Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 By April he had recovered sufficiently to travel to America once more , to see his sisters ; this visit is perhaps most remarkable for the fact that he addressed the largest assembly ever gathered to attend a literary lecture ( he also received what was then the largest fee for such an event , some two thousand dollars ) .
2 I would n't have thought there was anyone left out there dim enough to still want to embrace the seedy ‘ glamour ’ of the Keef Richards ‘ elegantly wasted ’ image .
3 It is intended to monitor the economic relations between these Republics collectively or singly to provide a basis for future studies in greater depth .
4 The IMF , however , taking into account another failure in the June test , suspended further drawdowns and negotiations commenced on the conditions for further assistance , expected to include a further devaluation .
5 A new role was then established , that of coordinator , which bypassed the head and was intended to carry the new vision of good practice directly from Merrion House ( the Education Department 's offices ) to the classroom .
6 The doctor asked to see the fallen member .
7 Thus scientists in many fields tend to emphasise the practical pay-off of their research .
8 IF YOU are a fan of collectables , you wo n't want to miss the new ‘ on-pack ’ offer from Carnation Evaporated Milk .
9 IF YOU are a fan of collectables , you wo n't want to miss the new ‘ on-pack ’ offer from Carnation Evaporated Milk .
10 When YOU go there you wo n't want to miss the world-famous Pleasure Beach amusement park which teems with fun and excitement for everyone .
11 It was considered that to focus on penetration would be to continue to emphasise the sexual as against the violent aspects of the offence .
12 Despite this major problem , banks must endeavour to monitor the external debt position of countries .
13 The intention was always to develop the College as a learning community , which deliberately sought to emphasise the common experiences of working-class people through the full use of the residential setting by
14 Radio in the 1940S and television under the Fifth Republic enabled de Gaulle to ‘ commune ’ with the French people : circumstances frequently conspired to dramatize the stark alternatives associated with his name ; in 1940 the rejection of collaboration and defeat ; from 1946 to 1958 , when out of power and largely absent from the radio , he slowly became ‘ le recours ’ , the possible saviour from the ‘ regime des parties ’ , party factions and divisions ; when President ( 1958–69 ) , and master of the airwaves , the recurrent implicit or explicit message was ‘ but for me , France faces chaos ’ — ‘ moi ou le chaos ’ — the twentieth-century equivalent of Louis XIV 's celebrated ‘ l'état c'est moi ’ — ‘ I am the state ’ .
15 High average wind speeds tend to stunt the upward growth of plants and encourage the lateral growth of dwarf forms , e.g. of Calluna vulgaris or Juniperus communis , though prostrate forms of the former are not encountered as frequently as expected on exposed mountain plateaux .
16 At the Second Congress of the RSDWP those who opposed Lenin — the Mensheviks — sought to dilute the revolutionary purity of the party and weaken its discipline .
17 To be evokes a resulting state in these sentences as does to differ in ( 181 ) and make evokes an antecedent cause .
18 We did not achieve that , but the Regional Council has undertaken to carry the full costs itself .
19 The Training Guide was developed to support the one-to-one training relationship between the recent graduate , the trainee , and the experienced general practitioner who had assumed the role of trainer .
20 Some focus on a particular joint-venture subsidiary company ; some involve the sharing of research and development ; some are an alliance of production capacity with marketing strength ; some involve putting a foreign product under a domestic label ; some alliances are intended to promote a new standard or form of compatibility ( and to defeat a rival standard ) .
21 As well as raising money for the National Trust for the Homeless , the event was intended to promote a National Sleepout next month .
22 Nkrumah was undecided ; was he really intended to promote the political interests of the intelligentsia ?
23 She was treated with nebulised salbutamol , which relieved the symptoms , and was reassured and asked to attend the general medical unit of her hospital for follow up .
24 The homoeopath was happy to allow Owen to continue enjoying the aromatic baths and massage , but was less concerned about diet — some homoeopaths do not advocate dietary reform .
25 In return , the Soviet Union pledges its support for the sanctity of Iraq 's own borders , promises to veto any attempt to impose penalties on Iraq , including any trial of Mr Hussein himself , and commits itself to helping to arrange a subsequent international discussion of regional issues .
26 In addition , this company also contributed to the Association 's efforts on behalf of the ‘ Reach for the Sky ’ Appeal by helping to arrange a Royal Film Gala night at their Shaftsbury Avenue cinema .
27 However , exports to non-E.E.C. countries in their currencies will still be subject to fluctuating exchange rates and Northern Ireland exporters will need to continue using the various mechanisms available to them to minimise exchange risks .
28 To start with , Alison planned to wear a white evening dress .
29 I I find this quite extraordinary Chairman after two years of consistently arguing and voting in committee and at council , they appear to have been bought off by the Labour group and now intend to support a fudged half merger , half federation option .
30 As long as man eats unhealthy food ( the product of unhealthy soil ) , even in the right proportions , the medical profession will perforce have to continue to treat the inevitable results .
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