Example sentences of "[adv] an [noun sg] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marx 's reaction to this was as much an attempt to counter the claim being made on behalf of the Prussian bureaucracy in the 1840s that it offered an alternative to constitutionalism , as it was a theoretical objection to Hegel 's interpretation of the state ( Liebich 1982 ) . |
| 2 | His stance is as much an attempt to influence the outcomes as it is a prediction of the likely consequences of the Act . |
| 3 | Amid protracted party political disputes , he announced Cabinet appointments on Oct. 2-8 which covered the political spectrum , with representatives from the right-wing Liberal Front Party ( PFL — formerly the mainstay of the Collor government ) ; the Social Democratic Party of Brazil ( PSDB ) ; the Democratic Labour Party ( PDT ) ; and the Brazilian Socialist Party ( PSB ) , as well as one member of the left-wing Workers ' Party ( PT ) , in a " personal " capacity ( the PT having turned down an invitation to join the government ) . |
| 4 | In effect , this was merely an attempt to generalise the agreement reached in Bedfordshire in 1930 , although the criterion adopted then was not based on population size of centres but on local government boundaries , a much more advantageous position for the District , than the 1938 proposal . |
| 5 | By the 1820s this concern for public behaviour had become less an attempt to refine the sensibilities of a ‘ swinish multitude ’ than an increasingly desperate fear of social upheaval produced by major threats to local economic life . |
| 6 | We may see in this encouragement of scholars not only an attempt to improve the status of the realm , but a genuine curiosity for learning on the part of Charles himself . |
| 7 | er we we 've we 've agreed the table on on the base basis of erm information best information available a at the moment but but equally I would n't wish it to be seen th that I am in any way attempting to prejudge the outcome of er local plan studies , erm so the information that I 've agreed with with Mr C Cunnane is basically an attempt to clarify the tabulation fo er in |
| 8 | Once the level of insider employment has levelled out at L 2 there is no longer an incentive to moderate the pace of money wage demands which will continue at 5% . |
| 9 | For this meeting has always been a bonfire of the vanities — not just an encounter to earn the right to progress further in Europe , but one of national pride . |
| 10 | It took over an hour to negotiate the couple of miles to the hotel and only then because , in exasperation , I ignored all rules of good driving not to mention half-a-dozen laws , and made my way blithely down a one-way street ( the wrong way , of course ) and down a ( prohibited ) tram-only lane . |
| 11 | This will apply whether or not an election to waive the exemption from charging VAT is in place on the property at the date the lease is granted . |
| 12 | The philosophical explanation of authority is not an attempt to state the meaning of a word . |
| 13 | It is not an infringement to drop the ball anywhere in the playing area so long as the ball does not go forward . |
| 14 | Although it was so hot the sky was grey and low , not an evening to raise the spirits . |
| 15 | Once an advertiser knows the ACORN types he wants to aim at , he has a number of options . |
| 16 | Usually an agreement to end the business relationship was reached . |
| 17 | After the initial stimulus , which is usually an intention to commence the action , the completion of a response acts as the stimulus for subsequent responses , so that the chain becomes a smooth action . |
| 18 | It takes nearly an hour to negotiate the course of a conversation . |
| 19 | It took him nearly an hour to assemble the rest of the stick who had been dragged all over the desert by their parachutes . |
| 20 | It was partly a public relations effort , and partly an effort to get the voice of the dealers heard . |
| 21 | For example , we could not set up an experiment to test the effect on young babies of being left in complete isolation , except for being fed regularly . |
| 22 | Chris , Nick and I continued with little bursts of publicity , setting up an organization called the Friends of John McCarthy . |
| 23 | The protests were also an attempt to pressurize the government into bringing an end to the violence by reducing the powers of Chief Gatsha Buthelezi , leader the conservative , Natal-based Inkatha movement which competed with the ANC for the loyalty of black South africans . |
| 24 | This was pretty clearly an attempt to nudge the Americans towards saying yes to an aid programme for the Soviet Union . |
| 25 | Throughout his performance , Mr Baker allowed a carefully oiled strand of hair to fall over his forehead , clearly an attempt to steal the crown from the famous golden locks which thrilled successive Tory conferences . |
| 26 | ‘ Luckily an anaesthetist recognised the symptoms and suspected Guillain Barre syndrome and set up a ventilator . |
| 27 | It is thus a defence to show that the reason for the alleged act of discrimination was not the plaintiff 's disability but rather an inability to perform the work in question . |
| 28 | No answers are offered in any direct sense , rather an invitation to consider the issues in the context of particular schools or situations and to use such a consideration and further develop it as the remaining chapters of this book are read . |
| 29 | And in a special report to mark the anniversary , Oxfam set out an agenda to tackle the root causes of disaster and suffering … |
| 30 | I am buying a £110,000 house with my girlfriend and we plan to take out an endowment to cover the £100,000 mortgaged sum . |