Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [pers pn] [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This led him to compare the legal codes of archaic and modern societies in much the same manner as Maine had done . |
| 2 | Despite the recession this helped us to retain the vast majority of our members and welcome new ones to our ranks . |
| 3 | This leads me to believe the fellow concerned knew little about foxes and even less about rabbiting . |
| 4 | This requires you to utilise the JMP-1 's output mapping , and all it means is that you tell the JMP-1 that every time it selects , say , patch 6 , information is sent to the effects processor to change its current patch to whatever patch you require . |
| 5 | The answer to this requires us to assess the relative centrality of sexual choice to life choices and living standards . |
| 6 | This enabled it to survive the mass defection of four consultants — equal to almost half their team — led by David Norman in 1982–3 . |
| 7 | Many graduates could benefit from TOPS courses because their degree courses are often too specialised to allow them to acquire the generalised skills useful in many jobs . |
| 8 | This inspired me to write the dreadful Verena for her . |
| 9 | This enables me to buy the latest fashion accessories and clothes without relying on my parents . |
| 10 | This enables you to guide the rear section home without catching the inner surface of the Dacron sleeve and helps to make sure that the sections are fully joined . |
| 11 | This brings them to explore the theoretical level of psychological discourse . |
| 12 | This brings us to consider the broader context of industrial conflict . |
| 13 | As the rough represents the variability around the smoothed line , it is sometimes appropriate to use it to indicate the typical degree of variation around the smoothed curve . |
| 14 | It should not be too much to ask them to forgive the miserable uncertainty of a young man at Oxford 23 years ago , and it should not be impermissible to say that they are in the wrong if they refuse . |
| 15 | Those who search for something and never find it become dispirited or cynical and eventually it becomes very hard to motivate them to climb the next hill . |
| 16 | Even without rearranging the order of the records in the database , it was considered possible to use them to examine the actual organisation in a manner similar to that of the comparison stage of the SSM , ie by listing all activities and posing questions about their existence and effectiveness in the real situation , at the same time considering information-related problems . |
| 17 | However , the difference between the systems of property rights in countries such as Britain , America , Germany , Hong Kong and Indonesia on the one hand and Russia , East Germany , Vietnam and China , is still sufficiently great to enable us to label the former capitalist and the latter socialist . |
| 18 | It must be stressed that although a natural condition can not give rise to liability under the rule in Rylands v. Fletcher it may still constitute a nuisance for which an occupier may be liable if he has knowledge or means of knowledge of its existence and if it is reasonable to require him to take the necessary steps to abate it . |
| 19 | This was all important to enable me to get the correct shape of the legs and the lengths of the rails . |
| 20 | In any event , whatever the possible therapeutic role of such drugs , they are unlikely to be able to help us to understand the intimate mechanisms of memory . |
| 21 | It was only with great effort that was able to get them to arrange the Open Door Schooling visit so that it was useful as a teaching exercise , instead of being a ceremonial procession through the commune . |
| 22 | All the players were guests of the Hotel , and practise courts were made available to enable them to have the best possible preparation for the finals . |
| 23 | I said that the " genetic ruler " of Figure 8 enables us to calculate the minimum time it would take to evolve from one point to another . |
| 24 | Also , with Bush committed to opposing both bills , Republicans in Congress were anxious to enable him to avoid the political embarrassment of vetoing them just before the presidential election . |
| 25 | ‘ When I said that this was necessary to allow us to cross the Great Sea , ’ Alexei said , ‘ I spoke no more than the truth . |