Example sentences of "[vb pp] a [adj] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A postal worker has won a two-and-a-half-year battle to bring his Filipino bride to England . |
| 2 | Scottish conservationists have won a major award to create a marine underwater trail at Dunollie Point near Oban . |
| 3 | A milkman who set up a round in competition with his old dairy firm has won a legal battle to continue his business for the time being . |
| 4 | A DUBLIN-BASED policeman has won a legal battle to prevent the Garda Commissioner from dismissing him from the force for allegedly offering a prostitute IR£30 for sex . |
| 5 | A TORY MP 's wife has won a three-year battle to inherit the Pounds 10 million mansion that inspired Evelyn Waugh 's Brideshead Revisited . |
| 6 | A woman who found £40 on a bank floor has won a three-year battle to have it donated to a baby unit — and the bank has stumped up an extra £10 . |
| 7 | Tony McTaminey has won a seven-month battle to set up a flower stall using a traditional , hand-painted barrow in the Linthorpe Road shopping precinct , Middlesbrough . |
| 8 | Scotland has won a bitter battle to house a new multi-million pound military centre creating 700 jobs , it was disclosed tonight . |
| 9 | A Primary school has won a national competition to produce their own newspaper . |
| 10 | We went along the river bank : two smugglers were being hanged near Billingsgate and this had attracted a large crowd to watch their last dance . |
| 11 | He said ‘ Okay , I want you to show me everything , ’ and I said ‘ Well , there are six strings , they 're tuned like this and written down an octave , ’ ( For those that do n't know , when guitar music is transposed onto a stave , it 's dropped a whole octave to keep it on the treble clef — Ed ) and he was taking notes and I gave him a beginning guitar book so that he could see how it was all written out ! |
| 12 | CROSBY , STILLS AND NASH , legendary '60s folk-rockers , have added a few dates to follow up their sold-out Albert Hall show at Dublin 's Point . |
| 13 | Then the Bishop firmly gripped the King 's tunic round his chest and shook it violently , saying again , " You owe me a kiss because I have come a long way to see you . " |
| 14 | ‘ You 've come a long way to do just that . ’ |
| 15 | I 've come a long way to make a reconciliation with him , and I do n't want interference from some snooty cocktail waitress . |
| 16 | Since then , it has enjoyed a much-needed facelift to become the hip and swinging indie ( generic overlay ) festival of the year . |
| 17 | The parents of the 33 children who had not recovered were interviewed a second time to answer the question whether the constipation/soiling problems had persisted or recurred , because we were not able to determine this from the initial questionnaire . |
| 18 | Nevertheless he had persisted with the Saturday Benediction , and Lent had impelled a respectable number to attend . |
| 19 | Therefore for at least the first year of Council Tax I have included a separate section to deal exclusively with Poll Tax residue issues , although in practice many of these posts will need to be filled by temporary secondments back from Council Tax structures , staff unsuccessful in obtaining permanent positions initially within the Council Tax structure and temporary staff . |
| 20 | Reversed from previous years , the last 10 miles included a long climb to begin with and continued on higher ground , which was exposed to both direct sun and prevailing wind . |
| 21 | ‘ Should have picked a quieter place to meet , ’ he chuckles . |
| 22 | It is more likely the Goblin will be smashed apart — which although sad is considered a good way to go for a Goblin and infinitely better than being eaten by a peckish troll . |
| 23 | From the results obtained PABA-UDCA disulphate was considered a good material to detect intestinal bacteria . |
| 24 | This 24 hours is only two-thirds of the 36 hours available ; it should be considered a minimum time to allocate to private study . |
| 25 | The United Nations has installed a peacekeeping force to maintain order until the elections in May 1993 . |
| 26 | Very heavy Syrian casualties would apparently have been deemed a lesser price to pay than the probable failure of anything less than what the general 's men say was planned : a full-scale armoured and infantry assault involving 40,000 men on five main axes along a 50-kilometre front . |
| 27 | ‘ Before you do , ’ said Epitot carefully , ‘ you may care to reflect upon the fact that thanks to your neglect of the most elementary precautions , you have permitted a homicidal maniac to molest the body of one of our countrymen . ’ |
| 28 | Landlord , Stephen Farbrother and his wife Vanessa have organised a Georgian banquet to celebrate 250 years of their families association with the pub . |
| 29 | It is no accident that in all the great religions , people who want to engage in this kind of contemplative activity have organised a monastic life to cater to their needs . |
| 30 | Fourteen year old Catherine Pearse has organised a sponsored sleep-out to help the increasing number of young people with nowhere to live . |