Example sentences of "[pron] [to-vb] an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally , in growing anger , I told them to perform an unlikely act upon themselves — they stared — and turned away . |
| 2 | UNESCO , who has suddenly come alive , has invited the two of them to plan an experimental city in which new technologies and new ways of living can be explored more fully than they were in the real world . |
| 3 | Her direct challenge to the authority of the professionals forced them to acknowledge an alternative conceptualisation of Tom 's needs which carried with it quite different implications for the outcome of the formal assessment of those needs . |
| 4 | Was it a household so permeated by dislike and distrust that only the bald fact of dependence constrained them to preserve an uneasy peace ? |
| 5 | They were afraid to ta but if they 'd had that if they 'd told me to provide an extra coach for the Manchester as I was suggesting , Dougie would have come out and taken strips off them for You see . |
| 6 | Adjustment to their customers ' needs compelled them to establish an international presence that had hitherto been unnecessary . |
| 7 | However , I thought it right to debate the report of the Select Committee chaired by my right hon. Friend the Member for Westmorland and Lonsdale ( Mr. Jopling ) because many hon. Members of all parties , which was not the case with the other Select Committee report , asked me to find an early opportunity to enable the House to give its initial response to that splendid and important report . |
| 8 | Also , if a contractor is to carry out the work the more information we can supply to them the easier it is for them to provide an accurate tender . |
| 9 | It was this that led them to postulate an original state of affairs in which a hypothetical , pre-human , pre-cultural Natural Man was a cow-like creature , without society and without language , living in the wild in a Garden of Eden forest . |
| 10 | If Ah remember rightly , he says the Gómez family already had Irish connections , so it was fairly simple fur them to find an impoverished landowner with a beautiful daughter goin' spare . |
| 11 | We are looking for someone to join an international team working on the identification and cloning of antifungal proteins from plants . |
| 12 | The aim is to enable them to lead an independent life . |
| 13 | The approach of winter has done nothing to create an official feeling of urgency . |
| 14 | It was just an adventurous , yet instinctive choice of base from which to plan an international assault . |
| 15 | His stance should be relaxed , not fixed , since an unspecialized stance provides mobility and avoids the waste of valuable reaction time involved in switching to the best stance with which to meet an oncoming attack . |
| 16 | You will then still have enough material with which to create an attractive picture , rather than try to make a suitable design from a few odds and ends . |
| 17 | With regard to your claim that you did not have enough information on which to base an accurate estimate , I shall copy your letter to at the Central Purchasing Unit for her advice as to how we should proceed . |
| 18 | I also attach a copy of my reply , from which you will see I have told Mike Templeman that I would take up his claim that he did n't have enough information on which to base an accurate estimate with you . |
| 19 | Candidates will be assigned an office role within a scenario and provided with ample data on which to base an adequate answer . |
| 20 | The argument was a fire in which to test an immature faith . |
| 21 | To avoid the complications of need theories it has become more acceptable to talk about goals , values or work orientations — i.e. to acknowledge that people have tendencies to return to similar ends or goals that seem to be ( sufficiently ) important to them to suggest an underlying theme , pattern or goal behind their behaviour . |
| 22 | ‘ Why are you wasting your precious money paying me to look an absolute fool on your behalf , Roman ? ’ |
| 23 | Particular attention is given to the training , career development and promotion of disabled employees with a view to encouraging them to play an active role in the development of the group . |
| 24 | Three basic pieces of equipment will enable you to perform an enormous variety of exercises to improve your physique or figure . |
| 25 | This option enables you to obtain an alphabetical listing of all Software Performance Reports ( SPRs ) which relate to a specified range of module names ; this is done by transferring the information to a VMS file so that it can be printed as required . |
| 26 | This option enables you to obtain an alphabetical listing of all Software Performance Reports ( SPRs ) relating to a specified range of Issues ; this is done by transferring the information to a VMS file so that it can be printed as required . |
| 27 | This option enables you to obtain an alphabetical listing of all Software Status Reports ( SSRs ) which relate to a specified range of module names ; this is done by transferring the information to a VMS file so that it can be printed as required . |
| 28 | ‘ When you 're ready , I 'll take you to meet an important man from the New York Times . |
| 29 | Accordingly , I require you to provide an alternative specimen , which will be submitted for laboratory analysis . |
| 30 | Should you prefer documents to be ejected face up , a lever allows you to choose an additional paper path to the rear of the printer . |