Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] the [noun sg] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , no one could make that out , but it transpired that the lad had a sense of humour . |
| 2 | Bottom-hole temperatures from wells in southern England suggest that the region has a present geothermal gradient close to the world average for cratonic areas of 25° C/km . |
| 3 | The limitation of these simple answers is that they suggest that the reader has a relatively , if not completely , passive role . |
| 4 | Anyone who has ever played with a gyroscope will know that the object displays a distinct aversion to being turned upside-down ; in many ways the spinning Earth can be viewed as a sort of super-heavy gyroscope . |
| 5 | In a better attempt to define the intermediate diameter ( I ) of particles retained on sieves of specific nominal diameters ( D sv ) Komar & Cui ( 1984 ) demonstrated that the relationship provided a means of obtaining a more closely representative grain diameter than currently given by the sieve mesh itself . |
| 6 | As you all know our fund-raising project last years was the 200 Club and those of you who joined the club will be pleased to know that the venture made a good profit . |
| 7 | The papers also report that the club sent a special envoy to Paris to ensure Gazza got to Seville for Tuesday 's friendly against Diego Maradona 's side . |
| 8 | Reports say that the machine includes a pen-input LCD and a protruding antenna . |
| 9 | They say that the world loves a lover and I think this is true . |
| 10 | We acknowledge that the country has a number of social problems . |
| 11 | However , disappointment set in when we ventured home to find that the packaging contained a guitar , a separate tremolo and guarantee which was to be mailed to the USA . |
| 12 | It is not surprising , then , to find that the clause has a long career in the documents . |
| 13 | If he found that the archbishop disliked a nomination , he coolly referred it back to Downing Street . |
| 14 | We found that the decision to end a marriage tends to be unilateral , and is more often taken by the wife ; there is widespread evidence of regret , but this is confined to one party in most cases ; while some members of the divorcing population allege that divorce is ‘ too easy ’ , these people will often say that they themselves have struggled with their marital problems for many years . |
| 15 | The three Justices found that the Convention embodied a substantive standard , directed at the purpose of the Convention which was seen as being to ensure timely notice to the defendant . |
| 16 | He is a prolific inventor who helped to start the environmental revolution and , as a result of work undertaken for NASA , studied the conditions necessary for the continued existence of life and found that the Earth constituted a self-regulatory system whereby each of the many variable factors , such as temperature and the composition of air , sea and soil , had been kept within the narrow limits necessary for life to survive for the entire history of the planet . |
| 17 | Only the Maronites felt able to drink from the cup of French tutelage and even they quickly found that the chalice contained a special , colonial poison , the effects of which would be passed on to future generations ; for by adding such large areas of Muslim Syria to the new ‘ Lebanon ’ , the French ensured that the Christians ' precarious status as the largest religious community would — once the Muslim birthrate increased — be lost . |
| 18 | Even though Driesch was wrong in assigning limitless regulative properties to the early sea-urchin embryo , he did demonstrate that the embryo had a remarkable capacity for regulation . |
| 19 | The Board has recommended that the Department issue a further specimen paper drafted with the assistance of teachers . |
| 20 | At one time , the discovery of magnetite in an animal 's tissue was thought to indicate that the animal had a magnetic sense . |
| 21 | The Doom Diver model is not removed when he is shot , but remains in place to indicate that the catapult has a crew of Doom Divers standing ready . |
| 22 | However , these assumptions may be easily dropped although the equation loses a certain amount of neatness , . |
| 23 | of women raped by a relative ( not a husband ) reported that the rape had a great effect on their lives , whereas the same effect was reported by only 39 per cent . |
| 24 | The newspaper reported that the constable faced a major Scotland Yard inquiry about his job . |
| 25 | Er , let me apologize if the motion appears a little vague . |
| 26 | She rose and the apron made a tissue-paper sound , ‘ And we have to bear in mind , Miss Thorne , that for many people a hospital of this kind is not the answer . |
| 27 | of contract , although evidence may be difficult to find if the expert issues a non-speaking decision . |
| 28 | It would n't have mattered if the stall had a sign like that . |
| 29 | Bring to a rolling boil , add the flour , then remove from the heat and beat until the mixture forms a ball and leaves the sides of the pan clean . |
| 30 | Add the flour and beat until the mixture forms a ball . |