Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] [to-vb] [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The regime became increasingly draconian in its attempts to deal with the problems it was confronting ; the society , in turn , began to establish public associations of all kinds , most notably the workers ' defence committee ( KSS-KOR ) , which were independent of party and state control . |
| 2 | Christine had to bend her arm down by her side to get her fingers to connect with the keys . |
| 3 | Six months ago six major E C Health and Safety Directives came into effect covering workplace safety , machinery , protective equipment , manual handling , work with computers and word processors , they 've built on a framework directive giving workers new rights to consultation and the right to stop the job and the union has been watching the government and the H S E and me as well , in their attempts to water down the requirements of these directives and we might well lodge a formal complaint with Brussels that could land the Tories in Europe 's Court of Justice . |
| 4 | In fact Mrs Hylton , in her turn , forbade her musicians to fraternize with the dancers , but at least two Girls married her boys . |
| 5 | She sat in a chair with a shawl over her shoulders to keep off the draughts . |
| 6 | ( The Australian Conservation Foundation and the Wilderness Society , the country 's two main environmentalist groups , called on their supporters to vote for the Democrats — the centre party which held the balance of power in the Senate but which possessed no seats in the House of Representatives — but to direct their second preferences to the ALP . ) |
| 7 | Certainly I can not deduce which goals to pursue from the facts to be faced ; but will it not be a causally necessary condition of obeying ‘ Face facts ’ that I let myself be moved , at least incipiently , in the direction in which the facing of the facts would cause me to move ? |
| 8 | He knew from long experience that a kidnapping usually meant the involvement of the Sardinian shepherds who had , over the past twenty years or so , been steadily leaving their island and bringing their flocks to graze on the hills around Florence . |
| 9 | Only a maniac , he said , would think that the wretched pittance of the industrious poor should be wrung out of their pockets to pay for the follies and profligate expenses of anyone . |
| 10 | On Nov. 23 the government responded to the deteriorating situation by invoking new emergency measures requiring all householders and their guests to register with the police . |
| 11 | Publishers often make their appointments to coincide with the parties . |
| 12 | Even now , some gardeners arrange the planting of their seeds to coincide with the phases of the moon . |
| 13 | PEOPLE who seem to want their names to vanish from the voters ' roll are causing a borough council problems . |
| 14 | IT 'S THE TIME OF THE karāti , THE NIGHTS LEADING UP TO THE full-moon festival , when the gods enter the dhāmis and use their bodies to dance among the villagers . |
| 15 | Under the restrictions of the Office of Fair Trading , SLAD can not compel its members to conform to the terms and conditions the Society recommends and members are free to amend them individually for clients . |
| 16 | School librarians can help their users to prepare for the complexities of the future and using viewdata in the school library can provide an introduction to the concepts of organization and interrogation of information which will play a part in the future working and domestic lives of today 's pupils . |
| 17 | Their millions of compatriots follow the details on West German television , day by day , while the domestic media have confined their reports to abuse against the authorities in Bonn , and sometimes against those who have left . |
| 18 | As Pollitt notes ( 1986a , p. 165 ) ‘ a government can force its employees to go through the motions , but it can not mandate enthusiasm and commitment ’ . |
| 19 | Bob needs money for things like cigarettes , stamps and batteries , and I take him cards to send to the children on their birthdays and at Christmas . |
| 20 | His colleagues at the NSC , John Lang continued , had given him the nickname ‘ Knight Rider ’ , after the television hero ( ’ one man and his machine , dedicated to the righting of wrongs ’ ) , for his disappearances to confer with the contras . |
| 21 | Initial returns indicated the re-election of President Joaquín Balaguer , 83 , of the Social Christian Reformist Party ( PRSC ) , but on May 18 his long-time rival , Juan Bosch , 81 , of the Dominican Liberation Party ( PLD ) , accused the government of " colossal fraud " and urged his supporters to take to the streets in protest . |
| 22 | The Friar frowned , checked his ho-hoings and allowed his eyes to flicker from the enemies in front . |
| 23 | He trained his dogs to return to the kennels after they were sold . |
| 24 | Both could do worse than go back to Tony Crosland and update his ideas to allow for the issues of gender , race , environment , low growth and others of which he was ignorant . |
| 25 | As the Doctor continued his efforts to communicate with the slaves , Blake noticed the Galks talking to the Cun . |
| 26 | Bedford dentist David Woolley has written an in-house leaflet for his patients to warn of the problems of halitosis . |
| 27 | The Prince muttered , ‘ Bless you , ’ then stood in his stirrups to gaze at the Lancers through a telescope . |
| 28 | He kept his bloated thumbs well away from his body , using his elbows to ease past the bushes . |
| 29 | The harbour was crammed with the great prahus which we had come so far for , but our attempts to communicate with the captains and crewmen were discouraging . |
| 30 | Your care and our representatives to look after the interests of the population within your area . |