Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] to create " in BNC.
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| 1 | My multiple personality required multiple scripts , and from my study of graphology I tried to create individual scripts that conformed to the analyses of heavy down-strokes , ‘ pasty ’ loops and uncrossed ‘ ts ’ : I was especially interested in ‘ pasty ’ strokes , which are supposed to indicate a rich sexuality , and disconnected letters , indicative of ‘ inspiration ’ . |
| 2 | Working the paint thickly with a knife I tried to create a jarring effect with colour and texture conveying the power and pain of the experience . |
| 3 | By using cords I managed to create a curvilinear band which is unusual in the sense that no two bands would ever be the same . |
| 4 | Even though I thought the job was really mine I thought I had to create the impression of somebody who was , you know , above board , for , you know , the Catholics . |
| 5 | Secondly , I wanted to create a factory where nobody would ever have to do any physical work . |
| 6 | In the shady corner , I wanted to create more of a woodsy atmosphere and probably went a bit over the top with primulas — not just wild primroses and oxlips but some of their prettier hybrids , like the dark-leaved , mauve-pink flowered ‘ Garryarde Guinevere ’ and the enchanting little double lilac primroses ‘ Quakers ' Bonnets ’ . |
| 7 | I had a rough idea in my mind , before going to Portugal , of the approximate shape and design of the picture I wanted to create . |
| 8 | I wanted to create a spacial sense of having a shadow ; the shadow reinforces the movement . |
| 9 | I wanted to create a symbol of all such communities . |
| 10 | ‘ I wanted to create something a commuter could go to work on , while cutting down on pollution . ’ |
| 11 | In many Third World countries national liberation movements which failed to create effective political parties were either taken over by military elites or else the governments which they formed were overthrown by military coups . |
| 12 | In a hard-hitting editorial , the journal 's editors challenge the effectiveness of the Zimbabwe government 's new Economic Structural Adjustment Programme ( ESAP ) which promised to create more jobs and opportunities for ordinary people . |
| 13 | Meanwhile , in relying on projected trends in age structure , Beveridge forecast a certain level of dependent poverty , but failed to address the generational variations in lifetime patterns of personal economic behaviour which helped to create it . |
| 14 | Sadly , those galleries which have withdrawn from ARCO are the leading international businesses which helped to create such an exciting atmosphere and established the fair as one of the most prestigious events in the contemporary art calendar . |
| 15 | Books of all kinds , from children 's books and cookery books to works on literature and philosophy were displayed amid paintings , works of art and furnishings , which combined to create a country house atmosphere , while a series of lectures explored related themes . |
| 16 | In October 1986 the second Gorbachev-Reagan summit at Reykjavik , ended in failure when the American refused to abandon his ‘ Strategic Defense Initiative ’ , launched three years earlier , which aimed to create an anti-ballistic missile system . |
| 17 | On March 30 , 1990 , the Bundestag approved a gene technology law which aimed to create a legal framework to regulate the area and remove the legal uncertainties that had existed before , including those resulting from the Hoechst case . |
| 18 | She helped to create for him widening circles of friends , the cathedral community , the university , the clergy of the diocese , the students . |
| 19 | He had taken over her affairs again , picked them up as if he had never been away , and she could do nothing about it unless she began to create a great fuss . |
| 20 | I think we were lucky to get away with it , and lucky to get a Director like Waris Hussein who managed to create this very strange quality in the cavemen that made them so interesting . ’ |
| 21 | At this Mr Mitchell may have regretted his generosity for he coloured , but nothing could stop Granny when she wanted to create a drama . |
| 22 | She confessed to being a good but plain cook and she wanted to create the right setting to clinch the deal . |
| 23 | Her mouth she kept a pale peach , knowing that a stronger colour lipstick would n't be right for the effect she wanted to create . |
| 24 | And , you wanted to create a , a sub-directory off the root directories known as root directories you would type M D space suppose you wanted to create a directory named put , put your budgets in . |
| 25 | And , you wanted to create a , a sub-directory off the root directories known as root directories you would type M D space suppose you wanted to create a directory named put , put your budgets in . |
| 26 | The Spastics Society was founded in 1952 by a group of committed people who wanted to create greater opportunities for people with cerebral palsy . |
| 27 | It was the idea of her only grandson who wanted to create a focus for her many devotees . |
| 28 | It would be very difficult to explain why the universe should have begun in just this way , except as the act of a God who intended to create beings like us . |
| 29 | He was a writer who attempted to create order and coherence , and yet his central vision was of " the Void " . |
| 30 | As the Liberal Democrat leader , Paddy Ashdown , unwittingly intimidated , ‘ we are now haunted by a monster which we helped to create ’ . |