Example sentences of "of [noun] [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There will be times when you may want to tailor your style of play to fight particular opponents . |
| 2 | The social and environmental costs of reforestation to counter global warming far outweigh the likely benefits , according to the FoE 's report , Deserts of Trees . |
| 3 | They also agreed to set up consulates and to arrange a meeting of experts to discuss territorial disputes , including border issues and control of the Paracel and Spratly islands in the South China Sea . |
| 4 | Modrow did not return with more than a commitment to set up a joint commission of experts to consider monetary union ( which first met on Feb. 20 in East Berlin ) . |
| 5 | Sometimes this can tempt providence when the train demurs and falls off its rails ( opposite ) , however there are always plenty of experts to offer friendly advice to the professionals upon re-railing ! |
| 6 | Neither of the two principal works of Irenaeus to survive complete is extant in his original Greek . |
| 7 | This created a business grouping , with a spread of research and technical facilities and sales operations , from which it was possible to forge a rationalized enterprise to attack international markets for a range of products to meet specific requirements in a spread of user industries — acrylics , urethanes , polyesters and a variety of novel surface-coatings and adhesive polymers . |
| 8 | The chemical supply industry has been remarkably adaptable in formulating a wide variety of products to solve specific cleaning problems . |
| 9 | The removal of restrictions and the removal of discrimination to provide equal access does not itself create a single market . |
| 10 | At the final moment he was forced to cast himself into the Realm of Chaos to avoid final and utter death . |
| 11 | I should have thought that the right hon. Member for Chingford , who believes , apparently , in freedom of choice in all matters , would have supported the right of freedom to choose independent legal advice . |
| 12 | This was expressed in terms of freedom to do certain things ( refer to hospitals of their choice ; spend money on new staff and equipment ) and freedom from externally determined policies and procedures ( for example , contracts set by the district health authority ) . |
| 13 | Recently ethnolinguists , deriving their inspiration in England from the work of J. R. Firth and his disciples at SOAS ( The School of Oriental and African Studies ) , have also challenged ‘ universalism ’ and have argued for more attention to ‘ language-specific ’ descriptions before more general claims about language can be made , Fought , for instance , writing of attempts to analyse traditional Mexican languages , argues : |
| 14 | Before we begin this short survey of attempts to analyse local political activity , it is worth noting a dual contradiction which underpins post-war changes in British local politics . |
| 15 | It is interesting to note that the CBI , not for the first time , was critical of attempts to bypass local councils , and it called for partnership between business , central government and local authorities . |
| 16 | Thus , both radicals and élitists have severely shaken the early certainty about the worthwhileness of attempts to disseminate liberal culture as widely as teachers ' skills and school conditions permitted . |
| 17 | During the 1950s , Talcott Parsons made a series of attempts to integrate psychoanalytic theory into his social-action theory . |
| 18 | However , he does indicate that he would not approve of attempts to make ethical debate entirely a rational affair even to the extent that that is possible . |
| 19 | The past few years have seen an unprecedented number of attempts to find new ways of training teachers , by reforming existing routes to Qualified Teachers Status and developing new ones . |
| 20 | After a brief review of attempts to specify organizational characteristics and of the methodological problems they pose to the researcher , a preliminary study is reported . |
| 21 | Traditionally , individuals have been the central feature of attempts to understand corporate crime , but unfortunately for criminology , it was their pathological characteristics which were advanced as the cause of their deviations . |
| 22 | In the 1950s and 1960s supply improved as a result of policies to build large numbers of council houses , especially in Scotland and major cities in the North of England . |
| 23 | But Mr Major said extension of V A T was a vital part of policies to reduce public borrowing , earlier the Prime Minister presided over a cabinet discussion of the options for next month 's budget . |
| 24 | It seems likely , however , that the low prevalence among children is largely a consequence of inability to ascertain pre-onset cases , while among parents it could stem from the effect of Crohn 's disease on marital relationships with reduced fertility , either through complications of the disease in women or reversible azoospermia during sulphasalazine treatment in men . |
| 25 | Knowing that half of Scotland had left their cars sitting in the middle of roads to make sure that they could get to the gig is not so much my horror story as the police 's , she chuckled . |
| 26 | Sampdoria 's Vierchowod is drafted into the heart of defence to replace suspended AC Milan sweeper Franco Baresi while fellow 33-year-old Tassotti will win his second cap at right back . |
| 27 | We believe we are close to this point and we are working with the Ministry of Defence to obtain true value for money by providing a secure future workload . ’ |
| 28 | Powell , taking a quick penalty , fed skipper Gander on the burst and he broke the first line of defence to surge clear . |
| 29 | Viscount Melbourne became Prime Minister in July 1835 , but by the end of that year , it was necessary for the Duke of Wellington to become Prime Minister for a short period , followed for about one year by Sir Robert Peel , who had been Home Secretary and had introduced the first Police Force , enrolling men who soon became known as ‘ Peelers ’ or ‘ Bobbies ’ , after the founder . |
| 30 | Perhaps one of the most significant contributory factors is the failure of builders to maintain adequate written records of business transactions . |