Example sentences of "[vb infin] a [adj] [noun] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I catch a piercing look I 've seen him give other guys ; Gregory , when he would n't jump a six-foot gap on the fourteenth storey ; Nick , when we learned about his drinking . |
| 2 | ‘ You will perceive by the accompanying prospectus that I have commenced another work of much greater magnitude [ than the Century ] ; for my own part I should have been more anxious to have gone on with unfigured foreign birds and by that means have added so much the more interest to the science of ornithology , but the greater number of the subscribers to my other work not paying attention to birds generally but limiting themselves to those of our own country , they have frequently reiterated their request that I should commence a similar work on the Birds of [ 'this country ’ crossed out ] Europe and this has been the only motive for my undertaking so laborious a task . ’ |
| 3 | THEY call Eddie Newton ‘ Isaac ’ at Stamford Bridge , and you do n't need a rotten apple on the head to work that one out . |
| 4 | A man weighs about as much as 3000 mice , and might need a bigger dose on the same scale . |
| 5 | The Danish prime minister , Mr Poul Schlüter , has made it clear that he will not initiate a further referendum on the basis of the existing text . |
| 6 | A pro-active stance should include a vigorous focus on the fundamental philosophical underpinnings of the animal rights movement , namely the moral equivalence between human beings and animals . |
| 7 | If we 're clever we can win a procedural point on the Matters Arising Item 4 ( 2 ) . ’ |
| 8 | Often there was a lonely John Crow wheeling over the hilltops in an unhurried search for carrion , and Martha thought that the big black bird must enjoy a superior view on the world . |
| 9 | We will introduce a 110-day limit on the length of time for which a prisoner may be held before trial , repeal the broadcasting ban , and provide for the videotaping of police interviews with terrorist suspects . |
| 10 | At one end the Council may approve a proposed course on the basis of the documents submitted by the College and without a visit to it , while at the other end the Council may consider a proposed course in full detail as at present . |
| 11 | While the entry price is likely to be high , price-performance should show a big advance on the current generation of mainframes , but it is questionable whether there will be big demand for the machines : sceptics will point out that once again MVS , and this time DB2 as well , will be being asked to do something that they were never designed to do . |
| 12 | The Group met three times during the year to try and ensure a balanced representation on the sixty or so committees . |
| 13 | This should beat a recent ban on the plastic variety — half a million a month used to litter the seas and endanger dolphins , whales and turtles . |
| 14 | Shall we do a little list on the computer , write it up ? |
| 15 | During a " transitional period " , he maintained , " four-power rights and responsibility and the presence in Germany of troops from the allied powers will exert a stabilizing influence on the whole process of building German unity " . |
| 16 | ‘ A European ’ , Temple wrote , ‘ can not exert a personal influence on the characters of more than one hundred to two hundred natives ’ ; but if he concentrated on ‘ guiding and controlling the native leaders ’ , then his influence would be ‘ magnified by a natural process a thousand fold ’ and the result would be that : ‘ The power thus exerted is infinitely greater in scope than any power or influence which it can be hoped that he will exert under the … system of Direct Rule . ’ |
| 17 | Pluralists are not explicitly concerned with the economic and social relationships outside the constitutional political system which can exert a constraining influence on the individuals who are empowered to take decisions within those institutions ( executive , legislature , bureaucracy and judiciary ) . |
| 18 | As I said to the hon. Member for Sheffield , Central , when he was here , I would welcome a five-hour debate on the distribution of grant , which is one of the hardest tasks facing any Government . |
| 19 | If a student asks a question to which the tutor can not give a satisfactory answer on the spur of the moment , he/she should make no attempt to bluff but frankly admit ignorance , and , possibly with the help of the class , set to work to find out the answer , or else undertake to find the answer for the next class . |
| 20 | Let's give a public pat on the back to more good Samaritans . |
| 21 | The requirement of the Education ( No. 2 ) Act 1986 Section 17 that each LEA should formulate a written policy on the range and balance of the school curriculum , and then that each school should consider but not necessarily follow that LEA policy , may be regarded as a brief , and confusing , interlude in the movement towards a national curriculum . |
| 22 | In other words , an adult man does not automatically assume a political role on the basis of his gender , any more than does a woman . |
| 23 | September 's Medau News will carry a full report on the course . |
| 24 | A devout follower of Mórr who does n't have Magical Awareness will still sense a magical effect on the wand if he makes a WP test with a -10 penalty . |
| 25 | The degree of supercoiling imposed on the viral genome in vivo is not known , but our experiments show that a moderate superhelical density can exert an stabilizing effect on the open complexes formed at the P A2b and P A3 promoters , which should be important in facilitating the transition into elongation complexes . |
| 26 | Inspector of Ancient Monuments , will give an illustrated talk on the 18th-century British soldier at home and how he spent his spare time . |
| 27 | Page 's choice of motets illustrated how the different texts could be closely interrelated — as in Par un matinct l'autrier / He bergier / He sire / Eius , which could be summarised as ‘ aspects of pastoral love ’ — or how each might furnish a satirical commentary on the other — as in Ypocrite pseudopontifices / O quam sancta / Et gaudebit , with its antithetical opinions of the high clergy . |
| 28 | Viewer 's democracy will not become a regular feature on the station , which covers southeast England , however . |
| 29 | The high society platinum beauty brought up in a secluded hot-house may look a million dollars on the show stand , but is all too liable to fall flat on her face at the first pinprick of adversity and does not stand a chance unless she is cocooned in protective sprays . |
| 30 | The new show-stopper may look a million dollars on the show bench and the exhibition stand , but be of little value in your garden . |