Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] a [adj] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The protesters were demanding to see a confidential document written by Anglian Water to the Scottish Office about the reorganisation of Scottish water . |
| 2 | Perhaps I should n't interfere but I hate to see a young man throwing his life away . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I hate to see a decent man making a mess of his life . |
| 4 | I would prefer to see a straight Rocky-Strachan swap ( as I expected last year ) but I guess the wee man is still playing to well for this . |
| 5 | Nutritionists and doctors agree that the food we eat has an enormous amount to do with the way we look and feel . |
| 6 | They agreed to establish a working group to formulate an accord of " neighbourliness , friendship and co-operation " . |
| 7 | ‘ We want to see a coherent strategy drawing together Mr Hunt 's disjointed range of projects under global themes such as climate change , waste management , energy efficiency and biodiversity . |
| 8 | He told a Westminster press lunch : ‘ I want to see a Conservative government returned at the next general election under Margaret Thatcher 's leadership . ’ |
| 9 | In the long term , we want to see a united Ireland achieved by consensus and without violence . |
| 10 | ‘ A group of businessmen who , like me , want to see a British team regain the trophy . |
| 11 | Women 's Design Service has received a small grant to carry out research into housing design for older women . |
| 12 | Uncle H has developed a fascinating heresy based on the idea that exactly what you did to other people while you were alive gets done right back to you once you 're dead . |
| 13 | BSI Quality Assurance , the certification division of the British Standards Institution , has developed a new BSI Kitemark scheme for accounting software , in association with the Institute and KPMG Management Consulting . |
| 14 | Sun Microsystems Inc hopes to get one of its workstations on BBC1 's Tomorrow 's World science television programme in the UK tomorrow : Oklahoma State University 's Dr Marvin Stone has developed a hand-held device dubbed ‘ the thumper ’ which can measure the ripeness of a watermelon by delivering a blow to its skin and Sparcstations can put up a colour map indicating the ripeness of a field of watermelons from data downloaded to it from the thumper . |
| 15 | UCM , a software house from Hove , has developed an animated video showing the workings of the Difference Engine No 2 . |
| 16 | Certain Articles ( or articles to like effect ) need to be included to enable an incorporated practice to comply with and remain in compliance with the Rules . |
| 17 | Certain Articles ( or articles to like effect ) need to be included to enable an incorporated practice to comply with and remain in compliance with the Rules . |
| 18 | Each member state has designated a particular body to take responsibility for the comparability work . |
| 19 | Tomorrow , if electronic books are to evolve , we will need to see a mature market emerging providing stable , ongoing demand for new products at prices that make sense for everyone involved in the new industry . |
| 20 | Campaigners against controversial plans for a second electricity sub station at Lackenby have the chance to state their views on April 16 when Langbaurgh Council has arranged a special planning meeting to discuss the issue . |
| 21 | When the Home Secretary announced the additional numbers for police forces throughout England and Wales , I was shocked to find that Gwent merited only one extra officer and was astounded to find that the South Wales police force was not to have a single extra officer , especially as the chief constable has undertaken a major review to ensure the best use of available manpower , a process which must continue . |
| 22 | A Pensioners Link initiative in Barnet ( Meade , 1986 ) has undertaken a local campaign to promote health activity for and with older people , with promising results . |
| 23 | He has joined a new group called The Popguns who have appeared several times in the independent charts . |
| 24 | And he wants to see a careful scrutiny to make sure that the existing money is used to greatest effect . |
| 25 | President Bush wants to see an American flag flying on Mars by 2019 . |
| 26 | President Bush wants to see an American flag flying on the surface of Mars by 2019 . |
| 27 | If , on a sale of unregistered land , there is any personal obligation on the part of a seller-client to observe restrictions ( as , for example , where the seller is the original covenantor or has given a personal covenant to observe these ) , it is desirable to provide in the contract for a similar covenant indemnifying the seller against any future breach . |
| 28 | Szekeres ( 1972 ) has indicated how to integrate this equation using Riemann 's method , and has given a general solution expressed as a line integral involving a Legendre function of order -½ . |
| 29 | The issue in this case is whether an original lessee , or an intermediate assignee of a lease , who has given a direct covenant to pay the rent and observe the covenants , is released from liability following an agreement between the lessor and the occupying assignee of the lease under which the lessor takes a surrender of the lease and some of the assignee 's goods in return for releasing the assignee from all claims under the lease ? |
| 30 | Electronic cash till maker Riva Group of Bolton , Lancs , has completed a refinancing programme to reduce borrowings by £5.8m to £6.9m and save some £800,000 in annual interest payments , it announced yesterday . |