Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] [to-vb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Now Scottish Natural Heritage will pay crofters in an area north of Uig — the bird 's last stronghold on Skye — in an effort to re-establish traditional management of enclosed croft grasslands to provide a safe habitat for the corncrakes . |
| 3 | NIRVANA made a shock 11th hour decision to cancel a major home-coming show in Seattle last Sunday . |
| 4 | Once this condition is reached , say with potential difference , balance is approached much better by adjusting the quadrature component to reach a new range to that corresponds to magnitudes of potential differences indistinguishable from some new much lower minimum . |
| 5 | Such a hypothesis attempts to describe a whole person , and not to separate certain aspects of an individual 's life for special attention . |
| 6 | Further to the north you take the ferry across from East to West Cowes to avoid a big detour inland via Newport . |
| 7 | In the area of consumer use of personal computer technology , Microsoft is working with Compaq Computer Corp to develop a personal digital assistant , with cable television equipment supplier General Instrument Corp , and with ‘ Thomson , Philips and Japanese consumer electronics companies to see how personal computer intelligence can come together with consumer devices , ’ he said . |
| 8 | Mixer-feeder wagon maker Richard Keenan , Coxley Wells , Somerset , is setting up a new Keenan Nutrition division to provide a free integrated feed management package . |
| 9 | For someone who is having regression therapy to uncover a traumatic event earlier in this present lifetime , a single session may well suffice . |
| 10 | Thus evaluation can be used for decisions about whether to continue or terminate a given course , about the modification necessary for an existing programme , about the use of various teaching methods to achieve a pre-specified goal , or about the adoption of an innovation . |
| 11 | The Green Party has issued a challenge to all election candidates to sign a Green Charter setting out the principles it hopes candidates will adopt . |
| 12 | The Green Party has issued a challenge to all election candidates to sign a Green Charter setting out the principles it hopes candidates will adopt . |
| 13 | The Green Party has issued a challenge to all election candidates to sign a Green Charter setting out the principles it hopes candidates will adopt . |
| 14 | In summary , the available evidence suggests that under normal conditions Ca 2+ permeates NMDA channels to provide a transient signal which is necessary for the induction of LTP . |
| 15 | FIG. 2 Ca 2+ permeates NMDA channels to produce a transient signal in spines in response to tetanic stimulation . |
| 16 | US Senate armed services committee chairman Sam Nunn asked the Defence Department to conduct a further investigation , citing the statement in the ABC broadcast by Adml. ( retd ) William Crowe , former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff , that the Vincennes had been in Iranian waters when it fired the missile , not in international waters as previously claimed . |
| 17 | When an accused faces a number of charges , it is very common for the defence advocate to offer a reduced plea to a number of the charges , provided others , often more serious ones , are dropped . |
| 18 | The garter carriage can be used to knit a ribbed welt , but always remember that if you set the garter carriage to knit a 24 row welt and then leave it , that is all it will achieve . |
| 19 | A team in the School of Civil Engineering is undertaking field trials on the road from Nata to Maun in Northern Botswana , as part of a research contract to develop a twin bituminous pavement surfacing treatment which will resist salt damage . |
| 20 | It was convenient for Rome to use confiscated enemy estates to install a strong military reserve in freshly conquered lands . |
| 21 | 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 " . |
| 22 | The powerful combination of Richard Hannon and Pat Eddery is worth supporting in the Swan Handicap , where Hopeful Bid attempts to supplement a recent victory at Yarmouth . |
| 23 | The Department attempts to provide a positive and co-operative learning environment in which these aims can be realised by the individual pupil . |
| 24 | As a result , Antarctic science was one of the few research disciplines to receive a significant funding boost in the 1980s . |
| 25 | It 's usually a good move to enclose a reply card to encourage a prompt response : Thank you for your kind invitation I/We … will be able/unable to attend . |
| 26 | " Where did you get this ? " she asked one evening , lifting Jennifer 's silver medallion to take a closer look . |
| 27 | By the end of the 1650s , the Puritan attempt to build a Calvinist Zion in England had foundered on the rock of the nation 's preference for its traditional religious and cultural life . |
| 28 | A request by opposition parties to allow a transitional period during which the newly formed parties could prepare for elections was refused on the grounds that the election dates were specified in the Constitution . |
| 29 | On Oct. 30 the Prime Minister , Sadou Hayatou , met opposition parties to discuss a proposed electoral code , and the opposition 's access to the media . |
| 30 | Elaine leant back in the car seat to get a better look at him . |