Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun] in a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to Israel Radio , this was " the first time since the beginning of the intifada that terrorists have managed to plant bombs in a Jewish place , wounding civilians and soldiers " . |
| 2 | Until the opening of the Marlborough galleries had tended to treat artists in a patronising way , as underlings . |
| 3 | It is the only personal fellowship in Scottish history backed by industry and provides an excellent opportunity to support research in an underfunded area . |
| 4 | To see reindeer in a natural setting visit the Cairngorms where there 's a herd of about a hundred animals . |
| 5 | The molecular dimensions of a polymer chain in any solvent can be calculated directly from light scattering measurements , using equation ( 9.36 ) , if the coil is large enough to scatter light in an asymmetric manner , but when the chain is too short to be measured accurately in this way an alternative technique has to be used . |
| 6 | ‘ Publication ’ is increasingly important , not just to secure advancement in an individual academic 's career , but as a sign of an institution 's status . |
| 7 | The borrower seeks to obtain funds in a convenient , economic and flexible manner together with maintaining its financial status in the world 's capital and credit markets . |
| 8 | In addition to the nationality of the children included in the standardisation sample , it is also useful to know whereabouts in a particular country they live , their socioeconomic status and the extent to which the sample was screened for children with linguistic , sensory or learning difficulties ( McCauley and Swisher 1984 ) . |
| 9 | This passage was adapted from an existing text ( a horticultural manual ) so as to provide sentences in a natural and communicative style which contained among them an unusually broad distribution of MidClasses across environments . |
| 10 | I would urge anyone to find space in a busy day to pray in this kind of way . |
| 11 | The great thing about library music is that it is fairly non-commital : you can go in all kinds of directions and you 're asked to provide music in a certain style , which may not be the sort of thing you would do naturally , but it 's still enjoyable to do . |
| 12 | It is a very happy occasion , and an opportunity to meet friends in a familiar location . |
| 13 | An up-and-coming composer would probably welcome the opportunity to write music in a religious idiom . |
| 14 | A fund-raiser planning to tour Europe in a Reliant Robin has been told that the feat wo n't earn him a place in the record books — because he 's one wheel short . |
| 15 | A fund-raiser planning to tour Europe in a Reliant Robin has been told that the feat wo n't earn him a place in the record books — because he 's one wheel short . |
| 16 | And there are always the agents , Edam Victor , Gilds Gorgon , Erect Heath , Debouch Ropers , Michel Siphons , Cardamom King , to provide stability in a changing world . |
| 17 | the preparation of quite large amounts of text ( letters , job descriptions , contracts ) with a considerable amount of repetition of common material ; 2. the creation and maintenance of files containing a mass of details about people and their subsequent analysis to provide information in a wide variety of forms for many different purposes Both these activities can be considerably simplified and streamlined using computers Word processing systems are eminently suited to the first . |
| 18 | The ultimate success of RMI on a national basis may depend upon the recruitment of such staff and , subsequently , on their ability to provide information in an accurate way , and in the form specified by the ultimate system user . |
| 19 | At about 0345 it was decided to try to position Locative in a better position for helicopter winching by towing her into the wind . |
| 20 | Edward approached his third attempt to pass Responsions in a confident and relaxed mood . |
| 21 | For instance , LTP is increased in rats trained to find food in an operant task , while drugs which block LTP also prevent learning in tasks such as the water maze . |
| 22 | THE leadership of the National Union of Teachers yesterday launched a multi-million pound advertising campaign to win public backing for greater investment in education , emergency measures to reduce teacher shortages and to increase salaries in a significant shift of policy . |
| 23 | Academics may also find it more practical to obtain accreditation in a single specialty rather than dual accreditation including general medicine , because the experience in emergency admissions and continuing care may be difficult to obtain in some academic units . |
| 24 | Anna , neither knowing what she felt , nor what she would like to feel , went to her mother expecting to find Laura in a similar confusion of relief and distress , and treating her loss as occasion for a fine theatrical flourish . |
| 25 | Another justification advanced is that social deprivation variables tap aspects of need for resources not adequately represented by morbidity measures — for example , that it is more difficult to provide services in a deprived area or that effectiveness is reduced by adverse conditions . |
| 26 | Compulsory competitive tendering ( CCT ) had its origins both in public doubts about the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of certain local services — especially the public works departments and refuse collection , and in the belief of Conservative governments in the greater ability of the market to provide services in a flexible and economic manner . |
| 27 | Naturally , one should not ignore the factor of Central Government legislation which requires any council to implement planning restrictions and to provide services in an economical and rational manner . |
| 28 | Second , there was the isolated position of the Soviet Union in trying to establish socialism in a backward country . |
| 29 | The suggestion is that computers can be programmed to process discourse in a similar way to human beings , though the complexity of human language competence and human knowledge are far greater than those of any existing computer . |
| 30 | Programmes of study should be so constructed as to give all pupils the opportunity to enjoy work in a wide range of literary forms . |