Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] a [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This removes some of the flexibility ( you need a mains socket ) , the portability ( the LAN adaptor itself may fit into your pocket , but you would n't want to carry a mains adaptor too ) , and the tidiness ( the power lead means yet another bit of wire at the back of your PC ) . |
| 2 | You can see why he did n't want to acknowledge a family connection with someone who was convicted of murder . |
| 3 | Degussa has announced the development of a new hydrophobic molecular sieve , Wessalith DAY , from a Y zeolite dealuminated using a Degussa procedure . |
| 4 | This information base is then manipulated using a font descriptor file to generate a particular font . |
| 5 | However , she also agreed to attend a conjoint session with her parents the next week . |
| 6 | Today , the Games ' record in this event stands at a superb 48.63 secs , while Ireland 's record-holder , Willie Johnston ( 52.25s ) , would have given Devitt a three-metre start and beaten him ! |
| 7 | The CSO perspective is one that involves producing a market scenario to compare with the observed mixed economy that exists . |
| 8 | It came after Benn failed to attend a press conference at London 's Bloomsbury Crest Hotel to publicise his WBC super-middlewight title defence against Nicky Piper at Alexandra Palace on Saturday . |
| 9 | You may be using some particular part in the spreadsheet that you consider to be unusual , er you may want to include a page reference , so that er , you can understand it again |
| 10 | Then a series of colours that took my fancy were thinned down with water and sprayed , or rather spattered using a mouth diffuser , over the colours I have previously applied . |
| 11 | Examples of works which fall into this category are : documents produced using a word processing system ; CAD ( computer aided designs ) such as plans for a house or a new car body panel ; music written using a program designed to assist with the composition of the music ( as opposed to a program designed to write music ) ; and an accounts report produced using a spreadsheet program . |
| 12 | Examples of works which fall into this category are : documents produced using a word processing system ; CAD ( computer aided designs ) such as plans for a house or a new car body panel ; music written using a program designed to assist with the composition of the music ( as opposed to a program designed to write music ) ; and an accounts report produced using a spreadsheet program . |
| 13 | Does anybody want to see a teddy bear ? |
| 14 | US Secretary of State James Baker and Israel 's ambassador to the USA Zalman Shoval met for a third round of talks in Washington on Feb. 21 but failed to arrange a compromise agreement on the terms of Israel 's request for loan guarantees worth US$10,000 million to be used for the absorption of new Jewish immigrants . |
| 15 | When the large whisky-blending house of W. and G. Pattison collapsed fraudulently the following year he tried and failed to arrange a rescue package , but DCL did provide financial help to firms unwittingly caught up in the crash . |
| 16 | Basque pelota looks like being this year 's corker as it involves catching a tennis ball in a fruit bowl and throwing it at a wall ( below left ) . |
| 17 | The bone density was calculated using a calibration phantom containing known concentrations of K 2 HPO 4 solution and expressed in grams per litre . |
| 18 | AN X-ray doctor failed to spot a three-inch piece of glass lodged in a patient 's chest . |
| 19 | Athelstan asked to borrow a pewter spoon and ate slowly . |
| 20 | It would have been better than staying at home but I did not want to wear a school uniform . |
| 21 | This involves using a filtration process which basically makes the solid content of the milk much higher allowing it to set better , making it smooth , thick and above all , consistent . |
| 22 | So , for instance , the promoter of a Bill may state that Clause 1 is not intended to cover X because X is covered by Clause 2 , and the Clause 3 is intended to implement a Community obligation ; yet , as a matter of law , X may not be covered by Clause 2 and there may be no obligation in Community law . |
| 23 | ‘ Who would want to drive a car bomb at the cordon ? ’ shouted Cardiff above the sound of the storm . |
| 24 | In July , 1992 , the bone marrow transplant unit at Westminster Children 's Hospital , London , agreed to perform a bone marrow transplant on Rhys Daniels ( now aged 2½ ) , who like his 5-year-old sister has Batten 's disease , provided the ethical committee approved and a suitable donor could be found . |
| 25 | Secondly , business studies tend to affirm a consumer passivity in response to marketing initiatives . |
| 26 | This strikingly different budget was clearly intended to spearhead a monetarist assault on cost inflation . |
| 27 | Fig. 1 ( c ) Short wooden pegs are inserted 90–120 cm ( 3–4 ft ) apart around the pool and the tops levelled using a spirit level . |
| 28 | You are pressed to attend a school sports day . |
| 29 | At university I chanced to meet a detective sergeant who had been in the Durham drug squad outside the Sociology building in New Elvet , Durham city . |
| 30 | People who had travelled to find a vantage point near RAF Marham , where the air force was enjoying its 75th anniversary celebrations , were forced to make their way home again . |