Example sentences of "[to-vb] [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is thought to include demanding a substantial fee for each transaction , indemnities against any change of government or government policy , and for the Government — not the banks — to be unequivocally identified as responsible for its introduction . |
| 2 | As a community are we willing to risk building a just peace rather than arming ourselves for war ? |
| 3 | And presumably you 'd like to see push a little bit further upfield ? |
| 4 | The Government remains committed to using Housing Associations as the principal provider of rented accommodation and our long established links with both Local Authorities and Housing Associations should enable us to continue to enjoy a substantial share of this market . |
| 5 | He did not have far to go to find an enthralling abundance of birds . |
| 6 | It was a modest success in its own way , enabling me to risk becoming a full-time freelance , and I shall always be grateful for that . |
| 7 | It only takes a little imagination to turn the Cam pit into a nature reserve and if it was possible to lay out a few paths making nature trails etc. the future of the Great Pit that Rugby Cement Works are now engaged in could in years to come make an ideal game reserve and possible " marina " with a link to the river . |
| 8 | We were asked to try to arrange an inter-club table show with Hulton Aquarist Society . |
| 9 | By this time I was becoming a little dissatisfied with the imprinting set-up that had become the stock in trade of my lab over the past few years , and I planned to try using an alternative form of learning in the chick . |
| 10 | If you were to try to see a top specimen of every breed at Crufts you would have to attend on all four days and walk a good couple of miles ! |
| 11 | For example , the history seminar had to struggle to find a two-hour block and the language class could never achieve the desired continuity by organizing its contact time over three , let alone four days of the week . |
| 12 | The word ended in a wail , and Angelina ran to her to try to forestall a further attack of hysteria . |
| 13 | A number of experiments have been set up to try to establish a satisfactory method of appraisal . |
| 14 | Some of the things a good caddie was expected to know included a good knowledge of the game , to be able to advise the player on which club to use at any given moment ; a knowledge of the course , the length of its holes , its geography from tee to green and the subtleties and borrows of those greens , as well as the way it played in all weather conditions . |
| 15 | ( The more lenders there are competing for the same customers , the hard for each has to work to attract a given number of customers — and an obvious way of attracting customers is by cutting rates . ) |
| 16 | It is as stupid for a government to try to whip and cajole an entrenched profession into changing as it is to try to pull a fed-up donkey along the road by its ears . |
| 17 | The attempt to revive Monaghan Day was a gesture as weak as a couple who marry in order to try to retrieve a lost relationship , the mind having changed the hard actual fact into what was comfortable to feel . |
| 18 | He agreed to go to Rome himself to try to obtain an acceptable solution . |
| 19 | This agreement between the governments in London and Dublin was an attempt to promote co-operation between them and to try to find a joint approach to at least some of the problems of Northern Ireland . |
| 20 | The patient should be encouraged to try to find a suitable explanation first , before the therapist considers providing one of his own . |
| 21 | My personal view is that one can be more perceptive in a project where one finds the whole field fascinating , but it is vitally important to try to find a neutral position . |
| 22 | Thus , it seems that it is misguided even to try to find a single deficit theory of Broca 's aphasia , because Broca 's aphasia is a clinical syndrome , not a theoretical syndrome . |
| 23 | He added : ‘ It seems a bit of a nonsense to struggle to provide a good service and then for compensation awarded by the Ombudsman to come out of the money provided for the work in the first place . ’ |
| 24 | And you know if we were able to commit ourselves to two public , two meetings , three meetings of some sort in a year where we 're actually gon na do something and present some sort of front Par part of presenting some sort of front is to try to sell a few bits of pieces if we 're prepared to accept that we 're going to lose money . |
| 25 | She added that Howarth 's failure to appear prevented a full debate on science policy . |
| 26 | We think it 's time to try to create a new showcase for young galleries . ’ |
| 27 | Snow-making machines will be blowing out foam-based snow to try to create an early Yuletide atmosphere while trying to tempt shoppers into their stores . |
| 28 | Essex County Council is currently carrying out a feasibility study to try to pinpoint a permanent arts complex for the northern part of the county . |
| 29 | To try to lead a normal life did n't work at all . |
| 30 | In the centre of Cardigan an earth mover used to try to reach a trapped mother and child overturned , and the occupiers eventually scrambled to safety . |