Example sentences of "and [vb base] [prep] a [noun sg] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Gen. Blagoje Adzic , the hardline JNA Chief of Staff , vowed in a television appearance on July 2 to establish control and bring to an end the war which he said had been forced upon the army . |
2 | Such control will promote tight intra-system nutrient cycling and obviate to a degree the need for artificial fertilisers . |
3 | For this care I award forty thousand pounds per year and take as a multiplier the figure three to give a sum of one hundred and twenty thousand for the first period . |
4 | As all things in life fade and come to an end the poet realises so must he . |
5 | Nevertheless , the gap between movements of this kind ( which have sometimes been called ‘ pre-political ’ ) and modern social movements remains large , for the latter exist on a vastly greater scale , are more directly involved in political conflict , are influenced by more rigorous and elaborate ideologies , and have as a rule a more enduring , less ephemeral , character . |
6 | Policemen are not usually intellectuals and have as a rule a distrust of them as animals of a different breed . |
7 | For example , if you realise that you want your presentation to be on a different medium then you can do so — and see at a glance the effect of changing the underlying presentation style . |
8 | A single service with a unified management structure for on-site , off-site and what is currently special school provision would considerably enhance the professional opportunities of its staff and reduce to a minimum the duplication or even rivalry that exists . |
9 | It 's no good preaching sermons to young people about the value of labour if all they do is to guide a piece of metal into a press and tread on a pedal a hundred times a day … |