Example sentences of "[to-vb] [verb] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ Oh , Father told me you 'd opened the new girls ’ school , so I simply had to come to meet the new schoolteacher . |
| 32 | A number of experiments have been set up to try to establish a satisfactory method of appraisal . |
| 33 | After appearing on a television programme in Scotland , I was asked by an eminent Professor of Physiology to try to establish the long-term success of my Hip and Thigh Diet slimmers . |
| 34 | And Evans said : ‘ I will be studying video tape of the alleged incident to try to establish the full facts . |
| 35 | If Mr. Goldsmith would care to accept the invitation — clearly written in the bottom left-hand corner of our charts — to contact us , I would gladly explain to him in detail how we tackle the very complex task of chart production , and in particular how we go to the most extraordinary lengths to try to meet the highest standards of clarity and accuracy demanded by the wide range of our customers — when flying in UK ( not USA ) airspace . |
| 36 | Rolle has to try to meet the linguistic challenge which faces any mystical writer : to define and point towards the nature of an experience which is in essence ineffable . |
| 37 | Man 's discovery that he himself , like other living creatures , is born and dies must have led him intuitively to try to circumvent the relentless flux of time by seeking to perpetuate his own existence indefinitely . |
| 38 | 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 . |
| 39 | ( 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 . ) |
| 40 | Both governments agreed to try to restart the political talks on Northern Ireland early in 1993 . |
| 41 | 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 . |
| 42 | However , I was going to try to pull the right strings . |
| 43 | 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 . |
| 44 | In its raw state , cocoa is very bitter , and the beans , once removed from the pods , are left to ferment to diminish the bitter flavour before they are processed . |
| 45 | He agreed to go to Rome himself to try to obtain an acceptable solution . |
| 46 | 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 . |
| 47 | The patient should be encouraged to try to find a suitable explanation first , before the therapist considers providing one of his own . |
| 48 | 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 . |
| 49 | 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 . |
| 50 | 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 . ’ |
| 51 | Police have mounted a series of operations to try to catch the rustling gangs , some of whom are thought to travel from various parts of the country . |
| 52 | His next tack was to try to catch the ABS system out . |
| 53 | and that 's it do n't forget about our competition … to try to pick the new manager here at the Manor ground … you know Anne there has been some thoughts they 'd like to see a women in this chair … what do you reckon |
| 54 | and that 's it do n't forget about our competition … to try to pick the new manager here at the Manor ground … you know Anne there has been some thoughts they 'd like to see a women in this chair … what do you reckon |
| 55 | 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 . |
| 56 | A new initiative was launched to address the problem , to try to reverse the inverse care law . |
| 57 | She added that Howarth 's failure to appear prevented a full debate on science policy . |
| 58 | We think it 's time to try to create a new showcase for young galleries . ’ |
| 59 | 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 . |
| 60 | She could not say it in front of him , nor he in front of her , even though it is probable that he too would prefer to try living the next life differently , without Agnes . |