Example sentences of "[vb pp] [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By April he had recovered sufficiently to travel to America once more , to see his sisters ; this visit is perhaps most remarkable for the fact that he addressed the largest assembly ever gathered to attend a literary lecture ( he also received what was then the largest fee for such an event , some two thousand dollars ) . |
| 2 | Some focus on a particular joint-venture subsidiary company ; some involve the sharing of research and development ; some are an alliance of production capacity with marketing strength ; some involve putting a foreign product under a domestic label ; some alliances are intended to promote a new standard or form of compatibility ( and to defeat a rival standard ) . |
| 3 | As well as raising money for the National Trust for the Homeless , the event was intended to promote a National Sleepout next month . |
| 4 | Primitive streak stage embryos can also be manipulated using a dissecting microscope but the lower resolution makes such manipulations less precise . |
| 5 | The most militant fan of Sixties architecture would be hard pressed to support a last-minute appeal for the Bull Ring , although crocodile tears will be shed over the probable demolition of the Rotunda , a monumental steel and glass phallus , that , in the absence of a sky-piercing cathedral , acts as the city 's one instantly recognisable focal point . |
| 6 | More recently , at a Roman Catholic retreat , where we were asked to use no book other than the Bible , the personal daily direction given became a memorable means of the Holy Spirit 's teaching , healing , and guiding . |
| 7 | The rations given to Parnaka were surely intended to support a large household , of a feudal type ; in fact a household of what Herakleides called ‘ fellow-diners ’ . |
| 8 | The aid was developed using a commercial expert system shell , but we found it necessary to integrate the shell with a spreadsheet for data input , with an algorithmic language for certain numeric calculations and with a graphics package for presentation of the output . |
| 9 | Phase one will be developed using a tension-leg platform ( TLP ) installed in 2933 feet of water with 24 integral well slots and two subsea satellite wells . |
| 10 | Schmidt ( 1991 ) reviews a wide variety of von Restorff-like effects and argues that many of them can be explained using a single theory of distinctiveness . |
| 11 | The following regional data excludes the Highlands and Islands figures because the 1990/91 survey for this region was undertaken using a different methodology which was designed to reflect the unique nature of the area 's economy . |
| 12 | S phase was calculated using a rectangular distribution . |
| 13 | Lattice enthalpies can also be calculated using a theoretical model . |
| 14 | However , it would be dangerous indeed to assume that all these entrants were intended to acquire a full competence in the trade.58 Work on Essex shows that the skill and training content of female apprenticeships was generally modest , and that they tended to have a different meaning . |
| 15 | An end to end anastomosis was formed using a single layer of interrupted 6/0 silk . |
| 16 | It is intended to interview a representative sample of 3,000 married women under the age of 60 together with a sample of 500 of their husbands . |
| 17 | Here , an allergy to chloroform was successfully treated using a homoeopathic preparation of chloroform . |
| 18 | The technique known as open access endoscopy , which has been introduced at the Royal Victoria Hospital , means that the inside of a patient 's stomach can be examined using a tube-like lens . |
| 19 | We believe specific criteria should be formulated to enable a reasoned judgement to be made as to whether any new body should be subject to the provisions . |
| 20 | The BBC 's International Role : The charter should be amended to carry a specific guarantee of editorial independence from Government . |
| 21 | Quartz overgrowth cements can be clearly recognized using a petrological microscope if clay- or hematite-rich coatings ( commonly inaccurately termed ‘ dust ’ rims ) are trapped between overgrowth cement and grain ( Fig. 5.26a , b ) . |
| 22 | Several wild song thrushes in different parts of Britain — and some blackbirds too — have been heard singing a new song that bears a striking resemblance to the distinctive electronic warble of British Telecom 's ‘ trimphones ’ . |
| 23 | And if Jardines sought to sell out of Hongkong Land , it would be better placed to demand a hefty premium for offering effective control without the need to buy out smaller shareholders . |
| 24 | Sealants Adhesives and Coatings also had to have the paint , originally designed for use on military truck exteriors , adjusted to provide a satisfactory finish on the composite while still meeting the MoD 's demanding DEF-STAN 80–41 criterion . |
| 25 | A piece of elastic , it seems , is attached to the side of the horse 's throat and minutely adjusted to provide a sufficient opening . |
| 26 | The core questions of why policy developed in the way it did and which factors initiated and influenced change are intended to inform a critical assessment of the outcome of policy in the shape of service provision for alcohol problems in the 1990's . |
| 27 | It stated that , ‘ The course adopted , prompted by a desire for expedition , can scarcely be considered the best calculated to obtain a grand whole ’ . |
| 28 | The treatment prescribed has a familiar ring : rigorous financial analysis followed by cost-cutting , asset sales and then negotiations to convince creditors that rescheduling beats liquidation . |
| 29 | National Certificate Modules and Higher National Units in the training of trainers are currently being revised to provide a pre-vocational qualification for those considering a career in training . |
| 30 | In parts of England people still worship Pomona , the Roman goddess of fruit trees , through the custom of wassailing which is intended to encourage a good crop of apples . |