Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] a [adj] [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The AUT 's governing council , meeting in York , agreed to support a National Union of Students proposal for a one-day shut-down of universities in protest at the scheme with teach-ins on campuses . |
| 2 | The line to Bathgate , reopened to passengers on 24 March 1986 ( including two new stations at Uphall and Livingston ) at a cost of £1.5million shared by six public bodies expected to see a top figure of 400,000 passengers annually . |
| 3 | If physical integrity is so highly valued , would it be inappropriate to make it clear that an offence would be committed by any normal adult who failed to see an obvious risk of physical harm to another ? |
| 4 | It had retained no suitable system of books and records , failed to implement an appropriate system of internal controls and it had lacked appropriate segregation of functions . |
| 5 | But here as elsewhere , though the emphasis on cost and utility was helpful in curbing bureaucratic empire-builders , it failed to provide a full definition of the public service which should be provided . |
| 6 | But these extensive discussions failed to provide a common area of agreement , mainly because of divergent national interests and unfavourable economic developments such as inflation , recession , and the oil crisis . |
| 7 | A post mortem examination failed to establish a definite cause of death and the results of further forensic tests are awaited . |
| 8 | They may be concentrated naturally as in animal tissues like bone , blood , hoof and horn , or processed to contain a high proportion of one or more nutrients , or they may be bulky and contain very little as in plant tissues like peat , compost and leaf mould . |
| 9 | The £8m first phase of the Darlington Cross Town Route , expected to attract a European grant of £2m. ; |
| 10 | While no operational difficulties were reported during SeaDocs ' experiment , and while the fees per registration fluctuated between only $300 and $500 , SeaDocs failed to attract a sufficient number of traders and financial institutions to survive . |
| 11 | We are not opening in Paris solely to take advantage of the end of trading restrictions within the EC in 1993 , but because the opportunity arose to obtain a suitable area of the Hotel Bristol with our own street window and entrance . |
| 12 | The Supreme Electoral Tribunal ( TSE ) announced on Nov. 13 that the parties of the eight remaining candidates , all of whom failed to secure a required minimum of 4 per cent of the votes , would lose their legal status . |
| 13 | ALAN Hickman from Derbyshire became worried about the advice he was receiving over his pension transfer when he realised that each expert he consulted recommended a different course of action . |
| 14 | Germany promised to support a Russian seizure of the Straits and to be neutral unless Russia launched an attack on Austria-Hungary ; Russia promised to remain neutral unless Germany attacked France . |
| 15 | He also studied under the successful architect Isaac Ware [ q.v. ] whom he helped prepare a new edition of Lord Burlington 's Fabbriche Antiche , a book of engravings from the collection of Palladio drawings belonging to Lord Burlington ( Richard Boyle , third Earl of Burlington , q.v . ) . |
| 16 | After he became a Communist , Neruda consciously tried to write a different kind of poetry incorporating a political message and which would be comprehensible to working people , the most famous and successful example of which is his Canto General . |
| 17 | The Hellenistic kings tried to provide a visual legitimisation of their position by choosing portraits which were closely derived from those of Alexander the Great . |
| 18 | The dramatic ‘ coup ’ at the general meeting , coupled with the publicity made by the writers of the circle , sufficed to provoke an exceptional amount of interest in the contents of these rooms even before the Vernissage . |
| 19 | And , indeed , they helped to establish a new resurgence of interest in the sociology of law . |
| 20 | In the mid-second century in Phrygia a vehement anti-Gnostic reaction helped to inflame a powerful movement of charismatic prophecy , led by Montanus and two women , Prisca and Maximilla . |
| 21 | The restaurant changed , as did the maître d' , but he still watched like a hawk and swooped with a pained query if you did n't savour every mouthful or tried to hide a tough end of meat under your lettuce . |
| 22 | She wagged her finger at Frank , even for the first week behaving flirtatiously with him — while he tried to hide an obvious mixture of embarrassment and pleasure . |
| 23 | In an attempt to answer this simple question we used a self administered questionnaire ( Spielberger STAI-X1 ) designed to provide an objective index of anxiety at any given moment . |
| 24 | In particular the satellite ‘ threat ’ helped to unleash an irreversible flood of new TV channels in Europe . |
| 25 | tried to inaugurate a new concept of citizenship which would link men of different social classes , The concept was based upon the notion that there was a good common to members of all classes , a goal the existence of which could be established from German Idealist metaphysics and which could be made visible in actual measures of educational reform and social welfare . |
| 26 | The evidence comes from a number of sources , for instance , the ex-head of reactor designer research at Harwell , Mr Denis Dorson , he on a number of occasions tried to institute a great number of changes into the reactors to make them safer . |
| 27 | Westinghouse Electric Corp , Pittsburgh has asked 15 cellular and wireless companies for proposals to build a nationwide wireless data network , the Wall Street Journal reported : the company 's idea is to spur the wireless carriers , individually or as part of a consortium , to develop a network that would make it easier and cheaper for users of laptop and palm-top computers and other devices to send and receive information over the air — and in return , Westinghouse promised to buy a substantial amount of transmission capacity for turn-key communications services that it wants to offer over such a network for various types of companies , such as those that manage large fleets of vehicles and security concerns doing remote monitoring — ‘ We 're trying to get a national packet data network that covers , at a minimum , the 30 largest metropolitan areas , ’ the company declared . |
| 28 | Clearly if we tried to apply a legal definition of ownership the asset belongs to Fred , however , unless the business is set up as a company in most countries the law does not recognize the separation of the business assets from those of the owner . |
| 29 | Rowntree tried to devise an objective definition of poverty based upon the minimum income required to maintain individuals in a state of ‘ physical efficiency ’ . |
| 30 | I also tried to incorporate a strong element of freedom so that a long term eating habit could be created . |