Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun sg] [coord] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the study period three patients were found to be sensitive to the elemental diet formula used to induce remission and a further patient proved to have profound salicylate sensitivity . |
| 2 | Restricting your consumption of fats is a sound way to lose weight and a healthy way of eating for all the family . |
| 3 | Nibbling , rather than gorging , is a healthier way to lose weight and a better way of satisfying your appetite . |
| 4 | You can try to obtain maintenance and/or a lump sum payment for your children and yourself . |
| 5 | Fixing my eyes on them , I could n't help cursing Aisha , wishing she was dead , swearing by the Prophet Muhammad that I would have my revenge because it was she who was stopping me walking those streets and riding in those red buses to find work and a flat or a room of my own . |
| 6 | However , the case is significant in showing that the court did not regard as an abuse of the court 's process , a second prosecution whose principal objective was to obtain redress or a second victim . |
| 7 | This station is new ; much excavation had to be done to provide space and a new platform hall . |
| 8 | We recommend that one serving ( half the daily quantity ) should be used to provide breakfast and a highly satisfying start to the day . |
| 9 | MC 's access to over 2000 on-line databases is both an invaluable aid to search work and a very strong ‘ selling ’ point . |
| 10 | This gives the workforce both a much greater capacity to coerce management and a consciousness of its collective power , claims Mallet . |
| 11 | Besides Windows you will need to install GEM and a GEM application on your PC 's hard disk . |
| 12 | Sometimes we deliberately flout the charge to be relevant : to signal embarrassment or a desire to change the subject . |
| 13 | A few thin strands of black to grey hair and a nose that looked like badly applied putty . |
| 14 | The staff in turn are likely to experience guilt and a profound sense of failure . |
| 15 | The top chasers have a habit of being able to give weight and a beating to their more humble rivals and although Barnbrook Again appears to have been given a stiff task in conceding 8lb to Rusch de Farges , his two runs already this season should give him the advantage . |
| 16 | This may occur for various reasons ; the suspect may have died or be below the age of criminal responsibility , the victim may not wish to press charges or a witness may be unwilling , or unable , to give evidence or a person already in detention after conviction admits to further offences . |
| 17 | It is important that Compacts be designed with sufficient flexibility for those students who are failing at a certain stage , to negotiate re-entry and a further attempt at the goals . |
| 18 | Once again , however , defensiveness won the day and when the Strathclyde Centre circulated forces asking them to co-operate in the venture , a decision was taken to withhold co-operation and a circular went round to this effect , suggesting the existing Home Office funded PRSU ( Police Research Services Unit ) and the Home Office Research and Planning Unit were adequate for the needs of the service . |
| 19 | I 'm , I 'm sure there 's plenty of people who want to do nursing and a lot would be for the erm |
| 20 | Still , it was the hangover of that piece of moral cowardice at Lochgair station , along with everything else , that led to me feeling so profoundly awful with myself that evening ( after the train finally did get into Queen Street and I walked back , soaked and somehow no longer hungry , in the rain to the empty flat in Grant Street ) , that mum had to call me there , because I had n't been able to bring myself to phone her and dad … and I still managed to feign sleep and a little shame and a smattering of sorrow and reassure her as best I could that really I was all right , yes of course , not to worry , I was fine , thanks for calling … and so of course after that felt even worse . |
| 21 | Accessories include a diary , an appointments schedule , calculator , calendar , to do list and a reminder facility . |
| 22 | Accessories include a diary , an appointments schedule , calculator , calendar , to do list and a reminder facility . |
| 23 | It shows an offshore installation inset in a gearwheel and will now be used on departmental letterheads and stickers to promote teamwork and a sense of identity in engineering . |
| 24 | Nehru had to acknowledge that he demonstrated ‘ reasonableness , restraint and good breeding ’ , but also he was seen to possess authority and a firm grasp of Afro — Asian realities . |
| 25 | Stud males are test mated to ensure fertility and a record kept of their mating performance to ensure that they are working effectively . |
| 26 | The pendant is said to ensure fertility and a happy marriage — not necessarily in that order . ’ |
| 27 | This year 's annual report talks about becoming profitable ‘ as soon as possible , to ensure growth and a sound future for employees and suppliers ’ . |
| 28 | This may be justified on a variety of hard to refute grounds , such as the person is needed to keep production or a service going without disruption . |
| 29 | Two groups of undergraduate subjects were compared , a group that had learned to read Hebrew and a group that had not . |
| 30 | A reset button may be used to cancel operation and a further pushbutton switch used to trigger the unit at any time . |