Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv prt] an [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before making an order the SIB must ensure , inter alia , that the members of the SRO are ‘ fit and proper persons ’ to carry on an investment business , in particular , that they meet the standards of ‘ honesty , competence and solvency ’ , and that they operate fair and reasonable admission , expulsion , and disciplinary procedures . |
| 2 | It only needs one person to pass on an infection . |
| 3 | Before you start on an assembly , you will find it helpful to write down an editing plan . |
| 4 | Now in number one I 'd just like you to write down an answer in your own way to this question . |
| 5 | Therefore if an SAA program wants to talk to a Unix sockets-based program , it ca n't — however two SAA programs will be able to talk over TCP/IP and two Unix applications will be able to communicate over an SNA network . |
| 6 | This is claimed to enable the DXE-based routers to communicate over an HSS interface at speeds from 1.5Mbps to 52Mbps . |
| 7 | Coping strategies which are sometimes suggested , like making a mental agreement with yourself or even an actual arrangement with the other party , to stand over an arm 's length away and promise not to move from your spot , are sensible if the temperature really soars . |
| 8 | ‘ I am not pregnant , nor do I suffer from anorexia , ’ she added frostily , ‘ I 'm trying to shake off an illness I 've had for a few months , that 's all . ’ |
| 9 | Convinced , and quite rightly , that nothing had or would come of Napoleon III 's attempts to drum up an alliance with Italy or Austria-Hungary , dismissing such a possibility as ‘ idle gossip ’ , the Prussian Chancellor prepared to spring his trap . |
| 10 | He was the largest and hairiest and pimpliest and dirtiest of them all , not at all the sort of person you would wish to meet up an alley on a dark night . |
| 11 | Somehow the words ‘ dietary fibre ’ do tend to conjure up an image of being put out to graze on food that has all the comfort and flavour of that consumed by a sheep or a cow . |
| 12 | Benny was n't going to pass up an opportunity like this . |
| 13 | We went steaming first to work up an appetite . |
| 14 | A good way to work up an appetite and enjoy an evening in Amsterdam will be to join our fully escorted city bike tour . |
| 15 | A brisk walk around the bailey to work up an appetite sounded good , and a glance at the Prior , who was still shaking his head gloomily over his drinking-horn , convinced him that there was no more to be gained by pushing the issue . |
| 16 | ‘ I like to work up an appetite for my breakfast . |
| 17 | I spent the morning doing my usual , a 40-mile ride to the seaside town of Riverton , to work up an appetite . |
| 18 | She would always be bad-tempered , liable to peck out an eye or lash out dangerously with those sharp claws . |
| 19 | Ted Ray , one of the judges , reminded me that I now had to work out an act for ‘ The All Winners Show ’ , which happened every seventh week , a contest between the six previous show winners . |
| 20 | ‘ We just want to work out an agreement to provide all athletes with free accommodation . ’ |
| 21 | In a joint statement both sides undertook to work out an agreement for the early destruction of a " significant part " of their chemical arsenals . |
| 22 | So if you can think about it like laterally but we gon na have to work out an argument |
| 23 | In The Extended Phenotype I attempt to work out an answer to this difficult problem . |
| 24 | In fact , support may consist of saying ‘ I leave you to work out an answer to that problem ’ . |
| 25 | She had n't had time to work out an answer to such a question . |
| 26 | No , multiplication tables find and average and know how to work out an area , that 's a doddle ! |
| 27 | Given the growth in his ordinary income and the difficulty of estimating its size in the early years of his reign , it would not be very useful to work out an average of the total revenue over the whole reign . |
| 28 | There is no obvious reason to expect sentiment in Denmark to be affected by Britain 's problems but the impression could gain ground that the UK will be able to work out an accommodation with the EC without Maastricht and that there is therefore an alternative for Denmark . |
| 29 | He got dealers to track down an enthusiast in Essex who had got in ahead of him , and made the supergenerous offer for the supercar . |
| 30 | You could perhaps introduce the occasional hot item such as garlic bread , wrapped in tinfoil , to complement the salad , and hot fudge sauce to pour over an ice cream dessert . |