Example sentences of "an [noun sg] [verb] [noun] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is an election to return representatives to the Parliament of the United Kingdom . |
| 2 | It is important that every student makes a written application for an award to cover fees to the appropriate education authority within the period specified in the Awards Regulations . |
| 3 | A joint venture between Crediton and Exeter , which gave many people an opportunity to put faces to the voices and the evening was thoroughly enjoyed by everyone . |
| 4 | Our only worry is that this re-organisation might be used as an opportunity to cut funds to the police . |
| 5 | The key features review provides MAS with an opportunity to add value to the purchaser 's acquisition plans by identifying factors that give grounds for the purchaser to reduce both his and the vendors ' price expectations and by suggesting pragmatic solutions , based on experience , that enable the deal to proceed without leaving either side overly exposed . |
| 6 | In particular , the first theory fails to encompass examples of consideration in unilateral contracts , where there is no agreement but simply an offer which is contingent upon the performance of an action involving detriment to the promisee . |
| 7 | Sadly , many an organist falls prey to the ponderous and unrhythmic playing which is invited by the instrument 's ability to sustain a note for as long as the key is depressed , with results which may be sentimental or lugubrious . |
| 8 | But the Hilder revealed itself , running down like a tinsel thread , crossed at one point by stepping stones , at another by the massive stone pillars that once had supported an aqueduct bringing water to the buildings of the Goughdale Mine . |
| 9 | It provided for nationalization of forests , the sale of some state-owned industries to provide money for agricultural development , some worker participation in prophet sharing , revision of electoral laws ( including significant rights for women ) , the formation of a Literacy Corps in an attempt to take education to the countryside and . |
| 10 | In autumn 1940 Japan moved into northern French Indo-China in an attempt to restrict supplies to the Chinese , and as a preliminary to creating a Japanese-controlled zone in Southeast Asia . |
| 11 | In an attempt to do justice to the complexity of opinions , the research comprises three parts : a national attitude survey , to determine the structure of attitudes at one point in time ; follow-up interviews with a small number of respondents to the national survey , in which the experience of using various welfare services is being explored in detail ; and the re-analysis of information from previous surveys on similar topics , to see whether attitudes have changed much in recent years . |
| 12 | He was accorded this title in March at a meeting in Islamabad of nine warring factions called by Pakistan in an attempt to bring peace to the country . |
| 13 | Tony Benn , Ken Livingstone and Dennis Skinner , Labour chairman , joined in an attempt to rally opposition to the review at a pre-conference fringe meeting . |
| 14 | Since a Convention rule covering an issue displaces the need for resort to the conflicts of laws whilst the non-coverage of an issue necessitates recourse to the applicable law as determined by the conflicts rules of the forum , it may become necessary to decide whether an issue on which the Convention contains no express provision is covered by implication , applying any canons of interpretation laid down by the Convention itself , and if not , whether recourse is to be had to general conflict-of-laws rules or to any particular conflict rules laid down by the Convention . |
| 15 | Local enterprise agencies , the West Belfast Enterprise Board , LEDU and IDB , were all participating in the creation of an infrastructure to attract firms to the area , but no organisation was working with and for the adult community in West Belfast . |
| 16 | On that principle , it seems correct that an amendment to extend controls to the contents of magazines should be added to the Indecent Displays ( Control ) Act , section 1(5) of which was drafted so as to exclude from ‘ displayed matter ’ caught by the test ‘ any part of that matter which is not exposed to view ’ . |
| 17 | The British sailed up and down the river , trying to find an opening to land troops to the west of the city , and in September they were successful . |
| 18 | The original justification for the special position of statutory undertakers was that they are under an obligation to provide services to the public and could not , like a private firm in planning difficulties , go elsewhere . |
| 19 | In Britain , while the ability of an MP to gain access to the bureaucracy and publicity for a cause may amount to some protection for the public , it is hardly adequate , given the size of the bureaucracy and the number of MPs . |
| 20 | To develop more positive images of ageing in this way is not a contrived attempt to pursue attitudes which are unreal , but an effort to seek redress to the current imbalance created by ageism . |
| 21 | In an effort to bring peace to the island , PNG held talks with the rebels last August on board a New Zealand warship moored off Bougainville . |
| 22 | This amnesty was part of an agreement made by Nicaragua with four other Central American countries in an effort to bring peace to the region . |
| 23 | An intent to cause injury by shock is sufficient and apparently means the same as an intent to cause injury to the person ( R v Rapier [ 1980 ] Crim LR 48 ) . |
| 24 | The relevant statute empowered the minister to set up such a committee but in this case he refused to do so on the ground that the complaint was unsuitable for investigation because it raised wide issues ; that if the committee upheld the complaint he would be expected to make an order to give effect to the committee 's recommendations ; and that the complaint should be dealt with by the Board rather than by the committee of investigation . |
| 25 | Provost John Cunningham admitted that Main had not possessed a commission as watchman and was indeed an extraordinary officer employed only when there was work for him to perform , but there seems little reason to doubt that Main 's removal was intended to serve the political interest of the Haldanes , for his removal was not an isolated case , and , moreover , when the Hamilton salt works resumed operations the excise supervisors did not in fact restore Main to his old post , but appointed an individual named Curinan to the vacancy . |
| 26 | Most Italian goods were transported by road , and Austria accused Italy of failing to comply with an agreement to transfer freight to the railways . |