Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [to-vb] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | As Pathfinders they had the extra advantage of being able to use all the latest radar equipment to enable them to see through the layers of cloud , and when they were talking to Met Officers we would hear mysterious references to ‘ Gee ’ and ‘ H2S ’ . |
| 32 | I have just received notice via our agent , Mr John Popham , whom I believe you know , that Newport Borough Council and Gwent County Council are preparing to apply to the Secretary of State for Wales for an Order under the above Act to enable them to proceed with the construction of a barrage across the river Usk . |
| 33 | But irrespective of how they construe the common sense which is the policeman or woman 's working knowledge , seniors are agreed that new recruits need experience of life to enable them to deal with the range of situations and people they encounter in their work . |
| 34 | The public library has lost its soul because it has been absorbed into the modern semi-literate culture and because it did not have the knowledge and experience gained across generations that the old private libraries had to enable them to cope with the world of mass circulation popular fiction , for example , rather than the People 's University that Hoggart remembers from his youth in the Hunslet district of Leeds . |
| 35 | Although barbel are so stupid when they are feeding ravenously , they are not so stupid they can not learn a few tricks of their own to enable them to feed in the face of apparent danger . |
| 36 | Additionally the following measures were agreed : ( i ) that a joint working party would be set up , charged with defining " political offences in the South African situation " and with advising on " mechanisms for dealing with the release of political prisoners and the granting of immunity " ; ( ii ) that " temporary immunity from prosecution for political offences " would be considered as a matter of urgency for the ANC 's NEC members and others , to enable them to return to the country without fear of prosecution ; ( iii ) that the government would " review existing security legislation to bring it into line with the new dynamic situation developing in South Africa in order to ensure normal and free political activities " ; ( iv ) that the government would work towards the lifting of the state of emergency ; ( v ) that efficient channels of communication between the government and the ANC would be set up in order to curb violence and intimidation from whatever quarter . |
| 37 | However , recently they can be issued for maturities for as little as 7 days to enable them to compete with the sterling commercial paper market . |
| 38 | To provide advice and guidance to businesses to enable them to comply with the requirements of the legislation enforced . |
| 39 | The laibon asked me to sit in the boma , and pointed to my tape-recorder . |
| 40 | He asked me to sort through the files and see if I could come up with something to make life easier . ’ |
| 41 | ‘ She asked me to inquire about the case . |
| 42 | Merymose asked me to look at the body . ’ |
| 43 | ‘ He had already contacted the police and when they came they asked me to look after the children so we sat in the car . |
| 44 | They 'd put her into a side ward and removed the mirrors and she asked me to peek under the cloth and tell her what she looked like . |
| 45 | She asked me to stand by the gate while she spoke to him . " |
| 46 | He said he 'd flown over urgently to see me and asked me to come to the Cheshire Cheese , that pub in Fleet Street , at ten o'clock that night . |
| 47 | He had no answer , but in the meantime the manager appeared and asked me to come into the office . |
| 48 | That evening , Frank asked me to walk in the town with him . |
| 49 | He asked me to bring over the wedding invitation … |
| 50 | Indeed , it was his example that led me to see beneath the brilliance and beauty of Paris , where the plight of its dispossessed is mirrored in the experience of the very people — artists and intellectuals — who are responsible for its reputation . |
| 51 | Reading the article in this issue on Remembrance led me to reflect on the statement in our Royal Charter which says that one of the objects of the Association is to : |
| 52 | Because they believed and they got me to believe at the time , that nationalization would be the cure for all our ills . |
| 53 | They felt this was important in helping them to get through the difficulties associated with unemployment . |
| 54 | But I must say how said it made me to hear of the death of Walter the Gardener . |
| 55 | She was kicking herself for forgetting the most basic Capricorn trait of allowing nothing to stand in the way of their goal . |
| 56 | As a result Mrs Pankhurst asked them to withdraw from the WSPU , and the militant suffragette movement split off into the ‘ Peths ’ and the ‘ Panks ’ , with Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence helping to found the non-violent Votes for Women Fellowship and the Women 's Freedom League . |
| 57 | On the Sunday following the manor fire , as Tom , Seb , Dolly and Carrie left Swinbrook chapel after the morning service , Christian asked them to come to the farmhouse . |
| 58 | Mahmoud got them to go through the events of the night . |
| 59 | ‘ You mean someone to take in the ironing ? |
| 60 | For allowing ourselves to look at the report and find the actions , and not just the actions themselves . |