Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adj] a [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | He shall make half a seam of malt for one work and the lord shall provide firewood . |
| 2 | Do you want half a cup of hot chocolate ? |
| 3 | A repetition of the same sin under similarly testing circumstances does not make this a duplicate of 12:10–20 . |
| 4 | It will be up to the exporter to make sure that lambs have the correct certification and presumably they will make this a condition of purchase , ’ a ministry specialist said . |
| 5 | Let's make 1993 a year of outstanding achievement with super sales , service and administration standards , then we can increase turnover and break all previous profit records for Healthcare . |
| 6 | I would like to know why this policy is that er that you did n't consider this a venue of body building to be suitable if it 's not erm it 's gon na put bums on seats and generate income to towards the trust why not ? . |
| 7 | Naturally this was like a red rag to a bull and I refused to even consider such a course of action . |
| 8 | Let us consider such a chain of consequence , spanning small to large . |
| 9 | Egypt 's pioneering efforts in regard to peacemaking are well established and respected , and I do not consider such a line of questioning helpful . |
| 10 | The grounds of the appeal were that ( 1 ) the judge misdirected himself in holding that the preliminary issue should be answered in the affirmative and/or in giving judgment on the preliminary issue for the plaintiff and ( 2 ) the defendants were not liable in negligence to the plaintiff for any injury , loss or damage suffered by him while a foetus and en ventre sa mère since he was born prior to the passing of the Congenital Diabilities ( Civil Liability ) Act 1976 and the common law did not recognise such a cause of action . |
| 11 | Chamberlain provided the way out by suggesting to Balcarres that both he and Long should withdraw and so allow Law to be elected unanimously ; he also turned down Balcarres 's remarkable advice that he should allow Long to be elected since Long would make such a mess of things that Chamberlain would be bound to succeed within the year . |
| 12 | Why make such a fool of yourself over this one ? |
| 13 | The question is whether the Treaty of Maastricht would make such a transfer of allegiance imperative . |
| 14 | Why do you make such a show of disliking me ? ’ |
| 15 | Perhaps the main question is whether the market in its present state can absorb such a wealth of material over such a short period . |
| 16 | For example , you might decide you want the speed of the processor to be over 33MHz but it 's not essential — so you 'd give this a rating of two out of five . |
| 17 | ‘ I think I 'd better give this a bit of a read . |
| 18 | To help do this a number of consultants now run carefully devised training programmes and there are a variety of excellent do it yourself handbooks . |
| 19 | But if HRT can achieve such a range of benefits , why are n't women queuing up in droves ? |
| 20 | Only innovative technology can achieve such a pace of construction , which the Soviets say is the fastest in the world . |
| 21 | Perhaps , humanly speaking , some of us had doubted during a period of economic recession that we would achieve such a level of giving but God had been honoured . |
| 22 | However it may be constructed , the romance formula can ensure such a consistency of product that the texts are marketed through a standing order principle through retail outlets , ranging from supermarket checkouts to station bookstalls . |
| 23 | Gospel Music will be represented at a special concert in the Pavilion Theatre where Clarence Fountain and the Five Blind Boys of Alabama will celebrate half a century of this legendary group . |
| 24 | She was n't afraid of the dark ; but now , after a few nights here , she was beginning to admit to herself that she did n't really like such a depth of blackness . |
| 25 | ‘ Just look at the brilliance of that yellow forsythia — and did you ever see such a border of anemones ? ’ |
| 26 | But , The Builder commented , Scott would disclaim such a description of his work . |
| 27 | Er I myself and many others were here for two and a half years and I submit to you that this is a considerable portion of one 's adult lifetime and consequently , the experiences of the last three days have been very meaningful and very moving to those of us who did spend such a portion of our lives here in this place . |
| 28 | Some people find it hard to accept that Jesus would utter such a cry of despair . |
| 29 | There is no other organization within the movement that could provide such a level of debate on this particular matter . |
| 30 | Areas where there had previously been little opportunity for women to have waged work ( the coalfields of the old peripheral regions were the classic example ) would provide such a reserve of labour and would therefore be attractive to manufacturing industry . |