Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | JASON LIVINGSTON 'S future in athletics will be revealed tomorrow after a last-ditch bid to clear his name in front of leading British officials . |
| 2 | THE Government faces another ambush over the Maastricht bill after a Labour attempt to resurrect the controversial debate on the social chapter . |
| 3 | John thinks Campbell is superb in rehearsal , leaping from his chair after a protracted silence to make a passionate speech about some aspect of the story that suddenly stirs him . |
| 4 | Holly had a normal heart and made good progress but Carly , who had a heart defect , died on April 10 1985 , after a three-hour operation to clear a bile duct . |
| 5 | The FIA court of appeal did not make a final decision in Paris on Thursday after a three-hour hearing to consider Mansell 's evidence . |
| 6 | Robson was ruled out after a week-long struggle to overcome a niggling calf injury in the hope of helping United put right their Wembley disappointment in last year 's final , when they surprisingly succumbed to Second Division Sheffield Wednesday . |
| 7 | When you analyze their conscious , , you discover that all the changes and the rewritings level after a tendentious purpose to hide certain things and to keep certain things in the repressed and the same is true o of the Bible , in other words all these rewritings and were not just random , they were often motivated by a desire to hide or change certain things . |
| 8 | After a long fight to beat inflation , the government does not feel sympathetic to these demands . |
| 9 | After a long campaign to set the record straight , including an investigation by a House of Lords committee , Salter was eventually vindicated in 1990 when the Department of Energy agreed to adjust the figures in its official literature . |
| 10 | In short , a mere breakdown in a working relationship does not in itself justify dismissal unless , after a reasonable attempt to effect a reconciliation , it is found to be beyond remedy . |
| 11 | Nadine was killed instantly and Deanne died in Walsall Manor Hospital hospital after a four-hour battle to save her life . |
| 12 | In some places you can find dozens of enrolled trilobites together ; these are the remains of the animals themselves , not the moults , which presumably perished together after a fruitless attempt to protect themselves from a miniature catastrophe such as a sudden influx of sediment . |
| 13 | President : Gen. Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali , appointed in November 1987 after a bloodless coup to replace " President for Life " Habib Bourguiba , who had already been declared mentally and physically unfit for office . |
| 14 | THE future of a top sporting venue in the North-East is i n doubt again after a new offer to buy the land for a massive shopping development . |
| 15 | Doctors unveiled the £16,000 Electric Response Audiometer at Darlington Memorial Hospital this week after a four-year campaign to buy the equipment . |
| 16 | Equally impressive at the Morrison Centre were Ken Bousfield , Ken MacMaster , John Lynch and skip Alan Moore who conceded only eight singles while collecting a string of twos and threes at the start and after a strong finish to register 23 shots in all . |
| 17 | The decision came after a year-long test to ensure that packaging made from pulp mould was strong enough to protect cameras should they de dropped or roughly handled during transport . |
| 18 | The decision came after a year-long test to ensure that packaging made from pulp mould was strong enough to protect cameras should they be dropped or roughly handled during transport . |
| 19 | JOHN MAJOR flew to Washington last night after a concerted effort to smooth tensions in advance of his first meeting with President Bill Clinton . |
| 20 | THE Queen Mother was today ‘ comfortable ’ after a minor operation to remove an obstruction from her throat . |
| 21 | Bentley scored his second after a dazzling run to narrow the gap to 20-14 . |
| 22 | The client must consent in writing to his money being placed in such an account after a proper opportunity to consider that information ; ( 8 ) If the firm has any ground ( other than the absence of an acknowledgement as described above ) for believing that client money held in a particular bank account outside the UK will not be protected as effectively as it would be if held in a free money bank account in the UK ; ( 9 ) If the firm proposes not to pay interest on client money in accordance with the client money regulations . |
| 23 | EC Foreign Ministers , meeting on Dec. 16 , voted after a 10-hour debate to extend recognition by Jan. 15 to republics which met certain conditions . |
| 24 | THE FAT LADY SINGS take leave of the UK for an American tour after a one-off date to open a new concert venue . |
| 25 | COT deaths were more than halved last year after a national campaign to sleep babies on their back , new figures show today . |
| 26 | After a short pause to watch us , she passed on surrounded by the Lord Lieutenant of Dorset and other local dignitaries . |
| 27 | Samuel again produced The Pickwick Papers , after a short cough to draw everyone 's attention . |
| 28 | After a brief second to get accustomed to the gloom , I see a man seated in a high-backed Captain Kirk-style chair . |
| 29 | She sank down on to the bed and glanced at the writing pad that she 'd tossed there after a brief effort to write to Arnie . |
| 30 | The jury took four hours yesterday after a nine-day trial to find him guilty of five charges of indecent assault . |