Example sentences of "to form a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 4–1–1883 It was resolved to form a Total Abstinence Society within the congregation . |
| 2 | As in 1979 , individual questions were combined to form a total activity of daily living score ranging from 0 to 11 , with higher scores denoting higher dependency . |
| 3 | Spender star turned pop person Jimmy Nail is now planning to form a part-time band with fellow Geordie Sting . |
| 4 | A civilian Transitional Council was appointed on Dec. 15 to form a temporary administration until the return to civilian rule now scheduled for August 1993 [ for postponement of presidential elections due in December see p. 39179 ] . |
| 5 | The commanding officer , the adjutant and the regimental sergeant major were required to form a parallel unit , while the second in command , the regimental quartermaster sergeant and the assistant adjutant took command of the original unit . |
| 6 | During April the ruling military junta , the State Law and Order Restoration Council ( SLORC ) , moved to frustrate further the efforts of the opposition National League for Democracy ( NLD ) to form a democratic government . |
| 7 | As cholesterol is insoluble in water , it has to combine with a soluble protein in order to form a soluble lipoprotein . |
| 8 | An eye with this device can have a large opening , relying on the lens to bend the light so that spreading rays converge to form a sharp image . |
| 9 | Rabin 's challenge had followed Peres 's failure to form a Labour-led coalition government after the collapse in March of the Likud-Labour coalition . |
| 10 | This contains neutral mucopolysaccharides and collagen fibres and is primarily a supporting structure , while the perineurium helps to form a physiological barrier between the ionic and other constituents of the blood and those of the nervous tissue ( Treherne and Pichon , 1972 ) . |
| 11 | Card No. 2 is similar to No. 1 , changing the direction of the lace carriage every ten rows to form a zig-zag pattern of holes between two sets of three stitches instead of two sets of single stitches . |
| 12 | Discarded and shredded by the Bank of England and banknote manufacturer Thomas De La Rue , the paper money has been mixed at the Botanic Centre with sludge from a KP crisp factory on Teesside to form a peat-free compost . |
| 13 | The story of Elton John meeting his songwriting partner Bernie Taupin through a small ad in Melody Maker is one of the music industry 's most famous legends , but the chances of two developing talents — a music writer and a lyricist — being brought together to form a successful partnership are n't good . |
| 14 | The drafter may be tempted to adopt a 'scissors and paste " approach , drawing individual clauses from a number of precedents and putting them together to form a finished product . |
| 15 | Soviet spokesmen expected the Third World states to form a strong constituency of support for Brezhnev 's plan and they chose their arguments accordingly . |
| 16 | The last bridge at Nuln is one of the marvels of the Old World , and its wooden centre section can be raised and lowered to form a defensive barrier . |
| 17 | Its wooden centre section can be raised and lowered to form a defensive barrier . |
| 18 | According to former Mexican Communist Valentin Campa , the attitudes to the Russian revolution of intellectuals such as Ricardo Flores Magón , who was not a Marxist but initially saw the Bolsheviks as ‘ the true internationalists ’ , and leaders such as Emiliano Zapata , were influential in the decision to form a Communist party . |
| 19 | Now chemists have discovered several compounds of transition metals such as tungsten and iridium that can split an alkane carbon-hydrogen bond to form a carbon-metal bond instead . |
| 20 | King and Williams observed in laboratory experiments that , in addition to the break point bar , there is the tendency for the swash to form a second bar at its upper limit . |
| 21 | ‘ Those who are to be returned to unit as unsuitable can come overland together with those who will be required to form a second squadron to operate in a later phase . ’ |
| 22 | The apexes are connected to form a second grid . |
| 23 | Insect muscles differ fundamentally from those of Annelids , both in histological structure and in not being incorporated into the body-wall to form a dermo-muscular tube . |
| 24 | Later , at a meeting held at Calais in October , the two clauses were removed to form a separate treaty whose implementation was to depend upon the clauses concerning the cession of land having been properly carried out . |
| 25 | 88OPEN SUPPORTERS CLUB PLANS TO FORM A SEPARATE COMPANY TO MARKET THE TESTING SERVICES IT HAS DEVELOPED |
| 26 | Doubling of the melody can also be used in accompaniments of a different kind , where all other parts are independent of the theme and unite to form a separate entity . |
| 27 | Travkin had been involved in the talks on founding the DRM , but had withdrawn his support when it was decided not to form a separate party , thus allowing DRM supporters to remain in the CPSU . |
| 28 | Those members of the Nikola Petkov Bulgarian National Agrarian Union ( BZNS ) who had remained in the Union of Democratic Forces ( UDF ) after part of the BZNS split off to form a separate party before the October 1991 elections [ see p. 38539 ] now set up their own separate BZNS within the UDF . |
| 29 | ‘ In the case of a multi-national partnership of which fewer than 75% of the principals are solicitors , any overseas offices of the Practice shall be deemed to form a Separate Practice from its offices in England and Wales . ’ |
| 30 | The sixty-eight year old Bean was curator of the department since its inception in 1960 ; previously all drawings were acquired through the Department of European Paintings , and it was on Philip Pouncey 's suggestion that the Metropolitan decided to form a separate department . |