Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , he went on to say that the acceptance of the existence of Communist China did not mean that Taiwan had abandoned its " one-China policy " and that the country was prepared to wait for a positive response to its proposals for unification on the basis of liberal democratic policies . |
| 2 | support a continued moratorium on hunting the great whales , and push for a similar body to the International Whaling Commission to take responsibility for the 66 small cetaceans currently unprotected |
| 3 | POOR U.S. unemployment figures plus big falls by Wellcome and BAT sent shares tumbling for a dismal end to the week . |
| 4 | Washington had first seen the attractions of open land when working as a surveyor along a line running north-west to the Ohio valley and Lake Erie , and he could reckon that his survey was not going to remain as a simple tribute to the government 's desire for information . |
| 5 | I suppose that this is a small matter to mention , but allowing for a slight extension to the 24 hours of the second day , the negotiation was completed more or less in the time allotted — a remarkable feat and a testimony to the profound drafting and negotiating skills of many of the member states and many of the governmental teams . |
| 6 | Already television consultants , Judge Marketing have arranged for a special camera to be set up on board British Steel Challenge . |
| 7 | Keegan , who guided United to the First Division in the twilight of his playing career , has put the terms he 'd want for a three-year contract to Sir John and his fellow directors . |
| 8 | Keegan , who guided United to the First Division in the twilight of his playing career , has put the terms he 'd want for a three-year contract to Sir John and his fellow directors . |
| 9 | The growing barbarization of the war , especially following the invasion of the Soviet Union , led to an increasing dehumanization of the abstract image of the ‘ Jew ’ and a corresponding ‘ internalization ’ of the justification of the need to search for a radical solution to the ‘ Jewish Question ’ . |
| 10 | On coming to power in Tbilisi , the new military council expressed its readiness to search for a negotiated solution to the problems in South Ossetia and , as a gesture of goodwill , on Jan. 7 released the Ossetian leader Torez Kolumbegov who had been held since January 1991 [ see pp. 37971 ; 38014 ] . |
| 11 | In A.D. 609 the temple was re-dedicated as a Christian Church to the Madonna and All Martyrs . |
| 12 | He also asked for a similar offence to be taken into consideration . |
| 13 | They asked for a multi-agency conference to be convened , involving the Social Work Department , teachers , doctors and health visitors . |
| 14 | Nkrumah now asked for a constitutional adviser to be sent from England . |
| 15 | What follows is intended as a brief guide to the principles and practice of note-making . |
| 16 | Q Magazine has been redesigned as a direct response to the two main concerns expressed by readers in the survey carried out after issue number 4 . |
| 17 | A canal had been dug by French prisoners of war from what is now Dartmoor Prison , and it passed through a 2-mile-long tunnel to the hillside above the quay . |
| 18 | She was taken to Crosshouse Hospital in Kilmarnock , where her head injury was diagnosed as a depressed fracture to the skull . |
| 19 | Exposed for a long time to moist , saturated , air timber might settle down to a moisture content of 22 per cent or 23 per cent . |
| 20 | You can think about a disciplined approach to problems , whatever it is , whether it 's a roundabout or wh however you name a particular hazard . |
| 21 | Several speakers at the seminar argued for a monetary value to be placed on resources such as irrigation water . |
| 22 | It was given as a personal gift to Tran Van Lung by the father of the present emperor , Khai Dinh . " |
| 23 | However , with British Council assistance it has been possible to arrange for a Romanian student to successfully complete a conservations course at Cambridge . |
| 24 | In what was widely regarded as a defiant challenge to President Mobutu Sese Seko , on Aug. 15 delegates to the national conference elected as Prime Minister Etienne Tshisekedi , leader of the opposition Democratic Union for Social Progress ( UDPS ) . |
| 25 | During his 12 years in the post Späth had consolidated Baden-Württemberg 's reputation as a prosperous state and he had been widely regarded as a possible successor to Kohl . |
| 26 | The pact , regarded as a possible prelude to a wider security arrangement between the USA and the member states of the Gulf Co-Operation Council ( GCC ) , ended weeks of speculation about Kuwait 's efforts to secure Western military guarantees to underwrite its security [ see pp. 38364 ; 38407 ] . |
| 27 | It is clear , however , that it was not regarded as a useful adjunct to the civil rights agitation . |
| 28 | I was never consciously frightened of him and felt close to him and was regarded as a favourite child to him in some ways . |
| 29 | Cecil Parkinson , regarded as a potential successor to Mr Lawson at the Exchequer , said in a BBC television interview : ‘ You heard the Prime Minister last night say very clearly and openly that she and the Chancellor are in total agreement and that she has every confidence in him . |
| 30 | This could be regarded as a pragmatic approach to the design of devices for the organization of knowledge by subject . |