Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The insistence on the supremacy of the political has become a cliché of recent thinking . |
| 2 | He criticised the backwardness of Islamic orthodoxy ; nevertheless he wrote on 17 October 1936 , ‘ a soul that was only superficially Islamic has become a soul convinced of Islam … a soul that daily rendered homage to HIM ’ . |
| 3 | Although Labour has made a commitment to buy back the national grid , Williams argues that its policy on British Coal 's future has been left largely unsaid . |
| 4 | Ibn Fayoud said that the stakes were too high to risk using an apprentice . ’ |
| 5 | Nationally it showed how far the state was prepared to go to force an industry on a recalcitrant community and how , when a choice existed between the interests of foreign capital and the health and safety of both community members and workers , the state and its various organizations defended and protected the multinational . |
| 6 | But the study shows that those dedicated to breaking through the ‘ glass ceiling ’ on their careers are prepared to sacrifice having a family ; the nine women tested had only five children between them ; the six men had 10 . |
| 7 | It 's a tough market for the British to try to take a slice of . |
| 8 | Assuming that the underlying rationale of the distinction between public law and private law interests is to force certain litigants to use the less advantageous Order 53 procedure , it might seem to follow that an applicant would be free to choose to bring an AJR to protect private law rights . |
| 9 | The latter must be careful to avoid giving an impression of revelling in the trappings of power , and they must beware of appearing to threaten the prerogatives of other political actors such as the Supreme Court or the Congress . |
| 10 | Growing old seems to bring a person 's true character into stronger relief . |
| 11 | At a meeting in mid-September , the government indicated that if IFAW were able to increase income from international ecotourism involving the seals and if it were willing to provide for independent assistance with additional research on the interactions between Cape fur seals and fisheries , it too would be willing to consider announcing a moratorium on the killing of seals , perhaps as early as 1 January 1992 . |
| 12 | So , with music and poetry , as with ‘ the language of information ’ ( 160 ) , ‘ it is wrong to call understanding a process that accompanies hearing ’ ( 163 ) . |
| 13 | In addition the firm would know how much it is willing to pay to relieve a constraint . |
| 14 | They had agreed that it would be unrealistic to attempt to form a union of the two republics . |
| 15 | It would be quite unrealistic to attempt to draw a line in the dock company 's operation to limit the amount of trade it can permit at the port . |
| 16 | The most reasonable assumption was that the French had pushed a cavalry raid across the frontier . |
| 17 | Their prospects were hopeless because the British had developed a command of the sea that was much more effective than anything seen in earlier wars . |
| 18 | After the British had signed an armistice with the Vichy administration , a number of Gaullist " explosions " ( the most celebrated of which was a stormy interview between de Gaulle and the British minister of state in Cairo , Oliver Lyttelton ) forced a modification of the armistice terms so as to accommodate the General 's objections . |
| 19 | He listens to early 70 's progressive rock , not contemporary rap music — and he wears a denim shirt with a tie — the clothes of a 35 year old trying to get a job in a suburban jeans boutique . |
| 20 | An ominous sign … or were they just afraid to admit supporting a rebel ? |
| 21 | Voltaire wrote satirically about the British arranging to shoot an admiral to encourage the others , but probably most Englishmen at the time would have taken the idea seriously . |
| 22 | The French have invented a perfume spray , mostly lemon , which stops dogs barking . |
| 23 | ‘ The Sex Pistols ’ , he wrote , ‘ are very New York and it 's nice to see that the British have produced a band capable of producing the atmosphere created by the New York Dolls and their many imitators , even though it might be too late … ’ |
| 24 | If the Prime Minister had meant what she said , and if the Secretary of State — whom I am delighted to see taking an interest in the Bill had conveyed her message properly , the Minister would have put down an amendment , and would by this time have leapt to his feet to accept amendment No. 3 . |
| 25 | They agreed it would be unsafe to try to get a message to London . |
| 26 | The effect is that even if the liability remains in full the accused has secured a remission of it . |
| 27 | It is simple designed to have an effect on those watching . |
| 28 | The young orang-utans are sold abroad ; in Taiwan , where a television series portraying them as cute and cuddly has created a demand for orang-utan pets , they fetch up to £6,000 . |
| 29 | Dockbuild Limited wants to build a pub and offices in the rundown yard off Bondgate . |
| 30 | It is not always easy to avoid writing a shade smugly about the arrangements Mozart made of choral works by Handel . |