Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] a [adj] [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , it would be dangerous indeed to assume that all these entrants were intended to acquire a full competence in the trade.58 Work on Essex shows that the skill and training content of female apprenticeships was generally modest , and that they tended to have a different meaning . |
| 2 | A grouping of eight opposition parties , including the Movement for Democracy in Algeria ( MDA ) and the Rally for Culture and Democracy ( RCD ) , met on April 7 and agreed to support a single candidate in each constituency . |
| 3 | She was dismayed to see these strangers accosting her when she expected to see an old man in a cowboy hat with a black and white photograph face . |
| 4 | While tempered by experience and ( according to Beard ) self-interest , the framers of the United States Constitution were informed by Lockean values and sought to impose a political framework in line with a Lockean conception of society . |
| 5 | Thus while the committees hoped their work would act as an antidote to the apparent tendency ‘ to reduce workpeople to the mental condition of animated machines ’ , they also sought to encourage an all-round improvement in efficiency and a training designed to develop ‘ the habit of regular industry … a healthy growth in mind and body ’ , the inculcation of thrift , and the ever popular ‘ discipline ’ . |
| 6 | Although the authors concluded that the results indicated that mycobacteria might have a role in the pathogenesis of Crohn 's disease , a further search for mycobacteria in the affected intestinal tissue with antibodies to M paratuberculosis strain linda , M tuberculosis , and the common mycobacterial antigen lipoarabinomannan failed to find a positive reaction in any of 67 specimens from 30 affected patients . |
| 7 | He chanced to find an identical skull in Cambridge which , to his surprise , came not from Egypt but from the Chatham Islands , near New Zealand . |
| 8 | The first two years are intended to provide a solid foundation in the basic elements of computing such as software development , computer systems , an introduction to the organizational context for computing and concepts of basic programming . |
| 9 | Essentially , Gloucester was intended to provide a royal presence in Wales which could give weight and a focus to the activities of the king 's servants and supporters there . |
| 10 | Essentially , Gloucester was intended to provide a royal presence in Wales which could give weight and a focus to the activities of the king 's servants and supporters there . |
| 11 | The programme of study is intended to provide an intensive grounding in aspects of the History of Islamic Art for candidates with at least a good Second Class Honours degree ( or the equivalent ) in an appropriate subject . |
| 12 | Intended to provide an intensive grounding in Philosophy and to develop special areas of competence . |
| 13 | Some critics have labelled such shows a huge con but , according to Arts Centre spokeswoman Alison Lister , the display has received a warm welcome in Darlington . |
| 14 | Public access to an environmentally attractive waterfront has received a favourable response in the city and has undoubtedly muted political debate . |
| 15 | Northumbria has received a generous increase in standard spending assessment of 17.3 per cent . |
| 16 | But since it was established in 1775 to serve as a printer to Edinburgh 's legal , banking and ecclesiastical communities P&W has developed a strong position in financial printing , providing it with a coverage that goes much wider than ‘ Sketch and describe an electronic circuit . ’ |
| 17 | Poststructuralism , deriving from Mallarmé as well as Saussure , has developed a heady rhetoric in which signifiers are prised apart from signifieds , in Hawkes 's phrase , and then fly away in all directions in their ‘ free play ’ . |
| 18 | But it is most evident whenever a teacher has developed a real interest in some school subject or area of the curriculum , often the result of some form of limited subject specialisation by the teacher . |
| 19 | This only occurs if the mother has developed a primary attack in the last few weeks of pregnancy . |
| 20 | Over the years it has developed an international reputation in research on student learning strategies , critical analysis of adult basic and overseas education , and in educational philosophy and policy . |
| 21 | Veronica Williams , for example , has developed an interesting approach in connection with her work on art history . |
| 22 | BRITAIN has broken a vital barrier in developing computers that recognise continuous speech rather than needing a keyboard to type in information . |
| 23 | Education in Sudan since independence has witnessed a substantial expansion in the total number of schools , pupils and teachers at primary , intermediate and secondary levels . |
| 24 | There 's much that makes sense ; there 's much that is thought-provoking , even if the thought it provokes is often that the authors are off their trolley ( 'be alert to the strange fact that the end of each century divisible by five has witnessed a major transition in Western civilisation ’ ) . |
| 25 | How can this implication be justified when the last decade has witnessed a real growth in public spending , particularly on health and society security , coupled with an increase in overall taxation ? |
| 26 | Essex has witnessed a significant increase in pupil exclusions in both primary and secondary schools , but still has one of the lowest rates in the region . |
| 27 | Despite its first night technical problem , Les Miserables is expected to enjoy a successful run in Manchester . |
| 28 | THE UVF have admitted they tried to kill a Protestant man in east Belfast last night . |
| 29 | In fact , Kaprun and its neighbour Zell am See have everything that you could need to enjoy a perfect holiday in some of the most beautiful alpine scenery there is , including some excellent bars and restaurants for relaxing evenings and charming coffee houses for afternoon coffee and cake ; an experience that is not to be missed ! |
| 30 | First of all , I do not need to publicise a successful venture in order to attract more applicants , and secondly , it would not do justice to the conference theme which aims to discuss aspects of untapped linguistic resources and teacher training . |