Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] a [adj] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1 They agreed to establish a working group to formulate an accord of " neighbourliness , friendship and co-operation " .
2 Women 's Design Service has received a small grant to carry out research into housing design for older women .
3 Each member state has designated a particular body to take responsibility for the comparability work .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 And he wants to see a careful scrutiny to make sure that the existing money is used to greatest effect .
7 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 .
8 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 ?
9 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 .
10 The US car industry has formed a new alliance to challenge a bill which would compel car makers to increase fuel efficiency by 40 per cent over the next decade .
11 Mike Woodley , owner of the aviation film services and warbirds import/export operation Aces High at North Weald Airfield , has formed a new company to market the Ilyushin Il-103 light aircraft throughout Europe .
12 The National Council of Churches in Korea has formed a special committee to work on the ‘ democratisation of the Korean media ’ .
13 At Ashness Bridge , one of the most frequented sites in the Lakes , he helped to launch a major programme to combat the erosion caused by the pounding of millions of visitors ' feet over the years .
14 Fourteen year old Catherine Pearse has organised a sponsored sleep-out to help the increasing number of young people with nowhere to live .
15 Since then , it has enjoyed a much-needed facelift to become the hip and swinging indie ( generic overlay ) festival of the year .
16 When you 've seen a job advertisement that appeals to you , you will need to write a covering letter to send with your CV ( see ‘ Compiling Your CV ’ , pp. 68–73 ) .
17 The United Nations has installed a peacekeeping force to maintain order until the elections in May 1993 .
18 A milkman who set up a round in competition with his old dairy firm has won a legal battle to continue his business for the time being .
19 A DUBLIN-BASED policeman has won a legal battle to prevent the Garda Commissioner from dismissing him from the force for allegedly offering a prostitute IR£30 for sex .
20 A TORY MP 's wife has won a three-year battle to inherit the Pounds 10 million mansion that inspired Evelyn Waugh 's Brideshead Revisited .
21 A woman who found £40 on a bank floor has won a three-year battle to have it donated to a baby unit — and the bank has stumped up an extra £10 .
22 A postal worker has won a two-and-a-half-year battle to bring his Filipino bride to England .
23 Scotland has won a bitter battle to house a new multi-million pound military centre creating 700 jobs , it was disclosed tonight .
24 Tony McTaminey has won a seven-month battle to set up a flower stall using a traditional , hand-painted barrow in the Linthorpe Road shopping precinct , Middlesbrough .
25 A Primary school has won a national competition to produce their own newspaper .
26 Amongst other new orders Sekers has secured a significant contract to supply the automotive industry with fabric for car interiors .
27 JOHN MONIE has accepted a two-year contract to coach Auckland when he finishes at Wigan at the end of this season .
28 ALEX WYLLIE , THE FORMER All Black coach , has accepted a two-year contract to work and coach in South Africa .
29 Nippon DEC has named a new president to replace Edmund Reilly , president of the Japanese subsidiary since its formation in 1980 , who is to move to Hong Kong as the president and managing director of DEC Asia Region .
30 I have suggested in this article that an influential forum of scholars , critics and performers in England has felt a pervasive desire to direct a good deal of medieval and Renaissance music away from the ‘ medieval/Renaissance group ’ ( a tradition which has come to seem increasingly hollow , even bogus , to members of the forum ) and towards the best voices to emerge from the chapels attached to the Oxbridge colleges where , almost without exception , the members of the forum received their higher education .
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