Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although working people are now more likely to be contributing to an occupational or personal pension , even in future years not all people will have been able to accumulate sufficient provision to support themselves in retirement — for example those people who have not worked for many years because they were unemployed or disabled or caring for relatives . |
| 2 | Capital provision to support these two areas is scarce and the 1990s are going to test even the most supportive administrations to meet urgent demands for library extensions and preservation/substitution programmes , neither of which has been an established part of institutional budget planning , nor likely to receive much more than sympathy from the funding councils , except perhaps in cases where enormous growth in student numbers have caused such pressures on space . |
| 3 | Yet Erhard 's honest , calm , and fair-minded character reflected a lack of political acumen and an inability to wield authority which won him the nickname of ‘ the Rubber Lion ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ We have a real chance in the lifetime of the next parliament to see an end to the hunting of live animals with dogs for fun . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I will want Parliament to see the report the Government has got . |
| 6 | The wording is very clear and in view of the dicta in the Vestey decision and the major shift in the approach to be adopted to that section — restricting the same to the settlor and his spouse and taking into account the provisions of TA 1988 , s740 — it is felt that the Revenue will have to concede this point unless they change the law ( in which case one would have to watch very carefully what was said in Parliament to see how the change is to have effect ! ) . |
| 7 | One who deviates so manifestly from these rules as to drive recklessly ought to realize — because the driving test requires a driver to realize — that there is a considerable risk of an accident . |
| 8 | Some analysts were gloomily looking to the FT-SE 100 index to fall below the 2,200 level if the 15 per cent base rate is maintained for any length of time . |
| 9 | He had obviously not allowed his degree course to affect his view of what was and was not possible in the physical world . |
| 10 | Misconduct case GP to appeal |
| 11 | It seemed to Elizabeth that it took people half an hour to greet each other each day . |
| 12 | British Telecommunications Plc 's formal application to the US Federal Communications Commission for permission to resell international private line services and offer switched services is now under review , and approval would enable the UK company to provide International Virtual Network services in the US . |
| 13 | It took me about quarter of an hour to sort it all out , and then she asked what train and said she 'd get her mum to agree to ‘ take in this ‘ Vern ’ or whatever his name is ’ and meet us at the station . |
| 14 | The circular makes clear that a decision to implement the contingency plans would be ‘ subject to collective ministerial authority ’ . |
| 15 | Established internationals Gord MacKinnon and Pat Palmer represented the national team squad at the CRU 's recent three day planning meeting in Vancouver and were most supportive of a decision to implement fitness testing for all the country 's top players as an ongoing requirement . |
| 16 | This led to battles with senior management who questioned the status of the policy decision to implement the new system . |
| 17 | Indeed , this benefit has been the over-riding consideration for at least one major corporate in its decision to implement a joint PC and Macintosh strategy . |
| 18 | Further , the decision to implement criminal law legislation did not originate with the state in the narrow sense at all , but with purity and feminist groups who were increasingly taking the lead in sexual politics . |
| 19 | Two scrutinies , in particular , were crucially important : the first in 1979 led to the decision to implement a management information system for ministers ( MINIS ) in the Department of the Environment ( DOE ) . |
| 20 | There was substantial agreement on changing policies on South Africa , which I much welcome , and there was a warm welcome for our decision to implement the Trinidad terms arrangement , which , if fully implemented by every member , will relieve the poorest countries in the world of $17,000 million of debt . |
| 21 | If the Arbitration Commission expresses a negative view about any one of the republics , there is no collective decision to implement , and countries will be able to make their own assessment . |
| 22 | The most significant breakthrough in this respect was the decision to implement a common tariff on imports from January 1991 , in order to facilitate the eventual removal of all barriers to intra-community trade . |
| 23 | Prime Minister V. P. Singh 's decision to implement the reservation scheme generated widespread civil disorder throughout northern India , and his determination to go ahead with the plan despite the unrest was a major political gamble . |
| 24 | The government had announced in early August its decision to implement the Commission 's recommendations to reserve 27 per cent of public-sector jobs for members of the lower castes , a decision which had resulted in widespread civil disorder and had exacerbated the already tense political situation [ see pp. 37653 ; 37710-11 ] . |
| 25 | This criticism was also echoed by Dr Mudthir El Tinquawi the former director of Khartoum University who accused the Government of making a political decision to implement the concept of ‘ arabisation ’ in the country 's universities , while failing to provide financial support . |
| 26 | For that end , for that end , you people over there , who took a decision to implement Local Management at the earliest possible time , regardless of the state of preparation of each particular school , regardless of the resources of staff and equipment and , if that was not enough , you also introduced a cut of thirteen million pounds in education funding . |
| 27 | However , while the growth of the international financial system would seem to imply the need for increasingly centralised decision-making , individual countries were unlikely to be willing to relinquish the freedom to conduct their own economic affairs for the sake of the greater international good . |
| 28 | Athena is part of the Pentos Group which also owns Ryman and the Dillons bookshop chain and it has a substantial organisation which goes into play to support new franchisees . |
| 29 | But Croat and Slovene leaders have reiterated their willingness to sit down with the Serbs and others to work out how Yugoslavia could be turned into a body not unlike the European Community . |
| 30 | But the highest value was put on just being there , the willingness to sit by a bedside and to do more listening than talking , the patience with inconsistencies and sudden reversals of mood and the readiness to come back , week after week . |