Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] [to-vb] a [adj -er] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | US Senate armed services committee chairman Sam Nunn asked the Defence Department to conduct a further investigation , citing the statement in the ABC broadcast by Adml. ( retd ) William Crowe , former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff , that the Vincennes had been in Iranian waters when it fired the missile , not in international waters as previously claimed . |
| 2 | " Where did you get this ? " she asked one evening , lifting Jennifer 's silver medallion to take a closer look . |
| 3 | Elaine leant back in the car seat to get a better look at him . |
| 4 | BDO Binder Hamlyn ( phone 071–489 9000 ) has recently expanded its investment management service and has embarked on a joint venture with Matheson Investment managers to give a broader base and access to greater research and expertise . |
| 5 | Unable to sustain a viable communist-led coalition government , Prime Minister Hans Modrow ( in office since November 1989 — see p. 37025 ) made repeated calls during round table talks for opposition leaders to join a broader coalition . |
| 6 | He and his assistants unpacked the shopping trolley to have a closer look at what liver enzymes can do , how bleach works , how to make coke or why cabbage juice is a good indicator . |
| 7 | Those involved in packaging and distributing the unbranded varieties wrapped in plastic are small-scale operators lacking both the necessary resources and marketing skills to capture a larger share of the detergent market . |
| 8 | President Boris Yeltsin chose the first anniversary of the August 1991 coup attempt to announce a further stage in the Russian government 's privatization programme . |
| 9 | This will enable Mr Damant to calculate a better figure of maintainable earnings than has been possible in the past . |
| 10 | This little man wanted to see Jesus and climbed a sycamore tree to get a better view . |
| 11 | The book also includes useful papers on how remote sensing and communications satellites and other results of space research can help the Third World , The emphasis on this area of work reflects , one must presume , the desire by developing nations represented on the UN committees to gain a greater share of the benefits of space research . |
| 12 | We responded positively to increasing demands for service companies to play a greater role in ensuring the long term viability of the North Sea . |
| 13 | Analysys suggests that , in particular , users can put pressure on prices by resisting attempts by service providers to impose confidentiality on prices , and by being prepared to use information from one service provider to get a better deal from another . |
| 14 | The product is white but you could mix in a slight trace of pigment or water colour to obtain a better match with the pan itself . |
| 15 | Partnerships might prompt the education service to take a closer look at those businesses which have reformed their communication strategies and their managerial structures to allow more direct links with the client . |
| 16 | Anyway , British companies undertook development studies to find a better method : that is , a more humane method . |
| 17 | Any regularity in monitoring activities allows the discharger , in anticipation of a sample being taken , an opportunity to step up his pollution control to produce a better effluent . |
| 18 | However , we shall use the particular case of the Lorenz equations to give a fuller explanation of the concept of deterministic chaos ( Section 24.2 ) . |
| 19 | The Agent has , therefore , decided to encourage Great Indian Peninsula railwaymen to take a greater interest in such matters by the institution of a competition under the rules of which first , second and third prizes of Rs. 150 , Rs. 100 and Rs. 50 respectively will be awarded annually for the best station platform gardens and premises . |
| 20 | In the worst-affected areas , such as the Lake District , the Borders and Wales , we are establishing community relations officers to provide a closer link with local people . |
| 21 | Their tissues showed changes due to cancerous destruction , and contained substantial amounts of radioactive material , evidently absorbed because of the girls ' practice of licking the tips of their paint brushes to achieve a finer point . |
| 22 | Having to pay this new higher MLR would force the discount houses to tender a lower price for bills , in order to get a higher rate of discount . |
| 23 | Should we help blues singers to find a wider audience , outside the coloured quarters of Southern towns , or should we leave them where they are , that the blues may thrive ? |
| 24 | In particular , there is no clear relationship between the level of the differential and the objectives of the union ( whether , for example , it is in the interests of the union members to achieve a higher premium ) . |
| 25 | Later in this chapter we will examine the gradual growth of government concern to assume a closer control of the process . |
| 26 | ’ With this in mind , we believe conditions are now right to make a second issue of preference shares to raise a further $110m , which will again enable us to repay some short term debt and provide the flexibility we need to benefit from available opportunities . |
| 27 | Moreover , people in personal crisis are not very effective at making their needs felt in socially acceptable ways ; they do not organize themselves into consumer pressure groups to demand a better deal , not at least until they are recovered from their own crisis . |
| 28 | Although the tournament was based on a knock-out scenario , the final positions are based on league performances to give a fairer reflection . |
| 29 | At the very least it would in those circumstances have required the health authority to make a further application to the court to vary or discharge the injunction . |
| 30 | The leave of absence arrangements allowed under section 18 of the Mental Health ( Scotland ) Act 1984 enables the psychiatrist and mental health officer to ensure a higher level of supervision of vulnerable patients in the community than is permitted under the Mental Health Act 1983 . |