Example sentences of "[noun] ['s] [noun sg] [to-vb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus , not to act or not to be able to act decisively against the ban in the first place seriously questioned the professional association 's ability to take a firm position on the vital matter of unhindered access to legitimate publications . |
| 2 | Rich , handsome and intensely ambitious , Mr Stein 's failure to run a real race — after more than 20 years in New York politics — has been a baffling feature of the election from its outset . |
| 3 | Hariri also blocked Jonah 's attempt to arrange a humanitarian aid package to the deportees who were stranded in freezing conditions with little food . |
| 4 | Wilfrid 's failure to secure a sympathetic hearing suggests that it was not only Oswiu 's family which found him unpalatable . |
| 5 | In Prescott v Bulldog Tools Ltd [ 1981 ] 3 All ER 869 the court adopted a more pragmatic approach by saying that if the defendant genuinely felt he needed an examination of the plaintiff which involved the risk of a real but short-term injury , the court could balance the plaintiff 's objections against the defendant 's request to ensure a fair determination of the issues . |
| 6 | Streat worked to try to achieve common purpose and interest with American textile interests but was handicapped by a certain reluctance to go too far and by MacArthur 's reluctance to receive a joint Anglo-American mission in 1950 . |
| 7 | THE doctor who treated Hillsborough coma victim Tony Bland yesterday swept aside a priest 's pledge to bring a private prosecution against him for murder . |
| 8 | Minority shareholder and OEM partner Hewlett-Packard Co says it is prepared to take over Sequoia 's project to develop a fault-tolerant Precision Architecture RISC-based machine . |
| 9 | [ That this House welcomes the public announcement by Her Majesty 's Government of the identity of the new head of MI5 ; but calls on Her Majesty 's Government to make a full statement about the role of Stella Rimington , in particular in connection with the activities of Mr. David Hart during the 1984 miners ' strike . ] |
| 10 | There has been a recent increase in requests for such support with cases where the need for confidentiality may conflict with legal responsibilities or with the adviser 's desire to protect a weaker third party . |
| 11 | The speaker is viewing the phenomenon as an action John throwing the ball ) which can be explained in terms of the agent 's intention to achieve a particular result ( the window breaking ) . |
| 12 | He criticised them for being ‘ too optimistic as to what is and what is not possible to us ’ , and also for under-estimating the enemy 's ability to launch a major offensive . |
| 13 | We reject Labour 's plan to recreate a bureaucratic and wasteful GLC . |
| 14 | The statement released after the meeting in Dundee underlined Labour 's pledge to create a Scottish parliament and committed Scottish Labour MPs to returning any privatised water services to public ownership — a significant shift from its previous promise of ‘ public control . ’ |
| 15 | They claimed to have ‘ underlined Labour 's pledge to create a Scottish parliament and committed Scottish Labour MPs to returning any privatised water services to public ownership ’ . |
| 16 | Has my hon. Friend reflected on the likely effect of Labour 's policy to establish a minimum wage of £3.20 per hour for every 16-year-old — and , indeed , on the effect on recruitment to the armed forces if defence spending were reduced by 50 per cent ? |
| 17 | The so-called Winter of Discontent ( 1978–9 ) generated even more anti-trade-union sentiment , especially as Labour 's attempt to establish a 5 per cent pay norm led to strikes by lorry drivers and the low paid and produced television scenes of ‘ mountains ’ of uncollected refuse ( Scraton , 1985b ) . |
| 18 | The only slightly sour note entered the proceedings with the president 's plan to send a special envoy to Northern Ireland . |
| 19 | Despite Edward 's concern to obtain a wide measure of support for the war and consent for the financial exactions it necessitated , the measures the government took to raise money and supplies in 1338 and 1339 gave rise to grievances which resemble those which underlay the conflicts of Edward I 's last years . |
| 20 | The dodder 's ability to lead a parasitic life thus depends on its ability to develop haustoria , an evolutionary adaptation which in one stroke has rendered redundant the need for two major organs ; the roots for supplying water and minerals and the green leaf for preparing food through photosynthesis . |
| 21 | Responding to the conduct of the first trial , United States President Bush said on May 21 that " it would be in Kuwait 's interest to extend a fair trial to everyone " . |
| 22 | A POLICE force 's attempt to raise a wrecked boat is being frustrated by a salvage firm 's long delay in getting to work . |
| 23 | The Ukrainian delegation also reiterated Ukraine 's refusal to form a common agreement with the other former Soviet republics on servicing the Soviet Union 's foreign debt , although Ukraine did not dispute responsibility for its 16.37 per cent share . |
| 24 | Red Cross talks remained deadlocked over a proposal made in late 1989 to allow a exchange visit by members of divided families which had failed to reach fruition because of the South 's refusal to accept the North 's demand to stage a revolutionary opera as part of the planned exchange . |
| 25 | The PLO central council 's decision to form a joint delegation with Jordan was strongly criticized from within the PLO by Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine ( PFLP ) leader Georges Habash on Oct. 18 . |
| 26 | However , reports of a more conciliatory stance appeared to be a confirmed after the Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz was quoted in the official daily al Thawrah on Oct. 5 as saying that Iraq had not " objected to the idea of selling oil to meet the necessary humanitarian and civilian needs and has not objected to the Security Council 's resolution to deduct a high percentage " of " the so-called reparations fund and UN costs " . |
| 27 | They claim that the Council 's agreement to establish a working group to review the whole situation , of which three of the six members would be representatives of the players , represented ‘ the first step towards recognition of the players ’ right to have an equal voice in the management of the game . ’ |
| 28 | When she returned to the house in late afternoon , Ellie 's determination to put a few pertinent questions to Mrs McMahon and then leave was thwarted — deliberately , probably — by Feargal , who was with his mother in the lounge . |
| 29 | North Korea 's willingness to accept a phased withdrawal of US troops from South Korea marked an apparent departure from its previous insistence upon their immediate removal . |
| 30 | However , what is behind Quine 's refusal to admit a prior substantive concept of reality — a corollary of his rejection of the a priori — is that our broadest conception of reality is derived from science ; ‘ science identifies and describes reality ’ and without science we have no way to think or talk about it at all . |