Example sentences of "[to-vb] [verb] an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did not have far to go to find an enthralling abundance of birds . |
| 2 | It only takes a little imagination to turn the Cam pit into a nature reserve and if it was possible to lay out a few paths making nature trails etc. the future of the Great Pit that Rugby Cement Works are now engaged in could in years to come make an ideal game reserve and possible " marina " with a link to the river . |
| 3 | We were asked to try to arrange an inter-club table show with Hulton Aquarist Society . |
| 4 | By this time I was becoming a little dissatisfied with the imprinting set-up that had become the stock in trade of my lab over the past few years , and I planned to try using an alternative form of learning in the chick . |
| 5 | He agreed to go to Rome himself to try to obtain an acceptable solution . |
| 6 | Snow-making machines will be blowing out foam-based snow to try to create an early Yuletide atmosphere while trying to tempt shoppers into their stores . |
| 7 | Therefore , will he ensure that the district health authority does not break up that team in order to move it to Telford to try to keep an under-used district general hospital busy ? |
| 8 | Philip IV was the first French king to try to pursue an active naval war against England . |
| 9 | All they had done was to try to live an ordinary private life in South Africa with the dignity that we all take for granted , ’ says Gerrard . |
| 10 | Gladstone saw nationalism in this light , and it was the same impulse which led , for example , Menotti Garibaldi , the great hero 's son , to try to raise an Italian legion to help Arabi Pasha in Egypt . |
| 11 | The firm went to the Court of Session in Edinburgh to try to get an interim interdict against the Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union , two officials and two shop stewards ' leaders . |
| 12 | The firm went to the Court of Session in Edinburgh to try to get an interim interdict against the Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union , two officials and two shop stewards ' leaders . |
| 13 | There is the possibility of pressure being brought to bear to produce an aborted foetus at that stage for the treatment . |
| 14 | The sudden movement as she started to remember caused an agonizing throb of pain and she froze . |
| 15 | All we asked was if it was possible for them to come through Halam and go down School Lane to pick to get an extra bus service at Halam . |
| 16 | the Student Enterprise Officer to continue to play an active role in both Scottish and UK National student enterprise networks . |
| 17 | They began with some exploratory tests to see what effects if any were there to be measured and to help design an optimal experiment-to scale it properly , in the idiom that Fleischmann uses . |
| 18 | The principal objective of this project is to carry out research to help build an intelligent geographical database system . |
| 19 | You will notice that I never include rice and pasta in the menus on the last day of the week to avoid causing an artificial weight gain — the last thing we want for tomorrow morning . |
| 20 | For example , he altered the number of children ( line 41 ) from ten to six , to avoid describing an extreme case of misery ; but by making this alteration he weakened the point of the poem . |
| 21 | However , the money was used ( rather typically for the English universities of this period ) to help finance an additional chair of Arabic rather than an increased number of students . |
| 22 | These documents together with covering letters enable MAS and the vendor to control the sale process , something which should be used to maximum advantage to help enable an acceptable/full price in line with the agreed objectives to be achieved . |
| 23 | For many years its significance was thought to lie in the fact that , while the combiners had to intend to do an unlawful act , it was not necessary that their purpose should be to injure the plaintiff . |
| 24 | To help maintain an optimum level of excitement . |
| 25 | Restrictions on space and the need to avoid giving an overt explanation of reported events which risks the danger of legal suits and liability further restrict the use of conjunctions , particularly causal conjunctions , in journalism . |
| 26 | Decorative , framed mirrors can be hung against a wall in much the same way as a picture , but to avoid having an exposed wire or chain , glass plates are often used . |
| 27 | The calendar was ‘ discovered ’ to help publicize an early film , Clash By Night ( 1951 ) , and the fuss put her in the headlines and the box office draw category . |
| 28 | On June 9 , Moi appealed for 173,000 tonnes of emergency food for 680,000 Kenyans facing starvation after 20 months of drought in North-Eastern , Eastern , Coast and Rift Valley provinces , and to help feed an estimated 260,000 recent refugees from Sudan , Somalia [ see p. 38950 ] and Ethiopia . |
| 29 | The existence of our own imprint , Merchiston Publishing , permits students to experience taking an actual publishing project from inception through every stage of research and development , editing , design , production and marketing . |
| 30 | In order to avoid placing an impossible burden on the shoulders of my young colleague , it has been decided that the investigation of the events whose tragic outcome was discovered this morning with be directed by Dottor Rosella Foria . ’ |