Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I I find this quite extraordinary Chairman after two years of consistently arguing and voting in committee and at council , they appear to have been bought off by the Labour group and now intend to support a fudged half merger , half federation option . |
| 2 | The Government intend to conduct a full review of the assisted areas — for all of Great Britain — early in the next Parliament . |
| 3 | It 's at such times , as you sit eating a damp sandwich as water drips from your nose , as you scour the map for all the things you ca n't see , that you wonder why the hell you do it . |
| 4 | Perhaps I should n't interfere but I hate to see a young man throwing his life away . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I hate to see a decent man making a mess of his life . |
| 6 | If you intend using a small cast will it consist of the most fluent readers — those with the strongest voices — the best dancers — the top recorder group ? |
| 7 | By mid-afternoon , with DeFreitas absent nursing a sore groin , and after Botham and Lawrence had shared a fruitless new-ball partnership , Gooch 's men were looking right down the barrel . |
| 8 | Bulk load a wrong formulation or a not a wrong formulation |
| 9 | Durability is still a point of concern because most tend to lose a certain amount of loft with extended use . |
| 10 | Elderly people , with those in later middle age , are more likely to be shocked or outraged by sexual practices which they consider undesirable — and tend to see a wider range of sexual practices as such . |
| 11 | Firstly , despite the functionalist tendencies already mentioned , The History of Sexuality does offer an alternative view of seeing the relationship between sexuality and wider social forces to the traditional functionalism of many ( particularly ) left interpretations , which tend to see a direct relationship between the nuclear family and organisation of sexuality , either in the interests of capitalism or as directly responsive to the urges of ‘ modernisation ’ . |
| 12 | If we progress past the 2nd playing round in either — we tend to go a long way … otherwise we tendto get caught cold as it were … and in the FA cup draw the finalists/winners … |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | As regards research , once a full trading relationship has been established between the Ministry of Defence and the Defence Research Agency , we intend to implement a progressive extension of competition . |
| 15 | May we have a statement about whether the Government intend to implement a European directive — it should have come into effect this weekend — by which local authorities will be informed when nuclear waste is being transported through their areas ? |
| 16 | The food we eat has a significant effect upon our mental agility . |
| 17 | In Russia for example we intend to launch a small partnership fund to support small projects promoted by the voluntary agencies in the United Kingdom who 've developed a wide range of connections with their Russian counterparts . |
| 18 | Right wing soldiers in the Philippines have written to national newspapers saying they intend to launch a bloodless coup against President Corizon Aquino , and to replace her with a military junta . |
| 19 | i ) Films of risky junctions tend to contain a great deal of information related to risk . |
| 20 | The Physical Education Department and the University of Edinburgh Sports Union combine to provide a comprehensive service . |
| 21 | These combine to provide a reasonable degree of accuracy , although it 's not perfect , and allow the user to ‘ shoot-em-up ’ from the comfort of an armchair . |
| 22 | raise say a hundred pound or seventy five and then that can go towards payment er the payment for someone to patrol the car park for the plays . |
| 23 | More unusual makes , such as Eastern-bloc cars , tend to suffer a steeper decline in value , fuelled by fears about cost and availability of spare parts . |
| 24 | The red chair where I sit has a long seat , comfortable for a tall person . |
| 25 | Two teachers using a system called Hwarang-do applying a combined neck strangulation and head twisting technique . |
| 26 | Over the next few years we want to see a major reform which will help provide what the public wants and needs : a visible , local police presence . |
| 27 | ‘ If you want to see a real mess , try our bathroom . |
| 28 | I want to see a mighty flood of justice — a torrent of doing good . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ The bad news is that they want to see a first draft script within three weeks . ’ |
| 30 | Study a packed cross-Channel ferry if you want to see a modern ship of fools . |