Example sentences of "[noun pl] [to-vb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is often complained of by many that a meeting will take five minutes to agree the expenditure of ten million and two hours to debate a minor item worth only a few thousand . |
| 2 | The Department has plans to promote a wide range of activities for the community as a whole and to work closely with other bodies in the field to ensure the fullest use of resources . |
| 3 | The Cuban decision raised immediate fears in the USA that the 1980 officially sanctioned exodus of 125,000 Cubans [ see pp. 30474-75 ] might be repeated , and there were reports that the US navy was reviewing contingency plans to mount a naval blockade . |
| 4 | The ( unnamed ) organization responsible for the conspiracy was said to be directed by a committee of 75 members , and there were also allegations of plans to mount a money-laundering operation . |
| 5 | The classic case is the famous opening scene of Le bourgeois gentilhomme , in which a hopelessly inept student , singing soprano , attempts to perform a languorous love song . |
| 6 | They may also partly explain the limited success of attempts to induce a full programme of T-cell development using either monolayer cultures of a single thymic stromal cell type , or cocktails of cytokines . |
| 7 | However , creditors or other claimants whose attempts to sue a subsidiary go unsatisfied remain unlikely to be able to probe behind the separate legal personality of the companies to challenge the parent . |
| 8 | Furthermore , in the case of the Netherlands , von Beyme ( 1980 ) sees the tendency towards decentralisation in the early 1970s as a reaction to the failure of attempts to promote a central incomes policy — which had been pursued more strongly than in other countries . |
| 9 | Tom Shakeshaft , who is 15 , reveals his dismay at plans to drive a dual carriageway right through the beautiful piece of countryside where he lives . |
| 10 | He had worked long hours to acquire a complete understanding of the Plan and to learn Mark 's presentation word for word . |
| 11 | Years later it was divided into three houses to accommodate a growing family , and now the middle house and its crumbling neighbours belonged to Smallfry and Buddie . |
| 12 | The Diary 's attempts to arrange a late night drink with her ( ‘ she has to be home by 10.30 , ’ said her secretary , stealing 90 minutes on Cinderella ) were re-routed into breakfast at 8.15am . |
| 13 | Despite valiant attempts to mount a large multi-media show to mark Robert Adam 's bicentenary in London and Edinburgh this year , it eventually fell to the latter city to honour the great designer with a group of exhibitions during its recent Festival . |
| 14 | Previous in vitro attempts to investigate the role of thymic stromal cells in T-cell development have been hampered by the limited ability of monolayer cultures to support a full programme of T-cell maturation and by the difficulty of obtaining cultures of thymic epithelial cells that maintain their in vivo phenotype . |
| 15 | A significant portion of the new funds would be used for NASA 's plans to conduct a massive study of the planet Earth , and for Bush 's initiative to send astronauts back to the moon and on to Mars . |
| 16 | A marvellous opportunity to visit a forge that has been in the same family for five generations to see a working blacksmith . |
| 17 | This may be too strong ; it is possible to state " general rules " for the interpretation of some common provisions , but those rules are only rebuttable presumptions and it is generally possible to find authorities to support a different interpretation . |
| 18 | It took an enormous amount of discussion to persuade me that we had enough intrinsic skills to mount a successful oil operation , but those closer to the competition and the marketplace knew better than I their own relative abilities . |
| 19 | The Human Relations movement of Mayo and his colleagues based on the Hawthorne Studies and Mayo 's wartime research into absenteeism and labour turnover , attempts to preserve a Taylorist division of labour through new forms of persuasion ( Clegg 1979 , pp. 132–7 ) . |
| 20 | There are two main ways in which genetic engineering can be used in agriculture : ( 1 ) by the introduction of a specific gene or genes into a plant or animal cell so that the performance of that plant or animal is enhanced in a particular way through the new trait which has been added , and ( 2 ) by the introduction of a gene or genes into a bacterial cell which will cause the bacterium and its subsequent generations to perform a useful function , for example , to produce a protein toxic to insects or a specific compound especially valuable to farm animals or to man . |
| 21 | There are no plans to restore a flying role to squadrons of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force . |
| 22 | He would allow himself another three hours to enjoy a private supper before going to the Duchess 's ball where , he knew , the food would be cold and inedible . |
| 23 | American courts have devised strategies to preserve a wide discretion in the President when concluding treaties . |
| 24 | Despite Soviet President Gorbachev 's proposals to include a united Germany as an " associate member " of both NATO and the Warsaw Pact [ see p. 37466 ] , it emerged on June 14 that the Soviet Defence Minister , Marshal Dmitri Yazov , had opposed all proposals which did not endorse a united Germany as part of " a bloc-free European collective security system " . |
| 25 | The need for " dialogue " nevertheless became the keynote in pronouncements by Prime Minister Sid-Ahmed Ghozali , and on July 11 he invited all opposition groups to attend a national conference at the end of the month " to define the framework and forms of dialogue " . |
| 26 | The emphasis here is first on developing a relationship , and then on using other core skills to implement a social care plan . |
| 27 | This book attempts to sustain a detailed analysis of the mass media based on the fruits of this cross-fertilization . |
| 28 | In Brussels yesterday NATO sources said the alliance had completed plans to enforce a no-fly zone over Bosnia , with the United Nations expected to approve the use of allied fighters this week to shoot down Serb or other planes flying over the republic . |
| 29 | Senior Corporate Manager David Peebles said the purpose of the course was to ensure that staff ‘ have the communication and human relation skills to provide a high quality of service . ’ |
| 30 | Any infringement of the owner 's exclusive rights will be resisted , and for this reason , if no other , attempts to provide a planned resolution of the conflict between farming and the environment will prove difficult . |