Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [to-vb] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | MPs who on the whole tend to be rather casual about going to meetings organised for their benefit by pressure groups tend to go to the nuclear forum , because it is always well-structured and organised , and because they can then say to constituents who work in either the nuclear industry or the nuclear supply industry that they have been , and still are , taking an interest in the decisions that affect those particular electors . |
| 2 | In rural areas the school frequently serves as a focal point for the local community — its removal can have a detrimental effect in that it may become increasingly difficult to attract new families to settle , the younger age groups tend to drift towards the neighbouring towns and the average age of the remaining inhabitants goes on rising . |
| 3 | In return the states agreed to co-operate with the federal government in reducing duplication of health and welfare services , cutting losses in state-owned businesses , co-ordinating infrastructure spending , and harmonizing regulations in areas such as environmental protection and professional qualifications . |
| 4 | Autobiographies , ghosted or not , and ‘ humorous ’ essays tend to lurk in the literary equivalent of shark-infested waters . |
| 5 | At the meeting on the 5 November the BSI Standards Board agreed to recommend to the BSI Main Board , which met on the 28 November , that the new body be permanently established . |
| 6 | A similar campaign finance bill ( including the honoraria ban and limitation on outside income ) was passed by the Senate in 1990 but was lost at the end of the congressional session when the two Houses failed to agree upon the final form of the legislation . |
| 7 | Male and female take turns to perch on the bulky drum-nest of seaweed , incubating the single stained white egg . |
| 8 | ‘ The opening of our new office demonstrates our commitment to our future involvement in Slovakia and gives us the opportunity to continue to build on the excellent relations that have already been established , ’ he added . |
| 9 | The second kind has to do with the conceptual coherence of the theory that the empirical investigation is designed to support . |
| 10 | ‘ Still another difficulty has to do with the specific words the counsellor uses . |
| 11 | The desire for natural religion reflected an awareness that religious faith has to do with the inner life of human beings , that it connects up with profound needs , drives and searchings at the core of our existence . |
| 12 | One of the interesting questions that can be asked about the curriculum has to do with the relative power and influence of these various actors in the planning process ; for example , in their study , Boys et al . |
| 13 | The result meant that both parties failed to capitalise on the widespread disaffection with the mainstream parties and in particular with the ruling Socialist Party ( PS ) which had been discovered in recent months to have been involved in a number of scandals . |
| 14 | ( Recall Keynes 's retention of the ‘ real wage equals marginal product ’ principle , so that only the first marginal condition failed to hold in the General Theory model . ) |
| 15 | Their senior officer , Lieutenant-Commander Norman Teacher RN , was only thirty years old and one of COPPs ' greatest difficulties in the early days was persuading senior command staffs to listen to the young navigators . |
| 16 | Because several tutors failed to keep to the new time table for applications the Board has decided that they will have to revert to the original dates for the Written Examination entries . |
| 17 | In a way that is all too typical of both the English Left and the English lesbian and gay movement , Positive Images failed to draw on the parallel developments around local government funding of lesbian and gay projects in the USA . |
| 18 | There are a number of different conflict perspectives and their supporters tend to disagree about the precise nature , causes and extent of conflict . |
| 19 | Sobibor was the scene of the biggest prison escape of the Second World War when six hundred Jews rose against their guards to try to escape to the surrounding forest . |
| 20 | One lawyer needs to work on the collective ideas and draft the documents . |
| 21 | Overall , however , our studies showed schools tending to cluster towards the following main types : |
| 22 | His eyes came to rest on the tear-stained face of Mrs Bennett , whose baby had so recently died , and he suffered a pang of pity for her . |
| 23 | Investigations are continuing to discover how the two cars came to collide at the Great Stainton crossroads on the narrow road . |
| 24 | With some telepathy at work , his questing glance came to rest in the exact square of window in which her face appeared . |
| 25 | Ringing the woman 's number again , she found her in , and more than ready to offer her somewhat trenchant views on the House of Commons and the way that seminal institution seemed to cling to the outmoded notion that women were an inferior breed . |
| 26 | Case 2b — where none of the candidate words seem to fit with the syntactic processing of the sentence . |
| 27 | When on two occasions Ewen turned to make for the open sea , Neil , increasing our speed slightly , held on to what looked like a collision course . |
| 28 | The top layer of fabric tends to slip over the bottom layer while under the pressure foot , so carefully machine the seam over the needles and tacking , following the direction of the nap ( i.e. , the direction in which the pile is lying ) . |
| 29 | Ice creams and lollies seem to benefit from the sharp wit of its frosting . |
| 30 | Another area of major concern to the police and the judiciary is drug smuggling and the methods used to deal with the huge profits it generates . |