Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] a [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In return , the Soviet Union pledges its support for the sanctity of Iraq 's own borders , promises to veto any attempt to impose penalties on Iraq , including any trial of Mr Hussein himself , and commits itself to helping to arrange a subsequent international discussion of regional issues . |
| 2 | From the Palace of Holyroodhouse , a very special order has been received to weave a spectacular new carpet for the historic Throne Room within the Palace itself . |
| 3 | In consequence , they tend to see a simple one-to-one relation between attitudes , interests , and group organisation , and so they take the interest group world as a given that arises " naturally " in a way that calls for no complicated explanation . |
| 4 | Thriving under the feet of elephants Quentin Cowdry goes to see a giant-slaying small firm which is |
| 5 | There was no reason to suppose that in proceedings under Order 5 , rule 5 , it was intended to enable a named representative defendant to claim against a member of the represented class without complying with the requirements of the county court rules . |
| 6 | SKI resort bosses failed to alert a special medical team about the avalanche which killed seven people until 90 minutes afterwards , it was revealed yesterday . |
| 7 | SKI resort bosses failed to alert a special medical team about the avalanche which killed seven people until 90 minutes afterwards , it was revealed yesterday . |
| 8 | Our government does not want to obtain a total military victory . " |
| 9 | Now two High Court judges have refused to be cowed by the high-handed attitude and pressures of a Government which sought to impose a devastating pit-closure programme without following the proper legal procedures . |
| 10 | Some important issues were explored , from race relations and pre-school policy to issues of population change and the family , and the CPRS sought to establish a formal regular examination by Cabinet of social policy issues . |
| 11 | It is now all too clear that despite US occupation of Southern Korea the Russians have intended to impose a united front policy throughout the country … |
| 12 | The action demonstrated the belief that Korea was ready for independence and was intended to forestall a lengthy American occupation or the Americans advancing Koreans of their own choice . |
| 13 | He did not proceed to university in his seventeenth year but was instead apprenticed for £630 to the London wholesale grocery firm of Newnham and Shipley , in Watling Street It was a large indenture payment and coming , as it did , soon after his father 's death in March 1743 , was probably intended to secure a profitable mercantile future for him . |
| 14 | The Physical Education Department and Edinburgh University Sports Union combine to provide a comprehensive physical recreation service . |
| 15 | In moves explicitly intended to encourage a French diplomatic posture more flexible than that of the USA and the UK , the Iraqi authorities ( i ) released nine French hostages on Oct. 1 ; and ( ii ) approved on Oct. 23 the release of all remaining French nationals , 267 of whom arrived in Paris early on Oct. 30 . |
| 16 | Hunt et al noted only three malignancies in a total of 28 strictures in their 24 patients with ulcerative colitis , while deDombal et al failed to find a single malignant stricture in their report . |
| 17 | I expected to find a tiny shrunken corpse . |
| 18 | It is intended to provide a regular weekly income if you do not have enough money to live on . |
| 19 | The board of CCAB recognised the need for further consideration of the underlying implications of the research results and agreed to establish a small working party under the chairmanship of immediate past president of the ACCA , its remit being to receive and consider the results and the policy options available , with the aim of reporting back to CCAB in July 1993 . |
| 20 | A reform programme presented by Prime Minister Petre Roman and entitled " A Future for Romania " was intended to establish a social democratic party committed to the market economy . |
| 21 | For today 's ceremony , she is expected to wear a favourite broad-brimmed hat and an over the knee pastel coloured dress . |
| 22 | If we want to paint a big choral canvas , words can be repeated without any fear of being repetitious , or we can use whole sentences or sections several times over . |
| 23 | They 're free but you 'll need to enclose a stamped addressed envelope . |
| 24 | Opposite the window , a coal-burning stove with a chimney stood in the centre of an alcove originally designed to accommodate a massive Victorian cooking range . |
| 25 | This scene segued into the smoking wreckage of a fallen Warlord in Sagramoso City — now renamed Fidelis — up which an armoured Fist was climbing to plant a charred torn victory banner … |
| 26 | He wants to see a new queuing system introduced … |
| 27 | The person to whom it is addressed can not be expected to conduct a minute linguistic analysis of what is said to him where this is accompanied by aggressive gestures . |
| 28 | When the operation is over and after nine weeks the plaster comes off , you expect to see a wasted thin limb . |
| 29 | The course is designed to provide a sound academic basis for a variety of careers , fostering skills which are much in demand in today 's society . |
| 30 | The MS-DOS-based NETMan software is claimed to provide a full graphics-based interface for control of Marathon-based networks . |