Example sentences of "[to-vb] a [adj] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lisbon diplomats said Portugal had asked the United States to try a new initiative to bring the two sides together . |
| 2 | In November 1970 the CNAA was informed that the NCDAD had written formally to request a joint meeting to explore ‘ interrelationships ’ . |
| 3 | Rule 24 enables a Chancery master taking an account to request a taxing master to tax any items of ‘ costs ’ comprised in the accounts . |
| 4 | ( 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 ) . |
| 7 | 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 ’ |
| 8 | It is important to encourage a remaining parent to make a new will . |
| 9 | I make this a little difficult , creating an opportunity to encourage a shy child to communicate with the alien . |
| 10 | A Northumbria Church Watch scheme is being launched today to encourage a positive attitude to deter criminals . |
| 11 | I 'll have to write a wee note to say that I 've to come and get you about ten to twelve . |
| 12 | 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 ) . |
| 13 | Attempts to establish a comprehensive scheme to include more hymns and to cover all publishers have so far been unsuccessful . |
| 14 | 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 " . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | They agreed to establish a working group to formulate an accord of " neighbourliness , friendship and co-operation " . |
| 18 | They claim that the Council 's agreement to establish a working group to review the whole situation , of which three of the six members would be representatives of the players , represented ‘ the first step towards recognition of the players ’ right to have an equal voice in the management of the game . ’ |
| 19 | One problem here is to establish a suitable criterion to judge the quality of a single.step response . |
| 20 | Mr John Conyers , a black Democratic congressman from Detroit , has introduced legislation to establish a federal commission to study the impact of slavery upon blacks and to recommend to Congress a range of appropriate remedies , including possible reparations . |
| 21 | The great weight of Scottish opinion finds it difficult to understand why , contrary to its Standing Orders , the House of Commons has been unable to establish a Select Committee to scrutinise Scottish affairs . |
| 22 | Late last night they were also reported to have agreed to establish a supranational bank to finance the reconstruction of Eastern Europe — a strategy Mrs Thatcher has doubts about . |
| 23 | The incubation is part of a last-ditch attempt to establish a mating programme to save the huge Californian bird , which has dwindled to about 20 birds ( New Scientist , 20 January , p 142 ) . |
| 24 | Simultaneously , voters also cast their ballots in what was in effect a referendum , sanctioned by the Supreme Court on May 24 , on a proposal to establish a Constitutional Assembly to introduce political reforms [ see also p. 37484 ] . |
| 25 | The party was in most trouble in Western Australia , where in November 1990 the state government was forced to establish a Royal Commission to examine claims of corrupt links between politicians , bureaucrats and businessmen . |
| 26 | Prepared to suffer a little discomfort to save the life of another person . |
| 27 | prepared to suffer a little discomfort to save the life of another |
| 28 | Each department has its own history , traditions and culture , and to impose a general framework to account for their development is not easy . |
| 29 | A reward ‘ menu ’ is simply a list of interchangeable rewards which can be used to provide a varied diet to maintain interest . |
| 30 | The SDA was initially set up in 1975 ‘ to provide a regional dimension to complement the UK-wide sectoral interventionism of the National Enterprise Board ( NEB ) ’ ( Moor , 1986 , p. 8 ) . |