Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] [verb] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Brussels yesterday NATO sources said the alliance had completed plans to enforce a no-fly zone over Bosnia , with the United Nations expected to approve the use of allied fighters this week to shoot down Serb or other planes flying over the republic . |
| 2 | NEXT MONTH Using ornaments to create a focal point in your garden |
| 3 | BELVILLE : Do n't you think Pamela writes a pretty hand , son ? |
| 4 | As the people of Stockport were taking care of the repairs to the School and contributing to the Master 's salary , they requested permission to appoint a new man without the formality of an interview before the Company in London , which would necessitate an expensive and inconvenient journey . |
| 5 | I was recently given permission to search a derelict town house and made a 50/50 agreement with the owner as to the value of any finds . |
| 6 | The objects of the new system are to enable institutions to develop a greater degree of flexibility and autonomy , and to reduce the amount of paperwork both for them and the Council . |
| 7 | SCOTVEC courses for beginners are on the basis of a half day per week for one year while the NWRAC Home Machine Knitting Course requires a full day per week for two years , or three if Part 2 is included . |
| 8 | Another U2 character into home improvements is dapper urban cowboy BONO who has just received permission to build a huge swimming pool in the grounds of his mansion . |
| 9 | Mr King 's comments came after two Labour candidates , Harry Cohen , chairman of Labour 's backbench defence committee , and Dennis Canavan , the committee 's vice-chairman , revealed plans to begin a new recruitment drive for Parliamentary Labour CND after the election . |
| 10 | Last week , Rangers announced plans to lay a new pitch , at a cost of £500,000 , in time for next season . |
| 11 | In June Saibou announced plans to establish a multiparty democracy which were confirmed after a five-day national strike in November [ see p. 37841 ] . |
| 12 | Diluted TCP makes an excellent fly repellent . |
| 13 | In the same way as Keneally is using fiction to bring a forgotten conflict to an audience which might shrink from it as fact , the arts programme admitted material — reportage and politics — which it usually would not . |
| 14 | Within five years the same railway contractors responsible for the spur line were actively pursuing plans to build a new dock system in the area . |
| 15 | ROBERT Strain , bitter at seeing Glentoran lose a commanding half-time lead , admitted it was crisis time at the Oval yet again . |
| 16 | The NSR involves plans to open an all-year-round shipping route from north Norway to the Far East along Russia 's northern coast . |
| 17 | The future of the Swiss nuclear industry had been in doubt for a number of years , particularly since the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster in the Soviet Union [ see pp.34460-62 ] , and in 1988 the government had halted plans to build a nuclear power station at Kaiseraugst near Basel [ see p. 36499 ] . |
| 18 | There are many fertility treatments available to childless couples , and fertility counselling aims to enable clients to make an informed choice . |
| 19 | And let's start with a basic question , here in this nation of animal lovers , do you think animals deserve a better deal ? |
| 20 | In this passage J. S. Mill resolutely turns his back on allowing sensations to have a universal character . |
| 21 | Models of an inventory are developed , and subjected to various mathematical and statistical formulae , with the object of producing data to enable a considered answer to be given to the two questions mentioned . |
| 22 | Now it wants to stimulate more investment by reducing the bureaucracy and allowing foreigners to have a controlling interest in hotel and tourist developments . |
| 23 | It represents Padmapani holding a blue lotus , and is located at one side of a cell entrance . |
| 24 | Given that the remotely sensed data add a great deal of information to these processes this is hardly surprising , but this general approach is relatively easy to carry out in a GIS environment . |
| 25 | Dell became one of the world 's largest PC companies by using computers to avoid an expensive dealer network or salesforce and sell directly to consumers . |
| 26 | In another study a group of children with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy at high risk of sudden death ( history of loss of consciousness , family history of sudden death ) who were given amiodarone had a better prognosis than an untreated group at low risk . |
| 27 | On Thursday and Friday volunteers at Morrison 's supermarket on North Road , Darlington , asked shoppers to buy an extra tin or two to send to hungry youngsters in Kostroma , County Durham 's twinned Russian city . |
| 28 | Volunteers at Morrison 's supermarket on North Road , Darlington , asked shoppers to buy an extra tin or two to send to hungry youngsters in Kostroma , County Durham 's twinned Russian district . |
| 29 | The hotel and catering industry experienced a difficult year in 1991 . |
| 30 | The product will utilise TCP/IP networks to connect clients running an X-based Motif user interface to a FAX server supporting one or more external FAX modems . |