Example sentences of "[n mass] [verb] [to-vb] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But in an eleventh-hour move late on Friday afternoon — and just hours after a query about the situation from this column — VAT headquarters agreed to consider a new interpretation of the rules . |
| 2 | Norsk Data restructured to become a holding company in October 1991 and transferred all operating activities to subsidiaries with separate financing . |
| 3 | In reality no fish has to eat a vast amount of food , though luckily for us some are right pigs ! |
| 4 | Because I think there has been a trend , has there not , in recent years where people tend to take a main holiday perhaps on the continent and then have a second holiday in this country . |
| 5 | Why do so many people want to take a long journey into that rather strange place that is known as Adland . |
| 6 | By this he meant that many people want to cure a particular problem , or to understand themselves more fully , yet do not want to change their way of moving and , especially , their mental attitudes to life . |
| 7 | Sir George said : ‘ If people want to adopt a nomadic style of life they must remain within the law and should do so at their own expense . ’ |
| 8 | So the missionary had to try to take the place of the doctor and the nurse , and had to keep with him a stock of basic medicines — iodine , castor oil , Epsom salts , santonin ( for worms ) , quinine tablets for malaria , and a plentiful supply of aspirin in which the village people seemed to have a great faith . |
| 9 | Beyond the relationship between parents-in-law and children-in-law , there is little evidence of support , except in cases where for individual and idiosyncratic reasons people happen to form a good relationship , say with a sister-in-law . |
| 10 | ‘ Well , people begin to make a structural analysis … ’ |
| 11 | You may be right but some people seem to dramatize a commonplace misfortune and turn it into a cult . |
| 12 | Apart from the fact that these people seem to possess a remarkable amount of scientific knowledge , even though they do not care to employ it , it seems possible that their ideas about civilisation and ours may be quite different . ’ |
| 13 | Yet so many people seem to have a mental block on this point , rushing for those little bottles when common sense should tell them that they can not possibly have some dreadful plague as they have n't introduced any new fish for over a year ! |
| 14 | Derbyshire Assistant Chief Constable Don Dovaston said : ‘ People seem to have a total disregard for the safety of themselves and other road users . |
| 15 | Perhaps it is the fault of the world in which we live , but people seem to have a great fear of failing , forgetting that failing at something does not mean that one is a ‘ failure ’ at life . |
| 16 | Some people seem to have a natural knack for making money , while others have a marvellous ability for getting along without it . |
| 17 | THOUSANDS of people stand to win a small fortune every week under new plans for a national lottery . |
| 18 | Some people like to put a small dab of water-based lubricant on the tip of their penis before putting on the condom , to increase sensitivity . |
| 19 | Some people like to have a sharp canter to warm up for the steeplechase , I prefer not to . |
| 20 | Some people like to have a clear set of rules to live and to work by , while others condemn these same rules as ‘ bureaucratic ’ , restrictive and stifling . |
| 21 | The Saddlery Courses are designed for people wishing to earn a full time living from making and repairing saddlery or for anyone who just wants to supplement their existing income , as they state ‘ whatever you want from this course , either to earn money or to save money , it is designed for you . ’ |
| 22 | However , it also has its own panel to whom it recommends people wishing to pursue a medical negligence claim . |
| 23 | Simultaneously , the US group Combustion Engineering announced a $2billion deal to build a petrochemical plant in Siberia . |
| 24 | Their infectious Irish rhythms and lilting harmonies captivated the house , but when the little pocket diva sang her solo this time , she ‘ wowed ’ them , she ‘ knocked them cold ’ , she was ‘ sensational ’ , or whatever other cliche theatre people use to describe a successful performance . |
| 25 | When asked in general terms , people claim to include a great deal of high-fibre food in their diets , to read only quality newspapers , never ever to drink and drive , etc . |
| 26 | People choose to spend a high proportion of their disposable income on buying and running a car because car ownership enhances their lives . |
| 27 | This is often the result of inexperienced people trying to give a helping hand to get the gliders out . |
| 28 | If we investigate the origins of modern Constitutions , we find that , practically without exception , they were drawn up and adopted because people wished to make a fresh start , so far as the statement of their system of government was concerned . |
| 29 | People desire to hold a certain proportion of their assets in money form . |
| 30 | All over Paris people queued to buy a small bagful to heat their homes , and in the Rue de la Paix the most fashionable jeweller in Paris placed a lump of coal , surrounded by diamonds , in his window . |