Example sentences of "[verb] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | In view of this possibility , both the Carlists and the Falangists decided to forestall an imposed unification by negotiating their own , spontaneous merger . |
| 2 | Philippa was laughing in the perimeter of shadow that surrounded the light and Lee felt oddly stable looking down at Larry as if she were surveying an actor from the height and comfort of the gallery . |
| 3 | The strong features , the massive head — the man radiated an extraordinary sense of inner strength . |
| 4 | Some people were having holiday romances : they radiated an air of barefaced sin and were itching to talk about it . |
| 5 | Joe does earn some money on the after-dinner speaking circuit , and has addressed an assortment of lawyers , writers and bankers since his release . |
| 6 | At the end of the discussion Pat Keegan , a lay auditor , was invited to speak , the first occasion in modern times that a layman had addressed an ordinary session of an Ecumenical Council . |
| 7 | President Bush was said to have addressed an appeal to Mengistu in April and to Prime Minister Tesfaye Dinka on May 21 concerning the Ethiopian Jews , and press reports focused on the role of US envoy Rudy Boschwitz . |
| 8 | It may also be argued that numbering an Information Memorandum shows an intent to control and restrict the circulation and therefore complies with Companies Act 's requirements for prospectuses and the provisions of the FSA . |
| 9 | The ability to go back to a previous question in order to modify an answer/input in light of current best information is provided by Truth Maintenance . |
| 10 | The kits enables the distributor to modify an X-Window System 11.5 server running on a Sparc processor to use the Display PostScript extension . |
| 11 | The formal definition of these classes in the SGML syntax used to express the TEI scheme makes it possible for users of the scheme to extend it in a simple and controlled way : new elements may be added into existing classes , and existing elements renamed or undefined , without any need for extensive revision of the TEI document type definitions — though this is perhaps a benefit which only those who have ever tried to modify an existing dtd by hand will truly appreciate . |
| 12 | The concerns of Scott J were echoed by Harman J in Systems Reliability Holdings Plc v Smith [ 1990 ] IRLR 377 where the judge concluded ( in a case where he was concerned with an express restriction on the use and disclosure of , in particular the knowledge acquired by the defendant during his employment of the ability to modify an old computer by a small addition so as to make a new product of significant commercial value ) that the controversial part of Neill LJ 's judgment did not bind him to hold that there can not be in an express restrictive of covenant any restriction on information held by an ex-employee which is not a trade secret or something similar . |
| 13 | Surveys have shown that adults sleep an average of seven and a half hours , with a standard deviation in the sample of about one hour . |
| 14 | There was a tendency for REM sleep time to recover slightly during the week of restriction , and during recovery sleep an increase in REM sleep time over baseline levels ( an REM sleep rebound ) indicated an accumulated pressure for REM sleep . |
| 15 | One night in 1962 Kurdish rebels entered a Kirkuk cinema disguised as policemen and silently surrounded an officer known to be torturing opponents of the government . |
| 16 | To help , Tarantino took Roth on a tour of places like In And Out Burger , and gave him a crash course in the kind of trash culture that would have surrounded an LA child of the Seventies — old TV copy shows , cartoons like Speed Racer , Fantastic Four comics , bubblegum pop . |
| 17 | It is instructive to preface an exposition of the theory with Kane 's somewhat ingenuous comment on the ancestors of modern blacks : |
| 18 | It is all very well expounding the theory that an artist should cultivate an innocent eye , seeing things as if for the first time . |
| 19 | Charlton has been watching the teenage winger recently but England boss Graham Taylor has handed Froggatt an Under-21 debut in Spain tonight . |
| 20 | Right , oh yes it 's got a , a lot of discrepancies , but the point is that the discrepancies it has are explicable in terms of what the discrepancies were trying to hide and correct and to that extent it 's a bit like psychoanalysing an individual patient . |
| 21 | Also available from 1991 are tickets lasting five years , which involve an outlay of £40,000 per seat . |
| 22 | Most batteries involve an assault , and the tendency is to refer generically to ‘ assaults ’ , but the exposition of the law is clearer if the two offences are kept separate . |
| 23 | The flock has been closed to females since 1980 and the Martins still deliberate long and hard over future stock sire purchases , which usually involve an inspection of the sire and dam beforehand . |
| 24 | These involve an expensive extrication of part of Fiat from Libyan hands , and the reduction of Italian professionals in Libya from 15,000 to 2,000 since 1986 . |
| 25 | Colleague contracts , such as most friendships , involve an exchange of similar kinds of things whereas , in the patron-client relationship , the different status is reflected in the fact that the patron offers something quite different to the relationship from the contribution of the client . |
| 26 | The centres conduct selection procedures , which involve an interview , and in the case of large dogs , make an initial visit to make sure the home is suitable , plus a follow-up once the dog is settled in to check that all is OK . |
| 27 | They involve an agreement that the job will last for a specified period of time , although often provisions are included to enable the contract to be renewed if so desired . |
| 28 | They involve an agreement that the job will last for a specified period of time , although often provisions are included to enable the contract to be renewed if so desired . |
| 29 | Almost all constructive dismissal cases involve an unfair dismissal claim . |
| 30 | Similar principles apply in the case of bonuses , which often involve an element of profit sharing . |