Example sentences of "[to-vb] and a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1954 the breed 's South African journal made the point that wool farmers wanted a breed of cattle that needed no coddling to produce milk for the house and top-price slaughter oxen whose main role was to keep the veld short for sheep , while the mixed grass veld farmer wanted a good cream cheque , a bullock to work and a profitable steer which could be fed on surplus grain . |
| 2 | And what 's more , there 's no pressure to buy , no long term commitment to meet and a Red House ordering procedure that guarantees that you only ever get the books you ask for . |
| 3 | More fun is to be had with the excitable Katch-22 , who favours the talking-about-himself approach to rap and a wider range of noises , most notably on the sprightly ‘ Service With A Smile ’ , which may well be the first tune ever to contain the line ‘ You paedophile ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ Obviously the appearance of the train is important , but a vehicle in public service is bound to deteriorate and a perfect finish does not last for ever , ’ he said . |
| 5 | ‘ The economic pressures are such that farmers can not afford to employ an adequate number of shepherds and that is leading to neglect and a potential welfare time bomb in the eyes of the general public . ’ |
| 6 | She had swooned in the main hall and had needed to be helped to the headmaster 's office and given water to drink and a damp cloth to cool her brow . |
| 7 | At the age of seventeen he left home to pursue his trade as a tin miner in Devon , succumbed to drink and a profligate lifestyle , and on 16 July 1821 , at Kea church , took a wife , Joanne , who had also abandoned Methodism . |
| 8 | There are essays to be done , maths questions to answer and a still life to be drawn at almost every school across the country . |
| 9 | For example , the number eight would be a very pretty shape to create and a pressed flower card reading eighteen or twenty-one could also be very attractive if created in shades of pink , and if you had the patience you could even make a matching gift tag to accompany the present . |
| 10 | The flowers were tight budded but one was beginning to open and a transitory evocation of summer came to her , bringing with it an old anxiety . |
| 11 | In Soviet eyes , ‘ priority ’ — the essence of the defence economy — is both a response to defect and a great source of strength . |
| 12 | Maxwell would carry the can for Saturday 's defeat by Celtic when a dropped cross allowed John Collins to equalise and a missed punch led to Brian O'Neill 's injury time winner . |
| 13 | Only 15 minutes to go and a final team talk before the opening . |
| 14 | Okay , feel free to come down here at any time with this sheet and er going through the , the examples in greater detail Q M four FIT was the data file , you 'll always be able to access , right when you 've logged out of the network feel free to go and a merry Christmas , see you next year . |
| 15 | The Act , which comes into effect on 12 October , legally obliges the seller to provide the buyer with a notice setting out the right to cancel and a blank cancellation form before signing the agreement . |
| 16 | If one excludes cooking utensils , rugs are perhaps the only form of furnishing conducive to this nomadic way of life , because , when spread on the floor , they provide both a comfortable place to sit and a sanitary surface from which to eat food . |
| 17 | Dr Sommers feels that Regina has nothing to lose and a great deal to gain if she follows his advice re support for her floating kidney ’ ) . |
| 18 | I suggest that , for the next meeting of the North West London Dermatology Audit Group , local general practitioners and general practice audit facilitators should be invited to attend and a joint audit on the quality and appropriateness of outpatient service should be undertaken by all parties . |
| 19 | Using a greater number of segments will create more surfaces to glue and a greater difficulty in assembling the segments to form the ring . |
| 20 | The application of heat causes the ink and powder to fuse and a raised image is formed . |
| 21 | Automatic time switches attached to your lighting system are easy to fit and a marvellous idea for those who live alone . |
| 22 | There are local supplies to buy and a certain amount from the NAAFI . |
| 23 | Accompanying the little Tsunamis on their maiden voyage will be the great Sun Dragon , now renamed the Sparc Center 2000 , the biggest beast Sun has ever tried to field and a clear signal it 's after the Fortune 1000 's distributed data centre . |
| 24 | BY THE time they got to Woodstock they might have been half a million strong , but give them a few days in the mud and they 'd soon wandered off into an acid daze looking for luxuries like a toilet , somewhere to sleep and a decent tofu burger . |
| 25 | Pip 's servant at Barnard 's Inn , whom he nicknames ‘ the Avenger ’ because ‘ after I had made the monster ( out of the refuse of my washerwoman 's family ) and had clothed him with a blue coat , canary waistcoat , white cravat , creamy breeches , and [ top boots ] , I had to find him a little to do and a great deal to eat ; and with both of those horrible requirements he haunted my existence ’ . |
| 26 | In other words , you must have a good plan of what you propose to do and a realistic timetable from the outset . |
| 27 | The Vauxhall ( remember it 's actually an Opel ) suffers from ugly digital gauges that are often hard to interpret and a digital speedometer that only reads in even numbers . |
| 28 | Eventually we saw a figure coming slowly towards us , clearly visible because the sky , as if by a miracle , had started to clear and a brilliant moon had appeared . |
| 29 | Excellent progress is being made , but there are still many problems to solve and a great deal of blood , sweat , and tears ahead ! |
| 30 | Written in verse , the play was set in the Middle Ages and told of a soldier back from seven years in the wars who wanted to die and a beautiful witch who wanted to live . |