on to require that a public company with 1,000 or more employees ( including employees of subsidiaries ) within the Community must install a system of employee participation . |
| 2 | Indeed for those insiders living in Cheater 's metaphorical front room — such as in the police — the need to obscure and seek a degree of anonymity from the analytic gaze can be described as a major principle in the preservation of power , ranking highly in the structures of significance . |
| 3 | Whatever a student 's course , employers will seek a combination of intellect , relevant abilities and personal qualities developed through the rigour of academic study and the prudent use of leisure time and vacations . |
| 4 | And then while I was there she was eating a bit of chocolate cake , I mean she 's right in the kitchen , she come back in and said oh my god , I said what , she said I 've never seen anybody pinch a bit of chocolate cake , on a plate as fast in all my life , Ben did n't want it so she whipped his an' all like . |
| 5 | Just got ta tie a bit of wood on the end of that bit where it 's rotted . |
| 6 | ‘ It would need a change of culture compared with the last 13 years , ’ said one senior civil servant . |
| 7 | Clamping down on the professional foul does not need a change of law , simply a change of emphasis by referees . |
| 8 | You may need a change of Pill . |
| 9 | Do you need a drink of water or anything ? |
| 10 | They do n't need a bottle of Scotch a day and new silk scarves every week . ’ |
| 11 | Just as , say , medievalists must have a good working knowledge of Latin and be skilled palaeographers future historians will need a range of IT skills . |
| 12 | Another job for Seddon and the Yard — and it will need a bit of cooperation from the G.P.O. That can be arranged without much difficulty . |
| 13 | ‘ If she comes 'ome Maggie 'll need a bit of warmth . ’ |
| 14 | The law may need a bit of help round the edges but that is absolutely essential . |
| 15 | I may need a bit of help . |
| 16 | Did he need a bit of help with his I mean a lot of them did made them that sort of I just found a lot of was so so behind and so |
| 17 | She knows that I have arthritis and if I do need a bit of support , Clare 's always there , unobtrusively , to give me a hand . |
| 18 | But I thought Ian might need a bit of support when he gets out . ’ |
| 19 | Eventually , I rang the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital and said I 'd got this botfly and really did need a bit of surgery , and they said ‘ Come along today . ’ |
| 20 | He 'll need a bit of physio to sort that out when the cast comes off , but the chest drain was out after a couple of days , and his lung 's working well . ’ |
| 21 | I mean it is , it is ridiculous because we 've had that November party down there , and if it does need a bit of planning , you just put the heat on a bit early anyway |
| 22 | You will need a strip of paper to equal this length by at least the desired depth of your pelmet . |
| 23 | That is , we may find that we do need a flow of information through the backwards pruning decision points , that we need information about seem/seam to make a decision about so/sew . |
| 24 | But these critics do not always ask themselves whether any society does not need a degree of unity in order to be a society at all , or how much diversity even a liberal society can tolerate without falling apart . |
| 25 | But just because you do n't need a certificate of competence does n't mean you 'll get a licence even if you have one . |
| 26 | You 'll also need a quantity of bitumen emulsion for use as a tack coat over the existing surface . |
| 27 | You will need a selection of twist drills for the former , and wood bits in various sizes and patterns for the latter . |
| 28 | ‘ Well I should need a sort of chaperon in any case , I suppose . |
| 29 | And you 'll er you 'll need a piece of paper . |
| 30 | Pages forty six and forty seven and you 'll need a piece of paper to do the work on . |