Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] [to-vb] [adv prt] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He calculates the location and properties of this cloud and asks for a research grant to send up a satellite to test his calculations . |
| 2 | What I can also tell you is that Lucy 's engaged the erm British Cast Iron Research Association to carry out a survey , and they tried to repeat the circumstances of the explosion , and they could n't do so . |
| 3 | A RESEARCH team at Glasgow University has just received a £1.5 million grant from the Science and Engineering Research Council to carry out a project to increase the capacity of fibre-optic cables , writes Eric McKenzie |
| 4 | This theme has been clouded by different and even contradictory ideas , such as a stimulus package and an investment tax-credit to pep up an economy that will probably grow by 3% this year . |
| 5 | A water soluble contrast swallow seems an excellent screening tool to rule out an oesophageal perforation . |
| 6 | To find a given subject you can just double click on the appropriate word in the word list , or type a word into a search box to bring up a number of related articles . |
| 7 | A spate of fires in disconnected homes , culminating in the deaths of children in Sunderland , prompted Southwick Neighbourhood Action Project to carry out a survey of disconnections on an interwar estate of semi-detached houses recently modernised with gas fires , back boilers and central heating . |
| 8 | Next it was Nixon 's turn in the Tranmere goal to pull off a spectacular save from Mitchell . |
| 9 | ‘ Or I might be able to get the Oxford University Museum to open up a bit early — you know , Inspector , the dodo and Darwin and the dinosaurs . ’ |
| 10 | The Commission 's recommendations for the extension of DNA profiling must be accompanied , as the Commission 's own researchers proposed , by the safeguard that legal aid should be provided in all cases to a defence expert to carry out an assessment of the evidence by replicating the tests conducted by the prosecution and considering their interpretation of the results . |
| 11 | The Spaniards and the Italians need only home wins to set up an intriguing revenge match between two talented Latin sides who met in the Cup-Winners ' Cup final in Berne three years ago . |
| 12 | At about the same time , Shaughnessy also commissioned a former German intelligence agent to carry out an investigation for him in Europe . |
| 13 | Nick Bollettieri , whose Bradenton , Florida Coaching Academy continues to be the base for a whole host of tennis champions , including currently , Andre Agassi , and who is committed to helping the Lawn Tennis Association to set up a similar training base her in the UK , has , in conjunction with adidas , launched a fast and functional range of tennis apparel for this country . |
| 14 | In that case the exercise of a statutory power to make rules concerning indemnity for losses arising from liability for professional negligence was held to empower the Law Society to take out a master insurance policy and to require solicitors to pay the premiums without having to account for commission received from the brokers . |
| 15 | He , they were late to bed I 'd had them erm round at the shops and then er er Queensway , then the shopping centre to pick up a card for for Chris . |
| 16 | Marie-Hélène opened her wardrobe and reached into the pocket of an ample winter coat to bring out a box of truffles . |
| 17 | Probably most parents subscribe to this view , and while they may not deliberately choose particular methods of child care to bring about a specified long-term outcome , their belief in the association may well make them feel an added responsibility . |
| 18 | Use your pistol to dispense with individual guards or your machine gun to mow down a line of enemies . |
| 19 | What happened next will never be forgotten by anyone who witnessed it : in an instant Arkle swept contemptuously past Mill House to open up an unassailable lead . |
| 20 | Two more world champions are in action tonight ; Swindon 's Bob Anderson lines up with John Lowe at the Super Marine Club in South Marston to take on a handful of local challengers who make up the best in the west . |
| 21 | Stockton firemen had to use breathing apparatus to put out a small fire in an extractor fan in the women 's toilet of the Waterfront pub , Church Road . |
| 22 | ‘ The Streamline English course has proved that it is one of the best , if not the best , methods on the market today to encourage students with a wide spectrum abilities to build up a fluency and accuracy in spoken and written English . |
| 23 | I could n't wait to finish at the studio that day so I could slip down the record shop to pick up a copy , and several months later I still have n't stopped playing it . |
| 24 | Richard Buckley , a retired funeral director stated , ‘ Nothing says you must have a funeral director to carry out a funeral — nothing says you have to take a body to the crematorium in a hearse . |
| 25 | TWO men who used an imitation firearm to carry out a robbery were sent to a young offenders centre at Belfast Crown Court yesterday . |
| 26 | It will still contain plenty of business and mortgage borrowers to kick up a stink about base rates . |
| 27 | It 's the only way he will get some cash flow to bring in a couple of new faces . |
| 28 | The massacre occurred at night after President Alan Garcia ordered the security forces to put down a co-ordinated rebellion in three jails by prisoners associated with the Maoist guerrilla movement , Sendero Luminoso , on the eve of a Socialist International congress here . |
| 29 | Men 's toiletries producers Lynx have commissioned National Opinion Polls to carry out a survey on men 's attitudes to pressures of living and work . |
| 30 | Cheeky thieves broke the window of Anthony Gordon outfitters in Westborough , Scarborough , and used a five foot long metal hook to pull out a display full of expensive sweaters . |