Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] [v-ing] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have also had support from our colleagues in Brussels ( see article on page 21 of this issue ) and I would like to take this opportunity to thank them for taking the lead and to appeal to Johnson Matthey sites around the world to take up the challenge . |
| 2 | The spate of recent disturbances , aggravated by high prices , housing shortages and the cut in food subsidies imposed during the Gulf war , led the government 's opponents to accuse it of ignoring the poor . |
| 3 | For example , you may ignore her persistent whining for attention after one constructive attempt to distract her by suggesting a pleasant and diverting activity ( after all , you re having to see to the baby ) . |
| 4 | You may remember that two or three years ago , we made an attempt to consult you by producing a discussion paper , Woman , Status and Role , Life and Mission , which resulted in the report , Do Not Be Afraid . |
| 5 | Edith Sitwell had wanted to sue a reviewer because his notice was likely to hurt the sales of her book — and we thought it had merely been his duty to his readers to discourage them from buying a book that he thought bad . |
| 6 | Today rebels attempted to persuade one hundred and forty workers who 'd not yet signed the agreement to battle on , but they failed in their bid to stop them from signing the deal . |
| 7 | We met when she came with the chairman of one of the big contractors to lobby me about increasing the road-building programme , when I was a spokesman for Transport . |
| 8 | leadership is provided to all our contractors to assist them in meeting the Group 's standards ; |
| 9 | One small technical trick to aid you in keeping the police at bay , I add , is for your corpse to be supposed to be the result of an accident , often seeming such to everybody but your incurably inquisitive heroine . |
| 10 | She had not the heart to embarrass him by refusing a request so diffidently expressed . |
| 11 | The lead manager would in turn invite a small additional group of banks to aid it in organising the issue ( the managing group ) . |
| 12 | Thus in 1802 when a group of spahis called on the Serbs to join them in resisting the dayis very few Serbs responded . |
| 13 | Erm could could I suggest that the committee might like er to ask me to right to the W I to thank them for getting a new piano ? |
| 14 | The Aquamassage brush is waterproof and can be used in the bath and shower : ‘ The only difficulty is keeping enough soap on the brush head to keep it from dragging the skin , ’ she says . |
| 15 | ‘ I expect it is , but it 's the truth , and you 're the last person to condemn me for telling the truth , even though it may offend you to hear it . ’ |
| 16 | She was hysterical and distraught and I took her through for my wife to comfort her before telephoning the police . ’ |
| 17 | These windows are very elegant and it is well worth taking the trouble to highlight them by shaping the top of the curtains to fit the curve . |
| 18 | Bob Hopkins quotes the view ( see Church Planting II , Grove Books , page 21 ) that the parish boundary at its worst is ‘ a line drawn round thousands of people to protect them from hearing the Gospel . ’ |
| 19 | Season to taste with salt and white pepper , then cover the sauce with greaseproof paper to prevent it from forming a skin and allow it to cool completely . |
| 20 | In this sense TNC , which shares with ISS a conviction that part of the problem is teachers with too low expectations of their pupils , directly addresses the problem by means of externally imposed targets and pressure on teachers to reach them by placing the achievement of a school within a comparative framework , with results on school performance unadjusted for intake . |
| 21 | It follows that it is reasonable to assume that a unit of goodness can exist in the mind of man to aid him in understanding the origin of his God , just as the scientific unit aids human thought directed towards physical activity . |
| 22 | I 've had another word with Personnel and they say that even though I ca n't have any more full-timers , I can have a part-timer to help me with making the sandwiches in the morning and clearing up last thing at night . |
| 23 | ‘ She allowed a man to persuade her into taking the drug , so she can only blame herself for her predicament . |
| 24 | The powerful running of the big front man had been a constant threat to Andover all afternoon and they just had no answer as he finally surged through shrugging off vain attempts to check him before delivering the perfect finish . |
| 25 | Silverstein was given the task of approaching Douglas in an effort to entice him into accepting the part . |
| 26 | At least where a right to trial by jury exists , the courts are reluctant ( in cases where national security is not involved ) to allow the Attorney-General to side-step it by approaching the High Court for an injunction to stop the publication or for a declaration that the publication is unlawful : The Voluntary Euthanasia Society published a booklet entitled " A Guide to Self-Deliverance " which discussed the pros and cons of committing suicide and described in detail a number of efficacious methods for so doing . |
| 27 | Charsky , rising , reached down a — hand to assist her in mounting the stage . |
| 28 | You might be able , for example , to persuade your employer to give you constructive help by engaging an out-placement counsellor to assist you in finding a new job . |
| 29 | Williams , Textbook of Criminal Law , 2nd edn , Stevens & Sons , 1983 , 764 , criticised Pitham : if a butler invites the maid to join him in stealing the Duke 's silver when he has found the key to the safe , surely he has not at that time appropriated the silver . |
| 30 | They were said to have been forcibly dressed in the prison uniform and held for at least 17 days with their arms chained to the cell bars to prevent them from removing the uniform . |