Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Those who have worked so diligently on this exotic machine should be congratulated for bringing such a magnificent spectacle to the preservation world . |
| 32 | Thank you all for coming this evening , and for bringing such generous presents . |
| 33 | However closely it cultivated its links with the labour movement , the UDC was not simply a device for maintaining Labour politics during the wartime political truce or for bringing individual ex-Liberals into the labour movement . |
| 34 | The Panel is proving its worth as a forum for the discussion of new procedures and for bringing practical information to the attention of Lending Services . |
| 35 | Large-scale mining of copper began in Britain under Queen Elizabeth I , with the establishment of the Society of Mines Royal which had a monopoly in copper trading and was responsible for bringing many German miners to this country . |
| 36 | Thanks very much for bringing that to our attention . |
| 37 | Thank you for bringing that up . |
| 38 | And they 're using the principle of devolution and delegation , of participation in decision making , as a vehicle for bringing that about . |
| 39 | ‘ Silly idiot for bringing all that money in with her , ’ another of the girls muttered . |
| 40 | Coleridge , his thoughts still at Racedown , immediately saw the opportunity for bringing all his friends together at Stowey , and on 29 June wrote to Joseph Cottle to suggest — unsuccessfully — that he should take the next coach to Bridgwater : ‘ T. Poole would fetch you in a one horse Chair . ’ |
| 41 | We are for bringing outside analysis to departments along with the office of the Minister for the Civil Service and the Treasury . |
| 42 | He has had a solid connection with the orchestra and the Scottish music scene ever since , and has been responsible for bringing some unusual works to the concert platform in the past . |
| 43 | The focusing device of this chapter will be the role of metaphor in the novels as a strategy for bringing specialized discourses to bear on the consciousness of the fictional character and for ‘ mobilizing ’ the discourses themselves . |
| 44 | The matter was considered by the Court of Appeal in Britton where a youth had left pamphlets late one evening in the porch of the house of a single member of Parliament whom he believed to be responsible for bringing coloured immigrants into Britain . |
| 45 | In Drenthe , with his unerring instinct for bringing old and new together , he took note of a gnarled old apple tree , how ‘ at certain moments ( it ) bears blossoms that are among the most delicate and virginal things under the sun . ’ |
| 46 | Initially the stated aim had been to promote economic and cultural co-operation , but the revolutionary developments in Eastern Europe since 1989 had added a new dimension , the grouping coming to be viewed as a vehicle for bringing emergent east European democracies into the Western fold . |
| 47 | ‘ For bringing inexpensive but effective two-channel electronic anti-lock braking to small cars ’ |
| 48 | Pros for bringing Rubber Girl — |
| 49 | When I met Mike , he strolled into the office and apologised for bringing half a farm yard with him . |
| 50 | Praise must go to Paul Aylett and the makers of the 20-foot BFG mechanical puppet , small hand-held rod puppets , and shadow-puppets for bringing make-believe alive which was enthralling . |
| 51 | ‘ Thank you for bringing this to our attention , Miss Connor , ’ Nick said , standing up . |
| 52 | Now they also , in the wake of this knowledge is the er awareness that they 're going to be interrogated on this , and they 're also sitting up there thinking ‘ what are we going to say ? ’ and indeed that 's another reason for bringing this whole incident to an end , because in a sense they are cooking up alibis and covering their backs . |
| 53 | However , the district did not provide a favourable context for realising these opportunities . |
| 54 | According to Tass , the official Soviet news agency , the two leaders agreed that " there were no compulsory models or stereotypes for realising socialist ideas and principles " . |
| 55 | The physical presence in the territory of the country of establishment must therefore be such as to enable such effective and genuine activities to be pursued on or from the territory of the country of establishment . |
| 56 | He was above the idea of taking advantage of headhunters through accepting free lunches and trips without intending to move : ‘ Time is one 's most valuable commodity . ’ |
| 57 | An old person is helped to retain a sense of individuality through maintaining close relationships . |
| 58 | The traditional style of regulation involved members ‘ clubs ’ and the ability of this system to work depended largely on maintaining a relatively small grouping of members through maintaining effective barriers to entry — the Stock Exchange being a prime example here . |
| 59 | He points to the irrationality of this assumption and makes the seemingly rather obvious point that ‘ Torture … is an infallible means for absolving robust scoundrels and for condemning innocent persons who happen to be weak ’ ( p. 32 ) . |
| 60 | Here you will carry out all of the tasks you have been trained for including general ship 's duties . |