Example sentences of "[verb] a [adj] [noun sg] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Tackling a modern rock wall in the Dolomites requires more than technical ability . |
2 | Anti-pollution vessels were last night tackling a mile-long oil slick after the 80,000-ton Texaco Westminster and a tug collided at Milford Haven . |
3 | Most investigators have observed that H pylori infection causes a greater percentage increase in the postprandial gastrin than fasting gastrin . |
4 | On more recent machines , overflow causes a special overflow flag to be set ( for later testing by the program ) or generates an interrupt , causing entry to an overflow recovery routine . |
5 | This group differs from other groups at risk of infection with HIV , like homosexual men and men with haemophilia , as their lifestyle often causes a high background incidence of disease and disease may be camouflaged by the use of illegal drugs . |
6 | The isolated DNA binding domain of HSV-1 Vmw175 causes a significant DNA bend in the immediate vicinity of the Vmw175 binding sequence spanning the HSV-1 IE-3 mRNA start site ( 26 ) . |
7 | Nothing daunted , the BBC 's engineers have designed a clever re-recording technique for receiving the sound and this could help them to win a prestigious international prize next month . |
8 | I have designed a special celebration menu for you today . |
9 | For instant sunshine in the gloomier corners of your garden , why not install a sun-shaped wall plaque from Tile Talk ? |
10 | However , if it creates a lot of problems , for a little extra cost , you could install a special toilet system with a macerator and pump , which pumps out waster through small-diameter pipes . |
11 | MANAGEMENT of Timex Electronics in Dundee will tomorrow seek a new court order on union officials in the continuing dispute which has seen 340 workers dismissed . |
12 | And at 12 noon , the Secretary of State for Employment had announced that RBS had won a coveted training award for the quality of its training programmes . |
13 | TOP Smokebuster Karen MacGregor has won a first class trip on an Intercity 225 for helping her mother quit smoking . |
14 | One of Britain 's oldest breweries has won a two month battle against a hostile takeover bid . |
15 | George Graham 's team have not won a Premier League game at Highbury since 7 November and have scored only four goals in the last 13 league games . |
16 | Seeq Technology Inc , Fremont , California has won a six month extension of its $5m bank-credit agreement with Silicon Valley Bank ; the agreement expired on February 15 and now matures on September 30 . |
17 | The parents of a girl who was severely handicapped after being starved of oxygen at birth have won a five year battle for compensation . |
18 | Although it had held power in several of Canada 's western provinces , however , the Ontario result marked the first occasion upon which the party had won a provincial election east of Manitoba . |
19 | SUSSEX have won a three-year sponsorship deal with Merrydown Cider which could be worth as much as £250,000 . |
20 | Lyles carpets have won a prestigious design award at the carpet industry 's main exhibition , ‘ The International Carpet Fair ’ at Harrogate . |
21 | There are some unavoidable costs er on that account , particularly on the engine programme where delays to the aircraft programme which result in extra costs on the engine side , are the customer 's liability , erm but the main increase in cost is actually in the equipment area and results I think , from the fact that the equipment prices turned out to be higher than was originally estimated at the start of the programme and also the fact that U K industry won a higher work share on equipment that we had originally been entitled to and budgeted for and lastly the point you mentioned that Germany has withdrawn from some parts of the requirement and that made certain equipments non-common and we have had to take a larger share of the costs of those equipments than originally planned . |
22 | Erm , but the main increase in cost is actually in the equipment area and results I think from the fact that the equipment prices turned out to be higher than was originally estimated at the start of the programme and also the fact that U K industry won a higher work share on equipment than we had originally been entitled to and budgeted for and lastly the point you mentioned that Germany has withdrawn from some parts of the requirement and that made certain equipments non common and we have had to take a larger share of the cost of those equipments than originally planned . |
23 | The campaigners have won a temporary court ban on construction work and persuaded the Sao Paulo state government 's environmental department to reject four successive environmental impact studies by the project 's promoter , state water company Sabesp . |
24 | EMMA Gordon , aged 15 , of Netherfield Close , Alton has won a national music prize through her Grade VII piano exam . |
25 | A team of schoolchildren has won a national endurance competition in which the disabled and able-bodied work together . |
26 | The Marchioness of Blandford has won a High Court injunction against her husband , Jamie Blandford . |
27 | The Marchioness of Blandford has won a High Court injunction against her husband , Jamie Blandford . |
28 | he 's not doing so well now is he ? , he used to , he 's not won a high ranking tournament since nineteen eighty nine |
29 | VAUXHALL has won a top towcar award for the third year running , scooping five of the seven trophies in the process . |
30 | What began as the trial of the century after the most expensive manhunt in US history , fizzled out in what prosecutors termed a simple drug conspiracy with the leading player working both sides of the street . |