Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] a [adj] [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The attempt Grumman made in the 1970s to reduce its dependence on Pentagon and NASA contracts produced an excellent delivery truck for the post office . |
| 2 | The classic case is the famous opening scene of Le bourgeois gentilhomme , in which a hopelessly inept student , singing soprano , attempts to perform a languorous love song . |
| 3 | For all tape collectors everywhere , Reels offers a complete tape collection management and analysis system . |
| 4 | The Diary 's attempts to arrange a late night drink with her ( ‘ she has to be home by 10.30 , ’ said her secretary , stealing 90 minutes on Cinderella ) were re-routed into breakfast at 8.15am . |
| 5 | It took an enormous amount of discussion to persuade me that we had enough intrinsic skills to mount a successful oil operation , but those closer to the competition and the marketplace knew better than I their own relative abilities . |
| 6 | Many analysts discounted the drop and pointed to other signs suggesting a strengthening manufacturing sector , including continued expansion of industrial production . |
| 7 | It can take several hours to kill an entire whale group which may number several hundred individuals . ’ |
| 8 | The emphasis here is first on developing a relationship , and then on using other core skills to implement a social care plan . |
| 9 | The suppression and control of internal and external enemies became a useful safety valve for German society , but in practice there was little in the way of a genuine Polish threat for the Prussians to fear . |
| 10 | The non inverting input of the first stage amplifier is connected via a resistor to a potentiometer linked across positive and negative voltage divider chains to provide an adjustable input offset . |
| 11 | The United states has a huge task force of some 500 army staff in Antarctica . |
| 12 | A woman with a small mouth and short fingers has a shallow porte feminine and she is easy to please . |
| 13 | We will place a statutory obligation on local authorities to provide a comprehensive youth service in partnership with the voluntary sector , and we will invest in leisure and recreation facilities . |
| 14 | The Soviet contention that military bases in the Third World could generate dangerous East-West tensions was forcibly and unexpectedly underlined by the crisis initiated by Soviet attempts to establish a nuclear missile base on Cuban soil in 1962 . |
| 15 | Experts say a forty foot crack in a medieval transept wall could have led to disaster . |
| 16 | , English Nature has been strongly criticized by environmental groups for failing to go through with plans to designate a threatened peat bog as a site of special scientific interest ( SSSI ) . |
| 17 | It took him a few minutes to find a public phone booth . |
| 18 | This service , available regardless of amount or UK mainland location , completes Chlor-Chemicals ' plans to provide a total business package for solvent users . |
| 19 | Norwich Union 's aim is at all times to provide a first class standard of service . |
| 20 | Mr Howard , or his possible successor as Employment Secretary , could be humiliatingly voted down over plans to impose a 48-hour working week and a workless Sunday . |
| 21 | AN announcement is expected this week on the NewZealand-based company Fortex Group Ltd 's plans to establish a new lamb processing plant in the United Kingdom . |
| 22 | The Editor , Rev Obed Ochwanyi , said the newsletter is designed to ‘ sustain Christians ’ while the NCCK finalises its plans to launch a national church newspaper , similar to Target which it co-published in the seventies and eighties with the Christian Council of Tanzania . |
| 23 | In addition , the restoration of the track across Pilsworth Road Bridge to Heywood Business Park forms part of the proposals to establish a European Railfreight terminal at Heywood . |
| 24 | He was an active campaigner for an improved transport system for Edinburgh during his years as an MP and supported proposals to establish a light rail system around the capital . |
| 25 | For their part , employers want a low wage rise and ‘ opening clauses ’ that would allow individual firms to negotiate lower pay settlements . |
| 26 | Almost all constructive dismissal cases involve an unfair dismissal claim . |
| 27 | Overloading a socket outlet can easily start a fire , and all those trailing flexes pose a serious trip hazard . |
| 28 | As east coast residents from the Deep South to northern New England dug out of up to three feet of snow , authorities reported a growing death toll , with many of the fatalities coming from heart attacks due to shovelling snow . |
| 29 | Investing institutions expect a net cash inflow of £30 billion-40 billion this year . |
| 30 | Not only do few children enter school with a wide repertoire of nursery or religious songs learnt at their parents ' knees , but many primary schools lack a full-time music specialist . |