Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | This helps them to see a 3-D object as a simpler , two-dimensional configuration of lines and shapes . |
2 | For some of these adults , aged from their twenties to forties , expert counselling on a one to one basis is helping them to go a great deal further . |
3 | Our timber floor is made of attractive boards in good condition , so I 'm wondering if there are any problems with staining them and then finishing them using a clear varnish . |
4 | It is justly ironic that the Government , which refused to control the industry and protect the environment , has also refused to help them conduct a price-fixing operation . |
5 | They know about science from television and from their school teacher , and any other source of information to them is really beneficial to let them make a sensible decision . |
6 | By using drama as a part of the learning process , English teachers will be providing experiences for pupils which will help them make an informed choice when considering drama as a subject option , whether for GCSE or as part of a non-examined course in combined or expressive arts . |
7 | At last , a streak of orange light appeared to the east ; and gradually the white sea in front of them became an immense expanse of fertile green , while the purple ocean behind turned shimmering white . |
8 | Nothing irritates a daily newspaper picture editor more than an allegedly topical photograph sent to him by post . |
9 | First to tell me wins a signed photo of Jon Newsome : - ) |
10 | But before I do this , let me make a philosophical point . |
11 | Before I regret the temporary arrival of my better nature , you 'd better let me make a few calls and see what I can do to get you home today . ’ |
12 | Erm let me make a few announcements erm firstly Longmans the publishers are producing a large and they hope definitive dictionary of the English language and in aid of this they have asked various universities to produce examples , recorded examples of academic monologue and we 've agreed to cooperate and that is what this little piece of electronic wizardry is in aid of in case you were wondering . |
13 | Having endorsed this as a learning technique , let me make a few recommendations and observations of my own and list my personal ‘ top ten ’ . |
14 | President Bush defended his administration 's cautious response , saying he had seen no facts since Tuesday which ‘ would have made me make a different decision ’ . |
15 | So spoke Arnold Wesker at the Riverside Studios where , next week , he will take the unusual step of mounting eight rehearsed readings of his play , Shylock , formerly titled The Merchant , in a bid to raise enough interest from commercial backers to persuade them to mount a full production . |
16 | A few of these difficult public-interest cases go , not to the disciplinary committee , but to the Joint Disciplinary Scheme : not more than about one or two a year , but each of them demanding a great investment of time and money . |
17 | ( b ) it enables them to cultivate a particular part , or segment , of a market . |
18 | ‘ You have also invited me to wear a British hat , ’ Mark continued . |
19 | Many of the reformers of the 1870s and 1880s believed that women would earn both a new respect , if they could eschew the frivolities of fashion , and a new freedom which would liberate them to perform a useful role in society . |
20 | Finally , in growing anger , I told them to perform an unlikely act upon themselves — they stared — and turned away . |
21 | On 18 August it met with the Health Authority 's officials and asked them to conduct a public health survey which it would pay for , mainly to reassure the public that , although the EC limits for aluminium had been exceeded over 500 times , and those for sulphate , copper , zinc and lead had also been broken , there was no long-term harm . |
22 | One of them frisks a large steel ashtray and hands a roach to another . |
23 | The two of them make a right pair , sending messages , leaving notes you look at this , now ! ’ |
24 | You shall perceive them make a mutual stand , |
25 | For example , if the figure was a line diagram of a room with four windows set at different heights , the programme would ask me whether a line of sight from the far corner of the room would enable me to see a particular point outside the window nearest to me , a point that shifted on the screen at speed . |
26 | I 'm eight and a half years old and disgusted that my mother has to come with me to see A Hard Day 's Night when usually she just sees me to the edge of the estate and across the main road . |
27 | Moreover should you persuade them to attend a local rally or the Crystal Palace Reunion they will immediately reap the benefit of obtaining their tickets at a reduced rate . |
28 | Malatie and her husband were prepared to make sacrifices so that their children might get a decent education : they were paying for two of them to attend a special boarding school for Harijans . |
29 | The names of the other two workers have been placed on the waiting list for the test to permit them to drive a mini bus . |
30 | The names of the other two workers have been placed on the waiting list for the test to permit them to drive a mini bus . |