Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] [to-vb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Cuban decision raised immediate fears in the USA that the 1980 officially sanctioned exodus of 125,000 Cubans [ see pp. 30474-75 ] might be repeated , and there were reports that the US navy was reviewing contingency plans to mount a naval blockade . |
| 2 | Now Scottish Natural Heritage will pay crofters in an area north of Uig — the bird 's last stronghold on Skye — in an effort to re-establish traditional management of enclosed croft grasslands to provide a safe habitat for the corncrakes . |
| 3 | NIRVANA made a shock 11th hour decision to cancel a major home-coming show in Seattle last Sunday . |
| 4 | Once this condition is reached , say with potential difference , balance is approached much better by adjusting the quadrature component to reach a new range to that corresponds to magnitudes of potential differences indistinguishable from some new much lower minimum . |
| 5 | Such a hypothesis attempts to describe a whole person , and not to separate certain aspects of an individual 's life for special attention . |
| 6 | Last year McCallen crashed out , leaving Robert to win , and Ian Newton to set a new lap record at 115.86 mph — but this time it should be a different story . |
| 7 | Further to the north you take the ferry across from East to West Cowes to avoid a big detour inland via Newport . |
| 8 | In the area of consumer use of personal computer technology , Microsoft is working with Compaq Computer Corp to develop a personal digital assistant , with cable television equipment supplier General Instrument Corp , and with ‘ Thomson , Philips and Japanese consumer electronics companies to see how personal computer intelligence can come together with consumer devices , ’ he said . |
| 9 | Mixer-feeder wagon maker Richard Keenan , Coxley Wells , Somerset , is setting up a new Keenan Nutrition division to provide a free integrated feed management package . |
| 10 | For someone who is having regression therapy to uncover a traumatic event earlier in this present lifetime , a single session may well suffice . |
| 11 | The Lebanese Cabinet , meeting on June 12 , instructed Deputy Prime Minister and National Defence Minister Michel al-Murr to begin a full deployment in the south on July 1 . |
| 12 | Thus evaluation can be used for decisions about whether to continue or terminate a given course , about the modification necessary for an existing programme , about the use of various teaching methods to achieve a pre-specified goal , or about the adoption of an innovation . |
| 13 | As the first US cash-settled contract its success enabled the US futures industry to introduce a new array of cash settlement stock index futures contracts . |
| 14 | The Green Party has issued a challenge to all election candidates to sign a Green Charter setting out the principles it hopes candidates will adopt . |
| 15 | The Green Party has issued a challenge to all election candidates to sign a Green Charter setting out the principles it hopes candidates will adopt . |
| 16 | The Green Party has issued a challenge to all election candidates to sign a Green Charter setting out the principles it hopes candidates will adopt . |
| 17 | In summary , the available evidence suggests that under normal conditions Ca 2+ permeates NMDA channels to provide a transient signal which is necessary for the induction of LTP . |
| 18 | FIG. 2 Ca 2+ permeates NMDA channels to produce a transient signal in spines in response to tetanic stimulation . |
| 19 | US Senate armed services committee chairman Sam Nunn asked the Defence Department to conduct a further investigation , citing the statement in the ABC broadcast by Adml. ( retd ) William Crowe , former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff , that the Vincennes had been in Iranian waters when it fired the missile , not in international waters as previously claimed . |
| 20 | When an accused faces a number of charges , it is very common for the defence advocate to offer a reduced plea to a number of the charges , provided others , often more serious ones , are dropped . |
| 21 | It is sensible personnel practice to have a standard letter available to employees which they can use to notify you of their situation and intentions . |
| 22 | The garter carriage can be used to knit a ribbed welt , but always remember that if you set the garter carriage to knit a 24 row welt and then leave it , that is all it will achieve . |
| 23 | In your report on the Post Office ( December 15th ) you claim that the principle of setting price according to costs led Rowland Hill to favour a national stamp price . |
| 24 | A team in the School of Civil Engineering is undertaking field trials on the road from Nata to Maun in Northern Botswana , as part of a research contract to develop a twin bituminous pavement surfacing treatment which will resist salt damage . |
| 25 | He emptied the coffers of the Phoenix Throne to build a new and mighty fleet capable of carrying the war to the northern seas and stopping the flow of reinforcements from Naggaroth . |
| 26 | It was convenient for Rome to use confiscated enemy estates to install a strong military reserve in freshly conquered lands . |
| 27 | According to tribal legend , the first Nez Perce to encounter a white man was a woman called Watkuweis , meaning ‘ Returned from a Faraway Country ’ . |
| 28 | The need for " dialogue " nevertheless became the keynote in pronouncements by Prime Minister Sid-Ahmed Ghozali , and on July 11 he invited all opposition groups to attend a national conference at the end of the month " to define the framework and forms of dialogue " . |
| 29 | The powerful combination of Richard Hannon and Pat Eddery is worth supporting in the Swan Handicap , where Hopeful Bid attempts to supplement a recent victory at Yarmouth . |
| 30 | In so doing he became the first US President since Harry S. Truman to veto a major spending bill . |