Example sentences of "[to-vb] a [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , I just have to catch a few of these fawning fans on film . |
| 2 | To catch a 141 at this time of night will take all the faith Ludo has . |
| 3 | In between a full time job , writing articles , trying to write a book and moving house , I was asked to write a special for this Christmas edition based on the assembly of a ‘ dream tank . |
| 4 | The most I can do is to offer a very brief and personal view of some of the recent changes in emphasis drawing from the syllabuses of ten countries and to isolate a few of the new approaches which strike me as particularly interesting and exciting . |
| 5 | We are extremely critical of the strategy outlined in draft guidance because it seeks to meet a projected near doubling in aggregates consumption over the 20 year period 1991 to 2011 . |
| 6 | We are extremely critical of the strategy outlined in draft guidance because it seeks to meet a projected near doubling in aggregates consumption over the 20 year period 1991 to 2011 . |
| 7 | Areas which will be in contact with the cove members should be scratched to provide a key for the Gyproc cove adhesive , then brush away any dust and loose particles . |
| 8 | CRICKET fanatic Fred Smith died trying to smash a six for victory off the last ball of a match . |
| 9 | John , John Venables , who is the science correspondents for Radio Cambridge , and as I say who also runs his own media training sessions ; Julian Dunn , who is Senior News Reporter for Radio Cambridge , so I hope he 's going to kneecap a few of you and make life fairly uncomfortable when he 's doing some trial interviews , and Lloyd Addison , who 's a freelance from Radio Norfolk . |
| 10 | Just about a year ago Cicely and Dick Harris made their third trip to Malta ; this time to find a flat for rent on a permanent basis , enabling them to spend the Winter months there each year . |
| 11 | Unfortunately , experienced models are hard to come by on most of the Polynesian islands , though it is possible to find a few in Papeete . |
| 12 | But by extrapolation , I can reasonably expect to find a third of the British insect fauna . |
| 13 | This is fundamentally a defensive approach reflecting an assumption that progress will inevitably erode biological diversity and quality , and the only way to prevent complete loss is to ring-fence a few of the best ‘ sites ’ for posterity while allowing development to take its course elsewhere . |
| 14 | Thus , we can add the joint income of husband and wife to obtain a total for that unit , whatever we choose to call it , whereas we can not sensibly add their separate statuses to achieve a joint status for both of them unless we know a great deal more about how status is a distributive phenomenon and what its properties are . |
| 15 | It has been able to obtain a third of the income that it needs from sponsorship , while a further third has been obtained from admission charges . |
| 16 | A company which claims to train a third of all motorcyclists in the country could be setting up a school at Langbaurgh 's Wheelbase complex at South Bank after winning council support . |
| 17 | It took a Maori around four weeks to extract a blank for an adze-blade from a pebble of nephrite and another six to shape it ( fig. 12 ) . |
| 18 | ‘ Some people are told they have to work a nine to five gig or be the trendiest person on earth or whatever . |
| 19 | which is enough to do four little little pictures I thought I might do for the craft thing in September , erm you know our flower festival and erm in which case I 'd have had to purchase a few of your little thingies that 's pretty . |
| 20 | Feeling depressed one day he decided to explore a few of the corridors in Nightside and plant his packet of seeds to remind him of home . |
| 21 | Just to highli I 'd just like to highlight a few of the principles before I comment on this dishonesty of this Government in , on the one hand enacting a major piece of legislation and on the other hand doing it in such a way that Councils 'll settle for failure because resources have not been allocated . |
| 22 | Er , Barbara , Birmingham Region , speaking against one one one , one one A , the amendment to rule A five with the support of the Birmingham Region . |
| 23 | Although at that time the Unix PC was the most successful Unix product ever , by May 1986 ( UX No 79 ) , AT&T was struggling to market thousands of the things held in stock — it had wanted to sell a million of them — and had co-opted Convergent on to the job too . |
| 24 | We used to sell a few of them . |
| 25 | The first and most obvious targets for this new spirit were the religious houses , estimated to own a sixth of the land in England , which were losing vocations as the sterility of many of their practices became increasingly apparent . |
| 26 | Somebody who wo n't hesitate to shoot a few of the troublemakers as a warning to the rest . |
| 27 | ‘ Now I am trying to buy a flat for Katya there . |
| 28 | I 've got to look a one of the notes here hang on . |
| 29 | The recent collapse of the Communist Party , which used to win a third of the votes , has taken away the vital ingredient of fear that held the system together . |
| 30 | Although he was only to win a third of the tickets that Rudi had won , this dog was used extensively by successful breeders , which is the true test of a great dog . |