Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This helps them to see a 3-D object as a simpler , two-dimensional configuration of lines and shapes . |
| 2 | For some of these adults , aged from their twenties to forties , expert counselling on a one to one basis is helping them to go a great deal further . |
| 3 | Our timber floor is made of attractive boards in good condition , so I 'm wondering if there are any problems with staining them and then finishing them using a clear varnish . |
| 4 | It is justly ironic that the Government , which refused to control the industry and protect the environment , has also refused to help them conduct a price-fixing operation . |
| 5 | They know about science from television and from their school teacher , and any other source of information to them is really beneficial to let them make a sensible decision . |
| 6 | By using drama as a part of the learning process , English teachers will be providing experiences for pupils which will help them make an informed choice when considering drama as a subject option , whether for GCSE or as part of a non-examined course in combined or expressive arts . |
| 7 | At last , a streak of orange light appeared to the east ; and gradually the white sea in front of them became an immense expanse of fertile green , while the purple ocean behind turned shimmering white . |
| 8 | Nothing irritates a daily newspaper picture editor more than an allegedly topical photograph sent to him by post . |
| 9 | It does nothing to promote an honest public debate , in which we could examine a wide range of factors — including the present uses and abuses of VAT by the Government and many others — and then arrive at some morally-decent decision . |
| 10 | In the light of the advice from their own officers and consultants , the Council decision to reject all inner northern routes , throws doubt on the decision making process which led them to support an outer northern route . |
| 11 | First to tell me wins a signed photo of Jon Newsome : - ) |
| 12 | But before I do this , let me make a philosophical point . |
| 13 | President Bush defended his administration 's cautious response , saying he had seen no facts since Tuesday which ‘ would have made me make a different decision ’ . |
| 14 | So all they 're asking really as you 're the landlords , do you have any objection to them building a new er mower store ? |
| 15 | So spoke Arnold Wesker at the Riverside Studios where , next week , he will take the unusual step of mounting eight rehearsed readings of his play , Shylock , formerly titled The Merchant , in a bid to raise enough interest from commercial backers to persuade them to mount a full production . |
| 16 | it expects them to lose a staggering twenty million pounds in the first year . |
| 17 | A few of these difficult public-interest cases go , not to the disciplinary committee , but to the Joint Disciplinary Scheme : not more than about one or two a year , but each of them demanding a great investment of time and money . |
| 18 | You 've caused me to lose a whole valuable day 's work . |
| 19 | ( b ) it enables them to cultivate a particular part , or segment , of a market . |
| 20 | ‘ You have also invited me to wear a British hat , ’ Mark continued . |
| 21 | Many of the reformers of the 1870s and 1880s believed that women would earn both a new respect , if they could eschew the frivolities of fashion , and a new freedom which would liberate them to perform a useful role in society . |
| 22 | Finally , in growing anger , I told them to perform an unlikely act upon themselves — they stared — and turned away . |
| 23 | Although the spinal patients had no specific rectal sensation during rectal distension , almost half of them experienced a dull pelvic sensation at maximum distension . |
| 24 | On 18 August it met with the Health Authority 's officials and asked them to conduct a public health survey which it would pay for , mainly to reassure the public that , although the EC limits for aluminium had been exceeded over 500 times , and those for sulphate , copper , zinc and lead had also been broken , there was no long-term harm . |
| 25 | One of them frisks a large steel ashtray and hands a roach to another . |
| 26 | The two of them make a right pair , sending messages , leaving notes you look at this , now ! ’ |
| 27 | You shall perceive them make a mutual stand , |
| 28 | It may be only outsider skepticism that leads me to see a subtle , probably subconscious new emphasis on the word ‘ choice ’ . |
| 29 | For example , if the figure was a line diagram of a room with four windows set at different heights , the programme would ask me whether a line of sight from the far corner of the room would enable me to see a particular point outside the window nearest to me , a point that shifted on the screen at speed . |
| 30 | I 'm eight and a half years old and disgusted that my mother has to come with me to see A Hard Day 's Night when usually she just sees me to the edge of the estate and across the main road . |