Example sentences of "[verb] [art] [noun sg] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite a wealth of playing experience , Gray lacked the motivation to lift a struggling side . |
| 2 | He lacked the fire to take a firm hand with the woman . |
| 3 | Besides , the levy works to the state 's advantage , allowing the church to pursue a useful social role and earning extra funds for federal coffers . |
| 4 | It requires a firmer discipline than would normally be the case , and this should be consistently maintained by all parties whilst allowing the child to enjoy a happy and satisfying childhood . |
| 5 | These would include such features as : allowing the child to initiate a high proportion of interactions : providing conversational bridges — " turnabouts " as Kaye and Charney ( 1980 ) call them — which both respond to the child 's previous utterance and invite him or her to say more ; making reference predominantly to the child 's or to joint activities ; and responding to the child 's utterances with extensions , which both confirm the acceptability of his or her contribution and help them to pursue the topic further . |
| 6 | Budd reckons it was a ’ monumental success ’ , allowing the company to develop a fully-computerised design and manufacturing system essential to future competitiveness not to mention the money it will make on the Thunderbird contract itself . |
| 7 | Each company sells clothes which have a clear identity allowing the wearer to convey a particular image to the outside world . |
| 8 | In some areas of the US , ‘ pollution permits ’ are sold , allowing the owner to discharge a certain volume of pollutants . |
| 9 | Thus , if the lake monster surfaced , the animal could be quickly offered as a sacrifice , allowing the boat to make a quick return to shore . |
| 10 | A very constrained grammar might not contain any template or rule allowing the phrase wreck a nice , instead of the item recognise , at a particular point in processing ; a more general grammar might have to consider both interpretations . |
| 11 | Rain falling on to the theatre nearby was collected in a channel circling the orchestra to fill a large rock-cut storage cistern . |
| 12 | Credit marketing revolves around pre-screening to enable the lender to make a pre-approved credit offer , eg mailing the offer of a $5000 Visa card limit to vetted names . |
| 13 | In these terms , the purpose of education is to enable the individual to lead a fulfilling and productive life . |
| 14 | You might think that the function of the pro-am is to enable the professional to take a good look at the course under competitive conditions . |
| 15 | The perturbation , although qualitatively consistent with climatological wave amplitudes , was chosen to enable the model to simulate a Northern Hemisphere winter in which the polar stratosphere remained relatively cold throughout January and most of February with a late stratospheric warming . |
| 16 | In one case of mine , eventually settled for £300,000 , the master ordered an interim payment of £125,000 to be paid in two instalments , the first of £75,000 to enable the plaintiff to buy a suitable bungalow and install a nurse , so that she could come out of hospital , and the second of £50,000 to ensure that nursing could continue to trial . |
| 17 | To enable the reader to gain a good understanding of these methods of implementing monetary policy , we also outline the main functions of the more important financial institutions in the United Kingdom . |
| 18 | The others lack the faculties to stay in sport and so lose the option to form a stable relationship with the coach . |
| 19 | Repeat the operation specifying a known package module . |
| 20 | Repeat the operation specifying a known package module . |
| 21 | Maria made the decision to sacrifice a certain amount of advertising revenue and turn the radio station into a temporary community service , as other stations and television channels were doing , monitoring the situation and providing updates , broadcasting official government warnings and advice to those districts likely to be affected by after-shocks and urging their local listenership to donate blood against a possible depletion of existing supplies . |
| 22 | It was at this nadir that de Gaulle made the decision to create a new political movement , which he called the Rassemblement du Peuple Français ( RPF — Rally of the French People ) . |
| 23 | Once John Tiller made the decision to become a professional manager , his business acumen surfaced . |
| 24 | In burgh politics the habit of taking quarrels to law made the ability to suspend a legal process or to threaten its resumption a regular tool of the Administration 's local managers . |
| 25 | More than 300 Londoners made the trip to improve a poor crowd to just under 1,000 and manager Phil Holder was delighted with the performance at the Del Duca Stadium . |
| 26 | Orc Warlord Azhag the Slaughterer leads a huge army of Orcs and Night Goblins into the northern Empire . |
| 27 | At one point it parodies Richardson , at another it seems to realize the ambition to compose a satirical work called The Marylandiad of Ebenezer Cook , the author of another of Barth 's proto-texts , the poem ‘ The Sot-Weed Factor ’ . |
| 28 | As well as using the grant to provide a new cafe and shop , the association is also planning to stage a new exhibition at Thiepval using the latest state-of-the-art audio-visual technology to tell the Ulstermen 's story . |
| 29 | Whatever the religious , psychological , or sexual significance of the station , more powerful and directly ideological forces may be at work , using the station to convey a political message . |
| 30 | He set about using the time to run a complete check on his detection and recording equipment . |