Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the same there is a strong argument that low investment in the British economy is not just a matter of funds being unavailable ; there is a reluctance to borrow for investment purposes on the part of many enterprises . |
| 2 | Perhaps the best part of the 10 day tournament for brothers Cliff and Butch Buchholz , who run the Key Biscayne event , was the decision by Lipton to remain as title sponsors after all , having originally said they would only be a secondary supporter in future years . |
| 3 | Just as great family bibles were used to record births and other family events , so the Dukes used the Dictionary to preserve for posterity dates of important plantings at Goodwood . |
| 4 | 9 A late evening walk to search for glow worms in Folkestone . |
| 5 | The Official Solicitor is available to give advice to guardians ad litem involved in High Court proceedings and may be asked by the court to instruct counsel to appear as amicus curiae in any proceedings under the Act which give rise to an issue of general public importance . |
| 6 | The warring groups in the Bosnian crisis are to meet for peace talks in Sarajevo next week . |
| 7 | This led the government , in the words of one senior manager , repeatedly to ‘ move the goalposts ’ , in other words to change the criteria that BR had to meet for electrification schemes to be approved . |
| 8 | Nonetheless , many employers wish to concentrate for redundancy purposes upon only a particular segment of the work-force . |
| 9 | Workers who can be exposed to excessively cold weather conditions have not only to know about survival measures during over-exposure , but be able and willing to carry them out . |
| 10 | Been in combat long enough to know about fall-back positions in case things go wrong . ’ |
| 11 | These journalists probably wo n't be able to write about Christmas cards in their columns but they will be interested in the current range of fun notelets and notepaper . |
| 12 | In addition to their dismissals the JLP 's standing committee ruled that the five would not be allowed to stand as party candidates in any future election . |
| 13 | While unable to comment about launch details on the eve of reporting its financial results , Forte says the marketing campaign will include national advertising through to direct mail to ‘ present selections of hotels from the collection to segmented groups in the leisure and business markets ’ . |
| 14 | A police search is under way for a businessman accused of attempting to export a military camera to the Soviet Union after he failed to appear for committal proceedings at Rugby Magistrates Court . |
| 15 | Mr Altman has worked out what yield spreads above those on Treasuries would be needed to compensate for default rates at current levels . |
| 16 | Furthermore , preparation of students to work as church musicians without regard to their religious convictions can lead to confusion or insincerity . |
| 17 | Still hats off to the both of them for agreeing to work as shop assistants for the day to raise money for AIDS charity , the Terrence Higgins Trust . |
| 18 | This is because wires used in practice ( e.g. copper ) are non-magnetic : we do n't need to worry about boundary conditions at all . |
| 19 | Iran wished all this to come under quadripartite negotiations between Iran , Pakistan , the Afghan mujahadin and the USSR . |
| 20 | Andrew and Wendy plan to work with drug addicts in Hong Kong and they will soon embark on a two-month trial period . |
| 21 | It 's certainly possible to work with drama students in this way , although it 's very important to be fair and clear about what you 're asking them to do . |
| 22 | It is not possible to indicate with confidence areas of former woodland , although some of the steep wooded bluffs along the river may have been so used , and there are no upland areas of permanent rough pasture . |
| 23 | God help the feller who turns up at the factory to work in silk knickers under his overalls , but at Christmas , of course , on a stage , of course , it 's all perfectly all right . |
| 24 | In another study , researchers have said that premature babies are more likely to suffer from breathing difficulties in childhood than youngsters born after a full-term pregnancy . |
| 25 | The scientists warn that the area is likely to suffer from dust storms of increasing frequency and intensity , while advancing sand dunes could threaten to overwhelm airstrips , roads , and built-up areas between Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates . |
| 26 | Most of the waste is believed to come from fishing fleets in the Southern Ocean , in waters outside the Antarctic Treaty zone . |
| 27 | I ate in 1929 , the fleet name ‘ SouthmeT ’ began to appear in gold letters on the waist panel . |
| 28 | In pantomime or musical comedy they might also be required to appear in production numbers with the rest of the company but true chorus dancers were always kept in the background . |
| 29 | They would like to write to Brownie pen-pals in Britain . |
| 30 | Experiments show that bees can be trained to come to sugar solutions in response to an artificial magnetic field . |