Example sentences of "to [noun] an [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Nov. 14 Amato submitted to parliament an ambitious programme of privatization to raise L 27,000,000 million for the Treasury over the next three years , leaving the state with only " significant " minority holdings in many sectors . |
| 2 | Instead they zap , electrocute , maim , impale and cut to smithereens an endless range of human figures on their electronic games . |
| 3 | Rare has been the computer project which did not , in the course of execution , bring to light an initial overestimation of the technical possibilities , and an underestimation of the problems of data preparation . |
| 4 | The scene is continually changing , and from dawn to dark an endless procession of men and women pass before us , intent on business or pleasure . |
| 5 | He paused to hug her and ruffle her hair , then at last the passenger door was swinging open and there was what seemed to Shiona an endless moment before Janice at last stepped into view . |
| 6 | Boatmen are calling on local authorities to clean-up an historic section of a two hundred year old waterway . |
| 7 | Manager Ray Treacy plans to follow-up an initial inquiry with a firm bid — and Portadown could be interested in selling . |
| 8 | If this means attributing to Athens an uncharacteristic desire for land empire , we should not hesitate to do so — Thucydides ( i. 111 ) after all records an expedition to Thessaly as well ; and if any individual was responsible it was surely Pericles , whom Aristotle ( Rhetoric 1407 ) quotes as saying that the Boiotians tended to ‘ cut each other down ’ — that is , they were weak because internally divided . |
| 9 | Fronted by art student Becky Crawford they have already managed to lineup an extensive list of dates in the region , which is the surest sign that they are pretty good . |
| 10 | But this analysis concentrates unduly upon the intellectual content of nationalism , while neglecting its social sources , and it attributes to intellectuals an exaggerated importance as leaders of nationalist movements . |
| 11 | And it seemed to Dalgliesh an ironic twist of fate that it should be he , whom Berowne had shown a disposition to trust , who should now be travelling to begin that inexorable process of violation . |
| 12 | In general , a minimum of ten years is required to bring to fruition an initial proposal for an international Convention , though there are exceptions . |
| 13 | However , when some of the Great Western HST sets became surplus to requirements an obvious option for redeployment was the Midland . |
| 14 | LIZ McCOLGAN pulled clear of the field early on to clock an impressive victory in yesterday 's Tokyo women 's marathon . |
| 15 | On 3 November he wrote to Hitler an effusive letter in which he heaped praise on the Axis ' conduct of the war and reiterated his conviction that victory would be theirs , but insisted yet again that Spain would be able to contribute only when fully rearmed and assured of its rewards . |