Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [adj] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Others , also using lacrimal cells , failed to see such an InsP 3 -dependent entry unless they added InsP 4 ( ref. 83 ) . |
| 2 | Garden staff are often approached by visitors with requests for information , and we would wish to encourage them to continue to provide such a service , provided that this assistance does not interfere with their normal work . |
| 3 | It is highly unusual for the Prime Minister to agree to meet such a group at Downing Street . |
| 4 | Further , can we expect states to agree to accept such a system , particularly with compulsory reference to international courts and mandatory application of their decisions , even if there are not sanctions attached to non-adherence ? |
| 5 | It is the first time that a lifeboatman has received such an honour since sea rescues began in the town with the historic Zetland lifeboat 190 years ago . |
| 6 | It is accepted that Community case law has developed such a principle under which , on policy grounds compatible with Community law , restrictions on trade may be justified . |
| 7 | If the situation is critical , and numbers of prized fish are in jeopardy you might consider bringing such a specialist to the pond itself : most operate a system of a call-out charge , plus an hourly rate , plus the cost of any medication . |
| 8 | The question of cycling proficiency tests was discussed and it was agreed to try to arrange such a course in Juniper Green during the October holiday break . |
| 9 | The screen , which is located in a self-service kiosk near the Baltimore Orioles stadium at Camden Yards , has proven such a hit that a further 33 similar kiosks have been planned across Baltimore . |
| 10 | The dispositions of the Irish constitution were clearly designed to accommodate such a position in full . |
| 11 | There had by this stage been seven rounds of preliminary talks designed to arrange such a meeting . |
| 12 | The intrepid lady traveller Celia Fiennes had a near miss when her horse was nearly sucked into a dyke near Ely in 1698 ; and in the same year she took care to avoid Martin Mere in Lancashire , ‘ that as the proverb sayes has parted many a man and his mare indeed ’ . |
| 13 | In many cities the names are still interchangeable , a fact that has given many a visitor a mystified look . |
| 14 | A team from the University of California at San Diego has concocted such a medium in which a particular type of cell that causes cancer in mice grows readily . |
| 15 | For much the same reason , you should never write a sentence like : ‘ B can argue that … but the argument will fail , ’ or ‘ B has committed such-and-such a crime , but he has a good defence . ’ |
| 16 | The normality judgment task was included to provide such a measure . |
| 17 | It 's just that Peake 's trilogy Titus Groan , Gormenghast and Titus Alone has attracted such a cult following that Glass was apprehensive about doing justice to the novels in the eye of fans . |
| 18 | I should not have expected to obtain such a reaction if more than twelve years had elapsed since death . ’ |
| 19 | A small chorus has applauded such a shift in resources , arguing that prohibition of drugs will always fail so long as Americans remain so determined to get hold of them . |
| 20 | The Empire foot soldiers have developed a very effective method of fighting which has won many a battle : the detachment system . |
| 21 | And the real ale enthusiasts chose The Tap and Barrel in Middlesbrough as their 1990–1 Pub of the Year the eight season that the supporters ' association has presented such an award . |
| 22 | Every system of local government finance has possessed such a system . |
| 23 | However , they are permitted to deviate from this if special geographic considerations ( for example , the size , shape , and accessibility of a constituency ) appear to render such a deviation desirable . |
| 24 | Certainly he gave the impression to some of being almost too respectable : " He has grown such a crust on him … " |
| 25 | Did the industrial militants in the car industry and the docks , the union leaders disaffected by incomes policy and the council tenants by the local state apparatus , the left intellectuals in the universities , add up to a social bloc capable of achieving sweeping changes in Britain 's insertion within international economic relations and the relations of production in the domestic economy , even if the Labour leadership had wished to lead such a movement ? |
| 26 | The past decade has seen such a change . |
| 27 | You are lucky enough to have Bella here to teach you , and your mother also , and as you know , I have undertaken to instruct you in history , since I am the one who has seen such a lot of it , as it were face to face . |
| 28 | The large Lichtenstein Palace ( 2/258 ) of 1791 opposite the Church of St Nicholas has seen many a change of political fortune . |
| 29 | This Welcome break restaurant has suffered such a drop in trade that staff have agreed to work on short time , with a cut in wages , to try and keep it going until the bridge reopens . |
| 30 | I call upon everyone to begin to work to create such an agenda in the coming months , mindful that each of us may have to make some compromises along the way if we are to end with something in which we all can believe . |