Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [to-vb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Obviously this was a ruse to throw would-be pursuers off the scent . |
| 2 | When debating their new Constitution in 1988 , Congress passed a provision to force foreign companies to divest their controlling interests in mineral extraction over a four-year period . |
| 3 | One does not have to be a statistician to discount these results . |
| 4 | It was , therefore , proposed in 1953 to introduce a form of ‘ boost ’ training for trained crews on reserve status whereby they could return to a squadron to undertake two weeks of intensive refresher flying . |
| 5 | You 've got a week and a bit to do four questions . |
| 6 | These colours are so strong that you have to thin quite a bit to gain softer tones . |
| 7 | The Contingency Reserve has always existed as a cushion to meet unexpected demands for spending without breaking the overall planning target for public spending set in the White Papers . |
| 8 | A more convincing sign of confidence would be a decision to let more soldiers come home from the front . |
| 9 | Making a decision to spend large quantities of money is not easy . |
| 10 | It 's unfortunate that yet again the Mercury got it wrong they stated that we had made a decision to close four homes |
| 11 | unnamed that is not true and I do agree with Mr that when we make a decision to close some homes that they should be named to avoid the terrible indecision which exists at the moment . |
| 12 | A decision to purchase new curtains is more than a matter of taste ; it is also a financial decision . |
| 13 | The Rueff plan , which was presented to de Gaulle in mid-November , had three main planks : a substantial devaluation of the franc ( accompanied by the creation of a new franc equivalent to 100 old francs ) ; action to control the budget deficit , both through increased taxes and cuts in governmental expenditure ; and a decision to remove many restrictions on foreign trade and to reduce tariffs on trade with the other five Common Market countries ( in line with a commitment that had been made by the Fourth Republic the year before ) . |
| 14 | It is hoped that a decision to develop these fields will be taken in 1993 . |
| 15 | With plans formulated , Kate is then allocated a budget to cover all aspects of the landscaping . |
| 16 | The emotion of visionary creativity acts as a catalyst to produce new ideas , and this emotion is different from the emotion of ordinary creativity . |
| 17 | But getting dates locally is a problem : ‘ It 's a struggle to find any venues in the area to pay at , ’ says group spokesman Magnus Wilson-Webb . |
| 18 | While the rediscovery of women 's experiences has been seen as one of the first tasks , the problem is not just one of ‘ bringing women back in ’ but involves a struggle to upend traditional theories , concepts and methods so that women 's experiences , their relationships to each other , to children and to men become part of the mainstream . |
| 19 | If Rome pulled further and further back from a willingness to tolerate new theologies , it was due to a not-unfounded belief that by 1970 ‘ new theology ’ meant a very different thing from what it had meant before 1960 . |
| 20 | A full report was published to all who attended and from this 11 employers expressed a willingness to attend further meetings and become involved actively in an education business partnership with Hinde House School . |
| 21 | Jones is expressing three central and fundamentally related features of Idealist ethics : the idea of service ; the acceptance of one 's position in society and a willingness to perform allotted tasks to the best of one 's ability ; and the belief that morality can not be imposed by external forces , but that it must come from within the individual personality . |
| 22 | What we would be looking for from you is a talk of some 15–20 minutes duration outlining what can be done for public transport by traffic management techniques and perhaps illustrated by some Lothian examples , together with a willingness to answer any questions which may be put to you . |
| 23 | German Chancellor Helmut Kohl declared a willingness to contribute additional funds of around $500 million a year as a contribution to an expanded GEF . |
| 24 | Just as the archaeological establishment is slowly changing and a willingness to try new approaches becomes evident , so Earth Mysteries enthusiasts have begun to undertake archaeological training . |
| 25 | The beard was a kind of super beard , a beard to end all beards , a great reprise on some of the world 's finest and most significant beards . |
| 26 | If seismic mapping of the new reservoir can be completed in time , BP may send a rig to drill more wells there this summer to establish the production potential for the field , which is thought to have reserves of 250 million to 500 million barrels . |
| 27 | Berkshire County Council is looking for a writer to spend two months in Vienne , France , and represent the county in the ‘ European Writers in Vienne Festival ’ in the autumn . |
| 28 | In America they were encouraged to do this by over-eager lenders and a scramble to assemble nationwide route-networks after the industry was deregulated in 1978 . |
| 29 | But the questions were forgotten in a scramble to cram grubby possessions into muddy rucksacks and carrier bags , and then stream out of the embassy to queue for buses in the long , cobbled , dimly-lit street . |
| 30 | LOGO 's particular characteristics allow a beginner to build complex procedures out of very simple steps , to use a word to cover a list of small procedures . |