Example sentences of "of [verb] an [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The glaring difficulties of attaching an imagistic label to minimalist/formal of conceptual artists such as Serra , Anselmo , Sonnier , Nauman , Morris and Long are ignored . |
| 2 | Although all this was entertainingly unpleasant , in Bira the most genuine threat to our lives came disguised in the quietest way , when we broke the cardinal rule of touching an unidentified creature . |
| 3 | Even as other abolitionists refused that logic they were unable to find any means of reasserting the vitality of the emancipation cause and of recovering an integrated antislavery culture such that loyalty to their identity as abolitionists took precedence over religious and political differences . |
| 4 | With entries up 20 per cent , the organisers are looking at the possibility of using an additional hall for the event . |
| 5 | In addition to these , however , we may note that for ascriptive adjectives the possibility of using an intensifying adverb depends simply on its lexical identity ; some , e.g. tough allow it , others , e.g. tubular , do not . |
| 6 | One of the advantages of using an instantaneous gas water heater is that it is much more efficient than using a gas central heating boiler to heat the water in a storage cistern particularly in the summer . |
| 7 | In Adventures of the Dialectic ( 1955 ) , Merleau-Ponty accused the Sartre of The Communists and Peace ( 1952 ) of using an existentialist ontology to justify communism ‘ as a completely voluntary effort to go beyond , to destroy and to recreate history ’ : |
| 8 | The error of 5 lbs made in the recipe question is an example of using an additive instead of a multiplicative relation . |
| 9 | The library can serve as a laboratory for practice in the skills of using an organized collection , through the use of bibliographies and catalogues , the understanding of the classification scheme , and the proper consultation of works of reference such as encyclopaedias and atlases. 3 . |
| 10 | We must beware of using an excessive number of motifs . |
| 11 | There is always the problem of maintaining an encouraging tone to written reports . |
| 12 | It is surely a question of maintaining an appropriate balance , and is not something that can be taken for granted . |
| 13 | Europe is capable of maintaining an effective common security within those structures , and with the additional guarantee of US and Canadian assistance in the event of war . |
| 14 | These comments indicate the very real problem of maintaining an effective balance between different modes of learning . |
| 15 | The policy of maintaining an adequate supply of land for housing can be difficult to reconcile with policies relating to green belts and the safeguarding of agricultural land . |
| 16 | Some ILP leaders undoubtedly believed in the possibility of maintaining an independent Left party distinct from the Labour Party or the Communists . |
| 17 | The bees also have other ways of maintaining an even temperature within the nest . |
| 18 | As the environmental lobby has gained increasing influence over rural planning policies , so the dilemma between the requirement of maintaining an attractive village landscape and the provision of housing for those in need has become more acute . |
| 19 | Colleagues , let's end this situation , let the G M B , as the motion states , be in the fore forefront of pursuing an equitable , balanced energy policy to serve this nation now and in the future . |
| 20 | There is a great natural temptation for new members to cast doubts on the worth of pursuing an existing project and to want to push off in new directions . |
| 21 | King George V , having inspected both teams along the red carpet , at least once had the satisfaction of seeing an important Australian wicket fall straight after the interval . |
| 22 | The US Navy , despite the episode involving the Stark and another in which the USS Vincennes , believing herself to be under air attack , released the missile that shot down an Iran Air Airbus , had the satisfaction of catching an Iranian makeshift mine-layer , the Iran Ajr , with its mines on board , and confiscated both ship and cargo . |
| 23 | The product will initially be available for FDDI only , but according to Mike Patricks , DEC 's wide area networking marketing manager , the switch is capable of accepting an Asynchronous Transfer Mode module , and its multi-switching capability means that it will not be limited to one device . |
| 24 | There is headroom within the existing ceiling — for example , we are not in favour of financing an interventionist industrial policy or increased spending on the common agricultural policy . |
| 25 | The present economic recession has highlighted the growing problems of financing an expanding education system and it has revived the debate on the contribution of education , and particularly higher education , to economic growth . |
| 26 | The government was accused in August 1989 by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees ( UNHCR ) of breaching an international agreement on the asylum and resettlement of Vietnamese " boat people " [ see pp. 34104 ; 36526 ; 36558 ] . |
| 27 | A Service department may take the risk of including an important project in its list , not because it believes it has a low priority , but because it knows it would be politically awkward for the party in power to consider cutting it . |
| 28 | The general idea behind them was that they would provide a setting for vigorous entrepreneurs , capable of generating an industrial renaissance . |
| 29 | Pregnancy is not an occupational hazard of nursing an 82-year-old arthritic woman . |
| 30 | Over the longer run this had the effect of bestowing an inferior status on these professions in comparison with those , such as lawyers and doctors , which had standing in the established seats of learning . |