Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] a [adj -er] [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That shows that people want to adopt a healthier diet and lifestyle but are not finding it easy to make the change . |
| 2 | Then , when you get the chance , you want to have a closer look and check it out . |
| 3 | I hear , I , I , I think there is a tendency with the County Council but as I discovered as Chairman of Highways that members want to take a greater interest and to have a greater say on the items on the agenda now planning is is not a controversial as , as say highway items , but nevertheless I think there will be times and there will be agendas which will require a great deal of discussion on the individual items and I 'm also a great believer bearing in mind comments if it ai n't broke , do n't bend it . |
| 4 | In contrast , boys seem to have a firmer self-identity and a clearer ambition showing more insight in response to sentence stems such as ‘ My main problem is … ’ and ‘ He/she felt proud that … ’ . |
| 5 | A merger occurs where two companies combine to form a larger enterprise and where the shareholders in the combined enterprise comprise all , or substantially all , of the shareholders of the two companies . |
| 6 | A merger occurs where two companies combine to form a larger enterprise and where the shareholders in the combined enterprise comprise all , or substantially all , of the shareholders of the two companies . |
| 7 | Whatever Graham Greene intended by the use of the label ‘ entertainment ’ for certain of his novels , some of us have found a greater intuition and emotional force in The Man Within than in the more elaborate analysis of personality in The Heart of the Matter or A Burnt-Out Case . |
| 8 | If it still remains uncomfortable , then we , then we need to have a closer look and we may need to get the eye specialist involved if it 's refused to settle down . |