Example sentences of "[det] and [vb base] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Obviously the decrease in the amount of time spent with the first-born will have an effect but many parents are aware of this and make a great effort to give attention to the older child . |
| 2 | The first time he sang the poem Bilbo had just handed over the Ring and was off to Rivendell ; the words accordingly express a sense of abdication , of having been left behind , along with determination to accept this and make a new life somewhere as yet unknown . |
| 3 | Annuals and tender perennials are best for this and provide a vast range of colours and textures . |
| 4 | Cyprio are also aware of this and market a similar brush ( only the colours and the fact that Black Knight has ‘ hooks ’ where Cyprio has loops , differ ) but to add to the potential for biological filtration with their denser crimped bristle Bio-brushes . |
| 5 | As the trainer you must provide instructions , and the dog will accept this and adopt a subordinate role . |
| 6 | There are many adults who 've had to face up to this problem and have , in actual fact , overcome it Susan Hampshire is one ; I believe Hans Anderson , also , has suffered from this difficulty — that with help they can overcome this and live a normal life . |
| 7 | For these and other linguistic and cultural reasons it is relatively easy for the speaker of one Bantu language to learn another and develop a high level of competence in it . |
| 8 | They can bounce ideas off one another and provide a mutual critique or one another 's work . |
| 9 | Assuming that you wish to become one of the select few and possess a suitable radio , you should set up the collective pitch travel in a manner which gives a mirror image of the normal travel when the invert switch is operated . |
| 10 | How can you say that and keep a straight face ? |
| 11 | What is clear is that it was by looking at these eastern arts , whose strict conventions embodied far more of nature than the near-abstract Geometric , that Greek artists were able to break from that and establish a comparable style of their own . |
| 12 | Identify these and give a brief description of each stage . |
| 13 | At present , boots with a Gore-Text bootie tend to cost about £20 more and have a one-year guarantee of waterproofness . |
| 14 | He thought : I 'll get her on her own and have a private talk . |