Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] [verb] [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The commanders of Operation Desert Storm are beginning to feel the same way . |
| 2 | In principle FELs can have calculated efficiencies as high as 30–50 per cent when the dimensions of the wiggler are tapered to match the decreasing energy of the electrons traversing it . |
| 3 | Here 10 of the 16 possible bit patterns of a 4 bit field are used to represent the decimal digits 0 to 9 , the remaining 6 being unused . |
| 4 | Members who have lost touch with the Association are invited to contact The Honorary Secretary , Dr J. W. Binns , at the Centre for Medieval Studies , University of York , King 's Manor , York YO1 2EP stating what years they were in Hall , whereupon they will be added to the mailing list . |
| 5 | The hoist has a capacity of 50 tons for boats of FAB 3's dimensions and both it and the dock are designed to accommodate the largest lifeboats at present envisaged . |
| 6 | Nor , it was pointed out , had any action been taken to end the discriminatory " Status Acts " passed between 1976 and 1981 which unilaterally conferred " independence " on the homelands of Transkei , Bophutatswana , Venda and Ciskei , whose people , totalling 8,000,000 , had been deprived of their South African nationality . |
| 7 | Rather , it seems preferable that , in making a general assessment of the quality of life of a particular old person , some attempt be made to examine the negative and positive aspects of the relationships which they presently experience . |
| 8 | Western style financial institutions , infrastructure and factory-based industry were promoted to provide the requisite economic foundations for international strength . |
| 9 | Furthermore , it is argued by some commentators that , if an attempt were made to trace the redistributive consequences of other types of government policy , e.g. subsidies that are part of industrial policy , then an already very fuzzy picture would become totally confused . |
| 10 | The Senate had approved the bill on Feb. 25 by 59 votes to 39 , eight less that the two-thirds majority which would be required if an attempt were made to override the presidential veto . |
| 11 | Very little was done about juvenile labour , she says , with no attempt being made to raise the school-leaving age or to make further technical education compulsory until the age of 17 . |
| 12 | The forces of fascist barbarism were threatening to engulf the civilised world . |
| 13 | Later on , in the episode ‘ The Ambush ’ both Inlay and the extermination effect were blended to show the devastating result of a Dalek blaster on full power . |
| 14 | The papal itinerary is expected to include the former Portuguese colony of East Timor , annexed by Indonesia in 1976 , which has a predominantly Catholic population . |
| 15 | The Georgian side is trying to smear the Russian armed forces to make up for its own errors , ’ he said . |
| 16 | I find myself left wondering , if £100 million of new money is standing idly by , how much an action programme is going to cost the Labour party and when we shall see it properly costed . |
| 17 | An informed mind is needed to appreciate the circumstantial detail of this Oxford fabliau : the relationship between the town and Oseney , for example , and the carpenter 's calling upon a local saint , St Frideswide . |
| 18 | , mummy 's going to have the broken one |
| 19 | The research is intended to explore the various ways in which economic influence and control is exercised . |
| 20 | More specifically , the research is intended to explore the potential relevance of the current interest in discourse , hegemony and agency to the critical debate about the nature and efficacy of development . |
| 21 | The research is designed to examine the deviant behaviour of young girls and women during the process of the transition from school into the labour market . |
| 22 | The research is designed to investigate the changing organisation of service sector employment nationally , the particular impact of its expansion in East Anglia , where rates of growth have been above the national average , and to establish the consequence of this growth for class and gender relations in the two local labour markets of Norwich and Ipswich . |
| 23 | More detailed research is needed to determine the principal sources of infection in Britain , but health education may be an alternative to antenatal screening in reducing maternal infection . |
| 24 | Research is required to determine the appropriate value of M . |
| 25 | The conversion of the UK vote is thought to offer the best chance of reaching the required total of 54 votes . |
| 26 | No attempt is made to explore the practical effects of the rule . |
| 27 | They play a fairly passive role , though the taking of notes involves the student actively in the learning process , particularly if an attempt is made to record the main points of the lecture in a logical sequence . |
| 28 | It is important that Chapter 12 should be familiar to the reader before any attempt is made to consider the alphabetical subject approach further . |
| 29 | Education is the ultimate form of skill training where no attempt is made to specify the particular purposes for which the skills might be utilised . |
| 30 | A template is supplied to give the correct opening size |