Example sentences of "[verb] to [noun sg] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE first permanent public gallery in Britain devoted to art inspired by the world 's many religions has opened in Glasgow . |
| 2 | Only replacement back Kenny Logan was an absentee , confined to bed suffering from the 24-hour flu bug . |
| 3 | The subsequent research findings presented to Congress resulted in the Noise Control Act of 1972 ( later expanded into the Quiet Communities Act of 1978 ) which required the EPA to set standards of tolerable noise levels for all types of new equipment and machinery . |
| 4 | Much of the responsibility for education and training related to employment rests with the Training , Enterprise and Education Division ( formerly the Training Agency ) of the Department of Employment . |
| 5 | The IDA eventually dropped the idea of Nad , according to evidence given at the An Bord Pleanala appeal , because most of the suitable land was held in common . |
| 6 | One of the two men accused of murdering a police informer was also a drugs dealer , according to evidence given by the prosecution on the second day of their trial . |
| 7 | According to evidence given in the trial , the Commandos of Sacrifice were a Nahda splinter group . |
| 8 | AWARRANT for the arrest of the former partner of Mr Peter Clowes was issued seven years before his Barlow Clowes investment empire collapsed , according to evidence submitted to the Parliamentary Ombudsman . |
| 9 | According to work done in the 1970s and 1980s , there could have been up to 32 in the rocks of Burgess shale alone , including many never seen anywhere else . |
| 10 | According to press reports at the time , Lori McElroy and her boyfriend claimed Nicholas and his friends had been a problem throughout the holiday . |
| 11 | Miss T. 's mother arrived at the hospital accompanied by C. Later that night , according to information given by the hospital to Miss T. 's father , Miss T. received more pethidine . |
| 12 | According to information issued by the World Health Organization ( WHO ) in May 1991 , over 345,000 cases of acquired immune deficiency syndrome ( AIDS ) had been reported from 162 countries and territories as of April 1991 . |
| 13 | According to information released by the Russian government , between 1968 and 1982 the Soviet navy dumped 13 spent nuclear reactors and thousands of barrels of radioactive waste in the area . |
| 14 | If children were egocentric , the capacity to sustain an effective dialogue would be impossible , for this requires the ability to switch speaker and listener roles constantly , to monitor the effects of one 's messages , and to modify them according to feedback received from the listener . |
| 15 | According to research conducted in the US , nine out of ten people who buy a computer end up bitterly regretting the decision . |
| 16 | Sexual hormones in sewage can cause some fish to change sex , according to research funded by the UK Department of the Environment . |
| 17 | A significant decline in the numbers of some traditional bird species in the UK is due to modern farming methods , according to research published by the British Trust for Ornithology . |
| 18 | Twenty years ago , it had been a cosy Victorian hostelry , seldom visited except by its regulars , with an open fire in winter and horse brasses polished to whiteness hung against the black beams . |
| 19 | This then is the environment within which multimedia will contribute to training needs in the 1990s . |
| 20 | Young Gilbey 's passion was cars and he skipped going to university to move to the bright lights of London . |
| 21 | My youngest son , Joseph , is very interested in history , and we are going to Hue to look at the Imperial City and watch the emperor perform the traditional ceremonies of Tet . " |
| 22 | We th , do then have a toner , but you do n't necessarily have to use the toner because you 've used to water to cleanse off the cleanser . |
| 23 | Like the aristocracy , therefore , the Church could count on its urban mob , and in the riots of 1766 the Orders were accused of releasing this urban clientèle against a reforming administration ; Aranda , the most conspicuous of Charles III 's anti-clerical ministers , called to power to deal with the rioters , seems to have planned a serious attack on poverty precisely because he feared the influence of a Church with a monopoly of outdoor relief . |
| 24 | The two incidents which were called to mind related to the Company golf scene . |
| 25 | Even at the tiny rate of change discovered by the two men , an accurate clock started then would now be several hours out , compared to time judged by the positions of the sun or stars . |
| 26 | They were invited to court to perform for the Empress Maria Theresa and Emperor Francis I. |
| 27 | When he found himself in charge of a famous school he seized his opportunity and set to work to instil in the offspring of the ruling classes the personally desirable and politically vital sense of sin . |
| 28 | Where any power to revoke or determine can not be exercised within six years from the time when any particular property first becomes comprised in the settlement , the subsection does not apply to income arising under the settlement from that property , or from property representing that property , so long as the power can not be exercised . |
| 29 | Accordingly , in the case of a listed institution , the COB Rules do not apply to business falling within the exemption . |
| 30 | The Law Reform ( Contributory Negligence ) Act 1945 applies to liability arising under the Act . |