Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [to-vb] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The competition , sponsored by Fina plc , challenges children to create a picture of their local environment using paint , crayons , collage or photography to provide a visual record of how their neighbourhoods shape up environmentally . |
| 2 | The aim of this study was to measure the overall plasminogen activator activity and concentrations of individual fibrinolytic system mediators in ascites secondary to alcoholic liver disease or malignancy to gain a greater understanding about the aetiology of this condition . |
| 3 | It was originally inspired by a French invention , the Groupement d'Intérét Economique , allowing an association of companies wishing to pool resources such as staff or offices to pursue a particular activity without affecting their individual independence , or creating separate limited liability or a new profit centre . |
| 4 | Sometimes fish need to be separated at very little notice and unfortunately not every hobbyist has the space or funds to facilitate a spare tank . |
| 5 | Although it is direct , there is not enough feel or weight to give a proper impression of how much grip is left . |
| 6 | It would be extremely unattractive to any group of workers or management to enter a serious bid if they had been told by the Scottish Office that the bid was so contemptible that it would not even qualify for assistance if it failed because another bid from within the same management or work force had been judged as superior . |
| 7 | The next question is whether such action is taken in relation to the grant or refusal to grant a further loan . |
| 8 | In this case , s 3 of the UCTA will regulate a guarantee as excluding liability for breach or failure to perform a contractual obligation . |
| 9 | Screening assessments are normally carried out using tests which enable teachers or therapists to obtain a broad-spectrum view of the child 's language abilities . |
| 10 | If you need to lower the gearing the only way would be to reduce the tyre size to 205 x 16 or similar and fit Range Rover high range transfer gears or overdrive to restore a respectable road speed . |
| 11 | Cotton or fine linen can be used as a painting support either by itself stretched onto a wooden frame or stretcher , or it can be glued onto strong card or hardboard to give a good painting surface to oils or acrylics . |
| 12 | Use a sharpened trowel or knife to cut a neat flap ( do not remove the plug of earth entirely from the ground ) , extract the object , replace the soil and grass carefully and even you will have difficulty in finding the spot again . |
| 13 | Add a red beret , gloves or scarf to give a fresh splash of colour to classic mixes of black and ivory . |
| 14 | Textile works that use surface or bore-hole water generally have several lodges or reservoirs to give a uniform stock for use . |
| 15 | ( b ) Not many of us have the necessary expertise or inclination to do a good job . |
| 16 | If there is a problem up to that height , failing to lower the nose and abandon the launch promptly can leave the aircraft in a critical position , semi-stalled and with very little time or height to make a full recovery and a safe landing . |
| 17 | The pursuer 's son , who was present at the meeting , said that he would instruct Messrs Ferguson & Forster to submit a formal offer to the defender 's solicitors , Messrs Macfie & Alexander . |
| 18 | a regular glass of beer or sherry to give a high spot to the day as a morale booster , and following a long held habit ( Roberts , 1988 ) ; |
| 19 | It appears to be that an agency which has an explicit power or duty to achieve a certain end , ( e.g. good race relations ) , can not exercise it in such a way as to disadvantage a person , unless that person has committed an independent breach of the common law or statute . |
| 20 | The first great collection or book to have a widespread circulation was the Decretum , which has long gone under the name of Gratian , and which was made in Bologna in the early 1140s . |
| 21 | Were I to agree to do more than that , it might have the effect of making it extremely difficult for either management or employees to launch a successful bid . |
| 22 | Table 2.11 shows that inability to find a permanent job remained the most frequent reason given by young people for taking temporary work . |
| 23 | So images of organizations that are more like symphony orchestras or hospitals or the British Raj are surely nothing more than metaphors to express a desired feeling of togetherness — the togetherness produced by a conductor 's baton , the shared concern of doctors and nurses for their patients , or the apparent unity of the British civil service in India . |
| 24 | The circular states that income to cover a certain period should be ignored as capital for that period . |
| 25 | COUNCIL chiefs are to spend more than £200,000 to find a new logo … after their current red , white and blue emblem was branded aggressive , sexist and racist . |
| 26 | The fact that IUD users are up to nine times more likely than non-users to contract a sterilising infection is enough to rule it out for large numbers of women , despite it 's reliability as a contraceptive device — if they are aware of the dangers , that is . |
| 27 | It would take more than pistols to counter a new challenge from the army . |
| 28 | Forest of Dean council say the ramps were too steep , it 'll cost more than £3,000 to build a better ramp across the Palmers garden and regulations insist the Palmers must make a contribution . |
| 29 | Shell has argued that suggestions to impose a statutory limit on the size and age of tankers , and to ensure that all new ones have double hulls may back-fire . |
| 30 | This undermined any pre-ordained police logic we might have employed to define them , so that pressures to produce a unidimensional model of ‘ polis — prig ’ were simply unable to be maintained , although we did home in on such facets as their long hair and frequently unwashed state to polarize them as binary ‘ animals ’ , in contrast to our human status . |