Example sentences of "[vb infin] a [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And before I go tomorrow we 'll compose a joint letter to the two of them , pointing out how well we get on without them and urging them not to hurry back . |
| 2 | If you wish to update a process model then you may install a new version of the PMDL for that model again using option 7.3.1 — Install/Deinstall Process Models . |
| 3 | The opposition Social Democratic Party ( SPD ) had restated that if they won the next election they would seek a complete ban on low-level flying . |
| 4 | Staff may seek a confidential interview with Colin Will ( ext 267 ) or Sheila Geddes ( ext 263 ) concerning personal problems which may be affecting their work . |
| 5 | Balcerowicz announced at a meeting of the Interim Committee of the IMF Bank on May 8 , 1990 , that Poland would seek a new agreement with its commercial and government creditors to cut Poland 's debt-servicing obligations by 80 per cent . |
| 6 | Wilson announced that the government would seek a new agreement with the IMF when the existing standby arrangement , approved in January 1989 [ see p. 36555 ] , expired at the end of February 1990 . |
| 7 | The possibility that a student may wish to change a field of study is anticipated by the initial advice to take the modules compulsory for an extra field during Stage I. Many students do subsequently seek a permanent change to this alternative field . |
| 8 | In ten days no man of mine will seek a single lodging in Rhyll . |
| 9 | Bruce , therefore , became a kind of guerilla leader whose main means of harming the English was to harass them rather than seek a formal confrontation with them . |
| 10 | Judging from remarks between Mr Carnwath , Mr Steele ( QC for Dyfed County Council ) and Mr Burrell , the prevailing view is that the inspector will find against McAlpine , but that the company will seek a Judicial Review in the High Court , where the arguments will recommence at a rarefied legal level . |
| 11 | The lender will seek a detailed profile of both the borrower and the business proposal with supporting evidence of market research of product , service and competition . |
| 12 | Erm then the thinking person 's sort of preferred response is to erm seek a tight definition of what the change actually is . |
| 13 | Deeply concerned at what she sees as a naive response to changes in the Warsaw Pact countries which could yet be reversed , Mrs Thatcher will seek a clear assurance from Mr Bush that any defence cuts will not erode the US military commmitment to Western Europe . |
| 14 | Informal , even oral , arrangements may be acceptable where reconnaissance work is being undertaken , but where more costly exploration work is contemplated the company should seek a written agreement with the mineral owner . |
| 15 | I catch a piercing look I 've seen him give other guys ; Gregory , when he would n't jump a six-foot gap on the fourteenth storey ; Nick , when we learned about his drinking . |
| 16 | Apparently the healer would tie a black thread round the horse 's ankle , and it usually worked . |
| 17 | ‘ You can get a man inside it , and they 'll tie a heavy stone to the King 's body and push it down the pipe . |
| 18 | In return for her help , the spies strike a bargain with her : she must tie a scarlet cord in the window so that the Israelites can identify her house , and she must gather her whole family together , so that when the city is taken , they can all be spared . |
| 19 | Did she know a terrible secret from his past , which she had threatened to tell ? |
| 20 | Those of you who are involved in deciding whether to apply for a place in further or higher education will already know a good deal about how to read prospectuses without believing everything they say : what they do not say is just as important . |
| 21 | We know very little about the world history of such ideas and their dialectical development , but we do know a good deal about how things have gone in the main literate civilizations over the past four thousand years . |
| 22 | They do n't know a great deal at the moment about competitive strategies , marketing strategies , organisational analysis and all the other issues that keep chief executives awake at night . ’ |
| 23 | To till properly , you must know a great deal about every bit of your land — you will find variations between different parts of even one small field — soil texture , structure , acidity , drainage , and history must all be considered ; as must the significance of the life within the soil and its relationship to fertility . |
| 24 | ‘ He did not know a great deal about navigation , although he had enough fuel to get to France , but all he had with him was a holdall with a spare pair of shoes , a sandwich and a sports diary with a map of the world in it . ’ |
| 25 | I do n't know a great deal about the sorcerers of the Future , ’ said Calatin , who actually knew nothing at all about them , but thought it would sound unprofessional to admit this , ‘ but I do n't think we should rely on them . |
| 26 | I do n't know a great deal about flowers , to tell the truth . |
| 27 | I do not know a great deal about the Labour party 0898 line , but I know that the complaints that I have made for many years to the Minister and his predecessors have been not about Neil Kinnock but about the serious pornographic messages that I believe have contributed significantly to the crimes of violence against women that take place outside on the streets . |
| 28 | ‘ It has always been in the family and we know that James Springhall lived in Cargo Fleet Road , but other than that I 'm afraid we do n't know a great deal about him , or his life in Australia . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ There are a lot of blanks in the Thirties where we do n't know a great deal about it and there was a period just after the war from 1947 through to the middle Fifties — that 's another gap . |
| 30 | ‘ You do n't know a damned thing about women like me ! ’ |