Example sentences of "[to-vb] a [noun pl] [noun sg] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the past few months , the Metropolitan Museum of Art has been trying , without success , to find a drawings curator to replace Jacob Bean , who has just retired . |
| 2 | That was good enough for BA to launch a rights issue to raise £442m to pay for its grand ambition : to become the first and biggest global airline . |
| 3 | President Collor , in a nationwide television broadcast on May 26 , announced that he had ordered the Justice and Economy Ministers to open a police inquiry to reveal the full truth and examine the " false and foolish " allegations against him . |
| 4 | My right hon. Friend the Minister for Overseas Development is trying to arrange a donors conference to bring further help , but , as my hon. Friend would agree , the best relief of human rights would be if the Iraqis accepted resolutions 706 and 712 and began to sell oil , the proceeds of which could go to the relief of poverty as well as the compensation of those whom they have victimised . |
| 5 | I managed to get a police car to rush me through security to the shopping precinct . |
| 6 | At first you may like to employ a points system to help in your evaluation of symptoms , though with practice and familiarity this will not be necessary : |