Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , this benefit has been the over-riding consideration for at least one major corporate in its decision to implement a joint PC and Macintosh strategy . |
| 2 | The most significant breakthrough in this respect was the decision to implement a common tariff on imports from January 1991 , in order to facilitate the eventual removal of all barriers to intra-community trade . |
| 3 | Holidays abroad are not just a chance to unwind , they 're an opportunity to taste a different culture , see how other people live . |
| 4 | One of the judges , Lord Chief Justice Lawton , then inquired whether this meant that the Attorney General was entitled to consider the political trouble which would be caused by a decision to enforce a particular law . |
| 5 | It is often complained of by many that a meeting will take five minutes to agree the expenditure of ten million and two hours to debate a minor item worth only a few thousand . |
| 6 | The Department has plans to promote a wide range of activities for the community as a whole and to work closely with other bodies in the field to ensure the fullest use of resources . |
| 7 | What can be done to give even a tenth of our people the opportunity to acquire a small stake in the land , and to replace the missing bottom rungs in the farming ladder ? |
| 8 | On the face of it , this offers a potential bidder the opportunity to acquire a complete portfolio of assets at a discount to their value by taking over the trust by buying up all its shares . |
| 9 | As a special introduction to this colourful , high-quality range of screwdrivers , 25 DIY readers have the opportunity to acquire a boxed set , worth £17.50 , free . |
| 10 | The key to a good use is that it brings people to the building who value it for its beauty and appreciate and enjoy its surroundings — not simply people who regard it as an opportunity to acquire a large amount of cheap floor space . |
| 11 | But when the owners later asked for permission to erect a temporary office , they were told the greenhouse itself should have had permission … and it would have to come down . |
| 12 | AN application for outline permission to erect a detached house at 90 London Road , Holybourne has been turned down by local planners . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The ( unnamed ) organization responsible for the conspiracy was said to be directed by a committee of 75 members , and there were also allegations of plans to mount a money-laundering operation . |
| 15 | The sections in the Magistrates ' Courts Act 1980 which give justices ' courts power to adjourn are : section 5(1) , adjournment of an inquiry into an offence as examining justice ; section 10(1) , adjournment of the trial of an information ; section 18(4) , the power to adjourn proceedings under sections 19 to 23 of the Act , that is to say the procedure which has to be followed where the information charges the defendant with an offence triable either on indictment or summarily ; and section 30 , a duty to adjourn the case to enable a medical examination and report to be made where the court is satisfied that the accused did the act or made the omission charged but is of the opinion that inquiry ought to be made into his physical or mental condition . |
| 16 | This meeting welcomes the decision of the CLE to conduct a comprehensive review of its admissions and assessments procedures . |
| 17 | This meeting welcomes the decision of the CLE to conduct a comprehensive review of its admission and assessments procedures with the involvement of the CRE . |
| 18 | Phonetics and Phonology : — An extension of the core course to include a detailed consideration of two of the following topics : Allophones and allophonic transcription , with reference to dialectal varieties of English ; further work on supra-segmental features ; the nature of orthography ; introduction to acoustic phonetics . |
| 19 | The classic case is the famous opening scene of Le bourgeois gentilhomme , in which a hopelessly inept student , singing soprano , attempts to perform a languorous love song . |
| 20 | The two final categories call for no comment at this stage beyond the fact that the fiscal evidence shows that the overwhelming majority of husbandmen did actually have less than £10 worth of personal estate ; the £10-£99 group looks like an intrapolation to accommodate a broad spectrum of well-to-do peasants ( including yeomen ) , master craftsmen and small-time merchants . |
| 21 | The local Soprintendenza in charge of archaeology in the Salerno region hopes to find the money to conduct a systematic excavation of the villa . |
| 22 | As an example , contrast a contract to paint the whole of a house , but containing a clause exempting the contractor from liability if he fails to paint certain parts ( caught under s 3(2) ( a ) ) , and a contract to paint a whole house with the exception of certain parts ( not caught ) . |
| 23 | We all look forward to a comfortable future when we retire — with the time and money to enjoy a full life with family and friends . |
| 24 | The lowest , most general , and most unambiguously useful level consists in the employment of a computer to perform a humdrum task in less time than would be possible for an unaided human : the search through a text for a quotation , the determination of a word frequency , the construction and analysis of a contingency table , the classification of iconic data . |
| 25 | The murder in Medellín on May 21 of a leading PL senator , Frederico Estrada Veléz , persuaded Barco to cancel a two-day visit to Peru for an Andean Pact summit meeting [ see p. 37451 ] . |
| 26 | Hartley is an astute businessman , but he never passes up an opportunity to disparage a successful competitor , and I 'm certainly not the first . |
| 27 | Yet the need to harness the ability of the computer to monitor a dynamic situation far faster than is possible with manual methods was as pressing for SGB , with a Group payroll at the time approaching £13 million , as for the very large organisation able to make substantial investment in computerised personnel records . |
| 28 | Chief Environmental Health Officer Hugh O'Neill , who refused to reveal the location of the shop , defended the decision to issue a simple warning . |
| 29 | A crucial breaking-point came in 1983 , when the Labour councillors first took a decision to support a small steel firm and save around sixty jobs , but later withdrew their support leaving the firm to collapse . |
| 30 | EVEN if we ignore BBC Breakfast time 's unsupportable decision to support a diurnal astrologer , the verdict must be : not too well . |