Example sentences of "[verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Norwegian parliament reassembles on Wednesday , and on Friday the Prime Minister , Gro Harlem Brundtland , and her cabinet will present their resignations , to forestall a vote of no confidence . |
| 2 | The German explanation for the invasion of Belgium and Holland on 10 May 1940 — that it had been necessary in order to forestall a breach of neutrality by the enemy — carried less conviction than it had done in the Scandinavian operation . |
| 3 | FARMERS on Tealham and Tadham moors on the Somerset Levels are rushing to drain their land in order to forestall a plan by the Nature Conservancy Council to declare the area a Site of Special Scientific Interest for its rare combination of waterfowl , meadow plants and aquatic flora and fauna , Tom King , secretary of state for the environment , has already granted the council 's request for an emergency order to stop deep drains being installed on 30 hectares belonging to one farmer . |
| 4 | Moreover , potential Green sympathisers are terrified of the ultra-right Franz Strauss , and will vote social Democrat to forestall a right-wing government . |
| 5 | An accurate account would have to have regard to all those instances where a remedy has been accorded by a state party simply to forestall a successful application and to those cases , also , where breach had been avoided in the first place by reason of adjustment of procedures so as to ensure compliance with the Convention . |
| 6 | Better practice would have been to discharge such a patient on a Monday and monitor her progress daily , to forestall a weekend crisis . |
| 7 | Events that occur out of sight are automatically blamed on the child , or the mother may anticipate problems and keep warning or threatening the child in order to forestall a problem . |
| 8 | The action demonstrated the belief that Korea was ready for independence and was intended to forestall a lengthy American occupation or the Americans advancing Koreans of their own choice . |
| 9 | This remarkable two-part adventure came about purely as a stop-gap measure to forestall a looming crisis . |
| 10 | But before I do , it is necessary to forestall a possible misunderstanding regarding the applicability of the category of identity to non-meanings . |
| 11 | But first , a brief general comment about space and time in order to forestall a possible misunderstanding . |
| 12 | The word ended in a wail , and Angelina ran to her to try to forestall a further attack of hysteria . |
| 13 | The Bush administration 's revision of its Indo-China policy was designed to forestall a possible congressional rebellion over the issue . |
| 14 | The Bush administration 's revision of its Indo-China policy was partly designed to forestall a potential congressional rebellion over the issue . |
| 15 | ‘ Well , when a stag mates with a hind , he first scrapes a hole in the ground Then he gets her head and shoulders down the hole , leaving her rear end sticking up in the air so he can sort of get at her easier like . ’ |
| 16 | An actor whose best roles are behind him , he scrapes a living from voice-overs , sometimes for advertisements and sometimes , more desperately , for tapes for dodgy language schools . |
| 17 | Nor should the West be excessively high-minded now in condemning a regime which once served its anti-Soviet purposes so well . |
| 18 | The Ayatollah was teaching in Qom when he was arrested in 1963 after condemning a raid on the college by the Shah 's security forces . |
| 19 | ‘ There is no question of us condemning a referee here . |
| 20 | Given that , as Tracey and Morrison point out , her stance on sin would also involve condemning a number of heterosexual practices — her position was not simply something that was specifically ‘ anti-homosexual ’ . |
| 21 | On one interpretation , Galileo was trying to protect his Church from condemning a theory that , by its evident truth , would prove an embarrassment if not embraced . |
| 22 | In condemning Galileo , Pope Urban VIII was condemning a former friend . |
| 23 | In Wheeler it was held that while section 71 of the Race Relations Act 1976 allowed the council to consider the best interests of race relations when exercising its discretion in the management of a recreation ground , it could not , in the absence of any infringement of the law or improper conduct penalise a rugby club for failure to support the council 's policy of condemning a tour of South Africa . |
| 24 | Scottish fish merchants and processors also united last night in condemning a campaign by English fishermen to secure a ban on the import of Russian cod . |
| 25 | at present , one major illness is enough to financially ruin and emotionally wreck a white middle-class family . |
| 26 | Just as syntax or semantics must determine whether the correct word is meat or meet , such considerations must ultimately decide whether the correct response is recognise or wreck a nice . |
| 27 | A very constrained grammar might not contain any template or rule allowing the phrase wreck a nice , instead of the item recognise , at a particular point in processing ; a more general grammar might have to consider both interpretations . |
| 28 | What if Famlio sends up a ship t'make a sweep ? |
| 29 | In addition , or on inland waters a dayglo orange flag is sufficient , which can be waved to indicate to onlookers that you are in difficulty . |
| 30 | Millwall took the lead in the 40th minute , when Malcolm Allen converted a penalty after Mark Robson had mis-timed a tackle on Kenny Cunningham . |