Example sentences of "[vb base] [to-vb] a [adj] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I want to acknowledge a personal debt to him . |
| 2 | In this section I want to compare a Marxian approach to growth — based upon Bukharin 's equations — with that of Harrod . |
| 3 | They want to continue a gradual opening to the West , chiefly to obtain the finance and technology needed to rebuild the economy . |
| 4 | ‘ We want to encourage a positive attitude to individual health and fitness , ’ a police spokesman said . |
| 5 | For example , say you want to create a standard letter to be mailed to 100 clients . |
| 6 | I want to put a specific question to the Minister . |
| 7 | But if we want to give a definite end to the melody we can bring in a more complete restatement of the original theme . |
| 8 | I want to make a limited point at this juncture , I reserve the right to come back later on , and it 's become three points as a result of the discussion we 've already had , my view on the contribution of the of the greenbelt to the York issue is n't just the setting of the city , it 's the character of the city , and that would include the central city and the historic city , and the need to limit the physical expansion and size of the urban area because of the implications inside the historic city , and that would certainly apply to other cities with greenbelts that I 'm familiar with like York , like er Oxford , which the character suffers from expansion , possibly excessive , Norwich , that considered a greenbelt , and London , if you like that did n't get its greenbelt until we had the character rather drastically altered , so I think it is n't just the setting and how you see the city from the ring road , it 's actually what happens inside the core , the second point I want to make is really for clarification perhaps , er and it relates to the question of allocations between the built up area and the inner edge of the greenbelt , as I understand it all those allocations are already er included in the Ryedale local plan , and are already therefore included in the commitments that we looked at in Ryedale , I do n't think there is a further reserve of spare opportunities that might be used either before or after two thousand and six , that 's certainly my understanding and if anybody was was taking a different view I think that should be clear , and now I come to the one point that I was actually going to raise , erm I think it 's important that in this discussion of the relations between York city and Greater York , that we get a , early on , a clear view of what the requirements are in York , not just its capacity which we 've discussed so far , and a figure of three thousand three hundred seems to be a fairly common currency , but its requirements , and I want to address a particular question to the County Council , which is in my proof , so they 've had as it were four weeks notice of it . |
| 9 | Imagine this : you want to send a private letter to a friend . |
| 10 | These are , of course , useful if you want to send a compressed file to someone who has not got the same compression program , so can not de-compress the file at the other end . |
| 11 | I propose to devote a whole chapter to so-called ‘ association copies ’ , partly for the selfish reason that I am myself devoted to them and partly because , looking at them as objectively as I can , they seem to me to offer one of the most satisfying branches of book-collecting , especially to anyone with the slightest sense of history . |
| 12 | Okay , if we wa if we want to turn a blind eye to it then that 's our business you know but er but when you 're , when you 're actually erm |
| 13 | On Saturday night at the end of the Rosary Moran said , ‘ I want to offer a final prayer to God that He may guide your father on the right course , ’ and they all knew , even to the boy Michael , to what he was referring . |
| 14 | If you simply want to change a direct cylinder to an indirect one or to fit a cylinder with an immersion heater boss , there are ways of adapting an existing direct cylinder — see Upgrading cylinders ( page 52 ) . |
| 15 | ‘ I am now looking for companies that want to add a new line to their range . ’ |
| 16 | Again , you 'll see a good example of that , where closed questions are good in a situation if you want to get a direct answer to somebody who tends to waffle , but again , if you 're asked closed questions and you want to give information , it is harder , it 's easier if you ask somebody an open question and on the film , John Cleese comes up with the starters to an open question , which are the Who , What , Which , Why , Where , When questions . |
| 17 | We expect plenty of interest from those who want to make an unforgettable gift to their partners . ’ |
| 18 | We hope to reach a satisfactory solution to this matter . |
| 19 | We hope to make a large donation to Cancer Research . |
| 20 | Though the markets remain nervously responsive to war news from the Gulf , they now seem to discount a serious threat to Saudi production . |
| 21 | Judged against this standard , many of our towns now seem to leave a great deal to be desired . ’ |
| 22 | Er we export some to India We export and anticipate to export a fair quantity to another country , which for the purpose of our own affairs shall be nameless . |
| 23 | ‘ For reasons that I can not understand , ’ he continued , ‘ we in Britain seem to have a negative response to winners . |
| 24 | The planes therefore seem to have a real application to the teaching of woodwork in schools — always assuming the survival of a traditional craft approach under today 's educational policies . |
| 25 | They seem to have a Gaelic sound to some of these names . |
| 26 | Grey langurs seem to have a particular aversion to leopards and call loudly to warn all the other inhabitants of the jungle , including the deer , that a leopard is on the prowl . |
| 27 | Remember to tie a strong rope to the bag so it can be retrieved at the end of the day or to refill . |
| 28 | Linguists and linguistic philosophers tend to adopt a limited approach to the functions of language in society . |
| 29 | The strong eastward currents generated by prevailing westerlies are most marked at the surface , but penetrate to impart an easterly flow to the full depth of the water column . |
| 30 | We continue to turn a blind eye to the architecture with no name , preferring instead to attack the buildings that future generations will admire . |