Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [adv prt] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The spiritual resources of patients can do a great deal to help in their recovery or bring about a peaceful death . |
| 2 | From Iago , too , Othello has caught the habit of repeating a word , dwelling on it to debase it or bring out a sinister double meaning ( compare Iago on ‘ virtue ’ and ‘ blest ’ : I.iii.318ff. ; II.i.245ff . ) . |
| 3 | Many of the difficulties children get into as they begin to explore the immediate environment of their home happen because they do not know enough to realize what will occur if they , for example , put their hands in a rose bush or pick up a shining splinter of glass . |
| 4 | Or pick up a cheap one . |
| 5 | You might want to add to a set of chairs that you already possess , or make up a matching chair to one at home . |
| 6 | The council does , however , bring a disciplinary case against a doctor who , having decided to practice a particular form of medicine or to carry out a particular procedure , does so in a way that can be shown to have been irresponsible , or unnecessarily hazardous to one or more patients , because the doctor has failed to exercise a proper standard of professional care ; the council also brings a disciplinary case when a doctor makes outrageous and false claims regarding the efficacy of a particular form of treatment . |
| 7 | Whether you 're eating out or buying a take-away , heating frozen meals from the supermarket or knocking up a fresh pasta and salad in the apartment , quality and variety are excellent . |
| 8 | The Association will provide past students with a chance to renew old friendships , make new contacts or build up a strong , useful network within the catering industry . |
| 9 | Establishing , operating or winding up a collective investment scheme , including acting as trustee of an authorised unit trust scheme . |
| 10 | But the compensations for being unable to read or carry on a casual conversation are overwhelming . |
| 11 | It may be worth mentioning that some candidates achieve Grade " A " without mentioning any historian or writing down a single quotation . " |
| 12 | Would a trust , for example to construct a public building or to set up a private monument , actually be enforced as such ? |
| 13 | Mrs Peysner hopes that the money will be used instead to improve day facilities for this group at other homes or to set up a mobile day unit . |
| 14 | Do n't be afraid to open up uncharted areas or kick down a few fences . |
| 15 | It could be a flatter of setting up a new plant , opening a new market , launching a new product or turning around a failing company that has been acquired . |
| 16 | You can do this on Midland machines simply by pressing the appropriate button , And in some of our branches there are machines where you can use your card to see details of the last few account transactions or print out a short-form statement . |
| 17 | The lamp could be hooked onto the front of a miner 's cap or hung on a wooden roof support while he was working . |
| 18 | This is another reason for you to maintain your own social life , or to build up a new network of friends , if necessary . |
| 19 | Inflation of the theatricality of the social drama leads detectives to lay emphasis on ‘ the big job ’ and the arrest of the professional ‘ prig ’ who commits the big burglary or pulls off a daring robbery . |
| 20 | It is not so obviously true where the intervention takes the form essentially of a decision to initiate a single direct action such as closing a particular valve or starting up a stand-by pump . |
| 21 | The booklet points out that age is never a reason for giving up an activity or taking up a new one . |
| 22 | The booklet points out that age is never a reason for giving up an activity or taking up a new one . |
| 23 | Is it worth insuring your computer or taking out a separate contract with a third-party maintenance company ? |
| 24 | The Commission provides guidance on certain of the services or costs they wish reviewed ; for example , in introducing a higher proportion of civilians into the police force or boarding out a higher proportion of children in care . |
| 25 | With every move the visitor transfers from one ear to another , steps over the roughed out eye-socket of a sleeping figure , or dodges round a protruding nose . |
| 26 | This was no great problem for Mr Berge ; being cocky and confident comes naturally to him whether he is presiding over his other little empire , the Yves Saint Laurent fashion house , or standing over a gaping hole in credibility . |
| 27 | Reports by the United Nations and Amnesty International detailed human rights abuses under the regime , one citing 14,000 cases of execution or torture over a six-year period . |
| 28 | Many people find that they return to the same company over and over again , or take up a permanent job offer at a place they have been working for a while . |
| 29 | The expansion you will face in 1993 could well be on the creative front , making this an ideal year to go into production or take on a major commitment . |
| 30 | But if your works pension is contracted out of SERPS , then you can either be a member of your works pension scheme OR take out a personal pension — but not both . |