Example sentences of "[unc] [noun] [to-vb] [prep] an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Landsbergis was referring to a spate of attacks on improvised customs control points which the Lithuanian government had set up along its borders with the rest of the Soviet Union as a demonstration of Lithuania 's determination to act as an independent state . |
| 2 | Like most players it was always McGurk 's dream to play in an All Ireland senior final , but there was the danger it would remain simply that , a dream . |
| 3 | The UK government has since tried to use Acheson 's opinion to argue for an upwards revision of the 50 mg/litre limit . |
| 4 | In announcing the formal closing of a procedure against the Italian authorities alleging a breach of EC rules on state subsidies , the Commission recalled that the action was prompted by the Rome government 's failure to reply to an original request for information in July 1990 . |
| 5 | And so those architects who remember the Third Reich are fearful of the politician 's desire to build on an imperial scale . |
| 6 | The IMF announced on May 21 that it had agreed to the government 's request to extend for an additional year its current three-year extended arrangement granted in 1989 . |
| 7 | The sonnets may announce a compatibility between poetic convention and authentic expression ; or the sonnets may be the result of Astrophil staying within the muse 's domain , writing in imitation of familiar poetic norms and abandoning the muse 's advice to look for an authentic writing from the heart . |
| 8 | Conversely , a man 's wish to care for an elderly relative might conflict with the expectation that he should go out to work . |
| 9 | In words which betray the influence of functionalist sociology , Titmuss wrote : " social policy … manifests society 's will to survive as an organic whole … and is centred ( on ) those institutions which encourage integration and discourage alienation " ( Titmuss 1963 : 39 ) . |
| 10 | The purpose of highlighting bureau issues in this chapter is to show the vibrance of the debate within the service and the CAB 's effort to cope with an ever-changing environment . |
| 11 | In January 1949 the British cabinet ruled that co-operation with Europe should not be taken so far that it compromised Britain 's ability to survive as an independent state . |
| 12 | Its detergent dispenser may be recalcitrant , but observers applaud the Logic 's ability to sprint like an electrified gazelle across washday 's endless savannah . |
| 13 | The City 's sigh of relief at Barclays ' decision to look for an outside candidate to take on the role of chief executive was audible . |