Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [verb] [to-vb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But before leaving this matter of persistence I want to mention a few special cases of persistence on a finer scale . |
| 2 | By using cords I managed to create a curvilinear band which is unusual in the sense that no two bands would ever be the same . |
| 3 | After a slow first hour I started to get a few better fish , roach and skimmers . |
| 4 | Usually when designing pictures I tend to use a particular leaf or flower because of its shape , colour or texture , and pay no attention to its species or variety . |
| 5 | Bonanza Boy , one of my old favourites , has been a remarkable horse over the years and I am a touch sad in having to desert him for a horse I consider to have a better chance . |
| 6 | Another effect of the flare is to wind up the blade speed which helps to give a greater safety margin . |
| 7 | The least stable group is a coalition which exists to achieve a specific end . |
| 8 | These are generally either thermal or electrostatic units which tend to offer a cheaper solution than buying an interface and a good quality matrix printer but the results obtained tend to be less professional . |
| 9 | Freud himself began to develop a general theory of unconscious emotional processes in human societies . |
| 10 | ‘ Professional monopolists ’ attempt to retain a system in which the location , costs and type of service is determined by those who provide it , primarily doctors , ‘ Corporate rationalizers ’ , the second interest group , are the planners and administrators of health organizations who attempt to achieve a rational spread of services to meet the socio-demographic distribution of need . |
| 11 | There was a conflict between the role and the man , between the priest who wanted to lead a hidden life and the public persona who worked within a regime of absolute power which he faithfully served while understanding the need to revolt against it . |
| 12 | Inevitably as a journalist you get to know a large number of people , and it 's people who make appointments . |
| 13 | ( This was done by those Jews who wished to make a Zionistic point , but it was not so shared by Leonard or his family . ) |
| 14 | Her bosses , unlike some , loved achievers , and encouraged her to write and broadcast , until with the publication of her biography The Improbable Puritan she left to become a full time writer . |
| 15 | A year later , he played a central role in founding the Group of 89 , a faction made up of business and professional members of the BLCC who wanted to see a conservative model for Hong Kong 's political development . |
| 16 | But after a term she decided to take a different route , bookshop experience , a degree in English , more bookshop experience , and some in wholesaling . |
| 17 | ‘ Now that you have discarded your masculine disguise you seem to need a good deal of attention . ’ |
| 18 | Professional Footballers ' Association spokesman Brendan Batson said : ‘ Paul spoke to us following his injury , but because it involves two members of our association we have to adopt a neutral position . |
| 19 | For an ideal transformer we need to introduce a separate notation which we shall choose in the form shown in Fig. 4.10 . |
| 20 | In the next chapter we turn to consider a different problem for foundationalism , which may have more damaging effects . |
| 21 | Both in theory and in practice we endeavour to have a representative Association in each Division , and on them — and them only — lies the responsibility of selecting their candidate . |
| 22 | In essence we aim to provide a personal service of the highest standard by combining advanced techniques and specialist knowledge . |
| 23 | Not your fault they had to hire a bloody crane ! |
| 24 | I would say that the CNAA was responsible for establishing the arts in higher education , first as subjects valid for higher education , and second as subjects valuable to the country , in other words it helped to establish a national reputation for the arts at this level , which had never existed before . |
| 25 | First , the electricity supply industry It wants to keep a clear signal path beyond the consumer 's meter for its own purposes . |
| 26 | The teaching methods in the full-time courses were centred upon projects which sought to provide a simulated work situation , to integrate what might otherwise appear to be disparate subject areas and to engender in the student independence and originality of thought . |
| 27 | Provisions in a contract which purported to give a non-judicial body exclusive power to decide questions affecting the rights of contracting parties would be void as contrary to public policy . |
| 28 | Coca-Cola which hopes to build a new plant in Banbury says it ca n't rule out the possibility that it will use a toxic chemical in the canning process at the factory . |
| 29 | Most CABx can identify local groups which appear to have a particular need for assistance , and NACAB policy is to encourage bureaux to cater for such special groups . |
| 30 | Since technologies are ‘ neutral ’ , then no aspersions are being cast on individual members of cultures which happen to lack a particular technology and are thus taken to lack certain intellectual advantages . |