Example sentences of "the [noun] [verb] [to-vb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Without deriving a full root definition , modelling the activities required to undertake a particular process such as project planning , performing a task or set of tasks , developing ideas about new functions , and so on . |
| 2 | Nowadays this is made easier by the disciplines needed to keep a computer-based system operating tidily . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Partnerships , politically non-aligned bodies , have the opportunity to begin to re-establish a proper sense of balance . |
| 5 | It is clear that a main attraction of the project for its participants was the opportunity offered to obtain a large amount of space in a Central London location for a modest outlay . |
| 6 | They know about it , not just in rhetoric but in reality , and they have the opportunity to get to know a wider range of young people than parents or any other professional group . |
| 7 | Recently the RSPCA helped to fund a behavioural enrichment study at Regent 's Park which aims to improve the lot of captive animals by diminishing their stereotypical and aberrant behaviour patterns , and providing more stimulating and natural surroundings for the animals and a better educational experience for the public . |
| 8 | Russian illwill grew when the Prince wanted to marry a Prussian princess , a granddaughter of the kaiser . |
| 9 | Erik Gustavson 's The Telegraphist tries to repeat a well-tried Scandinavian formula of sexuality at the turn of the century frustrated by laces , girdles and religion , but fails to establish the nexus of characters that sustained Fanny and Alexander , for example . |
| 10 | This is useful if the retailer wants to introduce a new product , or line of products . |
| 11 | As well as having undertaken the nominated activity within 1990 and being members of the BAPC , entrants for the award had to assemble a small report giving the ‘ whys ’ and the ‘ hows ’ of their particular project . |
| 12 | By the time the Board decided to build a second power station at Hinkley Point in the 1960s , an accepting local population had got accustomed to an industrial development in the middle of the countryside . |
| 13 | Once you have stocking stitch between simple lace strips you can transfer the stocking stitches to make a narrow cable pattern also . |
| 14 | ( b ) Taking instructions As noted above , the drafter needs to have a clear understanding of the nature of the client 's business , in order to ensure that the terms meet the needs of the client 's business , taking account of its products , customers and problems . |
| 15 | Player-manager Roy McDonough , who has been confined to bed with flu for the past couple of days , is happy with the likes of Robert Hopkins , Steve McGavin , Gary Bennett , Paul Abrahams and himself from which to choose as the U's bid to launch a late bid for the end of season play-off phase . |
| 16 | So , although the watch seems to supply a constant and exact reading of time , it is in fact a discontinuous display . |
| 17 | The field needs to have a good supply of water . |
| 18 | The bikes had to survive a six-week tour in total wilderness , with fifty kilograms of camping gear , and they must not break . |
| 19 | ( iv ) Any contract by an estate owner or by a person at the date of the contract entitled to have a legal estate conveyed to him or her , including a valid option of purchase , a right of pre-emption or any other like right ( an " estate contract " ) . |
| 20 | In Mandla v Dowell Lee , ( 1983 ) , a school was unable to convince the court that its policy of playing down cultural diversity to create a harmonious , racially integrated environment justified the decision to refuse to allow a Sikh boy to attend the school wearing a turban . |
| 21 | When the decision comes to plant a new church , one of the great joys that initially the team finds is that of intimacy with one another : a true fellowship . |
| 22 | Davies , who missed the Lions tour to rest a pelvic injury , has been building up his upper body strength and Widnes , 12-1 shots for the Stones Bitter title , will feel the benefit . |
| 23 | But even the French navy had to divide itself between the Mediterranean and the Atlantic coasts and the Russians had to maintain a small separate fleet in the Black Sea . |
| 24 | The Archdeacon liked to get a sequential narrative . |
| 25 | We compared the times taken to establish a definite diagnosis for the remaining infants from the time of presentation at the hospital . |
| 26 | ‘ All at Sea ’ , filmed on our Moody 31s in the Ionian , demonstrates for novices all the skills needed to skipper a small yacht in easy conditions . |
| 27 | Plans to make metal arch ’ doorways ’ have yet to materialise … but the herbs planted to make a green carpet are starting to spread . |
| 28 | ‘ You and the kidnappers seem to have a perfect understanding , Zen . |
| 29 | An expert told the court that the Spitfire appeared to suffer a high-speed stall and did n't gain enough height to complete the loop . |
| 30 | The flash has to have a manual override to be useful , as it will serve only to tell the operator when a photograph has been taken . |