Example sentences of "[vb past] a [adj] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The package included new interpretations and maps derived from BGS open-file archives and provided a geological framework to help companies to plan surveys and prepare bids . |
| 2 | It included new interpretations and maps derived from BGS open-file archives and provided a geological framework to help companies to plan surveys and prepare bids . |
| 3 | In his speech to the Polish parliament he said that the changes in Eastern Europe provided a historic opportunity to build a Europe made up of independent democratic states , not divided into blocs and relying on the protection of superpowers . |
| 4 | The prototype and test-bed for the new approach was to been seen first in some of the New Towns , particularly Harlow , where the design of the neighbourhood units provided a classic model to follow . |
| 5 | These records provided a rare opportunity to study the attenuation of strong seismic waves as a means of assessing seismic hazard . |
| 6 | What started out as a potential disaster provided a great opportunity to create something really different . |
| 7 | And although we were joined by French , Belgian , Dutch , German , Danish and Finnish colleagues , the week-long Whitsun course provided a wonderful opportunity to reinforce the close links between the British Medau community and the College , directed by Jochen Medau , son of the founder . |
| 8 | The suggestion for a community treatment order was rejected by some , on the grounds that it would infringe civil liberties , there was insufficient research to justify this extra measure , the existing legislation provided a sufficient framework to give the necessary powers to deal with the problem , and changing the law might divert attention from the real need to provide resources to support an acceptable programme of community care . |
| 9 | The preparation of submissions for the UFC Research Assessment Exercise provided a timely opportunity to take stock of our research activities in more depth than usual . |
| 10 | During the first ascent a precariously jammed flake provided a valuable aid to progress . |
| 11 | The estimate meant that , if no agreement was reached between congress and the president , $104,800 million would be sequestrated automatically from the 1991 budget , under the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings deficit reduction legislation ( the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act ) which provided a statutory obligation to reduce the deficit to $64,000 million by 1991 and to achieve its complete elimination by 1993 . |
| 12 | The work of Möbius and Forbes falls into these traditions , while the pressure to study fish resources provided a direct incentive to investigate how populations could be affected by external disturbances such as human activity . |
| 13 | Equally , the office could never be separated from parliamentary politics , and the frequent elections for the office provided a ready means to measure the strength of political interests . |
| 14 | The celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain provided a magnificent opportunity to achieve new records in fund-raising . |
| 15 | Jane dabbed a tentative finger to test whether her rouged nipples had dried . |
| 16 | He said it cost a vast amount to build each new mile of motorway . |
| 17 | The new government 's policy document promised a new constitution to replace the one formulated under military rule in 1982 . |
| 18 | Japan 's withdrawal from the League in any case demonstrated a clear willingness to flout world opinion . |
| 19 | John Bowlby , the man who pioneered what has become known as ‘ attachment theory ’ , drew a military analogy to underline the importance of establishing and maintaining a secure base in handling unfamiliar and threatening situations : |
| 20 | Somewhere here were the contributions of Duroc 's ancestors : a series of articles co-written by Pierre Henri Duroc and Donatien Alphonse Francois , Marquis de Sade , speculating on the limits of the human mind when confronted with endless pain ; some transcripts from the meetings of Robespierre 's Committee of Public Safety , in which the fates of some of the first families of France were decided on a whim ; a suppressed account of certain discoveries in a pre-human city that came to light in 19th-century French Equatorial Africa before the cyclopean stones mysteriously sank into the soft jungle earth ; Cauchemar et Fils , Maitres des Mondes Perdues , an unpublished novel by M. Jules Verne that was purchased from the author by a Great-Great-Great-Uncle and consigned to obscurity because it described a steam-driven engine to open up a gateway to a world of dreams that bore a remarkable similarity to a device that the Duroc of the time had indeed developed . |
| 21 | A LIFEBOATMAN today described a dramatic attempt to rescue a shrimper . |
| 22 | The Commission proposed a long-term programme to evaluate the environmental risks of substances that were in use before 1981 when EC legislation ruled that all new chemicals should undergo ecotoxicological evaluation before being licensed for marketing . |
| 23 | Consistent with his medico-chemical interests was his Edinburgh MD thesis ‘ On the theory of Chemical Combination ’ ( 1861 ) , in which he proposed a new way to represent chemical constitution : each atom was to be indicated by the chemical symbol for the element concerned , bonds between atoms being symbolized by lines . |
| 24 | In October 1990 the Commission proposed a five-year plan to reduce overall EC energy consumption by 12 per cent , forcing vehicle owners and industries to comply with tight exhaust emission standards while spending up to ECU35,000,000 on improving production standards for domestic buildings and electrical appliances . |
| 25 | A. M. Clark ( 1970 ) , reviewing the genera using these characters , proposed a linear formula to express the occurrence of the oral papillae . |
| 26 | He proposed a follow-up meeting to assess progress on January 1 next year , and a conference of experts to draw up a world programme on conserving biodiversity . |
| 27 | Rocketing out of the stalls in York 's Keeneland Nunthorpe Stakes last month , Lochsong maintained a ferocious pace to beat her Goodwood victim Paris House a length-and-a-half , with College Chapel third . |
| 28 | Through all the recriminations and pledges of support , Mr Taylor maintained a dignified refusal to criticise those who had voted against him because of his colour . |
| 29 | On the BBC 's side they retained a further option to wind up any contract after eight weeks if they elected to replace an artist , or if the show was cancelled . |
| 30 | Anthropologists disagree over whether these early australopithecines retained a chimplike ability to climb trees , despite the evident bipedal features of their anatomy . |