Example sentences of "[to-vb] a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The blue-rinsed grandmother from Iowa — ‘ just passing through Lunnun to catch a few shows ’ ( like anglers collect trout ) — I had drawn as a dancing partner clapped louder than anybody . |
| 2 | In order to catch a few babies , trappers will frequently kill whole families and the orphan chimps often die in transit . |
| 3 | Robert tried to marshal a few facts about twelfth-century Iran . |
| 4 | An exercise that is always valuable , is to rewrite a few articles that you have read . |
| 5 | In the near future I intend to expand this unholy alliance into a much larger tank and to try a few experiments with the set-up and some new species which I 'll no doubt relate if they 're successful . |
| 6 | Based on the Teesside Development Corporation 's ‘ renaissance ’ project along the river banks and old docklands , the museum is expected to attract a million visitors a year from its opening in 1995 . |
| 7 | In 1897 she supported moves , viewed with dismay by the established women 's societies , to found a separate women 's university to examine students at Oxford , Cambridge , and Royal Holloway College , London . |
| 8 | The central core of the town was mostly occupied by those families which had lived in Dronfield before the momentous decision was taken in 1873 by the new company of Wilson Cammell to found a large steelworks specializing in the manufacture of rails made from Bessemer steel . |
| 9 | A NEW service which is A expected to encourage A more travellers to switch from road to rail made its inaugural run into Middlesbrough station yesterday . |
| 10 | Insert your ticket , if you are fortunate enough to have one , into one of the newly-installed electronic barriers designed to reduce fraud ( handy tip for cheapskates : exit barriers are happy to accept a cheap children 's ticket regardless of age ) . |
| 11 | But the new factor is that both the Serbian and the Croatian leadership have said that they are willing in principle to accept a United Nations peacekeeping force . |
| 12 | NORTH Korea , suspected of trying to develop nuclear arms , declared yesterday that any attempt to force it to accept a United Nations inspection could lead to war . |
| 13 | With the down fall in farming profits , it might be necessary to accept a few weeds in crops , or a low level of pest attack for economic reasons . |
| 14 | It 's got you need to write a hundred words or less what you want to be older and plans for the future . |
| 15 | But there are other less obvious savings which can be taken into account if you are prepared to write a few letters and fill out a form or two . |
| 16 | No it does n't hurt to write a few letters . |
| 17 | Mr. Leapor has put down a Grave-Stone in Memory of his Daughter ; and I should be glad if any of the ingenious Gentlemen you mention would be so good as to write a few Lines to be put upon it |
| 18 | Request : The Liberal ex-chief was asked to write a few words for ‘ Backroom Boys ’ , a book about ‘ men who distinguish themselves without excess , folk quite happy to take a pleasingly light and unimposing approach , and yet who nevertheless make a reasonably fair showing throughout life ’ . |
| 19 | with some , some things to write a few words in , some things to tick , some things to make a mark on one of the numbers and so forth so erm er you know it 's erm but as I say it 's difficult to er |
| 20 | Exciting because you will join colleagues in a mad rush to write a public relations proposal for the prospective new client and to create a hopefully imaginative and pleasing presentation of these proposals . |
| 21 | She had even let Doc Threadneedle into her greymass to plug a few loops , although she did n't want too much done in there . |
| 22 | all I want out of this life is to meet a few men with something more between their ears than the latest Donna Summer hit . |
| 23 | Accompanying this measure was a national scheme , operated by the local authorities , for rate-payers unable to meet a full rates bill . |
| 24 | In 1989 , the University decided to establish a combined honours course in the History of Art , which will admit its first intake this October . |
| 25 | It was announced on Dec. 13 that the Trevi Group of Justice and Interior Ministers formed after the Trevi security conference of 1976 ( see pp. 34883 ; 36492 ) , had agreed to establish a joint police database for use primarily against international terrorism and drug dealing . |
| 26 | This alliance of opposition frustrated all attempts to establish a professional police until Peel 's 1829 Metropolitan Police Act . |
| 27 | The Whitney Museum is to take photography seriously : its director , David Ross , has announced the setting up of an acquisitions committee whose job will be to establish a coherent acquisitions policy , mainly by filling gaps in the present collections . |
| 28 | There is also the intention to establish a major schools music competition , which will culminate in a special BT Scottish Ensemble concert . |
| 29 | His legal advisers are anxious to establish a functioning police and judiciary system so that Somalis can begin to administer themselves — and thus bring to an end the violent anarchy that has caused the death from famine of up to 400,000 people . |
| 30 | The recent announcement that the National Gallery intend to establish a public relations department may improve the situation . |