Example sentences of "[noun pl] [to-vb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In my experience the most effective way to resist his attempts to snag you is to heave at him with as much side-strain as your tackle strength will allow . |
| 2 | Suffice to say , whether Boogie , Bop or simply Blues , this set of Brothers , whatever they once were before they fell out and dispatched solicitors to sue their siblings , will be wearing dark glasses , pork pie hats , black side-burns and will be playing Stax/Atlantic type material . |
| 3 | This led the Germans to emphasise their strengths in things other than politics , especially culture ( during the first half of the 19th century ) and industry ( during the second half ) , using these to build the German nation . |
| 4 | Supporters of a no-confidence referendum had gathered 440,000 signatures to support their demand . |
| 5 | The chief purpose of the chapter is to outline how the two opposing groups in Ireland developed their dominant beliefs in the context of the new states of Ireland , and moulded the states to support them , strengthening antagonisms between the two groups . |
| 6 | He said he only needed to do two or three locums at these school clinics to see him round the other half of the world and he went off . |
| 7 | They chronicle current attempts to continue what they see as an amoral practice . |
| 8 | Wilful and wasteful of such innocent , joyful music , Mordkovitch wrenched at the tempi , disregarded the dynamics and , showing a wanton unfeelingness for the orchestra 's commendable attempts to accommodate her in a notey accompaniment , trailed Yuasa reeling in her wake . |
| 9 | The case could interfere with Annie Murphy 's plans to promote her book ‘ Forbidden Fruit ’ , which gives intimate details about her affair with the bishop . |
| 10 | * Uganda has announced plans to promote its small population of mountain gorillas as a tourist attraction . |
| 11 | Prague , Budapest and Berlin Various combinations by air or coach with special arrangements in all the countries concerned for student or older groups to plan their own programmes ( min 10 ) . |
| 12 | Greenpeace has criticised ICI 's plans for not revealing exactly how much pollution and waste each plant produced in order to enable environmental groups to monitor its progress in reducing them . |
| 13 | She had the sad and deflated appearance of somebody who had once lived life to the full but now had only the memories of such times to sustain her — like a galleon whose sails sag limply round the masts where once they have billowed majestically . |
| 14 | A few deep breaths to steady his racing pulse , and he was ready . |
| 15 | During the development of modern phonetics in the present century it was for a long time hoped that scientific study of intonation would make it possible to state what the function of each different aspect of intonation was , and that foreign learners could then be taught rules to enable them to use intonation in the way that native speakers use it . |
| 16 | So now he walked , still angry with them , but glad to be away , glad to have salvaged something from yet another of their attempts to grind him down . |
| 17 | They refused to leave on request and attempts to eject them failed on account of the sudden arrival of reinforcements from the local station . |
| 18 | The Pyramid Texts are concerned with the eternal life of the god-king and with the necessary rituals to enable him to join the gods and to travel in the boat of Re . |
| 19 | It was an age in which all classes of society were expanding , in which men from every walk of life who enjoyed adventure and travel could find new opportunities as merchants to invest their talents at a large rate of interest . |
| 20 | How many uplifts should I use , and do I need special adaptors to connect them to the filter ? |
| 21 | On the other hand if you 've important business or vital meetings to attend you will be in for a tough time . |
| 22 | The 1977 white paper , Policy for the Inner Cities ( HMSO , 1977 ) , argued that additional powers should be granted to local authorities to enable them to assist industry . |
| 23 | There is no shortage of advice available to local authorities to enable them to decide whether , in uncertain circumstances , it is politic for them to seek to start proceedings , whether criminal or civil . |
| 24 | The hon. Gentleman will know that we have recently announced a £10 million programme to provide grants to local authorities to enable them to give priority to buses through the construction of bus lanes and by giving priority to buses at traffic lights . |
| 25 | They have only to look south of the border at some of the experiences of their former workmates within public sector bus operations to see what the alternative propositions might be . |
| 26 | It was from a corner that Malcolm Allen headed the second after 18 minutes to claim his eighth of the season before Andy May volleyed the third from the edge of the box against his former club . |
| 27 | But whatever it was , he did n't think twice about sending his heavies to see me . |
| 28 | You have to get people out from behind their desks to see them clearly . |
| 29 | there is a serious side to community education and it is highly political in nature , that it should be directed towards equalising political power at local level , that communities should be learning skills to enable them to work with , and if necessary to confront local bureaucracy . |
| 30 | Effective Project Management — an intensive five-day residential course for executives needing professional management skills to enable them to meet their objectives successfully . |