Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [art] [adj] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Multiplex PCR offers a practical means to improve V cholerae surveillance operations . |
| 2 | Sarah made a mental note to go and see Janine . |
| 3 | Frau Hoflin fought an overwhelming desire to slap her daughter . |
| 4 | During a period of pitiful loneliness and depression , Marinello made the ill-advised decision to compromise his skills and try to win his way back into the Arsenal first team as an auxiliary midfield player rather than an avaricious dribbler . |
| 5 | The recently published book Collecting Lustreware goes a long way to correct such assumptions , for it gives a comprehensive account of all British pottery and porcelain manufacturers who are known to have made and/or decorated lustreware — and there was no shortage of them . |
| 6 | As Martin Luther King led a peaceful demonstration to try to remove segregation in Birmingham , Alabama , his supporters were violently dispersed by the local police . |
| 7 | Sunderland refound the winning habit to beat them 2–0 with goals from Steve Maxwell and Eric Mathers . |
| 8 | Ven made a brief stop to drop off a parcel at one of the shops in the town , obviously the reason for his having to make the journey . |
| 9 | Kolchinsky used a miniature transmitter to activate the door . |
| 10 | Within minutes of the law 's enactment , the American Civil Liberties Union used a federal court to block its enforcement until its constitutionality could be determined . |
| 11 | Taylor wants a convincing victory to erase doubts about his team 's ability to reach the World Cup finals . |
| 12 | Romania has a long way to go before it can even begin to climb out of its paralysis . |
| 13 | Such difficult transition demands time and balance and Romania has a long way to go before it is comfortable with its new identity . |
| 14 | Now Harold Brooks Baker wants a Royal Commision to vet future peers . |
| 15 | West Germany has a constitutional obligation to accept East Germans , so the parallel with Third World economic and environmental refugees is not exact . |
| 16 | Through all the recriminations and pledges of support , Mr Taylor maintained a dignified refusal to criticise those who had voted against him because of his colour . |
| 17 | And although Lucy made a valiant effort to control her quickening breath , the mad thumping of her heart and the heated excitement rising within her , it was a losing battle — and at last she gave herself up to the rapturous bliss of the moment . |
| 18 | Elisa made a mental note to return soon and thank the fishmonger for his care and attention . |
| 19 | Penny made a mental note to get cold food from the delicatessen when she invited Glenda back . |
| 20 | Hardy lacked the social confidence to make his way in professional circles , and also the formal education that would have enabled him to follow Horace Moule , his close friend from Dorchester days , to university and a career in the church . |
| 21 | Marie made a conscious effort to close her mouth , which she knew was hanging open . |
| 22 | The United States got the United Nations to adopt a resolution which called for the expulsion of North Korean troops from South Korea , that was the objective , that was the immediate war aim . |
| 23 | On July 26 President Robert Mugabe announced a general amnesty to mark the country 's 10th anniversary of independence ( celebrated on April 18 ) . |
| 24 | Steven used a two-band spectrophotometer to measure the reflectance from sugar beet in the red and NIR . |
| 25 | Lisbon diplomats said Portugal had asked the United States to try a new initiative to bring the two sides together . |
| 26 | In an address to foreign ambassadors at the end of 1985 Gorbachev underlined the Soviet readiness to search for ‘ just solutions jointly with other countries ’ to conflicts in various regions and ‘ to participate where necessary , in respective guarantees ’ . |
| 27 | At home and abroad , Mr Gorbachev has an awful lot to lose from a fight . |
| 28 | Speaking at the Congress of People 's Deputies in December 1990 , Gorbachev proposed an all-union referendum to resolve the future of the Soviet state . |
| 29 | Shortly after the Salon des Indépendants , the Societe des Artistes Indépendants of Brussels invited the French painters to join them in their yearly show , which was to open in June . |
| 30 | This is an , a product of evolution , admittedly Freud uses a Lamarckian scenario to explain how it got there , but the fact is that Freud insisted on it . |