Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [verb] to [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This sort of task is very common in process control situations where the operator often makes a preliminary three-way decision corresponding to the worldwide system of red , amber and green traffic lights . |
| 2 | The long hours worked by preregistration house officers , the high service commitment , and the low rating given to the educational aspects of the job have led to numerous criticisms of this part of medical education . |
| 3 | But why was the capitalist mode of production more efficient than feudal landownership , and why does this generate social and political change leading to a new power structure in society ? |
| 4 | ‘ There is no reason now why there should not be an interim payment made to the unsecured creditors , ’ he said . |
| 5 | Main picture : An outhouse was knocked down to create this spacious kitchen leading to an attractive breakfast area |
| 6 | So , an enterprising chap by the name of Len Middleton came up with an idea that would present the bait on fine , supple line ( the hair ) , and yet still have a strong hook attached to a strong , somewhat rigid line . |
| 7 | We have to confess that Evangelicalism has sometimes , perhaps even often , expressed itself in a hard , legalistic framework leading to a dull and often joyless form of Christianity . |
| 8 | The regional award went to the Northern region — for its good programme of events , good communications and for tackling difficult issues . |
| 9 | The last draft of the directive that was considered by the European Parliament refers to a normal minimum of eight hours ' work . |
| 10 | There is no stabilized figure corresponding to the later producer or director , who does not really appear in theatre until the late nineteenth century . |
| 11 | Consequently , once the northern campaign was resumed , on 20 April , the task of political reorganization came to a temporary halt . |
| 12 | Despite its shattering defeat in 1931 the Labour Party had established itself as the dominant political force opposed to the Conservative Party , as the unchallenged controller of local government on the major coalfields and as the Party to which the great majority of trade-union officials gave their loyalty . |
| 13 | The publication of a book by a private citizen led to the breaking-off of diplomatic relations . |
| 14 | The failure of either the June or the November 1989 general elections to resolve Greece 's political impasse led to a rapid deterioration in the country 's economic position during 1989 . |
| 15 | In the remaining seats , the candidates who got more than an eighth of the total vote go to a second ballot . |
| 16 | People are also being asked to make their voices heard expressing concern over the possible cut to aid to the third world . |
| 17 | At its highest point , a turn to the right up a pathless incline leads to the subsidiary height of pike which has two cairns ; from here the route , still pathless , heads due south , passing the three Whernside Tarns and rises to join a wall coming up from the left , this being kept alongside to the summit . |
| 18 | On March 9 the Polish Foreign Ministry protested to the Lithuanian government about a decision to ban by April 1 all textbooks printed in foreign countries , which in particular affected Polish schools in Lithuania as they had been using history books printed in Poland . |
| 19 | Others are fitted as permanent onboard lighting units fed off the camcorder battery , and are arranged for either manual control or , in some cases , auto on/off as and when the ambient light level drops to a predetermined value . |
| 20 | ZOMAX , a new pain-killing drug given to a million people in the UK over the last two years is being withdrawn by the manufacturers , pending changes in the prescribing information issued to doctors . |
| 21 | Not least among the contributions was the continual damage done to the terrible local roads by the movement of heavy carts carrying ore and finished products . |
| 22 | But it is not clear whether this loss of privately-owned woodland applies to the whole county . |
| 23 | Sound recording enabled us to repeat musical and other aural experiences , with profound effects upon the musical profession as well as on the range of cultural opportunity open to the ordinary person . |
| 24 | Popular literature appealing to the semi-educated proliferated , reflecting the growth of a reading public not unlike that of the contemporary West . |
| 25 | Similarly , Wolfson attributes her unsuccessful interview with the restaurant owner to a mismatch of age , sex and status in addition perhaps to the particularly low social esteem accorded to a young woman . |
| 26 | As a teen-ager , he took daily subway trips to the Metropolitan Museum to study the painted portraits that so greatly influenced his photographic style . |
| 27 | As they do so , they deposit a load of pollen within the orchid flower and immediately afterwards receive a fresh batch to carry to the next false female . |
| 28 | It is an implied term of the contract that the seller should have a right to sell the goods ( SGA 1979 , s12 ) and it has been held that a breach of this implied condition amounts to a total non-performance of the contract by the seller . |
| 29 | Mr d'Ancona admits : ‘ It was probably harder to get British industry to respond to the legitimate requirements of the oil industry than to get the oil industry to make allowance for the legitimate interests of the supply industry . ’ |
| 30 | They stood with rigid tension listening to the brooding silence of the jungle all around them . |