Example sentences of "[to-vb] a [adj] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Organisations seeking to avail themselves of this opportunity need to catch a high speed train pretty quickly ! ’ |
| 2 | Lisbon diplomats said Portugal had asked the United States to try a new initiative to bring the two sides together . |
| 3 | If failure to attract a willing partner leads some men to choose an unwilling one , or if , having failed repeatedly in the sexual stakes , such men find redress in humiliating and punishing one emblematic woman for the inaccessibility of all women , then society has failed in its role of socialising the male sex drive at its point of maximum danger and loss of control . |
| 4 | In November 1970 the CNAA was informed that the NCDAD had written formally to request a joint meeting to explore ‘ interrelationships ’ . |
| 5 | Rule 24 enables a Chancery master taking an account to request a taxing master to tax any items of ‘ costs ’ comprised in the accounts . |
| 6 | ( 4 ) The Chancery master taking the account has power under Ord. 62 , r. 24 to request a taxing master to tax any of the items of costs , including fees , charges , disbursements , expenses and remuneration , contained in the account . |
| 7 | All items had to be packed so that they weighed less than twenty-two pounds and sometimes there were so many parcels filling the room that it was impossible for other customers to pass through the door ; the postmaster would then telephone the Newtown depot to request a special van to come and collect them . |
| 8 | Two Winslow Homers , an oil and a watercolour , were both somewhat problematic : ‘ The unruly calf ’ , from the Pauline Woolworth Trust , showing a boy trying to coax a tethered calf to move ( lot 36 est. $1–1.5 million ) was very flat but still found a private buyer at $1.1 million ( £687,500 ) . |
| 9 | the usual practice for liners in the vicinity of ice in clear waters was ‘ to keep course , to maintain the speed and to trust a sharp look–out to enable them to avoid the danger ’ |
| 10 | The central core of the town was mostly occupied by those families which had lived in Dronfield before the momentous decision was taken in 1873 by the new company of Wilson Cammell to found a large steelworks specializing in the manufacture of rails made from Bessemer steel . |
| 11 | It is important to encourage a remaining parent to make a new will . |
| 12 | I make this a little difficult , creating an opportunity to encourage a shy child to communicate with the alien . |
| 13 | A Northumbria Church Watch scheme is being launched today to encourage a positive attitude to deter criminals . |
| 14 | A NEW service which is A expected to encourage A more travellers to switch from road to rail made its inaugural run into Middlesbrough station yesterday . |
| 15 | But the new factor is that both the Serbian and the Croatian leadership have said that they are willing in principle to accept a United Nations peacekeeping force . |
| 16 | The Conservative Party were willing to accept a corporate structure based upon the chief officers ' team : the Labour Party wanted the locus of corporate power to rest in a strong policy committee emphasising the practical as well as formal power of the councillors . |
| 17 | I 'll have to write a wee note to say that I 've to come and get you about ten to twelve . |
| 18 | He had to write a tiny snippet insisting that it was irony and the editor printed a token letter by a woman who had pointed out that if only young girls were left — and not enough of them to go round — only rich old men would have any chance of sex . |
| 19 | Request : As President of the ‘ Glad To Be Grey Society ’ , we contacted the PM to write a short passage extolling the virtues of greyness for our newsletter ‘ Grey Pride ’ . |
| 20 | General manager Nick Burrows said : ‘ We want people to write a snoring CV supported by evidence from a partner who has lived with the noise . |
| 21 | When you 've seen a job advertisement that appeals to you , you will need to write a covering letter to send with your CV ( see ‘ Compiling Your CV ’ , pp. 68–73 ) . |
| 22 | Now the Times has never asked me to write a leading article announcing that I have some doubts about the quantum theory |
| 23 | And tonight he was going to meet a magnificent girl called Jane Ashton who worked in the Y.M.C.A. canteen in the village of Chavigny . |
| 24 | You then go south , to meet a minor road known as South Town Lane which you follow for around 500 yards after which you must branch off to cross a plantation called the Warren . |
| 25 | Attempts to establish a comprehensive scheme to include more hymns and to cover all publishers have so far been unsuccessful . |
| 26 | The panel ruled against demanding the reincarceration of the agents but suggested that France should contribute $2,000,000 to establish a joint fund to foster " closer relations between citizens of the two countries " . |
| 27 | However , scarcely was the ink dry on the paper when , at the end of December 1981 , the Secretary of State announced in the House of Commons that , ‘ with the agreement of the local authority associations and after consultation with other interested parties ’ , he had decided to establish a new body to advise him on the distribution of the advanced further education pool and on academic provision in local authority institutions of higher education . |
| 28 | The Society welcomes the proposals to establish a new jurisdiction covering all aspects of private law decision-making for people with all forms of mental incapacity . |
| 29 | In spite of its importance , the duty to support and maintain just institutions fails to establish a general reason to obey even laws which the government is justified in making . |
| 30 | As a stepping stone towards a regional common market , the Presidents of El Salvador , Guatemala and Honduras , meeting on May 12 in Nueva Ocotepeque , Honduras , had agreed to establish a free-trade zone creating a potential market of 20,000,000 consumers and to boost annual trade between the three from the currently estimated US$600 million to US$4,500 million . |