Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun] [to-vb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trainees may find it a humbling exercise to draw up their own household budget using current benefit rates as their sole income . |
| 2 | ‘ What a pleasant way to give out Christmas boxes , ’ Sarah said . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's not a pleasant feeling to find out you 've been taken for a ride by someone you trusted . ’ |
| 4 | The trick is to keep as many buttercups as you can while giving people a pleasant place to live in . |
| 5 | Official Hungary is not a pleasant place to live in , say the statisticians : GDP fell by 5% in 1990 after a decade of near-stagnation . |
| 6 | We welcome busy people to our home , and we give them a pleasant place to work in . ’ |
| 7 | The study walls are a rich red to pick up the burgundy of the tapestry curtains . |
| 8 | Dry Skin Cream a rich moisturiser to smooth out fine lines . |
| 9 | It would even have been possible for the Secretary of State to have a reserve power to insist on ever more names from which to choose . |
| 10 | Many sixth-formers , of course , left a maintained school to go on to universities , but only 10 per cent of these went to Oxford or Cambridge , compared with nearly half of the university-bound sixth-formers from the Public Schools . |
| 11 | For years 45 Sutton Place became a meeting place and home-from-home for the entire British colony in New York — a place where British actors , writers and directors , great and small , knew that they had not only a constant refuge but a friendly shoulder to lean on and a sympathetic ear . |
| 12 | England and Scotland , neither of whom have ever won the title , already have a nine-shot deficit to make up . |
| 13 | She wondered if she should hire a private detective to find out who the girl was . |
| 14 | Mr Patten played Cinderella last night and cancelled a private engagement to carry on the polishing while Margaret went to the Blue Ball . |
| 15 | With a fast growing population , virtually no international aid , and a devastating war to get over , the Vietnamese need to wring as much productivity as they can out of every patch of serviceable land and every drop of water . |
| 16 | Several bombs have gone off in Latvia ; the locals think these were planted to give the army a possible excuse to move in . |
| 17 | Is it a possible solution to go back to good old wind power in our energy search , or is that not on these days ? |
| 18 | ‘ Well , when he was deported back to Russia for spying the CIA suggested Bailey as a possible replacement to take over as the Colonel 's number two . |
| 19 | Professor John Ashworth , vice-chairman of the committee of vice-chancellors and principals ( CVCP ) , also urged Mr MacGregor to use ‘ a heaven-sent opportunity to go back to the drawing board and look at the entire issue of how students are supported — grants , loans and fees . ’ |
| 20 | The greenery-yallery mush makes a terrific flavour to smear under or over the skin of poultry , in which to steam or microwave fish or to marinate prawns before grilling . |
| 21 | They seem driven by a Teutonic determination to rack up as many airline meals as possible . |
| 22 | Mr Singh repeated a statement he made in parliament on Wednesday that a Pakistani failure to hand over the Memons would have serious implications . |
| 23 | But Joseph was now resigned to moving to the reservation , saying : ‘ It required a strong heart to stand up against such talk , but I urged my people to be quiet , and not to begin a war . ’ |
| 24 | However , the truth will out and in each of the 72 National Bus Company sell-offs those who keep an eye on the industry were in a strong position to find out what was paid . |
| 25 | LIFT-OFF : Now scandal-hit Fergie may find she 's in need of a strong shoulder to cry on |
| 26 | You need to be in a strong mood to face up to the unvarnished realism of these performances but , once entered into , they are absolutely gripping . |
| 27 | On the one hand , says Freud , there 's a strong desire to go on sleeping , but on the other hand there 's this stimulus , I 'm terribly thirsty or you know I , I , I , I really do need to go to the bathroom pretty badly , and there 's an inner conflict in your mind . |
| 28 | Miss Probst points out that the law gives the private sector a strong incentive to clean up at the lowest possible cost . |
| 29 | Additionally , the elderly person often has a strong wish to tidy up , to leave things in good order . |
| 30 | I too had a strong urge to rise up and say , ‘ My lord , this trial has been a farce , and you are the chief clown ! ’ but , I think wisely , refrained . |