Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb base] [to-vb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Physical Education Department and the University of Edinburgh Sports Union combine to provide a comprehensive service . |
| 2 | THE Republic of Ireland expect to have a full strength team out on Wednesday , they expect to beat Lithuania and they expect to be in the USA for next summer 's World Cup finals . |
| 3 | Similarly , political conditions in Northern Ireland serve to maintain a powerful sense of ethnic distinctiveness which is marked in a number of culturally codified ways ( Larsen 1982 : 135 ) ; but these do not appear to include systematic linguistic differences . |
| 4 | But make no mistake , England need to produce a top-drawer performance tomorrow or it 's egg on the face time . |
| 5 | Certainly , with such a problem scoring — just six in their last eight games — England need to find a new dimension in front of goal . |
| 6 | A bustling shopping centre , an old Silk Exchange , the treasures of Alhambra Palace , the gardens of the Generalife combine to make a fascinating day out . |
| 7 | Both Joe and his former pupil Steve Vai seem to have a special fondness for one in particular : the Lydian . |
| 8 | The dye and additives used in the UK tend to leave a sooty deposit on pans , but a purer form available in other countries avoids this . |
| 9 | Souness starts a five-match touchline ban when Liverpool attempt to reverse a 4-2 deficit in the European Cup Winners Cup at Anfield . |
| 10 | Souness starts a five match touchline ban when Liverpool attempt to reverse a 4-2 deficit in the European Cup Winners Cup at Anfield . |
| 11 | Souness 's starts a five-match touchline ban when Liverpool attempt to reverse a 4-2 deficit against Russian champions Spartak Moscow in the European Cup Winners Cup at Anfield tonight . |
| 12 | Under Welch and Redfarn , The Theatre Royal has co-funded productions with other theatrical managements and a consortium of West Country businessmen , embracing such shows as Up On The Roof , Brigadoon and the about-to-open Buddy , as well as working with touring companies such as Paines Plough to launch a national tour of The Art Of Success . |
| 13 | Mr Justice Brooke granted Greenpeace leave to seek a judicial review of BNFL 's permit to test the plant 's systems using uranium prior to the government taking a final decision on whether the plant should be allowed to operate [ see ED 72/73 ] . |
| 14 | BRITISH troops in the former Yugoslavia have to perform a fine balancing act between the warring factions as they start to deliver humanitarian aid in Bosnia . |
| 15 | Mal Donaghy is seeking his first Championship medal at the age of 35 as fourth-placed Chelsea try to extend a brilliant run of seven wins in their last 10 games . |
| 16 | Oregon , Washington State , and Northern California unite to form a new state called Ecotopia . |
| 17 | ‘ For reasons that I can not understand , ’ he continued , ‘ we in Britain seem to have a negative response to winners . |
| 18 | Phelan and Staunton seem to have a great understanding on the left wing and I doubt Charlton will move either . |
| 19 | Unless there are an appreciable number of genuine deaths from asthma in people aged over 65 this supports my belief that the annual number of deaths due to asthma nationally is nearer 500 than 2000 ( even allowing for some genuine deaths from asthma not certified as such and given that some areas such as West Cumbria and perhaps Hertfordshire seem to have a lower mortality than Norwich ) . |
| 20 | Detectives in Newcastle want to trace a local pop group to return stolen musical equipment including a keyboard , amplifier and speakers which has been recovered . |
| 21 | This was the 11th successive Headingley Test to produce a positive result : the last drawn match there was in 1980 ( West Indies ) . |
| 22 | No oh well actually we do , me and Ros want to have a quiet drink on our own , you know ! |
| 23 | CANTONA THE AVENGER FRENCH ace Eric Cantona will be anxious to make amends for his first-leg blunder as Leeds seek to overturn a 3-0 deficit against Stuttgart . |
| 24 | Moving , like the witches , with confident , implacable force , the Citizens ' creates a Macbeth machine to assault a Scottish audience 's expectations of this most familiar of Shakespeare 's plays , leaving it , by the end , thoroughly drained and disturbed . |
| 25 | The Scots go into their concluding match today knowing that they can afford to lose to England and still take the title — provided that neither Ireland nor Wales manage to secure a big win in their clash this morning . |