Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Change the patient 's position two hourly to encourage secretions to drain from the chest and to relieve pressure on the chest wall . |
| 2 | You might expect Ashley Newton to agree with Clarke . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | They were expected to take about twenty minutes to sink to the bottom . |
| 5 | After I was at court I had to go back to Low Newton to wait for a few weeks before I could go to Styal prison . |
| 6 | Fat chance of that , or of persuading Jessica to go with her to Aunt Jane 's in Port Erin . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | What you need is the willingness to sit with yourself and discover this . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | There never were 6,000 knights in England ; and it was rare in the twelfth century for more than a thousand knights to gather in answer to a feudal summons . |
| 11 | It might strengthen my case to appeal to apparently neutral , non-political standards but I do not suppose that I would be saying anything useful about the nature of cognition . |
| 12 | But Laird 's trade unionists are still bitter about the council 's decision to object to the proposed Point of Ayr gas terminal the development that could offer a lifeline to the yard if it wins approval . |
| 13 | As Mr Hart himself asked in a letter to The Times : ‘ In the face of so pellucid a Parliamentary intention , how was it that the Revenue not only thought it worth while to try it on , but actually found two courts to agree with it ? ’ |
| 14 | Whatever the need for honesty , there is little point , and usually no advantage , in allowing discussions to continue on the basis of anger or mutual recrimination . |
| 15 | The development of NVQs and SVQs is underpinned by the assumption that in order for Britain to maintain and enhance its economic position in an increasingly competitive market it requires a more qualified , skilled , flexible and adaptable workforce capable of acquiring the competences to cope with changing technology and methods of work . |
| 16 | Since May 1977 Labour no longer had an overall majority in the House of Commons , depending on Liberal or Nationalist support to remain in office . |
| 17 | After 20 years ' service the almost total entitlement to remain on full pay , albeit suspended from duty , until the age of 65 . |
| 18 | This is reminiscent of the hypothetical primal horde where the tribal father kept the women to himself and allowed the sons to remain in the family on sufferance ’ |
| 19 | " It is a weird experience to drive along the shore road from Bridgend on a night of pitiless rain , and see the heavy mists broken every now and then by the far reaching flash of the Portnahaven lighthouse . |
| 20 | Mount Charlotte Investments , the hotel group , offers the opportunity to invest in a stockbroker . |
| 21 | Passion offers schools , colleges and community venues the opportunity to invest in a vast wealth of information about our work during the 80 's and then draw from that information in a more creative and challenging way . |
| 22 | Tonics , restoratives and health remedies provide an opportunity to invest in the non-toxic remedies of the future . |
| 23 | I hope that all hon. Members representing Northern Ireland will take the opportunity to invest in the economic future of the Province . |
| 24 | Without prior purchase there was little opportunity to invest in land , except for those " professionals " tapping its rising value indirectly through offering mortgages . |
| 25 | What the trust offered was the opportunity to invest in interest-bearing mortgages . |
| 26 | I suppose it will be said that it is the height of romanticism to cling to the idea that universities can remain largely publicly funded and that students will not inevitably have to pay fees . |
| 27 | So now you want a bulb to go in there now . |
| 28 | Paging from Vodapage gives busy people like you the freedom to go about your business and get the message . |
| 29 | That 's that remains our intention , we would n't want this article fourteen direction to remain in force indefinitely , even though g the G D O said that we can do that . |
| 30 | This , it was argued , amounted to ‘ service abroad ’ ; any other view would infringe the right of other Contracting States to object to certain modes of service , such as Germany 's objection to the use of registered mail ; would circumvent the translation requirements existing under the Convention ; and would deprive defendants of the guarantees in Articles 15 and 16 . |