Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun sg] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Autobahn ’ seeped into the ears of a pre-punk generation to emerge , fully formed , in the 1980s as electro-pop and avant-garde synth music . |
| 2 | Trainees may find it a humbling exercise to draw up their own household budget using current benefit rates as their sole income . |
| 3 | Officers strutted in their brightest breacan-feiles ; the same length of a finer cloth , four and a half feet wide , held at the waist by a silver-buckled belt to fall double thickness , and the outside layer at the back drawn up over the left shoulder and pinned with a great silver brooch . |
| 4 | The time had come for a deaf person to occupy it and Hudson 's chairmanship therefore lasted only three years . |
| 5 | 5.25(3) makes special provision for an application by a non-natural person to change the name of the employee named in the licence as responsible for the day-to-day running of the premises . |
| 6 | We had always known that there were many people looking for a historic building to restore but had not realized the extent , which was very encouraging . |
| 7 | Once again the Democratic party may have thrown away a historic opportunity to retake the White House . |
| 8 | In his speech to the Polish parliament he said that the changes in Eastern Europe provided a historic opportunity to build a Europe made up of independent democratic states , not divided into blocs and relying on the protection of superpowers . |
| 9 | It was only when I was almost in despair that I recalled having seen a letter written by a knitter from overseas , about an easy way to make cables and it seemed a pleasant way to take a break by referring back a few months until I found the letter from — you 've guessed it — June Shaw . |
| 10 | They are eminently collectable , and a pleasant way to remember Bristol , even if you were n't in Goldney Hall . |
| 11 | ‘ What a pleasant way to give out Christmas boxes , ’ Sarah said . |
| 12 | Walking : A pleasant way to explore the region is to improvise on the charming mini-network of mountain lifts . |
| 13 | Only the ‘ comic ’ gabbling of alleged joker Jones spoils the mood , but this is still a pleasant way to spend a couple of hours . |
| 14 | This is all I shall relate about Charlotte 's circumstances in order to protect her anonymity , but suffice it to say , I decided to play along with her idea of aromatherapy being simply a pleasant way to relax — indeed , you do not need to be ill to enjoy the benefits of aromatherapy massage . |
| 15 | This is called drag and drop , and it 's a pleasant way to shuffle your spreadsheet about . |
| 16 | And they do n't like speed because they think it is not a pleasant stuff to sniff . |
| 17 | It was really a pleasant surprise to have your letter . |
| 18 | ‘ We 're a pleasant company to work for , ’ he said blandly . |
| 19 | His face was not a pleasant sight to behold on awakening . |
| 20 | Esther was saying , returning to the guest list , recalling scores not settled a quarter of a century ago : ‘ Yes , the very man , he 's a something or other in the DES , he 's a very important chap now , you ought to have a go at him , ’ Liz replied , and as she spoke the doorbell rang , and there was the first guest , on the dot of two minutes past nine o'clock , tall , thin , grey , anxious , clutching a bunch of yellow roses , ex-priest turned analyst Joseph O'Toole , standing stranded on the black and white marble tiles , not knowing where to turn , how to divest himself of his coat , to whom to deliver his roses , a lost man , gazing mildly at the unexpected butler , waiting for the arrival of familiar Liz Headleand , who advanced upon him , took the roses , embraced him , restored him , and led him in to Charles , Alix and Esther : a quarter of an hour earlier she had predicted the time of his arrival accurately , to the minute , and now smiled triumphantly as she effected the introductions , a smile of complicity in which Joseph O'Toole , who was acutely aware of his own punctuality problem , was able with a pleasant relief to share . |
| 21 | But here , if you were caught preparing an escape , the worst that could happen to you was fourteen days solitary confinement with books and writing materials , and it was often a pleasant change to spend a fortnight by yourself after months of compulsory association . |
| 22 | ‘ It will be a pleasant change to do so . ’ |
| 23 | It is such a pleasant change to have such a loyal employee . |
| 24 | It might be a pleasant gesture to ask your guest where he or she would like to go . |
| 25 | ‘ It 's not a pleasant feeling to find out you 've been taken for a ride by someone you trusted . ’ |
| 26 | Executive Director of the Tour , Joe Flanagan , says : ‘ It is not a pleasant task to tell a girl that she is off the Tour for the next four weeks , or in a few cases , a whole year . |
| 27 | The Five Gates of Hell by Rupert Thomson ( Penguin , £5.99 ) — Moon Beach sounds like a pleasant place to take a holiday but is the complete reverse . |
| 28 | It is rewarding to get positive feedback and comments from these people who find the sales centre a pleasant place to visit . |
| 29 | With their glossy green aromatic leaves , two Choisya ternata shrubs either side of the seat make this a pleasant place to sit . |
| 30 | The trick is to keep as many buttercups as you can while giving people a pleasant place to live in . |