Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [verb] [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , knowing what we want the group to achieve , set a transfer price that gets each division to decide to operate at the volume we want . |
| 2 | Moreover , if the monetary authorities continue to adhere to the policy rule specified in equation ( 7.14 ) , the discrepancy between the actual money supply and the anticipated money supply will be , on average , zero . |
| 3 | Two broad groups seem to emerge from the known evidence ( fig. 8 ) , each with a different level of impact on the defended area itself and on the extra-mural suburbs . |
| 4 | The planned destruction of so much of Romania 's rural heritage seemed to go against the tenor of Ceauşescu 's out-spoken nationalism . |
| 5 | Staff at Cardiff-based Rimer-Alco volunteered to work over the bank holiday to prepare special oxygen machines to be flown out next week . |
| 6 | The Collector , surveying the crowd , felt a little hope begin to stir in the hungry and despairing bodies below him . |
| 7 | There were no official figures for Iraqi lives lost , and throughout the campaign allied commanders refused to speculate upon the subject . |
| 8 | For a few moments her still-sleepy eyes refused to focus on the dramatic black handwriting . |
| 9 | Even imperialist anti-popes tried to reside in the city — and the emperors strove to keep them there . |
| 10 | After joining , the Liberals and even the Labour supporters seem to drift into the Conservative way of thinking . |
| 11 | Beginners in Japlish use that sound for both ‘ l ’ and ‘ r ’ , but more advanced speakers learn to distinguish between the two so that they can get them mixed up . |
| 12 | This small-scale study aims to look at the impacts of deregulation of passenger transport in the United States and to examine the way that transport suppliers have responded to the new environment . |
| 13 | Yet in fixing the allocations between departments , they have to take into consideration the policy of the government and what each department proposes to do with the money . |
| 14 | When the sound of high-flying aircraft began to soak into the atmosphere people stopped talking but looked more interested than afraid . |
| 15 | The extension of the franchise to all adults created a situation in which political parties had to compete for the mass vote and so had to organise the electorate to support their candidates at the polls . |
| 16 | In public bureaucracies there may be conflicts of interest between different levels of the hierarchy arising from the values which different strata bring to bear on the policies being pursued by the government . |
| 17 | The Scottish accent seemed to come from the other side of the crowd . |
| 18 | THE on-going recession means to respite for the hard pressed Citizens Advice Bureau . |
| 19 | BUT when the system loosened up slightly under pressure from Gorbachev 's reforms , some groups started to return to the cafes . |
| 20 | A sense of deprivation of a different kind continues to smoulder amongst the immigrant groups of Indian , Lebanese and Europeans , especially in Kenya and Zimbabwe , who feel that their economic position may be attacked , or re-attacked , at any time . |
| 21 | Interchange by the Euston-King 's Cross link will complement the through international train services that British Rail plans to run from the north-west and the west midlands to Paris and Brussels . |
| 22 | At the same time , British Rail agreed to withdraw for the next six months a proposed price increase for carrying the high quality limestone to the BS works at Redcar . |
| 23 | How dare this blanc try to interfere with the way things have been done for centuries ? |
| 24 | His olive skin seemed to glint in the soft light of the hallway ; the flat behind him was almost totally dark . |
| 25 | A few birds began to make with the auditions . |
| 26 | Gur , Gur and Marshalek ( 1975 ) discuss findings which suggest that people who typically move their eyes in a leftward direction prefer to sit on the right side of a classroom ( looking towards the front ) . |
| 27 | From the mid-1690s , High Anglicans began to rally around the cry of the " Church in Danger " . |
| 28 | But , while social programmes continue to pay for the largesse for defence , scientific research and development has been spared . |
| 29 | A number of British garages refused to quote for the job directly , giving only-their hourly-rates and an estimate of how long it would take . |
| 30 | ‘ Still another difficulty has to do with the specific words the counsellor uses . |