Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] [coord] a " in BNC.

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1 Using a greater number of segments will create more surfaces to glue and a greater difficulty in assembling the segments to form the ring .
2 Only 15 minutes to go and a final team talk before the opening .
3 About thirty in each suite to differ and a master key and as I say there was five suites and they had to make a key that 'd open everyone of the fifty-five .
4 The vocabulary required is rapidly and easily established through interaction between signers , clearly with a shared grammar , recourse to mime and a percentage of shared vocabulary .
5 But during this time the pond started buzzing with activity as it filled with frogs , tadpoles , newts and pond skaters to name but a few .
6 Plus a marvellous choice of English and continental foods , handmade chocolates , fresh pasta and sauces to name but a selection .
7 Implementing a primary health care programme in a developed country with an established tradition of health care requires a flexibility within the structures , an openness to change and a need to examine the structures within which a primary health care programme can be fully implemented .
8 The earliest form of printed book illustration was the woodcut , and the art , with varying fortunes , has survived to the present day , so that the collector has more than five centuries to survey and a range of skill , from the superb work of Albrecht Dürer ( 1481–1504 ) to the charming absurdities of the chapbook printers , who inserted the same cuts in different publications with a reckless disregard for subject and appropriateness .
9 The issues , the Politburo said , would include better economic performance , ‘ democratic togetherness ’ , better goods , ‘ life-oriented media ’ , opportunities to travel and a healthy environment — all burning topics in East Germany .
10 It promised to discuss issues including better economic performance , ‘ democratic togetherness ’ , better goods , opportunities to travel and a healthy environment , but rejected any idea of reforming the system .
11 Four kids to rear and a husband coughing away his lungs from mustard gas .
12 Then there are the cellars of three neighbouring estates to explore and a comprehensive daily programme of tours designed to give a unique insight into the history , lifestyle and landscapes of this beautiful region .
13 In Soviet eyes , ‘ priority ’ — the essence of the defence economy — is both a response to defect and a great source of strength .
14 Furthermore , Matthew stresses that the task of telling men the good news and ‘ baptising them into the possession of the Holy Spirit will only De theirs after the cross and resurrection have given them a gospel to proclaim and a Spirit to receive ( 28:19 ) .
15 It 's a useful skill to learn and a fun thing to do .
16 Once the guests are in , we 'll give them a bite to eat or a drink — whatever they want , within reason .
17 Nothing much was doing , though , and eventually I went home for a bite to eat and a well-deserved kip .
18 had a bite to eat and a couple of pints , cos I 've got to drive back up here and
19 So in that context the argument would n't arise , therefore any sale of the shares would take place after you 've got hold of the grant and it may be necessary for other reasons like you 've got bills to pay or a mortgage to discharge , whatever the reasons .
20 The only modification needed to make them operate efficiently in air is some means of keeping their surface clean and smooth , so the amphibians developed the capacity to blink and a membrane that they can draw across the front of the eyeball .
21 A cassette costs forty pence to make and a CD about Ninety .
22 The application of heat causes the ink and powder to fuse and a raised image is formed .
23 That provides not an incentive to invest but a disincentive — a penalty .
24 We have previously reported two cases associated with chronic diarrhoea , failure to thrive and a proximal small intestinal enteropathy .
25 If one excludes cooking utensils , rugs are perhaps the only form of furnishing conducive to this nomadic way of life , because , when spread on the floor , they provide both a comfortable place to sit and a sanitary surface from which to eat food .
26 To be in doubt is to be in two minds , to be caught between two worlds , to be suspended between a desire to affirm and a desire to negate .
27 If there is a distinction between a failure to consent and a refusal of consent , it is because a refusal can take the form of a declaration of intention never to consent in the future or never to consent in some future circumstances .
28 The Act , which comes into effect on 12 October , legally obliges the seller to provide the buyer with a notice setting out the right to cancel and a blank cancellation form before signing the agreement .
29 But Wordsworth had already proposed in his Guide that the Lake District should be made ‘ a sort of national property in which every man has a right and interest who has an eye to perceive and a heart to enjoy ’ ; we can now see that , over a hundred years before his time , he had come up with the idea of a National Park .
30 I have a business to run and a home of my own , which I prefer to this rather flashy place of yours . ’
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