Example sentences of "[verb] agree [to-vb] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ALMOST the entire workforce at a Birmingham engineering company has agreed to join a tailor-made group pensions plan drawn up by Royal Scottish Assurance . |
| 2 | The Indian government has agreed to hold a public review of the Sardar Sarovar dam project on the Narmada river after protesters called off threats to drown themselves in the river in an effort to stop the project . |
| 3 | The Department of the Environment has agreed to fund a major study into deaths and diseases among marine mammals in the North Sea , in an effort to determine once and for all whether they are linked to pollution . |
| 4 | The Council ( of children ) has agreed to effect a compulsory purchase . |
| 5 | In a move that runs counter its commitment to clean up the environment in former East Germany , the German government has agreed to exempt a huge rubbish tip near Schonberg near the Baltic coast from its regulations for a five year period . |
| 6 | QC has agreed to chair a working party to consider how best we can provide for effective sanctions for the nonpayment of subscriptions . |
| 7 | Dwight York , who played for Trinidad and Tobago in Sunday 's World Cup defeat by the United States , has agreed to sign a three-year contract with Villa , where he is due to arrive on December 13 . |
| 8 | ‘ Oh , I simply told the girl I 'd agreed to leave a large sum of money I owed to a friend . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | A plan to go into business with Chris Blackwell at Island did not materialise ; but she did agree to operate a new company , InterDisc , under the aegis of CBS . |
| 11 | It was announced on Dec. 13 that British Airways , the Dutch carrier KLM , and the Belgian carrier Sabena had agreed to form a new airline , to be called Sabena World Airlines , in which each would hold a 20 per cent stake ( the Belgian government holding the remainder ) . |
| 12 | At the final Cabinet meeting of the Labour government , held at 12 noon on 24 August , shortly after MacDonald had agreed to lead a National Government , he said : |
| 13 | Malaysia 's Agriculture Minister Sanusi Junid said ASEAN had agreed to take a common stand to discourage similar actions by other countries . |
| 14 | Mubarak confirmed after talks with Shaikh Jabir that Egypt had agreed to join a planned Arab peacekeeping force in the Gulf . |
| 15 | In a statement before he left on Nov. 3 , Bérégovoy was quoted as saying that the two countries had overcome a period of strain and had agreed to give a new impetus to their partnership . |
| 16 | But he was still very much a public man , and to pay for his visit he had agreed to give a limited number of addresses and readings . |
| 17 | He had agreed to make a financial contribution of $50,000 from the family trust to help finance a social club to be named after him . |
| 18 | He told it , to its utter stupefaction , that though it was out , he was in ; that he had agreed to head a National government composed of individuals rather than parties , as a temporary expedient for the sole purpose of settling the financial crisis ; Baldwin and Samuel were prepared to join . " |
| 19 | They had agreed to have a final drink after Duncan had unpacked . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | US presidential envoy Gen. John Vessey announced at the end of a visit to Vietnam on Oct. 17-19 [ see p. 38768 for February visit ] that the Vietnamese government had agreed to start a nationwide search of its military archives for documents and photographs relating to US servicemen listed as missing in action ( MIA ) during the Vietnam War . |
| 22 | THE Americans have agreed to open a temporary office in Hanoi . |
| 23 | New post : Wirral councillors have agreed to create a new post for a recycling assistant to boost the council 's recycling effort . |
| 24 | Canada 's provinces have agreed to appoint a three-man commission to investigate the efficiency , safety , and management of the country 's blood-supply system . |
| 25 | Representatives of indigenous peoples from rainforests across the world , meeting in Penang , Malaysia , have agreed to form a global alliance to further their struggle against threats to their homelands . |
| 26 | Under pressure from the European Community , the two countries have agreed to operate a temporary water management scheme , which aims to reconcile the Slovakian need for increased energy with Hungary 's fears about environmental impact . |
| 27 | Hewlett-Packard Co and Novell Inc have agreed to produce a comprehensive set of applications development tools for NetWare running on machines built around the Precision Architecture RISC , and Hewlett-Packard has formed a new NetWare Operation to develop technology also with Novell . |
| 28 | In the meantime we offer our apologies to Neptune , Boreas and Thor , and have agreed to pay a substantial sum in damages should they care to collect it . |
| 29 | Under the new settlement , Exxon have agreed to pay a criminal fine of US$150 million , of which $25 million is suspended . |
| 30 | Under its terms , the seven Efta states and the twelve states of the EEC have agreed to establish a tariff-free area among themselves , in which the free movement of goods , services , people and capital is assured . |