Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv prt] an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is easy to write down an equivalent definition of unc that is a straightforward recursion on syntax . |
| 2 | This spell may be used to freeze over an entire body of water anywhere on the battlefield , for example an entire river , a marsh , or a lake . |
| 3 | In France , meeting with the head of Ariola Records , the company responsible for distributing Virgin in that country , Branson listened with interest as the managing director told him excitedly that Ariola were about to pull off an enormous coup by signing Julien Clerc , France 's Frank Sinatra . |
| 4 | Had they then found the resources to pull off an improbable win against Hong Kong it would have drastically altered the fairness of the tournament . |
| 5 | So I opened this one with practised diffidence … and , if it brought neither emotional nor financial reward , it caused me to dash off an angry — ‘ Disgusted , Centre for Policy on Ageing ’ — letter within the hour . |
| 6 | Pogorelich 's striking if ungenerous coupling again suggests his capacity to conjure up an uncanny sense of drama , to contrast Scriabin 's ‘ quiet of a summer night on the seashore ’ with the ‘ vast expanse of an ocean stormily agitated ’ with the most compulsive virtuosity . |
| 7 | CEDRIC Pioline and Wally Masur produced another round of magic yesterday to conjure up an unlikely meeting in the semi-finals of the US Open . |
| 8 | This is a tape which prints out the information from the till and eliminates the old system of having to write out an individual docket for every transaction . |
| 9 | The idea of trying to work out an optimum ratio is interesting , and we should like to think about it further . |
| 10 | The Black Sea countries ( Bulgaria , Romania , the Soviet Union and Turkey , with Greece and Yugoslavia as observers ) met in July 1991 to work out an economic co-operation agreement [ see p. 38352 ] . |
| 11 | Lesioning the hippocampus , however , profoundly damages the rat 's capacity to learn or remember the spatial cues and thus dramatically impairs its capacity to work out an effective escape route in the tank . |
| 12 | Admittedly , this is a Treasury matter , but it can not possibly be beyond the ability of Treasury Ministers to work out an effective formula to ensure that the Ministry of Defence is properly rewarded for any help that it gives . |
| 13 | Commissioners were appointed on either side to work out an agreed formula which would cover differences in legal systems , taxation discrepancies , the coinages — which were still quite distinct — and above all the religious rights of Episcopalians , Presbyterians , Cameronians and others who had reason to be wary of the Church of England . |
| 14 | On April 2 , 1990 , the opposition held a convention on immigration designed to work out an alternative immigration policy which would be a compromise between the perceived laxity of the government and the extremism of the Front National ( FN ) . |
| 15 | I tried to work out an obvious connection between scholarship and cocaine and could not , but knew better than to ask . |
| 16 | In response to the SNH access paper , he adds : ‘ While this might be opposed by some landowners and managers , it nevertheless offers an opportunity , as yet untried , for SNH and government to work out an acceptable scheme for appropriate legislation and test it publicly . ’ |
| 17 | He said he still had to work out an acceptable solution to the dispute created by Israel 's deportation of 415 Palestinians from the occupied territories to an icy no man 's land in south Lebanon , where 396 of them remain . |
| 18 | The man did nothing , after all , except shoot a line to you , and if it 's a crime to wander round an empty house on a wild night , trying the windows , well … ’ |
| 19 | Nevertheless , he somehow bribed his way out of hospital to shoot down an impudent intruder strafing his base . |
| 20 | But we 've been unable to track down an official aid organisation which has worked with her . |
| 21 | Maybe you need to track down an old kitchen manufacturer , or perhaps you 've just signed a contract to get rid of a high-pressure salesman , and are worried because there does n't appear to be a get-out clause . |
| 22 | The FLA should draw up a development plan with every Football League club to bring its ground up to scratch over an agreed time period . |
| 23 | If you find any faults at all , simply throw the set away and buy a new one ; they cost very little , and it is a false and potentially lethal economy to try to patch up an unsafe set . |
| 24 | Why then attempt to patch up an old overall as if one were repairing a sumptuous evening dress ? |
| 25 | Rovers stand to pick up an extra £25,000 if their former player makes the Great Britain side . |
| 26 | ‘ I put myself forward not expecting to win , but available to pick up an extra seat if it was there . ’ |
| 27 | The difference there is instead of the cheque and the banker 's order you have to pick up an official order from the BUPA hospital . |
| 28 | He looked around the shop for Emmanuel , who was trying to pick up an elderly man in a smart business suit . |
| 29 | The prince , at a loss with the complexities of women , was quick enough to pick up an offered lead , and not infrequently bettered the prompting , as he did now . |
| 30 | Britain 's former No. 1 U–18 player Gary Drake , now 22-years-old , pulled off easily the result of the third round , defeating the Middlesex side 's No. 1 — previously unbeaten — Chris Clark in a close three-setter to open up an early lead . |