Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [to-vb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is also intended in due course to hold a number of open meetings in various places in the U.K. which I hope many Members will be able to attend . |
| 2 | But here , if you were caught preparing an escape , the worst that could happen to you was fourteen days solitary confinement with books and writing materials , and it was often a pleasant change to spend a fortnight by yourself after months of compulsory association . |
| 3 | The northern half of the piazza , which was left at a lower level to accommodate a pedestrian subway ( unbuilt as yet ) to the nearby Forum des Halles shopping centre , will be filled in . |
| 4 | Then in July 1966 the Welsh Nationalists won a by-election at Carmarthen and in November 1967 the Scottish National Party overturned a 16,000 Labour majority to win a by-election at Hamilton . |
| 5 | America acted despite a last-ditch plea to avert a world trade war by Michael Heseltine last night . |
| 6 | A LAST-DITCH plea to avert a world trade war was made by Michael Heseltine last night . |
| 7 | During the formative years of cultural studies in Britain ‘ textualism ’ was dominant , but the growing disenchantment with its Althusserian paradigm ( of which the Screen/Screen Education division was just one sign ) was due largely to the inability of that paradigm to inform a criticism of telling political intervention . |
| 8 | £9,000 has also been allocated from the committee 's 1992–93 budget to install a system in Redcar central library . |
| 9 | As we might speak of the culture of the Hebrides , or as W. H. Rivers wrote of the culture of Melanesia , so we speak of the culture of the European West to describe a set of outlooks , aims and ways of life , which has a history in the past of Europe and has spread to other parts of the world . |
| 10 | As a result of that inability to guarantee a planning erm approval er this county has this county has lost one major inward investor within the last eighteen months already , referred to by name in the documentation that is Kimberley Clarke . |
| 11 | Joining the DowElanco team represents an unparalleled opportunity to develop a career with a major global agrochemical business . |
| 12 | AS POST-DINOSAUR Jr popthrash becomes increasingly stuck in a rut of adolescent whining and indolence , it comes as a refreshing change to find a band who actually appear angry rather than mildly upset with their lot . |
| 13 | Waiting for programs to run , reports to print or in-house technical support to solve a problem accounted for $19 billion in lost productivity ; checking printed output a further $17 billion ; and helping others get to grips with applications another $16 billion . |
| 14 | He wants to restore it to its original castellated glory to provide a home for wife Annie and two sons and realise a 15-year dream . |
| 15 | This illustrates the vital importance of prompt and detailed investigation to establish the FACTS in each case to enable a decision to be made . |
| 16 | Recall that transfer was good for subjects trained in a simultaneous discrimination to raise a flap bearing the positive stimulus through seven inches but was less good for subjects trained to raise the flap only half an inch . |
| 17 | In a marathon match Harlow defeated his Ely club colleague Kevin King by 9–8 , 7–9 , 9–8 , coming back from a 8–6 deficit to engineer a last-end three . |
| 18 | In order to create this form of interface environment this project is engaged in the definition of a language of spatial interaction to handle a dialogue with a GIS through a system shell . |
| 19 | The ORIGINAL DRAWING section is similar in principle to a charting device in that it allows you total freedom to create a diagram of any shape that you want and to knit that shape using the yarn , stitch pattern and tension of your choice . |
| 20 | An SFA selection committee had made the odd decision to pick a team months before the finals and conspired to select a pool of only 13 players which barely reflected the best talent available . |
| 21 | Jacobs alleged that the Canadian and Australian delegates were trying to sabotage the election because they were interested in a north Korean decision to convene a conference in Pyongyang for all Korean politicians concerned with unification Jacobs and Hodge believed there was a communist group in UNTCOK , encouraged by Jackson and Patterson , working to promote the failure of the UN efforts and to ensure that south Korea fell into the Soviet sphere . |
| 22 | His stand was interpreted as an attempt to use economic leverage to force a halt to Jewish settlement building in the Israeli-occupied territories , at least for the duration of the peace conference . |
| 23 | They challenge two assumptions commonly made , either implicitly or explicitly , in conventional organisation theory : ( a ) that an institution adopts that form of organisation which best fits its technology , environment , and other contingent factors , the ‘ best fit ’ being in terms of that organisation structure most suited to co-ordinating the tasks performed by members of that institution ; ( b ) that members of the institution have entered freely into a contract with that institution to provide a service to that institution in return for reward , and that they accept as legitimate both the institutional goals and the means of co-ordination used to achieve those goals ( rational/legal authority ) . |
| 24 | Careful watch was kept on the overall dimensions of each piece to ensure a fit when the charts were finally assembled . |
| 25 | Norwich did have other chances , top scorer Mark Robins seeing a superb volley ruled out for offside — but most of those came towards the end of the game as desperate Oldham charged forward in a vain attempt to gain a point . |
| 26 | The Colonel 's vain attempt to get a word in was so sharply smothered and he looked so rattled that Clarissa sat down again . |
| 27 | Would the promise of a complete stranger to pay a mother to maintain her illegitimate child be binding on the promisor ? |
| 28 | ‘ You 've been such a help , ’ she said , brushing aside Loretta 's half-hearted attempt to make a contribution . |
| 29 | Decisions taken in that light to allow a child to die did not conflict with the principle of the sanctity of life . |
| 30 | She had given up her hard-earned scholarship to make a home for them — she could n't do both ! |