Example sentences of "[vb -s] [to-vb] a [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thriving under the feet of elephants Quentin Cowdry goes to see a giant-slaying small firm which is |
| 2 | He wants to see a new queuing system introduced … |
| 3 | The spadefoot has one of the fastest rates of development of any frog or toad , but it still has to undergo the process known as metamorphosis — the egg does not hatch into an adult , but into a tadpole , which has to reach a certain critical size before it can finally metamorphose into a tiny toad . |
| 4 | A winter stream runs past and to enter the house , one has to cross a small wooden bridge . |
| 5 | THE CENTRAL Electricity Generating Board wants to build a giant nuclear dump to store spent fuel from its nuclear power stations . |
| 6 | Its strongest American card is its 44% stake in Amdahl Corp , and while IBM appears to be playing into Amdahl 's hands in the short term , Amdahl knows it has to build a big new business almost from scratch out of Unix and its Huron applications development and delivery environment if it is to grow much beyond its present $2,500m or so annual business . |
| 7 | Reason alone insists that there has to exist a non-physical formative cause to provide an appropriate hypothesis , and in view of this realisation by visionaries in the domain of physics , bio-chemistry , biology , neuro science , etc. , a bridge between ancient wisdom and modern insight is now being built . |
| 8 | The turner still has to hold a great juddering chisel in his hands and relies on a good eye and a steady hand to ensure a true cut . |
| 9 | Use a watering can with a fine rose attached to apply a small amount of water evenly , until the surface starts to turn a uniform dark colour |
| 10 | Professor Budd 's remarks echo a widespread belief in the City that the Government needs to develop a credible monetary strategy . |
| 11 | In order for a fighter to fight in the state of New Jersey , he has to have a thorough medical examination , so it 's hard for me to say . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ While everyone wants to have a nice looking bass , I think you have to get your priorities in order . |
| 13 | The rewards are bigger than ever , which means that everyone — governing bodies , teachers , coaches , press and TV — has to take a positive anti-drug stance . |
| 14 | We might , for instance , ask them : ‘ The local education authority , which is Conservative-controlled , wants to close a popular primary school in a run-down urban area in your constituency because of falling rolls ; there is high unemployment . |
| 15 | Someone needs to take a long hard look at what has happened to tennis in Ulster over the last 20 years . |
| 16 | Because it is an interlocutory judgement it is usually heard before a master of the High Court , and a defendant only has to show a good arguable case for the plaintiff 's application to fail . |
| 17 | He is typically a former street trader or motorcycle messenger who wants to make a quick easy fortune . |
| 18 | Eventually it plans to launch a high-tech home-shopping service that combines the personal service it is famed for with the convenience of a catalogue . |
| 19 | NEW YORK — The UN Secretary-General , Javier Perez de Cuellar , plans to send a 625-member peacekeeping force to Central America in the first serious test of the regional peace agreement signed in August . |
| 20 | But the idea of a third TV channel in the Republic is now a dead duck , although the Government plans to have a modest Irish language TV channel on air in about a year . |
| 21 | The Rev Martin Flatman , vicar of St John 's Church , Cowley , Oxford , plans to become a Roman Catholic priest when the ordination of women comes into effect in 1994 . |
| 22 | Sponsored by Lucas Industries , he plans to become a practising electrical engineer , though he might do casual teaching , perhaps at evening classes . |
| 23 | So that is how an unknown , unpublished provincial chooses to thank a celebrated Parisian poet ( with whom he claims to be in love ) for her words of praise . |
| 24 | The Group is also planning an annual conference and exhibition of related hardware and software and also intends to establish a full electronic bulletin board service allowing on-line problem solving . |
| 25 | Still to come on Central News … as Rover prepares to launch a new luxury car … |
| 26 | It intends to create a new conservation agency in Scotland to replace the existing Countryside Commission for Scotland and Nature Conservancy Council for Scotland . |
| 27 | Under this condition a spurious infinitesimal input signal quickly grows to create a substantial periodic output signal . |
| 28 | The sentence he constructs to illustrate a particular linguistic feature must , in some sense , derive from the ‘ ordinary language ’ of his daily life and also be acceptable in it . |
| 29 | 2 The attacker lunges out to grab the defender 's throat with both hands , who in turn prepares to execute a double outside block . |
| 30 | Publication of the report comes as the Church of Scotland prepares to confront a difficult financial position at the General Assembly . |