Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] a [adj] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | You do n't look to me like someone desperately struggling to nurse a company-patient back to life . |
| 2 | We believe specific criteria should be formulated to enable a reasoned judgement to be made as to whether any new body should be subject to the provisions . |
| 3 | ROAD sought to provide a credible alternative to the Solidarity Centre Alliance political grouping , which had been established in May [ ibid. ] and advocated that the Solidarity trade union chairman Lech Walesa should be appointed by parliament as President . |
| 4 | The various techniques described and proforma letters set out in section 11 are intended to provide a helpful aid to the smooth running of the sale rather than to prescribe standard procedures and formats . |
| 5 | The scheme is intended to provide a systematic approach to the arrangement of books on shelves . |
| 6 | Longer-range decisions — Decisions made once and reviewed infrequently , but which are intended to provide a continuing solution to a continuing or recurring problem . |
| 7 | This lecture course is intended to provide a basic introduction to Neuroscience across a broad range of topics from molecular neurobiology to behavioural psychology . |
| 8 | I want to acknowledge a personal debt to him . |
| 9 | A review of this coverage supports the conclusion that the refusal of tenure to MacCabe was related to a sense among Cambridge traditionalists that the time had come to mount a strong resistance to further incursions by the tendency MacCabe was thought to support . |
| 10 | In this section I want to compare a Marxian approach to growth — based upon Bukharin 's equations — with that of Harrod . |
| 11 | They want to continue a gradual opening to the West , chiefly to obtain the finance and technology needed to rebuild the economy . |
| 12 | One day after her daughter 's death , she was driving to see a new house to which the family planned to move . |
| 13 | Designed to provide a straight answer to a straight question as fast as possible . |
| 14 | The hatches were painted Go Fasta Red with Skull White Crosses and some yellow detail was added to provide a strong contrast to the blue areas . |
| 15 | The autumn screening of the third series is expected to provide a welcome fillip to the railway 's passenger numbers . |
| 16 | This is expected to provide a considerable boost to BA volumes . |
| 17 | This is expected to provide a considerable boost to BA volumes . |
| 18 | ‘ We want to encourage a positive attitude to individual health and fitness , ’ a police spokesman said . |
| 19 | This agreement between the governments in London and Dublin was an attempt to promote co-operation between them and to try to find a joint approach to at least some of the problems of Northern Ireland . |
| 20 | For example , say you want to create a standard letter to be mailed to 100 clients . |
| 21 | Frequently too , people who live in a particular geographic location combine together to form a pressure group if their neighbourhood has been earmarked by government for the siting of , for example , a new motorway or nuclear power station or the dumping of nuclear waste which is considered to constitute a substantial threat to their safety and health . |
| 22 | Meanwhile , Smith continued to pull away and on present form will not even need to sail a match-race final to be selected for Barcelona . |
| 23 | Whether or not the procession from the Ravenhill Church and the barracking of the Presbyterian Church Assembly had been designed to constitute a direct challenge to the government , things were moving rapidly in that direction . |
| 24 | ‘ Nor can I ever lose sight of that flood of tears which then poured from his eyes , when reluctant nature was constrained to resign a beloved child to the cold arms of death . |
| 25 | Dost accused the ‘ imperialists ’ of concocting ‘ various ‘ plans ’ with respect to Afghanistan , such as its ‘ neutralisation ’ ’ , and promised to administer a firm counter-blow to ‘ this outside interference ’ . |
| 26 | Ronni folded her arms across her chest and tried to fix a disapproving scowl to her face . |
| 27 | Meanwhile , declining confidence in the pound , and perhaps in the ‘ Thatcher Revolution , ’ is severely constraining ministers at a time when — as a formidable faction in the Cabinet has recognised — the Government needs to give a higher priority to the quality of life if it is not to be swept aside in the 1990s . |
| 28 | I want to put a specific question to the Minister . |
| 29 | England , who drew against Wales ( 2–2 ) at Burnley and Holland ( 0–0 ) at Wembley , are expected to give a full debut to Albert Clarke , a striker from the FA National School . |
| 30 | Increased mathematical precision was deemed to give a new scientificity to biological and evolutionary phenomena . |