Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bozburun , in a deep and well sheltered inlet , is worth visiting to see the busy traditional boatyard , and a base to explore the many local day anchorages . |
| 2 | The peak year for French activity was 1377 when , like the Vikings before them , they used the Isle of Wight as a base to harry the whole south coast . |
| 3 | The sensation of amplified vibration used in conjunction with a sound-level meter and a chart to show the relative loudness of different sounds ( from a whisper to a jet aeroplane ) is a useful combination . |
| 4 | Often these prophets saw themselves as reformers , who had a vocation to transform the religious vision of their time . |
| 5 | This month we 're starting a trial to discover the best-tasting strawberries . |
| 6 | This new generation of NHS manager is , it seems , here to stay and brings with it a quality meter to measure our healthcare and a sledgehammer to dismantle the old order . |
| 7 | The cunning thief reached through a cat-flap to unlock the back door before putting the snib on the front door lock and ransacking the house . |
| 8 | moving back a bit to get the bigger picture what 's going on |
| 9 | You may need to fiddle with the valves quite a bit to get the right balance between the different outlets . |
| 10 | When the problems started to emerge with the AGR series , the search began for a successor to keep the British nuclear industry in business . |
| 11 | Reynolds held talks with leading politicians on Feb. 19 , in an attempt to find cross-party agreement on the case , but made it clear that a referendum to dilute the constitutional clause on abortion would be avoided if possible . |
| 12 | UN-supervised talks took place in Geneva , Switzerland , on July 9 on arrangements for holding a referendum to resolve the 14-year-long dispute between Morocco and the Polisario guerrillas over the control of the Western Sahara . |
| 13 | But until the moment he scored the equalising goal , the article claimed , ‘ if someone had held a referendum to find the worst player on the field , Gascoigne would have deserved a large chunk of the votes — or maybe all of them . ’ |
| 14 | There was a necessity to get the whole idea across it was n't sufficient to show just the final product . |
| 15 | The UK Cross-Country Commission has been severely snubbed by the British Amateur Athletic Board , after a decision to overrule the controversial rescheduling of the World Cross-Country Championship Trial Meeting . |
| 16 | Group financial accountant Tony Hall told ACCOUNTANCY that a decision to use the direct method was taken back in December 1991 so that adequate time could be devoted to making the necessary analyses . |
| 17 | The sale had begun on Nov. 30 , and the struggle to attract enough investors had been reflected in a decision to extend the scheduled closure of the issue from Dec. 21 . |
| 18 | Mexico was also regarded as a promising base for the expansion of Comintern influence , but Moscow 's distrust of the Mexican Communists was such that in March 1926 the Comintern took a decision to entrust the Communist party of the United States with special responsibility in the same area : the Mexican Communist party was therefore effectively under a dual tutelage ( Clissold : 1970 , p. 10 ) . |
| 19 | ON 25 JUNE AEA announced a decision to break the Civil Service link from 1 July . |
| 20 | A decision to inform the Head Teacher must be carefully thought through ; you are under no obligation to inform him or her . |
| 21 | On the individual level , a decision to adopt the Second Choice , would introduce the overriding need for two new elements in human development , ( a ) , personal self-control , and ( b ) , the requirement to develop a response to the emotions which does not damage , more than can be avoided , the happiness of others . |
| 22 | But Mr Smith warned : ‘ This will be a budget designed to save the skin of the Chancellor , not a budget to rescue the British economy . ’ |
| 23 | However , if the GPs were to act as Health Maintenance Organizations ( HMOs ) and have a budget to cover the total care for their patients , a Type I system would give them considerable freedom of referral , but would not necessarily increase the patients ' freedom . |
| 24 | The influencer may , for instance , change the purchase objective , or act as a catalyst to render the original purchase motivation more practical or feasible . |
| 25 | All these measures will save fuel and many thermostats can also be used in conjunction with a programmer to bring the hot water heating on only at certain times of the day . |
| 26 | Mr Heseltine has been forced to pull out of a Birmingham conference on global technology today as a contingency to allow the final details to be tied up in time for presentation to the Cabinet . |
| 27 | But every song must still tell a story , with a chorus to define the moral , and most remain drippingly sentimental . |
| 28 | China plans to build 12 nuclear power stations by the year 2000 and has indicated a willingness to join the International Atomic Energy Agency and abide by US safeguards and inspection conditions . |
| 29 | This year there 's a willingness to hear the nationalist message as never before . |
| 30 | He was encouraged that there was a willingness to recognise the Unionist objection to the Anglo-Irish Agreement , which remained the key obstacle to talks starting . |