Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [to-vb] [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Good separation is only achieved if the flask is heated slowly to allow time for the equilibria to become established . |
| 2 | Most of them will go : the communal celebration draws them , they need to gather together to bid farewell to the 1970s , they need to reinforce their own expectations by witnessing those of others , by observing who is in , who is out , who is up , who is down . |
| 3 | It may also be that whereas the British kings intended to replace Oswiu with a more acceptable candidate , Penda sought only to reduce Oswiu to the status of a dependant and at the same time effectively to establish territories such as Lindsey as falling within a southumbrian Mercian orbit . |
| 4 | Instead of banning corporal punishment outright , however , it sought merely to give effect to the Court 's ruling . |
| 5 | Silence quickly overtook him as memory tried just to keep pace with the tumbling images . |
| 6 | THE INDIAN government tried yesterday to deflect attention from the Bofors corruption scandal by linking one of the fiercest opposition critics of Rajiv Gandhi , the Prime Minister , with shady financial dealing . |
| 7 | Although each institutional investor may still only own a very small percentage of the issued share capital of the company , nevertheless , they have the requisite skills to monitor management effectively , and can act collectively to exert pressure on the managers of the company , thereby overcoming the problem that there is little incentive for the individual shareholder to spend the necessary time and money to inform himself of and perhaps challenge the actions of the directors as the managers of the company . |
| 8 | A resolution of this issue , which is not a pressing matter , would need also to take account of the fact that speakers do , in practice , use sentences which could be taken as instances of a third possible equational type ( if this is not to be regarded as merely some kind of linguistic jeu d'esprit ) : ( 37 ) cautiously is the way we should proceed In both of these two cases , the question is whether a property concept can fill a position which would otherwise be reserved for an entity . |
| 9 | Presumably they were expected also to save money for the shipowners . |
| 10 | As the royal troops moved forward to take possession of the battlefield , littered with discarded weapons and the dead and wounded , Cumberland despatched a messenger to HMS Gibraltar , in the Moray Firth , for biscuits and cheese , rum and brandy for his victorious but hungry troops . |
| 11 | The training , which has yet to take place in the UK in a formal way , will draw on what has been written on language techniques and the specific situation of the deaf community . |
| 12 | The much publicized working-class Conservative has yet to take command of the green leather benches . |
| 13 | Although Ashworth 's suggestion has been backed by a broad coalition of penal reform groups , and also by the Labour Party ( 1990 ) , it has yet to find favour with the judiciary , and was explicitly rejected by the government ( Home Office , 1990a : para. 2.20 ) . |
| 14 | But some are designed specifically to feature information about the social , cultural or professional life of the country . |
| 15 | Even France , the EC country that has done most to block progress on the Uruguay round , now at least seems willing to discuss specifics . |
| 16 | Unlike a petrol engine with a throttle , or accelerator , to vary the amount of fuel and air being sucked into the engine , diesel works on the principle that air in a cylinder will , if it is compressed , heat enough to ignite fuel without the use of a spark plug . |
| 17 | Her nails had been manicured and lightly touched with colour , and her cheeks , slightly flushed , seemed somehow to add emphasis to the startling green of her eyes . |
| 18 | But the jungle lodges should do more to make contact with the local communities , to tell them what they are doing . |
| 19 | Is it not clear that the substantial staged increases in respect of the existing bridge are being imposed simply to provide money for the second , privatised bridge ? |
| 20 | We would do well to take heed of the American experience . |
| 21 | The young woman came regularly to take care of the sick cow , but never spoke to Gabriel . |
| 22 | While Miller seemed chiefly to glean knowledge on the cultivation of flowers and vegetables from Holland , he turned to Italy for information on fruit culture and here again he had many correspondents . |
| 23 | Subsequently , Thames Television 's current affairs programme , This Week , broadcast a feature , called ‘ Death on the Rock ’ ( ITV , 28 April 1988 ) , in which witnesses came forward to cast doubt on the official version of events . |
| 24 | For instance , the censuses of 1971 and 1981 investigated country of origin more fully than had been done previously to extend knowledge about the immigrant population . |
| 25 | In the not too distant future , there 's the promise of a different set of programs which are being dubbed ‘ pen centric ’ applications ; that is , written specifically to take advantage of the pen . |
| 26 | If used constructively , instructional programs can be very effective but they can be very boring if they are used merely to transfer work to the microcomputer which would be better carried out in the traditional manner . |
| 27 | The introduction of cash crops and an increasing population acted together to increase pressure on the land significantly , in specific cases even to critical levels , such as in Ruanda and in the ‘ reserves ’ of Kenya and Zimbabwe . |
| 28 | ( Visits seem only to take place at the stage of formulating proposals . ) |
| 29 | It was reported on March 10 that fresh charges had been filed against Enrile which accused him of attempting corruptly to seize control of the country 's coconut industry . |
| 30 | Eventually drop steeply to reach corner of the road |