Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] the [det] [noun sg] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While attempting to give financial autonomy to schools the government has at the same time failed to help the market — that is , parents and pupils — to decide what subjects should be studied . |
| 2 | It has in the past happened that a client has been advised by the agent to amend an order , has entirely agreed with that advice , but has at the same time pointed out that his authority does not extend to giving a final decision , and this can be awkward . |
| 3 | Paintings which describe the natural world are indeed easiest for the critic to describe , since any observer can compare an object seen with the same thing depicted . |
| 4 | According to the Washington Post of Oct. 21 the number of guestworkers living in the former GDR had gone down to 85,000 and the German government was offering US$2,000 and a free flight home if they would leave . |
| 5 | Possibly dinosaurs living in the latter phase had developed complex social structures , as today occurs in some reptilian genera . |
| 6 | The Slovak government named on the same day included a total of 13 ministers from PAV , seven from the CDM and three from the Democratic Party . |
| 7 | The Russian Federation Security Council meeting on the same day expressed concern over arms deliveries from Romania to Moldova ( although on May 31 the Moldovan Foreign Ministry had denied Gen. Grachev 's claims that Romania was supplying Moldova with tanks , claiming that only pontoon bridges and trucks were donated ) . |
| 8 | Another law adopted on the same day recognized the principle of press freedom and decreed that the news media should abstain from encouraging intolerance between tribes or races . |
| 9 | Normally that particular tone could quell a charging bull at ten paces , but this man , she thought , must have skin as thick as leather because he did n't look in the least bit intimidated . |
| 10 | His radio broadcast on the same day contained no hint of criticism of the Allies . |
| 11 | The amount of solid hazardous waste produced by the same operation fell by 79 per cent . |
| 12 | You you never get to the this way did you ? |
| 13 | Several families who lived in the same settlement decided to leave as a result of her behaviour , and others insisted that they would never go to live in the same place as her . |
| 14 | Dancers easily understand how a series of swift pas de bourrée courus ( i.e. running on the toes ) as danced by the Queen of the Wilis in Giselle , differs from the same step performed piqué ( i.e. each foot picked up sharply at each change of weight ) , as in many of petipa 's solos . |
| 15 | We were not reassured when a solitary American tourist travelling on the same flight told us he 'd been on this very plane on a previous flight , and they found petrol pouring down the window before take-off , and had to do some repair work on it . |
| 16 | On South Georgia reindeer , introduced from Scandinavia by whalers early in the twentieth century , flourish and appear to be spreading ; horses and sheep introduced to the same island did not survive . |
| 17 | The new Czech government appointed on the same day included a total of nine ministers from Civic Forum , two from the People 's Party , one from the MSD/SMS and nine without party affiliation . |
| 18 | The authority had not found out about the incident involving the cadets at Leek until they were in hospital , but tests on the water taken about the same time showed toxics from algae present . |
| 19 | Participation could perhaps be increased if the event is planned beforehand ; for example , it might be an advantage if groups of children who all live in the same area arranged to meet and cycle to school together . |
| 20 | Separate legislation passed on the same day banned political party cells in state and government bodies . |
| 21 | Other systems also being tried at the same time included dehydration and injection techniques , the latter to be perfected by a surgeon called Ruysch ( 1665–1717 ) , Professor of Anatomy at Amsterdam . |
| 22 | In France , a poll taken around the same time showed 75% approval for the Americans in the Gulf . |
| 23 | Audiences might have enjoyed reinterpretations , as when Odling at the same period suggested that phlogiston was an anticipation of the idea of chemical energy , rather than a non-substance . |
| 24 | The doctrine is that whenever you are faced with a decision , you always follow what the last person who was faced with the same decision did . |
| 25 | The conduct of the ministers was provocative , but Taylor 's treatment of them was more severe than that of his Archbishop , John Bramhall , who when faced with the same situation devised a form of letters , acceptable to the Presbyterians , by which he supplied them with the qualifications which they lacked , so that they were able to retain their livings . |
| 26 | Another bullet fired from the same revolver had entered the outside of the driver 's ( that is , the left-hand ) door of the jeep and passed through to the edge of the driver 's seat without striking Paulette . |
| 27 | This advisory section of the descriptor suggests learning strategies which enable the Outcomes to be achieved in the most student centred , participative and practical way possible . |
| 28 | Protagoras found gender assignation in Greek inconsistent and illogical — for example , there were cases when two words referring to the same thing had different genders — and he went so far as to advocate reform ( he was ridiculed for this by Aristophanes , and the attempt was unsuccessful ) . |
| 29 | Another commentary on the future , published in the same year came from a professional , Thomas Sharp ( 1940 ) . |
| 30 | Nevertheless , an OECD report published in the same month estimated that there were signs of a modest economic improvement . |