Example sentences of "to [verb] a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would like to thank them all for their gifts and their good wishes , ’ said Dorothy , who is looking forward to cultivating a few hobbies now that she has more time . |
| 2 | In 1988 the Department of Health and Social Security , Northern Ireland issued a ‘ Consultative paper on the Registration and Inspection of Private and Voluntary Residential and Nursing Homes ’ with a view to promoting a registered homes order in due course . |
| 3 | He promised summertime improvements and looked forward to developing a new sports superstadium in the long-term . |
| 4 | The sudden increase in staff from outside the prison culture may have resulted in there being more guards who themselves use marijuana in a limited recreational way , and who may not be averse to sharing a few joints with their charges . |
| 5 | Fortunately he and the Hungarian were of superficially similar appearance and , unlike his superiors , Aranyos had no objection to cutting a few corners . |
| 6 | This happens when a man 's ordinary hours of duty are 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. and when one likes to look forward to spending a few hours with one 's family . |
| 7 | I asked Terry to come along because one of the things I tho I tho I hope we might get round to spending a few minutes on was about Alan 's raised it before about records coming in er , and what the state of the game is in records coming into us and how we 're transferring that information , or not transferring that information onto dep onto department 's national curriculum er material |
| 8 | Fate decreed therefore that my very first exposure to this unlikely world was as interpreter for the British representative ( a pleasant dairy farmer used to having a hundred cows he knew by name ) at the milk pasteurization subcommittee of the Central Agricultural Control . |
| 9 | When the hon. Gentleman stoops to taking a few words which are in headlong collision with the view of an entire article , and tries to convey the impression that the article said what he says it said , it is very sad . |
| 10 | okay you 're erm you 're getting rid of your communist ideas you 're finding a smoother way to getting erm to achieving a similar sorts of effects |
| 11 | The Soviet Union continued its diplomatic offensive in the region , finalizing arrangements for the exchange of ambassadors with Papua New Guinea and approaching the South Pacific Forum Fisheries Agency with a view to negotiating a multilateral fisheries agreement . |
| 12 | A workshop introduced by members of the Outwrite Collective put forward a resolution ( endorsed by the final conference plenary ) that ’ noted the failure of the conference to attract a large representation of Black women and women with disabilities ’ and committed Women for Socialism to ’ developing links and discussions with Black women 's organisations , to increasing Black women 's involvement at all levels , to developing links with other women 's and feminist organisations internationally , and to discussing a future women 's federation ’ . |