Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] [to-vb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Employers tend to use a range of recruitment strategies employing a number of devices . |
| 2 | The languages of native peoples by contrast tend to take a much more holistic view of the universe — a view with which our own relatively recent conversion to a greener outlook struggles to recreate with words like ‘ environment ’ . |
| 3 | Here pockets of ancient semi-natural woodland , unafraid wildlife and a sense of history and heritage combine to offer a peaceful retreat from the coast . |
| 4 | Despite their differences , both views tend to support a tightening of the law on pornography . |
| 5 | The Physical Education Department and Edinburgh University Sports Union combine to provide a comprehensive physical recreation service . |
| 6 | The Physical Education Department and the University of Edinburgh Sports Union combine to provide a comprehensive service . |
| 7 | Many of the most powerful of the British pressure groups tend to have an established relationship with one or other political party . |
| 8 | Thus polar groups tend to encourage a higher T g than non-polar groups of similar size , as seen when comparing polypropylene , poly ( vinyl chloride ) and polyacrylonitrile . |
| 9 | There are a number of reasons why meetings tend to have a poor reputation . |
| 10 | The heterogeneity of labour and the job-specificity of skills tend to create a strong linkage between workers and their employers and , in some cases , cause firms to fill as many of their vacancies as possible by means of internal promotions . |
| 11 | His extravagant action , his grace , his poise and his enthusiasm combine to produce a perfect jumping machine , and people soon realise that they are watching something exceptional . |
| 12 | What makes it both attractive to users and even more misleading is that the promoters of the technique tend to use a number of methods to produce ‘ norms ’ for , in particular , ‘ preference shift ’ , but also for various attention measures . |
| 13 | Moreover , the constitutional authorities tend to adopt a " legalistic " approach to constitutional change and are pessimistic as to the prospects for democratic politics . |
| 14 | Anemones tend to dribble a little water from their centres if you press them . |
| 15 | Broadly , the declines in the concentration ratio have tended to occur during periods of market growth , while the rises have corresponded to recessions , suggesting that high levels of bond issues lead to a more even spread of issues between firms as well as new entry , while in slack periods the dominant houses tend to take a larger proportion of issues , smaller houses being squeezed out . |
| 16 | In Rome , central areas such as the Piazza di Spagna , Via Condotti and Via Veneto are particularly well decorated , while in Piazza San Pietro [ St. Peter 's Square ] crowds flock to see a big Christmas tree — a gift from Austria — together with a Nativity scene . |
| 17 | The first category includes those small towns where the defences appear to rationalize an extensive urban scatter and to enclose a suitable urban core . |
| 18 | The sessions involve boys that Spurs want to have a look at and among the 16 taking part tomorrow will be two already signed — Paul McVeigh and Jason Carlisle . |
| 19 | Finally , Marxist accounts appear to offer an impressively coherent and plausible explanation of the role of the capitalist state in health care , and the function of medicine in capitalist societies at the level of grand theory . |
| 20 | Too many coaches want to impose a technical straightjacket on their pupils , which can destroy them more than it improves and helps them . |
| 21 | TWO scientists from Stirling University expect to shed a few tears at tonight 's United Kingdom premiere of a Hollywood film that tells the extraordinary story of Augusto and Michaela Odone 's love for their son Lorenzo . |
| 22 | At present the new authorities appear to display a mixture of helplessness within the Russian Federal democracy and cynical enjoyment of a position of power . |
| 23 | Classical periods of literature are judged severely since they represent a moment of complacent self-satisfaction in which the movement of history is artificially suspended , in which social formations and institutions appear to have a permanent position in a fixed , hierarchical structure . |
| 24 | In other words , if a majority of member states want to adopt a piece of legislation which has the effect of transferring sovereign powers from national governments to the European Community institutions , that is at one and the same time an expression of national interest . ’ |
| 25 | Will Compact employers expect to have a role in the management and curriculum of the school ? |
| 26 | Paul and Lynda Wilson of Middlesbrough want to open a pizzeria in a small shopping parade in New Marske . |
| 27 | A number of other values appear to play a part , although these are less overt . |
| 28 | Halkieriids appear to represent a very early stage of mollusc evolution . |
| 29 | Assume that the authorities want to operate a tight monetary policy . |
| 30 | ‘ Our research shows the vast majority of clubs want to retain an element of terracing . |