Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun] a [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also in March the US administration agreed to grant Venezuela a bridging loan of $450,000,000 to support economic reforms and assist debt repayments . |
| 2 | I arrived on the scene to find Heather a bright shade of red , apologising profusely to a small croftsman , cowering behind his dislodged door ! |
| 3 | He managed to catch Angus a half-decent clip across the right ear , but the sinister Campbell grabbed him from behind and clung to his neck . |
| 4 | Russell used to buy Ellen a big bunch of flowers every month . |
| 5 | Hitler 's threats against the Jews , whose hand he of course saw behind the British and American ‘ war-mongerers ’ , were an attempt to retaliate at what he regarded as Jewish-provoked anti-German public opinion and , by depicting Jews in the position of hostages as the certain victims in any new war , to exert pressure on Britain and the USA to leave Germany a free hand in Europe . |
| 6 | Some analysts believe Amec is in a strong enough position to give shareholders a marginal increase in their dividends . |
| 7 | MORRYS SCOTT , the 18-year-old whose two late goals stopped Gloucester 's talented side in their tracks on Saturday , last night scored the only goal of the replay to give Cardiff a third-round tie at home to Queen 's Park Rangers . |
| 8 | One of the most important rules of interviewing is to give candidates a clear understanding of what the job entails . |
| 9 | Asif Mujtaba hit a six off the final ball to give Pakistan a dramatic tie against Australia in the World Series in Hobart . |
| 10 | The two tier stand has been specially designed to give fans a clear view of the pitch . |
| 11 | So Rabbit 's immediate desire is to give Pooh a true belief about what he , Rabbit , believes . |
| 12 | The power resources of bureaucracies combine with what Wright has called the ‘ political incapacity of non-bureaucrats ’ ( 1978 , p. 225 ) — that is , the inability of political institutions to exercise the control and direction of bureaucracy which the classical liberal theory of the state presumes — so as to give bureaucracy a prominent role in policy-making . |
| 13 | The European Commission must now decide whether to give broadcasters a harder push towards D2 MAC or bow to lack of interest . |
| 14 | Quakers broke out of defence , Cork laying the ball off to give Gaughan a clear run on goal . |
| 15 | The directors are set to give McHale a big rise in his budget for players in a bid to win promotion next season . |
| 16 | The company had refused to give miners a real increase in wages , a demand made by miners at three other CODELCO mines which were scheduled to hold strike ballots at the end of July and August . |
| 17 | TREVOR GORDON sunk two free throws two seconds from time to give England a 75–71 triumph over Russia at Manchester 's G-Mex Centre last night . |
| 18 | Beefy has been recalled for the resumed Texaco Trophy series in a bid to give England a clean-sweep revenge for their World Cup final beating by Pakistan . |
| 19 | Despite such naïvety , the concept that was to give Habitat a unique position in Britain 's retailing trade was born . |
| 20 | THE best of east and west are being fused together in a new joint venture designed to give Courtaulds a dynamic presence in coil coatings throughout Europe . |
| 21 | Within a decade , Fothergill was able to give Marshall a descriptive account of the flourishing Upton garden acknowledged , he said , ‘ by the ablest botanists we have , that there is not a richer bit of ground in curious American plants in Great Britain ; and for many of the most curious I am obliged to thy diligence and care . ’ |
| 22 | The easiest way I have found to assess the strength of this group of goals is to give individuals a single sheet of paper and to ask them to write down in five minutes what they hope to achieve in the next five years . |
| 23 | Former Welsh international Steve Lovell , on a month 's trial , slid in to give Bournemouth a 19th-minute lead from Kenny Rowlands ' cross , and Denny Mundee paddled in with the dexterity of a sculler to score their second after Mick Bodley 's back pass stuck in a puddle . |
| 24 | In Division Three , Mark Brown and Mark McNally scored to give Brookhouse a 2-1 win over High Oaks . |
| 25 | As can be seen from the above it is possible to give questions a greater focus of purpose by considering what process it is that you wish the pupils to go through . |
| 26 | It was expected , however , to give UNITA a decisive voice in an interim adminstration which would govern the country until the presidential run-offs . |
| 27 | TV chiefs are set to give viewers a little love in the morning . |
| 28 | These courses are designed to give operatives a basic insight into water treatment , knowledge of the Codes of Practice and guidelines issued by the Health and Safety Executive and of course , they all offer good opportunities to promote the company . |
| 29 | The project 's cost around three thousand pounds And at a public screening in November The Swindon Diaries are almost certain to give people a new perspective on the town . |
| 30 | She is not impressed at the concept of working for dole money and says it might be a better idea to give people a minimum wage for doing community work . |