Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [adj] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I enjoy the magazine but would prefer to see more of the subscription used for the work of the Institution . |
| 2 | Father rushed down and began yelling instructions ; the gentleman and his gillie just stood , mouths open , hardly believing what they were seeing , as Mother struggled and splashed in the river , fighting the salmon with one hand whilst struggling to remain decent with the other . |
| 3 | He is rarely mentioned in the press references to TI tend to go hand-in-hand with the name of its chairman and chief executive , the recently knighted Sir Christopher Lewinton . |
| 4 | Whole oats need to be fed in a larger quantity , as a proportion of them tend to pass undigested through the horse ; and crushed oats are usually smashed into oblivion , and reduced to a poor quality feed of husks and dust . |
| 5 | On a slightly happier note , the Bass Centre would like to thank Johnny Roadhouse in Manchester for helping to retrieve one of the Status Empathy basses whipped from our Northern Music Show . |
| 6 | But part of her did want to repair some of the damage they had done to each other . |
| 7 | One national paper reports its readers seven to one against closer ties with Europe ( such polls tend to attract more of the antis ) and a respected columnist bemoans the fact that cooked meats and pies are no longer sold at his favourite deli stall on Leeds market , apparently because of the dead hand of Europeanisation . |
| 8 | Mr Gordon added : ‘ Quotas were never intended to benefit some at the expense of others . |
| 9 | At least I got to know some of the background to the paintings ; the symbolism and the profundity of meaning . |
| 10 | Soon Endill got to know more of the library . |
| 11 | In addition there is in the surrounding parkland , a swimming pool , set in a panoramic position , ideal for a relaxing dip , a tennis court for the energetic and horse riding facilities for those who really want to enjoy one of the region 's favourite country pursuits . |
| 12 | Gemerek 's resignation as OKP leader and the election of Gil on Nov. 9 reflected the internal divisions within the group between supporters of Mazowiecki ( including Geremek ) and those of Walesa , who was backed by Gil , although he promised to remain impartial during the election campaign . |
| 13 | City of London Telecommunications — or COLT — has already started construction of the network , which is expected to go on-line towards the end of the year . |
| 14 | This is where the sculptor might be expected to remain close to the original , though even here a Roman preference can be detected for a certain shape , or for an angle that increases the sentimental value of the copy . |
| 15 | A Sinn Fein worker was murdered yesterday and loyalists tried to kill two of the party 's Belfast councillors within the space of 24 hours . |
| 16 | In natural fibre-rich foods the taste-evoking substances appear to remain intact within the cell walls which have not been stripped away by refining processes . |
| 17 | Last year was the centenary of the Borough Charters , so on the one hand I was trying to restore the traditions of the thing — erm we tried to reintroduce some of the pomp and ceremonial — and then on the other hand I felt that the mayoralty often did n't seem terribly relevant to people of my generation , and so I tried to involve a lot of young people in various activities and the offshoot of that has been a Youth Advisory Committee which I 've set up , which at the moment is in the process of trying to negotiate with the County Council for some premises to try and increase the sort of Youth Club type evening provision in the town . |
| 18 | erm We tried to reintroduce some of the pomp and ceremonial . |
| 19 | Earlier Land Rovers with the smaller wheel studs , were designed to carry most of the load on the large hole in the centre , so fitting Range Rover wheels , which carry the loading on the studs , is not on unless you change for the later SIII type hubs . |
| 20 | The field man has to suffer less of the unpleasantness involved in policing . |
| 21 | The protesters say they want to know more about the process , and that it 's a mistake for the government to legalize irradiation without proper research . |
| 22 | ‘ At home , children expect to come first in the life of the family and in school many of them behave in a selfish , uncaring way with no idea of consideration of others , ’ wrote another . |
| 23 | Though the move could help to speed up investment in a few large projects , there were fears last night that the sudden change in the offshore tax system could hit the bulk of the smaller oil and gas projects which were expected to provide most of the work for the offshore supply industry over the next few years . |
| 24 | Other changes highlighted in 1989 by the National Economic Development Council include an aging workforce ( in the 1990s the working population will become increasingly concentrated in the middle age groups and in the year 2000 there are likely to be 1.8 million more people aged 35 to 54 ) and an expanding adult labour force ( women returning to the labour market are expected to provide most of the growth in labour force in the 1990s ) . |
| 25 | The top eye fixing is designed to pull free on the strike minimising resistance . |
| 26 | Likewise obviously for land and access , because we will need to know that for the survey work involved . |
| 27 | ( You do not need to know much about the topic to do this ; you only need to be able to identify what you would need to know . ) |
| 28 | I have now visited the clinics twice and have come to know many of the volunteer workers from Australia , France , Holland and Britain as well as many of the patients living in the Calcutta slums . |
| 29 | He has to repair all of the machinery but this seems impossible since his workmates have borrowed his tools . |
| 30 | Israel 's Jewish Telegraphic Agency disclosed on Sept. 17 that the current wave of immigration from the Soviet Union was expected to reach 1,000,000 by the end of 1992 . |