Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [to-vb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But these extensive discussions failed to provide a common area of agreement , mainly because of divergent national interests and unfavourable economic developments such as inflation , recession , and the oil crisis . |
| 2 | Choose styling products formulated to give a natural-looking hold for casual styling . |
| 3 | Thus polar groups tend to encourage a higher T g than non-polar groups of similar size , as seen when comparing polypropylene , poly ( vinyl chloride ) and polyacrylonitrile . |
| 4 | There are a number of reasons why meetings tend to have a poor reputation . |
| 5 | The heterogeneity of labour and the job-specificity of skills tend to create a strong linkage between workers and their employers and , in some cases , cause firms to fill as many of their vacancies as possible by means of internal promotions . |
| 6 | The capital fund ( £140 ) was deployed to help offset the deficit , and plans made to expect a further £300 deficit in 1916 . |
| 7 | Anemones tend to dribble a little water from their centres if you press them . |
| 8 | Broadly , the declines in the concentration ratio have tended to occur during periods of market growth , while the rises have corresponded to recessions , suggesting that high levels of bond issues lead to a more even spread of issues between firms as well as new entry , while in slack periods the dominant houses tend to take a larger proportion of issues , smaller houses being squeezed out . |
| 9 | In Rome , central areas such as the Piazza di Spagna , Via Condotti and Via Veneto are particularly well decorated , while in Piazza San Pietro [ St. Peter 's Square ] crowds flock to see a big Christmas tree — a gift from Austria — together with a Nativity scene . |
| 10 | The government also pursued policies designed to encourage a commercial ethos in the remaining public enterprises . |
| 11 | Too many coaches want to impose a technical straightjacket on their pupils , which can destroy them more than it improves and helps them . |
| 12 | Classical periods of literature are judged severely since they represent a moment of complacent self-satisfaction in which the movement of history is artificially suspended , in which social formations and institutions appear to have a permanent position in a fixed , hierarchical structure . |
| 13 | Assume that the authorities want to operate a tight monetary policy . |
| 14 | Peer groups appear to have a dynamic role , the function and influence of which shifts across adolescence . |
| 15 | Heavier weight synthetics tend to use a double layer of wadding with the outer layer quilted to the shell and the inner to the lining . |
| 16 | Nothing looks more lamentably depressing than shelves sagging wearily in the middle , with decent books struggling to maintain a dignified upright posture . |
| 17 | When an idea starts , perhaps only a slogan or a headline will be produced , but in the end the writer is going to have to write all the words in the ad ( though most clients tend to write a few themselves , sometimes over the agency 's dead body ) . |
| 18 | The emphasis is again on a parent-child partnership and sessions tend to have a special theme . |
| 19 | Drivers tend to have a nasty habit of cutting corners without a thought for the cyclist on the inside . |
| 20 | However , both parties agreed to form a transitional government and agreed that the Czech and Slovak regional parliaments would work out the future constitutional set-up by Sept. 30 , 1992 . |
| 21 | As teenagers tend to get a bad name for being moody , rude and irresponsible — to name but a few choice descriptions often used — I 'd like to tell your readers about my teenage son . |
| 22 | There are many ways to beat the machines , but losses tend to follow a common pattern . |
| 23 | So why should a man more used to glamorous roles want to play a mean old miser ? |
| 24 | Rothschild and his successors tried to take a fresh look at issues too remote , politically inconvenient or otherwise ignored , and come up with clear , concise proposals for action , if possible on a single sheet of paper . |
| 25 | Huggett ( 1976b ) also noted that the systems of the atoms-to-planet and the atoms-to-societies hierarchies commingle to produce a third hierarchy which is the hierarchy of environmental systems . |
| 26 | British Waterways expect to complete a national feasability study within a year . |
| 27 | The distal papillae appear to form a continuous series with the superficial tentacle scales of the second oral tentacle pore . |
| 28 | In practice processions appear to have a favoured place providing there is no actual obstruction , that they are peaceful and that police directions are observed ( see Hirst v. Chief Constable of West Yorks ( C.A. , 1986 ) ) . |
| 29 | Neil Kinnock will be in his Islwyn constituency in South Wales where local Labour supporters expect to arrange a small party before he heads for London . |
| 30 | Rectangular and square panelled designs appear to show a higher incidence of figured work than do lozenge designs with distributed panels , for example , but this is not especially significant . |