Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To start with , Alison planned to wear a white evening dress . |
| 2 | In an attempt to rally domestic support and to placate the US government ( upon which his regime was heavily dependent ) , Marcos agreed to hold a presidential election in February 1986 . |
| 3 | In an attempt to rally domestic support and to placate the United States government ( upon which his regime was heavily dependent ) , Marcos agreed to hold a Presidential election in February 1986 . |
| 4 | We are not opening in Paris solely to take advantage of the end of trading restrictions within the EC in 1993 , but because the opportunity arose to obtain a suitable area of the Hotel Bristol with our own street window and entrance . |
| 5 | At a four nation summit in Madrid , Germany agreed to delay a final decision on the fighter until November . |
| 6 | More recently , at a Roman Catholic retreat , where we were asked to use no book other than the Bible , the personal daily direction given became a memorable means of the Holy Spirit 's teaching , healing , and guiding . |
| 7 | Here pockets of ancient semi-natural woodland , unafraid wildlife and a sense of history and heritage combine to offer a peaceful retreat from the coast . |
| 8 | But these extensive discussions failed to provide a common area of agreement , mainly because of divergent national interests and unfavourable economic developments such as inflation , recession , and the oil crisis . |
| 9 | The Physical Education Department and the University of Edinburgh Sports Union combine to provide a comprehensive service . |
| 10 | Choose styling products formulated to give a natural-looking hold for casual styling . |
| 11 | Thus polar groups tend to encourage a higher T g than non-polar groups of similar size , as seen when comparing polypropylene , poly ( vinyl chloride ) and polyacrylonitrile . |
| 12 | There are a number of reasons why meetings tend to have a poor reputation . |
| 13 | The heterogeneity of labour and the job-specificity of skills tend to create a strong linkage between workers and their employers and , in some cases , cause firms to fill as many of their vacancies as possible by means of internal promotions . |
| 14 | The capital fund ( £140 ) was deployed to help offset the deficit , and plans made to expect a further £300 deficit in 1916 . |
| 15 | Because the Milk Marketing Board agrees to pay a fixed price regularly every month , most farmers keep a herd of dairy cows . |
| 16 | Anemones tend to dribble a little water from their centres if you press them . |
| 17 | Broadly , the declines in the concentration ratio have tended to occur during periods of market growth , while the rises have corresponded to recessions , suggesting that high levels of bond issues lead to a more even spread of issues between firms as well as new entry , while in slack periods the dominant houses tend to take a larger proportion of issues , smaller houses being squeezed out . |
| 18 | But in an eleventh-hour move late on Friday afternoon — and just hours after a query about the situation from this column — VAT headquarters agreed to consider a new interpretation of the rules . |
| 19 | Rugby Union : New rules make scouting a positive option for clubs |
| 20 | In Rome , central areas such as the Piazza di Spagna , Via Condotti and Via Veneto are particularly well decorated , while in Piazza San Pietro [ St. Peter 's Square ] crowds flock to see a big Christmas tree — a gift from Austria — together with a Nativity scene . |
| 21 | This technique has had a great deal of impact in computer programming where it in systems analysis and design . |
| 22 | Combining fluorescence microscopy with a transmitted light contrast enhancing technique has proved a useful method when considering the dispersion of fluorescent material through a specimen . |
| 23 | It currently trades from 11 stores , including the flagship in Newcastle 's Eldon Square , but the retailer has seen a huge increase in its core market . |
| 24 | Since Siegfried Gohr left the Kunsthalle to become Director of the Ludwig , the Kunsthalle has become a mere exhibition space without a director and without a programme . |
| 25 | Since then Johnson Matthey has played a major part in the development of methods of refining and melting platinum and iridium in order to produce ingots of alloy able to meet the metric commission requirements . |
| 26 | Nonetheless , a plan to enlarge the main Prado building has unleashed a passionate controversy — not least because the suggested extension would not even be used for the permanent display of works of art . |
| 27 | Recent work in the eastern suburbs on the later winged-corridor building has added a further complexity , revealing an important sequence of later Iron-Age ditched enclosures alongside a stream , in one of which lay a two-phase timber round house associated with pottery , slag , bone and worked flints . |
| 28 | As a result mechanization in agriculture has wrought a spectacular change in the implements that the workers use to produce the crop and an equally drastic change in the pace at which each step in the productive process is carried out , but in most branches of agriculture the fundamental sequential organization of production remains undisturbed . |
| 29 | Despite her screen success , Bardot has had a troubled life . |
| 30 | NCR Corp has created a Worldwide Industry Marketing Division and new US Group organisational structure to focus on enhancing the company 's understanding of its customers and the industries in which it markets . |