Example sentences of "[verb] the [noun prp] [prep] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 The need for maritime work remained , although it was clear that the anti-submarine role was no longer a possibility ( although in those days , Soviet submarines and surface shipping were still something to be feared as they passed the Cape in both directions ) .
2 You 've got the Atlantic on both sides and er it 's lovely if you 've got the weather , you know .
3 That said , we do listen to constructive criticism ( even if I do take the Michael in these letters every so often ) and make changes where they seem needed — you 'll see gradual change as time goes by , for the better , we hope !
4 Ministers , therefore , were airily content to allow the Europhobes on both sides of the Commons to let off steam in the twilight zone of arcane — and effectively futile — argument as the bill made its gruelling passage through committee stage .
5 Finally , art and design have increasingly been a part of proposals for courses leading to the award of Bachelor of Education degrees and Diplomas in Higher Education , a development which has posed the CNAA with some problems in guiding and assessing both the content and standard of such courses .
6 To assist the EEC in these objectives , three funds were to be set up : a European Social Fund to develop ‘ employment opportunities for workers ’ and to raise their standard of living ; a European Investment Bank to further economic expansion through the use of loans and guarantees ; and a European Development Fund targeted upon the associated French overseas territories .
7 A new public relations company , William Murray , was appointed to assist the HCIMA in these objectives .
8 Hustle the Safrane along some backroads and it 's clear that the adaptive damping is a major asset .
9 Nor did the agency consult a commission of independent scientists set up by Congress with the specific task of advising the EPA on such matters .
10 To reassure the owner , Renault has fitted the Safrane with several methods of anti-theft protection .
11 As the fellows told the King in September 1687 , " the Electing the Bishop of Oxford " was " directly contrary to their statutes , and to their positive oaths " , and although " they were as ready to obey the K. in all things that lay in their power " , they " could not apprehend it in their power to obey him in this matter " .
12 At that time , the B52 bombers were being introduced in large numbers and they needed air crews for them so we 'd be crossing the Atlantic with enough crews on one ship to man almost 1,000 aircraft . ’
13 And you might even find the James of both doctors scratched out and substituted more than once , such was the atmosphere of indecision which gripped the enclave .
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