Example sentences of "[adv] agreed [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Off Ian pedalled , to arrive at the pub a few seconds before Sally , but having been companions in adversity throughout the whole way , neither was going to claim outright victory , so agreed to declare a draw . |
| 2 | The men , who match descriptions of the rapist , have all agreed to give a blood sample . |
| 3 | Professional and amateur artists have all agreed to lend a hand in a bid to make this year 's festival the seventh one of the best yet . |
| 4 | Spanish fishermen continually faced fines for fishing in Moroccan waters under an agreement signed between Morocco and the EC in February 1988 [ see p. 35855 ] , and the European Commission finally agreed to convene a meeting to review the agreement of the mixed committee originally given the responsibility of supervising the agreement . |
| 5 | Afterwards McEnroe finally agreed to hold a press conference — thereby avoiding a $10,000 fine following his refusal to attend one after the first round . |
| 6 | Sweat from his hand began to soften the crisp white document that had been drawn up after many long night-time meetings when they had all finally agreed to form a co-operative . |
| 7 | At 1.15am nearly seven hours after the first salesman arrived Mrs Donnelly finally agreed to buy a window . |
| 8 | Six months after the Guardian article appeared , two and a half years after she was waved out of their hospital , South Manchester health authority finally agreed to supply a psychologist for two hours a week . |
| 9 | But Mr Abu Sharif said on US television that Mr Bush had already agreed to use a satellite in the search , and thanked both the President and Mr Carter . |
| 10 | It is interesting that when Asquith , the Liberal Prime Minister , eventually agreed to receive a suffrage deputation , he called in representatives of Sylvia Pankhurst 's East London Federation , which was composed chiefly of working class women . |
| 11 | After much discussion the conference eventually agreed to establish a fund for wetlands conservation in developing countries , despite opposition from Australia , Canada , Ireland and the UK . |
| 12 | However , when it arrived in Suffolk it had been broken into three pieces , so the star quickly agreed to send a replacement . |
| 13 | The applicants also agreed to close a bar at 10.30pm , Sunday to Friday , and to close the complex at 7pm on Saturday . |
| 14 | The national park committee also agreed to support a timetable for all public transport within the park and to help with British Rail 's Esk Valley line . |
| 15 | The two also agreed to extend a ceasefire which had been in place since early May [ see pp. 38194-95 ] . |
| 16 | Chicago-based advertising screens on shopping trolleys specialist VideOcart Inc has persuaded IBM Corp to let it restructure its $42m debt to IBM , to provide the company with relief from near term debt payments and enable it to attain its business goals : a $22m debt would replace the existing debt , giving VideOcart a one-time balance sheet gain of $20m ; terms of the new agreement include waiving all principal and interest payments until July 31 , and VideOcart retains its rights under a previous agreement with IBM that allows early repayment of the new $22m debt at any time for $17m in cash ; VideOcart also agreed to cancel a warrant granted last year to IBM to buy 540,000 VideOcart shares and grants a new warrant to buy 600,000 shares at $1.75 each ; from August 31 to December 31 , interest only payments will be due , but payments of $500,000 a month will be due beginning on January 31 1994 and will continue for 35 months , and a balloon payment will be due on December 31 1996 , although IBM has the option to convert the balance of the debt into VideOcart common shares at $8 a share on that date . |
| 17 | Barnes Wallis , son of the man who designed the famous ‘ bouncing bomb ’ , has also agreed to become a patron . |
| 18 | Representatives from 29 countries , the European Communities ( EC ) and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees ( UNHCR ) met in Geneva on April 30-May 1 to discuss ways of encouraging Vietnamese " boat people " to return to Vietnam , and also agreed to establish a committee to consider " alternative and additional measures " to deal with those unwilling to return . |
| 19 | It was also agreed to establish a North-South Liaison Office at the neutral village of Panmunjom ( within the Demilitarized Zone separating the two states ) within three months . |
| 20 | Graham Gooch , the England captain , has provisionally agreed to take a group of professional cricketers to compete in an international six-a-side tournament which is planned in Hong Kong for Oct 3-4 , writes Charles Randall . |
| 21 | They 've now agreed to build a causeway across the lake and a roof covering the path through the building site . |
| 22 | When Margaret said , ‘ How about bed , darling ? ’ instead of his usual protests he obeyed immediately , and even agreed to have a bath . |