Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [adv prt] a " in BNC.
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| 31 | However , recent technological advances have made possible a robot which can be programmed to carry out a range of services on command . |
| 32 | Mr Wade said : ‘ Quite clearly , the ambulance service needs to carry out a full investigation . ’ |
| 33 | Although he has Aussie Mike Farrell returning to grind out a certain 1,000 league runs for him , new skipper of Marske , Alan Hugill , faces an uphill struggle having lost the valuable services of all-rounder John Drake who will be studying at Chester College and wicket keeper Graham Foggin who is working in the Bahamas . |
| 34 | Fist fights at the team 's base camp at Dunblane Hydro , a bender in Perth where two players were caught pissing up a close next to the town 's ‘ Shanghai Takeaway ’ , a euphoric send-off at Hampden Park , followed by defeat against Peru , a disgraceful match with Iran , a drug scandal and a piece of eleventh-hour magic which nearly overwhelmed the beaten finalists Holland . |
| 35 | If you are a reasonably good rider and can get experienced help , you may enjoy bringing on a just broken four-year old — though youngsters with potential ( whether obvious or in the current owner 's imagination ) can carry big price tags . |
| 36 | Neal Zaslaw has pointed out a semantic correspondence to this : in German usage , the difference between ‘ old-fashioned church practices ’ and opera/concert practice ( dual-system ) was manifest in the two words tactieren ( literally , ‘ giving the tactus ’ ) and dirigieren . |
| 37 | This situation — where one man , eminent as he is , nevertheless has to carry out a huge amount of work effectively on his own , mirrors the two previous demutualisations — is a situation many believe should not have been repeated . |
| 38 | The Rangers Service has to carry out a fine balancing act — too many visitors could destroy the very habitat the rangers are trying to conserve . |
| 39 | One said that a man had been approached to carry out a contract killing on Freddie , but he refused because he liked him . |
| 40 | If the ferret has fallen down a vertical hole within the burrow the line ferret , on approaching , may not necessarily do the same thing . |
| 41 | They tried to drive off a pair of pack beasts . ’ |
| 42 | Poor bus services have already been identified by new town bosses who want to carry out a full traffic survey with interested bodies , including Lothian Regional Council . |
| 43 | Next door has given up a right of way that goes nowhere . |
| 44 | Lord Reid 's view that the restraint of trade doctrine only applies if the convenantor has given up a freedom which he previously possessed was supported by Lords Morris and Hodson . |
| 45 | French tennis has given out a message . |
| 46 | ‘ French tennis has given out a message ’ , says Haguellar . |
| 47 | ‘ With everything that has happened over the last couple of years , I just want to stand back a bit and have a couple of weeks to think about it ’ , he said , before later confirming his desire to lead a new-look Scotland in 1992 . |
| 48 | He wants to hammer out a way of relating its rather unexciting research sponsorship to the need to foster collaborative research on new ideas in European industry . |
| 49 | As well as observing the score 's incredible organization of its thematic riches — ‘ I tried to work out a little table of leitmotifs and I got past 70 , which is amazing in an opera ’ — Maazel discovered in rehearsal just how well thought out Puccini 's orchestration actually is . |
| 50 | When you have shared something like that , you want to find out a little more about those who have shared it with you . |
| 51 | I would be very pleased to chat to anyone who 's interested , even if you just want to find out a bit about making banners . |
| 52 | The session was short , the smile fading from the face of the accused as Mrs Balanchine described in detail how the car had come storming around a blind corner and swung in close to the wall where they were waiting to cross . |
| 53 | A girl came in and tried to haggle over a nineteenth-century vase , but Rachaela told her Mrs Mantini fixed the prices fairly and never reduced items . |
| 54 | Mirroring Sun Microsystems Inc 's efforts in this area ( UX No 386 ) Hewlett-Packard Co has rolled out a new range of ISDN connectivity enabling standalone workstations to communicate over public or private ISDN networks . |
| 55 | I tried to come off a few times , y'know , off me own bat , like , but there was too much of it around . |
| 56 | The parade converges on Place St Maur des Fosses to hear a few words from the local Euro-MP , because the EC has stumped up a bit of money to make it a European clowns ' convention this year . |
| 57 | You will need to work out a menu for yourself to follow , using the Stage I menus as a guide , but adding your own safe foods and drinks . |
| 58 | I referred to Yorkshire six minutes ago — it has taken the hon. Gentleman that long to work up a head of steam . |
| 59 | The Government still has to work out a points system whereby a cross-section of Hong Kong residents , whose skills are needed , will be given full British citizenship rights between 1992 and 1997 . |
| 60 | To see this is to recognize the stylistic value of Golding 's choice : that his version of the event is of movements perceived in space and time , from which the reader has to work out a normal understanding of what is happening . |