Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There have been some attempts to do this . |
| 2 | There have been some attempts to do this . |
| 3 | The Rent ( Agriculture ) Act 1976 made some attempts to introduce greater security of tenure for tied cottagers . |
| 4 | There were constant discussions , and some attempts to produce new proposals , but all foundered upon the entrenched conservatism of the existing authorities with respect to their boundaries . |
| 5 | The size of the redundancy payment , with its age premium , may have encouraged some employers to shed older workers , the payments being seen as sufficient to sustain a period of unemployment which might last until retirement . ’ |
| 6 | For example , he says , there have been strong demands from some groups to screen all pregnant women for toxoplasmosis , an infectious disease that can damage the nervous system . |
| 7 | He got out of the car and went up and down on his haunches a few times to ease some of the stiffness from his legs , then started to walk the mile or so back to the hotel gates . |
| 8 | There have been few attempts to show this , but Barry Cunliffe 's diagram of Chalton settlements and the series of changes shown for Bullock Down in Sussex are interesting analyses which deserve to be emulated . |
| 9 | Few attempts to change public perceptions are achieved easily , nor can they be performed by all members of society . |
| 10 | There have been few attempts to portray mental handicap in the theatre , and despite its progressive nature , the theatre has been slow to respond to the challenge on offer . |
| 11 | When shall we have some policies to provide affordable homes for rent ? |
| 12 | She added : ‘ Police had just a few minutes to evacuate thousands of people . ’ |
| 13 | Wipe dry and place in a warm oven for a few minutes to remove any remaining moisture . |
| 14 | It did take a few minutes to get used to the cutting action of steadying the saw on it shoe , starting the motor , then gradually starting the cut by pivoting down with the blade , but it was a knack soon acquired . |
| 15 | It took me a few minutes to feel brave enough to try her again . |
| 16 | But Ninagawa stops the action every few minutes to make tiny adjustments . |
| 17 | In addition , afforestation programmes are under way in many nations to augment the rapidly diminishing natural forest resource and in some cases to halt environmental degradation . |
| 18 | One would expect some cases to get widespread coverage , especially when there is serious re-offending after a previous life sentence . |
| 19 | under him , yet in practice he appointed an excessive number of them ; he compelled them to pay for their appointments , and in some cases to make annual payments to him afterwards . |
| 20 | There 's been an article in the paper very recently saying they 're going to bring out some proposals to change those intestacy rules shortly after easter they have n't come out yet . |
| 21 | They bring home the inequality of material conditions : at the one extreme old men in filthy lodgings chopping a few sticks to keep warm , and at the other the lady of the manor supported by servants and a companion in her immaculate drawing-room . |
| 22 | But it was England 's batting which disappointed most of all , especially after Smith had defied the heat and humidity for seven and a half hours to make 128 and both Graeme Hick on Saturday and Alec Stewart yesterday had compiled five half-centuries . |
| 23 | It took about two and a half hours to fire that bread . |
| 24 | If you have a few hours to spare each week and would like more information , contact the scheme manager , Liz Hare , at the Purdy Centre , |
| 25 | There are few proposals to control other elements of a Type II ‘ internal market ’ , ie extra-contractual emergency referrals and the treatment of temporary residents , although in many cases the dividing line between emergency and non-emergency is very narrow . |
| 26 | It is interesting to note that it is the present policy of some authorities to allow such a prisoner to die rather than to submit him to the indignity of forcible feeding . |
| 27 | A procedure adopted by some authorities to estimate recurrent expenditure is to assume that user needs and the number of new titles required are fairly constant and to allow simply for an increase in the price of materials . |
| 28 | My borough has a large number of refugees , and I am concerned that the Bill may enable some authorities to avoid any responsibility for refugees . |
| 29 | It also leaves few opportunities to create new play or pedestrian areas in the narrow streets . |
| 30 | The women , who had lost their craft specialisation , had few opportunities to develop any new specialisms and so lost the independence and prestige they had had from making cotton lengths . |