Example sentences of "to perform a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to the patient , she had made patently clear her refusal to allow him to perform a vaginal or rectal examination because of a history of child sexual abuse by her doctor father . |
| 2 | The classic case is the famous opening scene of Le bourgeois gentilhomme , in which a hopelessly inept student , singing soprano , attempts to perform a languorous love song . |
| 3 | It happens whenever you try to perform a bland or an extrude . |
| 4 | In very severely affected cases of cystic fibrosis it 's sometimes necessary to perform a heart-lung transplant . |
| 5 | Endoscopic laser Doppler flowmetry was used to perform a controlled study of neoterminal ileal blood flow in patients whose Crohn 's disease had remained clinically and biochemically inactive after ileocolonic resection . |
| 6 | It might be deemed unethical , however , to perform a controlled trial . |
| 7 | While it has been deemed unethical to perform a controlled clinical trial , it could be argued that the use of limited resources on surveillance programmes of unproved value is also unethical . |
| 8 | Treaties are called upon to perform a wide variety of functions corresponding to distinct transactions in municipal law . |
| 9 | We have limited the field to stored-program computers , and we further limit the field to general-purpose computers ; that is , to computers with an instruction set rich enough to perform a wide variety of tasks . |
| 10 | These fish have developed their electric sensors to perform a wide range of functions . |
| 11 | Most operators have therefore reduced their labour force to a core of general port operatives who are required to perform a wide variety of tasks , supplemented as and when needed by a periphery of temporary , casual or contract labour . |
| 12 | Because stress is not available in written language , intricate syntactic devices have to be used to perform a similar function . |
| 13 | It was true that the Simonova 's earthing crew had been slow to react — the more so since they must have been required to perform a similar task on both of the platforms which had been docked and inspected previously . |
| 14 | It may be that once a decision is made to tape the wound , little attempt is made to perform a thorough wound toilet . |
| 15 | GLIDEWELL L.J. , having reviewed the authorities , concluding with Pao On v. Lau Yiu , continued : It is true that Pao On v. Lau Yiu is a case of a tripartite relationship , that is , a promise by A to perform a pre-existing contractual obligation owed to B , in retum for a promise of payment by C. But Lord Scarman 's words seem to me to be of general application , equally applicable to a promise made by one of the original two parties to a contract . |
| 16 | On Saturday 9 November University musicians past and present will be joining together to perform a varied programme of Baroque music in aid of the Foundation ( see advertisement on page 43 for details ) . |
| 17 | A group of instructions is therefore needed to perform a suitable range of manipulations on the index register or registers . |
| 18 | It would not , incidentally , have occurred to Kemp that a consequence of such last-minute re-arrangements was that several members of the group took the opportunity this afforded to perform a strange assortment of extra-mural activities — from viewing steam locomotives to tracing lost offspring . |
| 19 | You can avoid having to perform a reset by including a line such as : at the beginning of your error handling routine . |
| 20 | Pearce ( 1988 ) , writing about the use of touch in an intensive care unit , differentiates between instrumental touch ( deliberate , physical contact needed to perform a specific task such as washing a patient or dressing a wound ) and expressive touch ( a relatively spontaneous and affective contact which is not necessarily a component of a physical task , such as holding a patient 's hand during a painful procedure ) . |
| 21 | There are two broad categories ; the one type is available off the peg , supported by large software houses and is designed for general application ; the other is tailored specifically for the employment agency market and is naturally more expensive but usually more user friendly since it is written to perform a specific set of operations . |
| 22 | In his pocket he found a screwdriver and inspected the narrow end as if he were a surgeon about to perform a delicate operation . |
| 23 | In other words , let us avoid a priori assertions about human nature and try instead to perform a systematic explication of indigenous ideas concerning human nature and social and cosmological relationships . |
| 24 | to perform a discourse-deictic function . |
| 25 | ‘ Your Grace , I ask your indulgence but I would like us to perform a small mummer 's play , a useful introduction to what we are about to declare . ’ |
| 26 | Dressage is one of the hardest competitions for the horse and rider because the horse and rider have to perform a certain series of movements in an arena . |
| 27 | In such contexts , the main clues showing that the speaker feels someone 's having dared to perform a certain action to be hard to imagine is the nature of the act itself or the circumstances under which it was performed . |
| 28 | This winter I hope to perform a major rebuild and , as part of this , I would like to modify the braking system . |
| 29 | A person may be unable to perform a major life activity which an average person could perform . |
| 30 | Your leading hand is used to perform a reverse punch , but it does n't travel as far as a refereeing panel would like . |