Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] [to-vb] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many of the most powerful of the British pressure groups tend to have an established relationship with one or other political party . |
| 2 | The first category includes those small towns where the defences appear to rationalize an extensive urban scatter and to enclose a suitable urban core . |
| 3 | Finally , Marxist accounts appear to offer an impressively coherent and plausible explanation of the role of the capitalist state in health care , and the function of medicine in capitalist societies at the level of grand theory . |
| 4 | ‘ Our research shows the vast majority of clubs want to retain an element of terracing . |
| 5 | The river is ‘ sacred ’ , the trees ‘ incense-bearing ’ , the forests ‘ ancient as the hills ’ , together with the exoticism of Xanadu , these words combine to lend an uneasy sense of overbearing power to the scene , an uncomfortable mist of the religious and the natural . |
| 6 | ‘ Diesel car drivers tend to have an ideal profile for insurance companies , ’ says Rod Alcorn , the motivating force behind the launch of the new policy . |
| 7 | Macroscopically , the lesion is a raised nodule with a visible central orifice ( Fig. 11 ) ; in heavy infections these nodules coalesce to produce an effect reminiscent of morocco leather . |
| 8 | Surrey trainers hope to hold an In-Depth Study Day on Medau in March , to encourage interest in the Training Scheme and in the Society 's affairs in general . |
| 9 | Previous work has used this characteristic to suggest a sub-lithospheric component that is more akin to MORB than to OIB , whereas the Os isotope data seem to favour an OIB-like component . |
| 10 | As Durkheim and others have tried to demonstrate , these relationships seem to have an independent existence over and above the individuals who compose them . |
| 11 | The Revenue seem to have an option to apply Cases III , IV and V or Case VI but the author is aware of cases where the Revenue have permitted the preceding year basis to apply under Cases III , IV and V although the Revenue could have assessed under Case VI . |
| 12 | ‘ In fact , you 'll soon find out that three square meals a day is hardly scratching the surface — most kids seem to have an ever-open stomach . ’ |
| 13 | Seldon 's plan gets the boot and cosmic — if not terrifically original — concepts are bandied all in the manner of Greek plays where Messengers arrive to report an offstage battle . |
| 14 | Recent studies ( see page 29ff ) show that many schools continue to follow an approach to learning which is impeccably orthodox . |
| 15 | The US Federal Communications Commission is urging the four rival teams bidding digital systems to set the US high definition television standard to merge their rival systems into a grand alliance : the remaining contenders are AT&T Co with Zenith Electronics Corp , General Electric Co Inc 's National Broadcasting Corp unit with Philips Electronics NV , Thomson SA and the David Sarnoff Research Center , and two alternate bids led by General Instrument Corp and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ; if the rival contenders fail to strike an alliance , final testing on the four improved systems will begin in April and conclude in late summer . |
| 16 | The same authors fail to provide an entirely convincing explanation of why non-working-class hooligans ( the so-called ‘ soccer casuals ’ ) are attracted to the violence . |
| 17 | Such influences serve to instill an awareness of one 's place in or relationship to society and the political system . |
| 18 | If the parties wish to give an ordinary word some special meaning , an express definition clause should be included . |
| 19 | OLDER cars have to undergo an annual MoT test — so why not drivers too ? |
| 20 | Barry Gore , head of economics and business studies at Luton , points out that all business studies candidates have to undertake an extended case study . |
| 21 | As another example , subjects have to draw an irregular shape — the shape being seen as a reflection in a mirror . |
| 22 | It said : ’ Local authorities , like central Government , should become enablers rather than providers Compulsory competitive tendering should be progressively phased out and replaced by compulsory private tendering Only public health , civil defence and local amenities need to remain an integral part of local government . ’ |
| 23 | Schools need to establish an " early warning " system that will enable them to identify potential failure before it occurs . |
| 24 | Where most manufacturers promise to get an engineer on-site within a couple of days , Micro Systems Maintenance guarantees to have an engineer on-site within eight hours . |
| 25 | In the event , it secured a grant from the Cassell Trust to appoint an Organising Secretary for Norfolk and Norwich but a bid for adequate finance for a similar appointment in Essex foundered . |
| 26 | A letter from the Highways Department stating the Lothian Regional Council propose to promote an Order to introduce waiting restrictions at the junction of Lanark Road and Baberton Avenue . |
| 27 | Lothian Regional Council propose to make an order to convert this area into a one way system . |
| 28 | First , ask : ‘ Why should he or she want to write about me ? ’ second , and just as important , consider : ‘ Why should his or her editor want to publish an item about me ? ’ |
| 29 | On the surface transactions appear to involve an employee asking with his Adult for suggestions from his manager . |
| 30 | If the school 's general attendance rate is poor , then school management may well suspect a high level of condoned truancy , even if the majority of non-attenders appear to have an explanation for their absence . |