Example sentences of "to [noun sg] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clayton 's ‘ natural ’ approach to photography proved a great asset in his continued success . |
| 2 | We also decided early on to try to run a non-political agency , and that started with ourselves … |
| 3 | Are they at any form of disadvantage when they come to university studying a science subject such as chemistry ? |
| 4 | The tax base would be buoyant — that is , it would increase as incomes grew — and the amount paid could be related to income to produce a proportionate or progressive yield instead of the fundamentally regressive impact of rates and the community charge . |
| 5 | ‘ We 're going to hafta give a big coffee party for the auto buyer from Henderson and Company , so make it a nice one . ’ |
| 6 | But below these skilled aristocrats of labour were men in the press shop , who would design a press to mass produce a part , and others who would more likely earn 1s 6d per hour , or less , based upon a piece-work arrangement . |
| 7 | Further along , there was an Eastern Sea ship , beating down under its huge sail along the desert coast on its way south to Punt to collect a cargo of exotica : blackwood so dense it sank in water ; the fierce spotted cats which could be tamed to become the pets , or hunting land falcons of the rich ; myrrh ; the long teeth of the great forest beast . |
| 8 | A quick barbecue pud is to part split a banana , put half a Mars bar in the middle , wrap it in tin foil and cook over the flames for five to 10 minutes . |
| 9 | Investment in technical improvement , stringent quality control and meticulous supervision from design through to installation ensures a professional completion of each job , on time , every time . |
| 10 | Either way , this approach to accounting introduces a central difficulty : how do we find out who the users are and how do we find out their needs ? |
| 11 | During the period of their operations on le Fleming ground , i.e. from 1758 to 1795 , those figures which have come to light suggest a total tonnnage of about 1,454 , but this would really be stuff dressed and ready for smelting — concentrate or hand picked best . |
| 12 | The announcement of the losses , which came to light following a report by the US investment bank J.P . |
| 13 | The issue had come to light following a break-in at the office of his solicitor ( one of a number of such incidents in recent months at premises connected with political parties or with individual politicians ) and the theft of a document on the affair . |
| 14 | Gilpin 's theories on the return to pastoralism had a profound effect on his contemporaries , and from them , together with much sentimental theory from Sir Uvedale Price and Richard Payne Knight , a distinctly picturesque architecture evolved . |
| 15 | For Moffatt , with a good winning streak behind him , it is an unexpected but welcome return to action following a lengthy lay-off with a facial injury . |
| 16 | In the West , where many people have lost the will to create a faith for themselves and where many have fallen into despair , Julian 's imaginative approach to religion shows a possible way forward . |
| 17 | These proposals were not adopted , they were seldom referred to although in the USA much physical geography did not develop in geography departments , but exactly 50 years later a paper with the same title as Barrows 's ( Chorley , 1973 ) sought to examine the extent to which the ecological approach to geography provided a unifying link between the human and physical sides of the subject . |
| 18 | you know , I think I mean , I mean he even to going back to college doing a couple of A levels would n't alter his benefit . |
| 19 | I go out all day to college having a lovely time while you stay at home making yourself ill . |
| 20 | Although those whose blood pressure fell more when nifedipine was added to diuretic had a lower mean plasma renin activity ( 0.47 ( SD 0.60 ) nmol/l/h ) , these differences were not significant ( t test ) . |
| 21 | The change to theology brought a new influence into his life : Sir Edwyn Clement Hoskyns , the dean of Corpus Christi College . |
| 22 | The 1991 budget was presented to the National Assembly on Nov. 22 , 1990 , but was subject to revision following a government decision on Jan. 2 , 1991 , to raise the minimum wage by 15 per cent to the equivalent of US$200 a month in an attempt to relieve internal political tension . |
| 23 | The recent trend toward cognitive approaches to metaphor provides a means of formalizing such a conception . |
| 24 | The [ father ] was forced to go to law to seek a residence order . |
| 25 | In the evening between the hours of six and eight , and later from ten to midnight , the streets of the West End seemed to Topaz to become a fairyland . |
| 26 | Whether these changing social attitudes to marriage indicate a decline in moral standards or a welcome moral flexibility is , of course , another matter . |
| 27 | The staffing reports currently being submitted to Council incorporate a Community Charge residual team of some 70 staff and I understand that it is unlikely there will be space for this number within Chesser House for some time . |
| 28 | Eventually , formal administrative structures were created between the Task Force and local government , but the Task Force 's determination to implement specific projects rather than to help create a broader and longer-term strategy for the conurbation inevitably created tensions . |
| 29 | My route to work involves a lot of difficult roads with the engine spinning away in second gear , but I average 38 to 40 mpg . |
| 30 | He who goes to work wearing a Chelsea football kit under his suit and later makes love in the team socks while quoting Hamlet clearly has no truck with cultural snobbishness . |