Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun] and a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the study period three patients were found to be sensitive to the elemental diet formula used to induce remission and a further patient proved to have profound salicylate sensitivity . |
| 2 | Restricting your consumption of fats is a sound way to lose weight and a healthy way of eating for all the family . |
| 3 | Nibbling , rather than gorging , is a healthier way to lose weight and a better way of satisfying your appetite . |
| 4 | This station is new ; much excavation had to be done to provide space and a new platform hall . |
| 5 | Lloyd Walker is poised to replace Lynagh and a fifth replacement could be called if Michael Brial 's injury does not clear up quickly . |
| 6 | The result , the result of such claims will be a rush to restore differentials and a general inflation in Local Authorities , with no increase in value of services for the community and I ask that the Labour Party should distance itself from this very mis-guided proposal for national wage proposals , minimum national wage proposals . |
| 7 | We used four sinkfuls of hot water , made up of 14 ltr of hot , 4 ltr of cold per sinkful , plus one sinkful of cold to rinse glasses and a final sinkful to wipe draining board , clean bowl , etc . |
| 8 | The staff in turn are likely to experience guilt and a profound sense of failure . |
| 9 | A clause such as ‘ we do insist that appointments are on an exclusive basis to avoid duplications and a dispersed marketing effort ’ will help to avoid misunderstanding . |
| 10 | We do insist that appointments are on an exclusive basis to avoid duplications and a dispersed marketing effort . |
| 11 | It now faces the harder and more protracted task of ensuring a smooth and efficient transition to free elections and a democratically-elected government . |
| 12 | Well I can I can remember when I was a child and kids had a lot of time to do hobbies and a favourite hobby was to make a a garden and I never made one , but a friend of mine was ooh forever making these things and giving them away as presents you got the lid of a biscuit tin or something of that sort and you I do n't know what they used for grass they used to model little ducks and things and he had a piece of mirror to make a pond have you ever seen this done ? |
| 13 | It is important that Compacts be designed with sufficient flexibility for those students who are failing at a certain stage , to negotiate re-entry and a further attempt at the goals . |
| 14 | Still , it was the hangover of that piece of moral cowardice at Lochgair station , along with everything else , that led to me feeling so profoundly awful with myself that evening ( after the train finally did get into Queen Street and I walked back , soaked and somehow no longer hungry , in the rain to the empty flat in Grant Street ) , that mum had to call me there , because I had n't been able to bring myself to phone her and dad … and I still managed to feign sleep and a little shame and a smattering of sorrow and reassure her as best I could that really I was all right , yes of course , not to worry , I was fine , thanks for calling … and so of course after that felt even worse . |
| 15 | It has also set up a worldwide value-added reseller and distribution channel to market CA-Unicenter and a new line of Unix products . |
| 16 | It has also set up a worldwide VAR and distribution channel to market CA-Unicenter and a new line of Unix products . |
| 17 | Nehru had to acknowledge that he demonstrated ‘ reasonableness , restraint and good breeding ’ , but also he was seen to possess authority and a firm grasp of Afro — Asian realities . |
| 18 | The pendant is said to ensure fertility and a happy marriage — not necessarily in that order . ’ |
| 19 | This year 's annual report talks about becoming profitable ‘ as soon as possible , to ensure growth and a sound future for employees and suppliers ’ . |
| 20 | A reset button may be used to cancel operation and a further pushbutton switch used to trigger the unit at any time . |
| 21 | They proceeded to apprehend Willis and a fellow partygoer and dragged them screaming and kicking to the squad car . |
| 22 | The Turks invaded , but the Red Army was now beginning to re-establish order and a Turkish withdrawal was negotiated . |
| 23 | After ten years I ‘ updated ’ to have weaving and a one-action lace carriage . |
| 24 | British Tommies were helping to restore order and a small patrol of them were on duty at the crossing of Commissioner and Pagoda Roads when a busload of young ruffians armed with sticks and dahs came tearing into the city . |
| 25 | He had helped to entertain Henry and a vast gathering of kings and nobles for seven days at Limoges in February 1173 and had held aloof from the revolts of 1168 and 1173–4 . |
| 26 | I 'm going to wear jeans and a white shirt . |
| 27 | Make sure that the same commands are given , however , to prevent confusion and a likely lack of response on the dog 's part . |
| 28 | It allowed John Gorsuch six months to begin to make search and a whole year from the time of commencing the said search to " … have use and employ all the ore metals or minerals he or they shall find during the said year for himself … " but it was providing that efforts , trials , and searches were diligently made , employing " four sufficient and skilled workmen thereat … " |
| 29 | At Scarlino , Italy , waste acid is already treated with limestone and lime to produce gypsum and a similar process is near completion at Grimsby , UK . |
| 30 | In the section on the economic rationale for intervention , it was demonstrated that a lessening of competitive pressures through increased monopolisation or the operation of restrictive practices , could lead to resource misallocation and a consequent reduction in economic welfare . |