Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [to-vb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To start with , Alison planned to wear a white evening dress . |
| 2 | In an attempt to rally domestic support and to placate the US government ( upon which his regime was heavily dependent ) , Marcos agreed to hold a presidential election in February 1986 . |
| 3 | In an attempt to rally domestic support and to placate the United States government ( upon which his regime was heavily dependent ) , Marcos agreed to hold a Presidential election in February 1986 . |
| 4 | At a four nation summit in Madrid , Germany agreed to delay a final decision on the fighter until November . |
| 5 | The Physical Education Department and Edinburgh University Sports Union combine to provide a comprehensive physical recreation service . |
| 6 | The Physical Education Department and the University of Edinburgh Sports Union combine to provide a comprehensive service . |
| 7 | The charges were not proceeded with when Jacqueline agreed to enter a long-stay residential clinic for the treatment of alcoholism . |
| 8 | Recently the RSPCA helped to fund a behavioural enrichment study at Regent 's Park which aims to improve the lot of captive animals by diminishing their stereotypical and aberrant behaviour patterns , and providing more stimulating and natural surroundings for the animals and a better educational experience for the public . |
| 9 | Murray moved to clinch a quick deal on his return journey from West Bromwich yesterday morning after leading scorer Paul Baker was rushed into hospital for a hernia operation . |
| 10 | Germany promised to support a Russian seizure of the Straits and to be neutral unless Russia launched an attack on Austria-Hungary ; Russia promised to remain neutral unless Germany attacked France . |
| 11 | ‘ In some locations AEI needs to operate a double chart of accounts . |
| 12 | Ferguson tried to provide a balanced conclusion by viewing the situation from the Russian perspective : |
| 13 | Holland gained few glimpses of goal after that , although Taffarel failed to hold a hard low centre from Berghuis eight minutes before half-time and was fortunate that no Dutchman was around to pounce on the loose ball . |
| 14 | The last hope of a mediated solution fell when the Organisation of American States failed to reach a constitutional solution before the formal expiry of the presidential term in September . |
| 15 | It is virtually never seen in celibate women and one very large survey in the United States failed to detect a single case among 30000 nuns . |
| 16 | The PLO failed to secure a UN-supervised peace conference to which it would send a delegation to represent " the Palestinian people " [ see pp. 38167 ] . |
| 17 | May 5 : Yeltsin and Kryuchkov agreed to create a separate RFSFR section of the KGB [ see p. 38206 ] . |
| 18 | Portugal agreed to provide a revolving fund credit facility , which would guarantee the conversion into Portuguese escudos of up to US$10,000,000 of local currency remittances . |
| 19 | Dulles diplomatically expressed sympathy for their point of view only to warn that such a strategy was unlikely to succeed unless the United States expected to win a general war . |
| 20 | PINPOINTING a tiny airport in Dallas as an ‘ island of non-competition ’ , Senator Robert Dole wants to repeal a quirky law that bars direct flights from there to his home state of Kansas . |
| 21 | So a hummingbird that specialises in feeding from Heliconia has to patrol a whole group of plants , visiting each hanging spike of blossoms in strict rotation on a carefully timed schedule . |
| 22 | Furthermore , the objective threat posed by the Soviet Union and its own nuclear weapons means that the United States has to have a permanent war economy and that the people recognise this and vote for it . |
| 23 | Ken plans to put a false roof over the sales area , bringing down the ceiling to create a more intimate atmosphere . |
| 24 | As a result , Constantine 's victory over Maxentius came to represent a miraculous triumph of Christianity over paganism . |
| 25 | According to the hitherto reliable Interfax news agency in Moscow , Mr Gorbachev plans to introduce a daring set of reforms , a ‘ 180-degree about-turn ’ , by July . |
| 26 | While increasing its yields in chip manufacturing , NEC plans to mount a cost-cutting campaign in its semiconductor plants , including overseas plants such as NEC Semiconductors UK in Scotland , from next March . |
| 27 | Lucy intends to stage a sponsored ‘ backwards ’ walk up the Eiffel Tower , in Paris , to raise the money . |
| 28 | Corbett turned to see a tall , lank , white-haired man in a black robe standing in front of their horses . |
| 29 | I mean , your mum on a Saturday used to have a gigantic salad sandwich ! |
| 30 | Dayan determined to retain a strong but relatively invisible grip on the territories while also creating an impression of normality for the residents . |