Example sentences of "a [noun] [to-vb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Biometrics is a key contributor to their success , and recognition of this has led to an opportunity for a Statistician to complete a team of three . |
| 2 | The principle of proportionality — do not use a sledgehammer to crack a nut — is straightforward logic . |
| 3 | At the operational level planning tasks will be simpler and there is less need to look for complex procedures as it would be like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut . |
| 4 | At first , this suggestion seemed to apply to all accounts — which certainly would have been taking a sledgehammer to crack a nut — but it has now been narrowed down to those of ‘ public interest ’ companies , with a fairly generous definition of which companies are of public interest . |
| 5 | He said : ‘ It 's a sledgehammer to crack a nut . |
| 6 | If you have to cut a notch in a joist to run a pipe , cut it in the middle of the floorboard and leave a little room for expansion |
| 7 | This allowed a rating to allocate a proportion of his pay each month to be sent direct to his family . |
| 8 | We no longer possess the Susan Membrane that would allow a Marine to enter a state of suspended animation . |
| 9 | On the same subject I would advise the author that hot glue is not a necessity to make a joint without cramps — it can be made equally as well with a cold glue . |
| 10 | In the present case , there is no express or implied requirement in the Criminal Justice Act 1967 that a decision fixing the tariff period , or for that matter a decision to release a prisoner on licence , must be taken by the Secretary of State personally . |
| 11 | The DTI had plenty of ammunition to back a decision to withhold a licence . |
| 12 | Following a decision to arrest a suspect he must not be interviewed about the relevant offence except at a police station … 11.4 . |
| 13 | For working-class women , especially the many who lived still in conditions of severe poverty where their own wages were essential to the household , a decision to share a household with an elderly person simply could not mean full-time unpaid caring . |
| 14 | In principle , a decision to establish a tax haven operation should be an integral part of a group 's overall commercial plans , and not merely be tax driven . |
| 15 | THE Labour leader of Darlington Borough Council is reported ( Echo March 4 ) as defending a decision to snub a delegation from the South African government visiting the North-East . |
| 16 | In R v London Borough of Harrow , ex pDeal [ 1989 ] FCR 729 the Court of Appeal confirmed that judicial review would lie if a decision to place a child 's name on the register could be shown to be utterly unreasonable . |
| 17 | Sorry to burden you with another Europroblem , but with the growth in cross-border activity , we are getting more and more bright-eyed young journalists that know a foreign language and report back from continental press conferences the English equivalent of exactly what was said in the local language — except that it does n't actually mean anything in English : an august journal — no names to spare any blushes — reports that the boss of IBM Deutschland GmbH said with regard to the company 's figures ‘ we made a decision to place a burden on our financial balance in order to ensure a healthier future ’ … |
| 18 | In four out of the five authorities studied in depth by the research team , ‘ the provision of a statement appeared in the majority of cases to coincide with a decision to transfer a child to a special school ’ . |
| 19 | Now my view is that I think rather like your comment on Christian doing concerts , Scottish Amicable er Standard Life Scottish Hydro , Scottish Power , Scottish Nuclear I do n't necessarily see it as making influence to make a decision to make a purchase or to recommend a purchase to the third party in another part of Scotland |
| 20 | Describe the nature of qualitative factors and give three examples that may influence a decision to make a component rather than buy it from another firm . |
| 21 | It is a decision to make a commitment not to bring the offence up against the individual any longer , a commitment not to hold it against the person , to separate the sin from the sinner . |
| 22 | A decision to cut a town 's tourist budget by more than half has angered shopkeepers and hoteliers . |
| 23 | In an album deal at IRS , we would make the band an offer based on the percentage royalty points which we thought were appropriate , having worked out a budget to make a record . |
| 24 | It is fully comprehensive and covers the mobility supplement holder and two drivers nominated by the holder , so you do n't have to be a driver to run a Motability car . |
| 25 | But the conquest of the 400ers brought a new age , with fresh eyes hungrily seeking steeper rock and ice that demanded a willingness to take a quantum leap in technical difficulty to achieve a first . |
| 26 | Few exporters can now avoid involvement with foreign currencies as they trade in increasingly diverse and competitive markets and a willingness to accept a customers preferred currency can be a strong marketing tool when negotiating a contract . |
| 27 | If expense must be curtailed , then it is probably better to have a plentiful supply ( at least 100 ) of two or three sorts rather than a small quantity of many ; it can be exasperating to have insufficient blocks of a kind to complete a construction . |
| 28 | ‘ I believe in criticism ’ was a slogan to gather a coterie and even a crowd . |
| 29 | Still , lose a lure to catch a mackerel — or , in this case , a whale . |
| 30 | An eighteen-year-old boy who had flown from India to marry a Calcutta girl now living in Liverpool was detained for three days by the officials , who suspected him of being under age and of using marriage as a trick to get a work permit . |