Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] [vb pp] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For such a result to have occurred in the birth-place of European integration even two years ago would have been unthinkable . |
| 2 | BUY yourself a plastic bulb baster to get rid of the grease on your gravy . |
| 3 | But it was an elderly shipwright on the beach who explained that all foreigners were called that here , since the only other outsider to have lived in the village was an Englishman named Collins , who , it turned out , had spent many months here during the 1930s . |
| 4 | Among the wild animals to have died during the course of 1990 as a result of pesticide poisoning were foxes ( 12 dead ) , crows ( 20 ) and birds of prey ( 36 ) . |
| 5 | Klein is not the only psychoanalyst to have commented upon the place of material objects in play . |
| 6 | Somewhere further up the scale is the seasonal dieter who goes on a diet in spring to get rid of the Christmas over-indulgence ; in summer to get ready for the beach ; in autumn to lose the fat gained from too many chips , ice-creams , and Tequila sunrises on holiday ; and in early winter to help prepare for the Christmas binge . |
| 7 | In this model it is proposed that thinning of the lithosphere and its partial replacement by hot asthenosphere might allow convective upwelling to become established below the zone of extension . |
| 8 | While such graphic interpretations of how Hendrix and his music influenced artists of the '60s were important , the brains behind the exhibition felt that the man was too big an icon to remain stuck in the past . |
| 9 | The Jewish law expected a boy to get married between the age of thirteen and eighteen to a Jewish girl aged twelve-and-a-half to fifteen ! ! |
| 10 | Orton and Lewis ( 1931 ) found the proportion of Nucella to Urosalpinx to have fallen on the oyster beds in the Blackwater Estuary under similar circumstances . |
| 11 | I confess that I literally gasped with disbelief when I heard him calmly announce his determination to get rid of the poll tax at the first possible opportunity . |
| 12 | Plans to build a ‘ flying village ’ of apartments complete with hangars at Amougies Airfield in Belgium ( Pilot Notes , January 1992 ) appear to have received enough support for the developer to get started on the construction . |
| 13 | Intramural physician monitors adjusted the cyclosporin doses to maintain cyclosporin trough levels between 80 and 120 ng/ml thus allowing the investigators to remain blinded to the study treatment . |
| 14 | This beautifully illustrated book provides information on some of the best garden plants to grow based on the experience of these two renowned gardeners . |
| 15 | 200 yds later take clear path on left leading down through forest to bridge crossed near the start of the walk . |
| 16 | Had the Israelites been polytheists , like all the other peoples of the ancient world , a natural conclusion to have drawn from the defeat would have been that their god or gods had been overcome by the gods of the Philistines . |
| 17 | Day Two : Arrival at Hook of Holland at 7 a.m. for an onward rail journey to Hilversum ( via Amsterdam ) where the arrival at your hotel is approximately 10.30 a.m. collect your bicycle and take a tour of the town to get acquainted with the cycle and the special cyclist paths . |
| 18 | There were decisions to be made , and foremost was the need to get rid of the jade . |
| 19 | A change of greenbelt status , and changes to a proposed greenbelt boundary variously affecting the combined area known for the purposes of this enquiry as D thirty nine and D forty , north of Skelton Village , have been proposed in the deposit copies , and in the desire to change proposed by the county and local planning authorities , and sundry valid representations have been lodged relating to the exclusion of all or parts of the area of the greenbelt . |
| 20 | The company would have a national insurance charge to pay based on the car scale charge ( and fuel scale charge if applicable ) . |
| 21 | Spike , the most forceful and ambitious black director to have emerged in the history of American cinema , went on to make ‘ Do The Right Thing ’ , which grossed $28 million in America in 1989 . |
| 22 | Is my constituent right to feel embittered against the Government ? |
| 23 | This disturbing event proved to be of great significance , since it taught me never to allow ideas to become rooted in the mind . |
| 24 | The last pitch was a real sting in the tail , but the perplexing moves up a short crack in a wall soon succumbed to brute force and determination and I swung exultantly over a final bulge on the monstrous , weathered holds to sit satiated on the plateau , soaking up the sun until Alec pulled over , grinning with triumph . |
| 25 | On June 18 Shamir continued his efforts to appear committed to the peace process , proposing in an interview with the Egyptian magazine Mayyu to invite President Hafez al-Assad of Syria to visit Jerusalem for peace talks , and declaring his willingness to talk to any " elected Arab representative " from the West Bank or Gaza ( but not Jerusalem ) . |
| 26 | His prize was three hundred pounds and the silver cup and let's hope his is not the last name to get engraved on the Tour of Cotswolds Trophy |
| 27 | ‘ One of the best things to have happened to the French this year . ’ |
| 28 | It 's now illegal for farmers to get rid of the straw stubble left over after harvest by burning it . |
| 29 | A deputy of Sproull 's reputation , officiating in the regality court , would be certain to make enemies for the politician who appointed him , and Gorthie strongly advised the duke to get rid of the bailie-depute immediately . |
| 30 | The coast attracts many species not found elsewhere in Britain , and sometimes quite rare birds are blown off course to land exhausted on the mainland peninsula or the Isles of Scilly . |