Example sentences of "[verb] a [adj] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whenever you first encounter a new programming language the ‘ Hello World ’ program is a good starting point . |
| 2 | A MAN beat a lone woman hiker almost to death with a rock after she turned down his sexual advances , a court heard . |
| 3 | For the moment , let us ignore the modern specialised approach and concentrate on tackling a typical carp lake which will allow you to fish it in whatever style you choose . |
| 4 | Tackling a modern rock wall in the Dolomites requires more than technical ability . |
| 5 | If you 're thinking of tackling a long distance footpath staying at youth hostels and guest houses , then this size sack is ideal as your load is mainly bulky spare clothing rather than weighty hardware . |
| 6 | Anti-pollution vessels were last night tackling a mile-long oil slick after the 80,000-ton Texaco Westminster and a tug collided at Milford Haven . |
| 7 | The new disclosure requirements for liquid assets involve a revised balance sheet presentation as well as a change in the way the maturity analysis is presented in the notes . |
| 8 | Involve a third party facilitator . |
| 9 | The massive tax increases that lie ahead should go some way to reassure the financial markets that he is determined to redress a recessionary budget deficit now projected to run at £50 billion — £1 billion a week — in the current year . |
| 10 | What is more or less manageable on an average wage , like paying the TV licence or buying shoes , causes a major cash flow crisis when you 're living on supplementary benefit . |
| 11 | Most investigators have observed that H pylori infection causes a greater percentage increase in the postprandial gastrin than fasting gastrin . |
| 12 | On more recent machines , overflow causes a special overflow flag to be set ( for later testing by the program ) or generates an interrupt , causing entry to an overflow recovery routine . |
| 13 | This group differs from other groups at risk of infection with HIV , like homosexual men and men with haemophilia , as their lifestyle often causes a high background incidence of disease and disease may be camouflaged by the use of illegal drugs . |
| 14 | The isolated DNA binding domain of HSV-1 Vmw175 causes a significant DNA bend in the immediate vicinity of the Vmw175 binding sequence spanning the HSV-1 IE-3 mRNA start site ( 26 ) . |
| 15 | If so , and since any rise in factor prices above alternative use values or any rise in price above marginal cost causes a potential deadweight loss , the most obvious solution is for a price fixed at the level of marginal cost . |
| 16 | When the Kruskall-Wallis test disclosed a significant p value , the Mann-Whitney U test was carried out in order to detect where the differences occur . |
| 17 | Nothing daunted , the BBC 's engineers have designed a clever re-recording technique for receiving the sound and this could help them to win a prestigious international prize next month . |
| 18 | Hairdresser to the stars and current hairdresser of the year , Trevor Sorbie has designed a superb hair care system . |
| 19 | Whilst at Penn 's he designed a high-speed steam engine which had all its working parts totally enclosed and splash-lubricated , a radical departure from contemporary practice . |
| 20 | In addition , the centre completely designed a parallel operating system , Paros , for the European Community SuperNode II project . |
| 21 | I have designed a special celebration menu for you today . |
| 22 | For instant sunshine in the gloomier corners of your garden , why not install a sun-shaped wall plaque from Tile Talk ? |
| 23 | However , if it creates a lot of problems , for a little extra cost , you could install a special toilet system with a macerator and pump , which pumps out waster through small-diameter pipes . |
| 24 | MANAGEMENT of Timex Electronics in Dundee will tomorrow seek a new court order on union officials in the continuing dispute which has seen 340 workers dismissed . |
| 25 | The new company , which will be called Quayle Munro Holdings , will seek a full stock market listing as soon as the transaction is completed . |
| 26 | A graduate of Georgetown University , he 'd won a coveted Rhodes Scholarship to study for a BPhil in Politics at University College . |
| 27 | And at 12 noon , the Secretary of State for Employment had announced that RBS had won a coveted training award for the quality of its training programmes . |
| 28 | Troughton McAslan Architects has won a limited LDDC competition for an office and retail development on the ‘ Lipstick site ’ at the western gateway to the Isle of Dogs . |
| 29 | The might of Gloucester beaten by bottom of the table , West Hartlepool , who 'd never won a first division game before . |
| 30 | TOP Smokebuster Karen MacGregor has won a first class trip on an Intercity 225 for helping her mother quit smoking . |