Example sentences of "[conj] [vb -s] [verb] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I would place Aspen Pittman 's article in the same league as time share selling , or book clubs or something equally hazy with the truth that happens to make a good profit . |
| 32 | Lazzlo Kalmar , the director general of Hungary 's National Labour Organisation , meanwhile , appeared to confirm that plans to introduce a nationwide computer network to automate the payment of benefits to Hungary 's 663,000 unemployed was on hold . |
| 33 | When touched by an adult mouse , a young mouse emits a special ultrasonic call that seems to have a soothing effect on the adult . |
| 34 | LABOUR will restore to NHS control any hospital that opts to become a self-governing trust under the Government 's controversial health service changes , the party 's social services spokesman said yesterday . |
| 35 | I think anything that helps to deliver a healthy child is to be welcomed , not feared . |
| 36 | The operating stage that follows represents a permanent addition of 1000 people , together with their families , and also , most important of all , a substantial financial contribution in the form of the taxes Electricite de France must pay to the parishes . |
| 37 | Additionally , a horse that enjoys eating a wider range of foodstuffs — alfalfa , oats , horse mixes , apples , carrots , and so on — provides us with a larger range of inducements to motivate it to do what we want as well as rewards for when it does do what we ask . |
| 38 | If the matter that collapses to form a black hole has a net electric charge , the resulting black hole will carry the same charge . |
| 39 | A straight bond is a security that promises to pay a fixed interest or coupon payment every half-year , together with the return of principal or par value of the bond at maturity . |
| 40 | Nor does assigning a 15-Mton incident comet an anomalously low asteroid-like velocity of 15kms -1 allow it to penetrate below 16km before it is completely ablated . |
| 41 | Much of the work that claims to follow a notional/functional line of approach leaves grammar as an implied presence : in sight , perhaps , but not in mind . |
| 42 | We have made it clear that bids involving a substantial degree of employee participation will receive a preference . |
| 43 | or a bit in the B A I E Communicators Newsletter in Scotland you know here 's a member that 's launched a new publication for the Scottish prison service |
| 44 | A pound of tea , I said ; no , half a pound , thank you , and any bread that 's got a European type of crust , and have you some Dundee marmalade ? |
| 45 | I I 've got to say that it 's somebody that 's got a personal project that has done it in one force ai n't it . |
| 46 | Everywhere that 's got a postal address has a town council at that post town really does n't it . |
| 47 | I tell you one that 's got a strong inside , you manage up to three month but you 're no good after three months . |
| 48 | It is now accepted as his masterpiece and has spawned a small industry in northern Italy . |
| 49 | The Shoe People has since been televised in 52 countries and has spawned a multi-million pound empire . |
| 50 | The man survived the war and told the tale and has lived a purposeful life ever since , seeking to carry on Kolbe 's work of reconciliation . |
| 51 | Apple Computer Inc yesterday took the new PowerCD CD-ROM product , announced at Hannover last week , to the US market , saying that it expects to sell 1.5m of the things by the end of this year ; it also said it has shipped more than 1m copies of its QuickTime multimedia software since its launch in January 1992 , and has formed a new unit , New Media to increase market access to multimedia technologies , expand multimedia content and develop new markets for Mac technology ; the PowerCD comes with AppleDesign Powered Speakers claimed to deliver high-quality sound at half the price of similar stereo speakers . |
| 52 | Silicon Graphics Inc is getting into the fun-and-games end of the business in a big way and has formed a joint venture with Industrial Light & Magic , a division of George Lucas 's Lucas Digital Ltd special effects production company : the new venture will create digital imagery for the entertainment industry . |
| 53 | He is still one of the most deadly aerial players in front of goal and has formed a good combination with Robert Fleck . |
| 54 | Thatcher ) , who has succeeded in abandoning her resistance to German blandishments and has formed a common front with Chancellor Kohl in demanding the immediate and unconditional recognition of Croatia . |
| 55 | Northern Telecom Ltd has unified its data network products under the name Magellan , and has announced a cell-based networking switch designed to bring together data , speech , video and image networks . |
| 56 | For its part , AT&T Microelectronics is also trying to boost V.32terbo take-up , and has announced a data-pump chip set based on its V.32/V.32bis data-pump technology , which incorporates the enhancements . |
| 57 | After detailing her mental history he added , ‘ Lotte has vivid fantasies and has built a whole world of dreams . |
| 58 | It has changed hands again recently and has received a new facade . |
| 59 | Qume Corp 's Milpitas , California-based Qume Peripherals Inc is porting its QX15 ASCII/ANSI X-Windows terminal server code to AIX and has cut a strategic deal with IBM RS/6000 reseller Dickens Data to distribute the QX15 as the Dickens MAX-Terminal . |
| 60 | The Fruitmarket Gallery , which closed in February 1991 in financial disarray , has secured new support from the Scottish Arts Council and has appointed a new director . |