Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] a [adj] [noun sg] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm going to write up a suggested arrangement on the board now . |
| 2 | There is , then , yet a third way of being systematic with regard to project work , and that is for a school to work out a definite policy on how it should be approached and which particular skills should be stressed at which levels . |
| 3 | For surely it can never be accepted by any normal thinking person that the bloody battles and massacres that have been necessary to establish even a tentative hold on any part of that unhappy , and anything but ‘ holy ’ , land can possibly represent a successful implementation of that promise . |
| 4 | It has been argued that it is wrong for such a body to impose even a limited check on the activities of an elected Government . |
| 5 | 1986 No. 1925 ) the court has a wide discretion to set aside a statutory demand on an application by the debtor . |
| 6 | The Soviet neutralisation plan for the Persian Gulf may have been intended to open up a strategic dialogue on a broad front to enable Soviet diplomats to introduce Western military preponderance in the Gulf region tacitly or explicitly into the negotiation process for the limitation of Soviet military influence in other regions . |
| 7 | That is why we urge all Kenyan political leaders to open up a constructive dialogue on free and fair elections . |
| 8 | ‘ We were sent to a landing strip on the coast near Bardia to set up a listening post on a wavelength contained in sealed orders . |
| 9 | This improvement in relations was reinforced at the biannual Franco-German summit in Paris on April 25-26 , when the two leaders also agreed to set up a joint study on the " future architecture of Europe 's security " . |
| 10 | Already the opposition has united to set up a working group on immigration , with a view to formulating a new bill . |
| 11 | They agreed to set up a working group on normalizing relations , to meet in New York , headed by Kenneth Quinn , a US deputy assistant secretary of state , and Trinh Xuan Lang , Vietnam 's ambassador to the UN . |
| 12 | The meeting agreed to set up a working group on whale-watching but a British proposal to give the IWC a role in monitoring whale-watching and preparing guidelines to minimise disturbance to the animals was opposed by Japan and Norway and their supporters . |
| 13 | Discontent over the operation of the new service was one of the factors that led the Labour government to set up a Royal Commission on the National Health Service in 1976 . |
| 14 | The bid to set up a Chinese takeaway on Whinfield Road was turned down because of parking problems and likely disturbance . |
| 15 | Is my right hon. Friend aware that he carries the support of the vast majority in this House and in the country in his refusal to rule out a single currency on our terms at some future time ? |
| 16 | We have not filtered the annual data to avoid both a subjective decision on filter characteristics and the inflation of explained variance at the expense of loss of degrees of freedom . |
| 17 | Thereafter , a general election would take place and the legislators would be invited to draw up a new constitution on Dominion lines . |
| 18 | At the December 1974 summit of Community leaders in Paris the Belgian premier , Leo Tindemans , was asked to draw up a personal report on the future shape of a European Union . |
| 19 | I should , therefore , like to put forward a preliminary application on behalf of the Village Hall Mother and Toddler Group . |
| 20 | Sometimes research is commissioned , and the researcher is approached by government , local authority , business , or charitable organization to carry out a specific enquiry on their behalf . |
| 21 | In addition to the methods mentioned above , which were used specifically to evaluate the undergraduate information retrieval course , an attempt was made to carry out a long-term study on the use of the library with regard to reasons for use , materials used , success in carrying out literature searches etc . |
| 22 | In 1984 the Anglian Water Authority applied for permission to carry out a land-drainage scheme on the Stour between Stratford St Mary and Flatford Mill , with the purpose of converting the riverside pasture to oil-seed rape . |
| 23 | By the time the traffic ceased , they were far too late to carry out a proper raid on the airfield and had to content themselves with shooting up transport along the road . |
| 24 | The LRDG patrol which was to carry out a diversionary raid on Benina airfield decided to turn back as there was no longer enough time to drive there and back in darkness . |
| 25 | For instance , an employee is asked to send in a regular report on how certain work is progressing . |
| 26 | The aim is to build up a comprehensive database on the Gault of the United Kingdom . |
| 27 | Community Environment Ministers voted on June 8 to prolong indefinitely a six-year ban on the import of skins and other products from baby seals , in response to pressure from animal welfare organizations ( see also p. 35959 ) . |
| 28 | Furthermore , I ca n't seem to maintain even a simple rhythm on the guitar any more . |
| 29 | did not accept that the Vice-Chancellor had intended to lay down a rigid limitation on the exercise of the court 's discretion . |
| 30 | This was necessary to me as part of my approach to socialism , for before you can be sure whether you are genuinely in favour of socialism , you have got to decide whether things at present are tolerable or not tolerable , and you have got to take up a definite attitude on the terribly difficult question of class … |