Example sentences of "throws [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The saving throws for troops is not given on their profile because this is variable depending on the armour they wear . |
| 2 | The saving throws for troops is not given on their profile because it can vary depending on the armour they wear . |
| 3 | Work out wounds and saving throws for each hit as normal . |
| 4 | Often needed in the first stage of high grade inflammations , fevers and congestions with great anxiety , heat and restlessness ; tosses about , throws off the covers . |
| 5 | The earth throws off the heat it can not accommodate . |
| 6 | ‘ Never is here , Den , ’ says George , then he throws off the lid of the Monster 's bin and heaves it up on his shoulder . |
| 7 | Usually we found enough conkers for our needs already on the ground , but if this was not the case , then a few well aimed throws with sticks would soon bring more ripe fruits cascading down . |
| 8 | An emphasis on spontaneity , immediacy and the ‘ existence ’ throws into relief one of the senses in which communitas contrasts with structure . |
| 9 | But this throws into high relief Leonard 's ( or at least Breavman 's ! ) denial of spiritual responsibility : if the onus had passed to his uncles , and thereby to his cousins , why should he care ? |
| 10 | It throws into combat the best players from all corners of the country and , unlike the old final trial game , it gives you a second chance if you play badly first time out . |
| 11 | If a sizeable proportion of these are characterised by extreme ambivalence , even hostility , it throws into question many assumptions about this form of community care as preferable to ( say ) residential care . |
| 12 | This riposte throws into relief the central difference between the two as Barth saw it . |
| 13 | The literature throws into sharp relief the essential dichotomy in the approach to this issue between economics and economic history . |
| 14 | She even exercises extreme caution about what she throws into her waste-paper bin . |
| 15 | His stiff pose throws into contrast the dance-like arrangement of Bowler 's limbs . |
| 16 | His exchange with the negligent Mr Brooke is abrasive , and the price paid for upper-class ignorance in human misery — the worn wife , the thieving child , the drunkenness throws into unsparing relief his landlord 's enthusiasm for the fine arts and social reform . |
| 17 | The same is likely to be true for South Eastern secretarial/office staff , and throws into question the chances of success of campaigns to recruit them such as recently initiated by the major Transport and General Workers Union ( TGWU ) ( see Financial Times , 5 and 6/12/86 ) . |
| 18 | The particular case of PCL throws into sharp relief the corporate status of the five ILEA polytechnics , a status long advocated by the Committee of Polytechnic Directors for all polytechnics . |
| 19 | Bell goes on to make explicit a relationship between monolingual stylistic variation and bilingual behaviour : having two discrete languages available rather than a continuum of styles simply throws into sharper focus the factors which operate on monolingual style shift . |
| 20 | The above brief account throws into sharp relief the essential differences between the Keynesian and classical theories of labour market adjustment . |
| 21 | It throws into doubt the claim that the call was intercepted by a retired bank manager in Oxfordshire.Ian Maclaren reports . |
| 22 | It throws into doubt the claim that the call was intercepted by a retired bank manager in Oxfordshire . |
| 23 | The decision throws into confusion the single market for free trade between EC member states . |
| 24 | It is a bold move , since it throws into reverse one of Clinton 's central election pledges . |
| 25 | Indeed , applying functionalism to bureaucracy quickly throws up most of the theoretical limitations of this approach ; in particular , the problem of limiting politics to seven functions , and its ethnocentric bias . |
| 26 | At that very instant the fluff throws in the towel and sashays from view . |
| 27 | Not for him the Baden-Powell approach of rubbing two Boy Scouts together ; he liberally douses the twigs with paraffin and throws in a match . |
| 28 | Tante Claire is even more amazing value and throws in coffee and petits fours ( variable ) on its two menus , one fishy , the other meaty . |
| 29 | It is basically identical to Tit for Tat except that , once in a while , say on a random one in ten moves , it throws in a gratuitous defection and claims the high Temptation score . |
| 30 | More bits of layette arrive from all parties , including a romper-suit with a picture of Horace the Happy Horse on it , which Paul furtively throws in the dustbin . |