Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] [adv] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | To provide people with the opportunity to acquire even a tiny stake in the land is a daunting task calling for wisdom , courage , and political integrity almost unheard of in modern times . |
2 | Each was also equipped with a Very pistol and two flares , one green one red , a torch with the glass masked by sticky tape to leave only a pencil-thin beam , and a radio transmitter tuned to a master receiver in Springfield 's car . |
3 | The substitution worked both ways as Surgeon drove in a low cross for Canning to crash home a spectacular equaliser in the 64th minute . |
4 | Most of them are concerned with admissibility of evidence , which is not in issue here ; and none , aside from those already mentioned , arose where in the face of clear and general language it was contended that Parliament must nevertheless have intended the words of the statute to have only a limited effect . |
5 | But Mr Bush 's old agency , the CIA , suddenly produced the trial 's only real , live agent to blow apart a key assertion : that Noriega had fallen out with the cartel after his troops destroyed a state-of-the-art cocaine laboratory in Panama . |
6 | One criticism which is often levelled at record reviewers is their frequent inability to reach even a mild degree of consensus regarding ‘ best ’ versions . |
7 | Employees should have the opportunity to own collectively a significant stake in the company for which they work , through a democratic Employee Share Ownership Plan ( ESOP ) or a cooperative . |
8 | There can be no exclusion of the implied title undertaking , but this is somewhat misleading since it is possible under s12 of the SGA to sell only a limited interest in the goods ( see Chapter 7 ) . |
9 | One of the newest , Sun E45 is the only sun protection range to use only a non-chemical sunscreen in its formulation . |
10 | You do n't have to have a personal coach to put together a successful training schedule . |
11 | and the problem of access to the flats , and sometimes the necessity to walk quite a long way before you can get out onto the street , which would be a problem for young mothers with , with , with small children , as equally it would be a problem for elderly people or disabled people . |
12 | A part of Harry wanted to agree that it was possible , although it would be a very long while yet before he had enough money to buy even a small farm of his own and start up his own line of thoroughbreds . |
13 | It has been argued that it is wrong for such a body to impose even a limited check on the activities of an elected Government . |
14 | Can I put in a bid I 'm working with er er Dave Williams on the launch of this drugs hotline and there 's a need to do quite a large mailshot of the posters in the |
15 | In a sweeping review of the various domains by which proteins bind to DNA , Aaron Klug ( MRC , Cambridge ) revealed the diversity of structures that have evolved to meet the requirements of physical stability and evolutionary flexibility imposed by the need to recognize only a tiny fraction of the binding sites available in an entire genome . |
16 | And , of course , there is no need to learn either a new program or new skills , the latter part of the equation having proved a major stumbling block for many companies eager to improve the quality of their published work . |
17 | Now they were feeling the need to order quite a large amount of food for ‘ skinnys ’ , especially ones whom possessed at some point in time the ‘ narrow cup ’ . |
18 | Barron and Baron ( 1977 ) had children of a variety of ages compare a word with a picture to make either a rhyming decision or a meaning decision . |
19 | The failure of yesterday 's meeting to achieve even a preliminary compromise makes the prospect of a final agreement before the end of this year highly unlikely . |
20 | 1986 No. 1925 ) the court has a wide discretion to set aside a statutory demand on an application by the debtor . |
21 | In general the court should exercise its discretion to set aside a statutory demand if , but only if , it would not be just for those consequences to apply in the circumstances . |
22 | The court has a wide discretion to set aside a statutory demand . |
23 | The context was an action in the Norwegian court to set aside a retrospective tax assessment which had been raised by the Norwegian tax authorities against the estate of a deceased taxpayer who , it was alleged , was the beneficial owner of the assets which he had not declared for tax purposes . |
24 | Manager struggled against a rising roll call of injuries and non availability to put together a fine squad . |
25 | 85 MINUTES : Saints ' defender Kenna started a move and followed up into the penalty area to fire home a loose ball after Baker had lost possession in a hectic skirmish after a shot by Banger . |
26 | It is of no use to put forward a partial plan for the revitalization of our education . |
27 | He said the Afghan army had enough ammunition to defeat even a regular army . |
28 | Our room was an ark , and I had no wish for the dove to bring home a green leaf . |
29 | To mark the video rental release on September 30 of Warren Beatty 's Oscar-winning gangster movie Bugsy , we 've linked with 20.20 Vision to give away a fabulous holiday in the States and £6,000 worth of videos . |
30 | Indeed , it became almost de rigueur for a man of substance to put aside a considerable sum for his funeral monument , the £600 spent on the third Earl of Sussex 's memorial being fairly typical . |