Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] [to-vb] 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Last week , Rangers announced plans to lay a new pitch , at a cost of £500,000 , in time for next season . |
| 9 | In June Saibou announced plans to establish a multiparty democracy which were confirmed after a five-day national strike in November [ see p. 37841 ] . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The NSR involves plans to open an all-year-round shipping route from north Norway to the Far East along Russia 's northern coast . |
| 13 | 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 ] . |
| 14 | There are many fertility treatments available to childless couples , and fertility counselling aims to enable clients to make an informed choice . |
| 15 | In this passage J. S. Mill resolutely turns his back on allowing sensations to have a universal character . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Now it wants to stimulate more investment by reducing the bureaucracy and allowing foreigners to have a controlling interest in hotel and tourist developments . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | This may be too strong ; it is possible to state " general rules " for the interpretation of some common provisions , but those rules are only rebuttable presumptions and it is generally possible to find authorities to support a different interpretation . |
| 22 | The financial requirements involve funding to employ a part-time coordinator and staff support for the scheme , expenses for coordinator and volunteers , training , publicity and placement costs for the child . |
| 23 | Meanwhile , Austin , Texas-based Tivoli used UniForum to announce a new version of its systems management software . |
| 24 | The Department has plans to promote a wide range of activities for the community as a whole and to work closely with other bodies in the field to ensure the fullest use of resources . |
| 25 | The agency has plans to launch a second craft in April 1994 , at about the time that the first satellite reaches the end of its operational life . |
| 26 | Although it has plans to start a new record label in 1993 , its current activities include television services and amusement machines . |
| 27 | Greenpeace has won permission to mount a High Court challenge to the opening of British Nuclear Fuels ' ( BNFL 's ) thermal oxide reprocessing plant at Sellafield . |
| 28 | For the fourth day the Soviet Prime Minister Nikolai Ryskov , was still pressing deputies to accept a huge increase in prices as a painful first step . |
| 29 | In the course of school history , pupils will need opportunities to use a wide range of secondary sources and printed material . |
| 30 | Meanwhile from eastern Europe expect investment to become a two-way traffic . |