Example sentences of "[vb base] [adj] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1 It was therefore inevitable that the BDA would sooner or later enlist professional help to raise money .
2 We also recruit assistant stewardesses to work as telephone liaison between the passengers and the ship 's staff .
3 It is , he argues , not at all clear how you raise private savings to close the other kind of gap .
4 Several of the actresses make plucky attempts to inject it with a semblance of artistic integrity : proper name Diane Whitley is convincing as Karen , the girl who is the subject of the lovelorn quest , and Paula Wilcox , as the veteran competitor , has enough experience and talent to gauge the scale of this production and perform accordingly .
5 So make definite plans to deal with the fears that you can control .
6 Several , including ‘ After the Storm ’ , make direct references to landscape .
7 Too frequent reliance on segat to avoid one 's responsibilities would , of course , eventually bring social pressure to bear : gossip , scolding , shaming , and so on .
8 Indeed , montage plays a crucial role in enriching the reader 's view of reality , for narrative units are arranged in such a way as to create an interplay , so that they bring fresh perspectives to bear on one another and are mutually illuminating .
9 This cemetery has been in existence since 1965 and is lovingly tended by regular visitors who often bring fresh flowers to mark the last resting place of a faithful friend .
10 Family make public appeal to help catch Richard 's killer .
11 If there is no wool available to them , cats with an urge to re-create the pleasures of sucking at the maternal nipple have been known to suck their own fur , sometimes their feet and sometimes the tips of their tails ; or they occasionally develop a fixation on their owner 's hair and make repeated attempts to suck on that , if they are given half a chance .
12 We want junior doctors to train , not to sleepwalk .
13 And some even skip normal meals to satisfy their craving for chocolate and crisps , a survey revealed yesterday .
14 Other banks report discreet offers to handle their entire processing needs .
15 These important rights mean that the safety representatives must be consulted by the employer well before action is taken and when combined with the existing functions of safety representatives , they provide extensive rights to organize around health and safety at the workplace .
16 Office systems provide electronic tools to support a range of administrative functions which most desk-based staff will undertake in addition to their substantive business functions .
17 You want old Bombie to come back in here and give you some more of what Biff gave you today ?
18 Alright it you wan na call it a business the business is about provide social housing to answer housing need in this town .
19 We expect British Rail to give urgent consideration to the timing of the placement of that order .
20 We naturally expect British Rail to attach the greatest importance to safety considerations .
21 I was pleased to be invited to contribute a foreword for this new journal on technology transfer , not least because its title — Competitive Edge — so aptly sums up what we all want British industry to achieve .
22 This suggests that the mechanisms which constrain fetal growth to prevent maternal-fetal disproportion do not effect long term programming of cardiovascular disease .
23 This is version one of what promises to be one of the leading packages in this field , and , given that that is the case , I expect future versions to add greatly to its functionality .
24 The modest Japanese demand for Grimshaw and a few other Victorian artists such as Henry Parker , Breanski and David James is now subdued , though Christie 's expect Japanese dealers to take about 5% of a Victorian sale .
25 I 'll have Chant supply extra funds to cover the flight .
26 The occupational therapist 's main role is to assess the patient 's physical needs , and provide appropriate equipment to make daily life easier for both patient and carer , so that they do not expend unnecessary energy on functional tasks which would make the patient 's condition worse , and possibly harm the carer too .
27 Turn right to gateway into the woods and descend grassy path to fence and stile .
28 The study will involve interviews and discussions with those actually involved in the provision of transport services with the intention of assessing the qualitative effects of deregulation and thus provide additional insights to supplement the quantitative work that has been conducted to date .
29 Most researchers expect global temperatures to have experienced about half the predicted equilibrium temperature by the 2030s , that is , 1–2 C warmer than it is now .
30 When the plan is being constructed and teachers are deciding upon success criteria for plans they may put searching questions and suggest additional ways to ensure that objectives become reality : if a school aims ‘ involve all pupils ’ are checks being made to see whether this is occurring ?
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