Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun sg] [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I make this a little difficult , creating an opportunity to encourage a shy child to communicate with the alien . |
| 2 | On May 27 the government had granted permission to the Aga Khan Foundation for Economic Development ( AKFED ) to operate a private airline to compete with the state-run Pakistan International Airlines ( PIA ) on domestic routes . |
| 3 | If you have a strong proposition to put to the consumer , it certainly makes sense to draw attention to it as strongly as possible , and the headline might be the right place to do it . |
| 4 | It is clear that there is a strong tendency to continue with the named individual , the only exception being the noun-with-name condition . |
| 5 | Now that 1992 has ended and a New Year has begun , I am confident that our Institute is in a strong position to deal with the challenges and opportunities which will come our way during 1993 , and that we will steadily ‘ go forward together and progress ’ . |
| 6 | In many ways Scotland is in a strong position to benefit from the community care reforms . |
| 7 | He will certainly play another club season at the Quins and , although he certainly nurtures a strong desire to play against the South Africans in November , he realises that come the new season he may not feel quite as strongly . |
| 8 | This acts as a strong incentive to abide by the Code . |
| 9 | But she has no intention of changing course now as she believes that , run as separate entities , the shops remain manageable and provide a strong incentive to succeed for the franchisees . |
| 10 | There 's always a strong temptation to put off the most difficult task or the least congenial subject . |
| 11 | Benny was about to ask why , but before she could , Ace had produced her blaster and was busily setting it for a narrow beam to cut through the door . |
| 12 | The Church in Wales is soon to appoint a full-time priest to help in the area . |
| 13 | Ram-raiders used a stolen van to break into the Wineways store in Edgehill Road , Scarborough , just two months ago after bollards had been erected at the store to prevent such attacks . |
| 14 | The point was made that while it was valuable to have a specific workshop to deal with the issue of women , all the other workshops and all the topics discussed should have a clear women 's perspective . |
| 15 | You know , the difficulty of getting up to the flats , i you know I I suffered from arthritis , and er you know i it was quite a strenuous business to get from the ground up to our own flat . |
| 16 | The two girls were rescued from the car by their mother uninjured … she 'd run after the car in a vain attempt to pull on the handbrake . |
| 17 | ( The discrepancy could perhaps be explained if it is assumed that there is also a weak preference to continue with the first-named character . ) |
| 18 | At the time of his death Campbell was unsuccessfully seeking backers for a jet-driven car to go through the sound barrier . |
| 19 | This commission was set up by a Labour government to advise on the future of boarding public schools in the light of comprehensivisation . |
| 20 | Nobody in the SDLP criticised Currie for his espousal of Thatcherism or for the fact that he stood against and defeated a Labour candidate to get into the Dail . |
| 21 | They are grazing carnivores using a rasp-like tongue to scrape off the flesh of the unfortunate prey . |
| 22 | His fancy had a strange tendency to wander to the river , which he knew was flowing through the great city ; and now he thought how black it was , and how deep it would look , reflecting the hosts of stars — and more than all , how steadily it rolled away to meet the sea ( 6 ) . |
| 23 | So it 's a kind of a strange argument to suggest on the one hand the Vienna settlement was a factor in in preventing wars between all the great , er major war involving all the great powers . |
| 24 | The Periodical Publishers Association and Newspaper Society have already set up a working committee to campaign against the imposition of VAT on magazines and newspapers . |
| 25 | Ever since the RSPCA established a Working Party to look at the implications of fishing , we have been concerned about one of its conclusions , which is that fish should be given the benefit of the doubt with regard to their ability to experience pain . |
| 26 | In Britain , the electronics industry has set up a working party to look at the options . |
| 27 | The committee have set up a working party to look into the proposal . |
| 28 | We have a working party to look into the problem of substance abuse . |
| 29 | ‘ Whether it 's a right or a duty to report , you still have a professional judgment to make about the circumstances and , frankly , those will be the same . |
| 30 | The doctor has a professional duty to act in the best interests of his patient and to advise accordingly . |