Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] a [adj] [unc] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 now I am retired and er yes last year I was feeling a bit decrepit , you know I used to go for a full wal walk round after lunch , after dinner , around where she lives and it 's much harder now .
2 The Idris operating system can also run on as many Transputers as necessary while enabling part of the system to remain as a native T9000 network .
3 The Idris operating system can also be run on as many Transputers as necessary while allowing part of the system to remain as a native T9000 network .
4 While other European countries ( not to mention the United States ) were struggling to comply with a 50 mg/litre nitrate limit , the minister revealed that Britain had once again discovered unique drawbacks to the proposed solution to pollution , which made the cure , as it were , worse than the disease .
5 A six-footer behind some-one of the same size in the driver 's seat would have to sit in a splayed knees/bent neck posture .
6 The government 's action was thought to have persuaded the US government to agree to a further US$50,000,000 aid package [ see p. 37311 for March 1990 withdrawal of US ambassador ] .
7 Or alternatively adapt Policy I five to allow for a strategic erm site or sites to be brought forward by local planning authorities in the course of their local plan work .
8 It has announced its intention to tender for a further 12.5pc stake .
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