Example sentences of "[pron] [det] [noun] [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | This group has long been noted for its breadth of vision but nevertheless it took them some time to realise the unique advantages of the photosynthetic ‘ mechanisms ’ in plants and thereby to derive what may be an original approach to the problem . |
| 2 | When I reply to debates , it is my custom to have heard all the speeches that have been made , so it is unfortunate that pressing circumstances outside the House have led me this evening to commit the grave discourtesy of not being in my place to hear as many speeches as I should have liked . |
| 3 | It took me some time to put the fantastic story of the Gauguin inheritance behind me — not out of my mind , but to the back of it , not only because I wondered if they might deteriorate , but also at the bizarre irony of a family sitting on a fortune which they refused to touch . |
| 4 | Then it was the turn for my own hand to explore the anonymous member beyond the missing brick . |
| 5 | One in five report the rise as ‘ significant ’ and one in two have increased their own prices to cover the extra costs . |
| 6 | If the citizens of Sheffield needed to go to Walsall , I am sure that they would do so , but they need look only to their own trust to see the remarkable progress already made . |
| 7 | They may realise also that to do so is perhaps a reflection of their own inability to create the excellent plot structure , characterisation and atmosphere of this successful series . |
| 8 | State department officials seem to have been concerned that the conference would deflect attention from their own campaign to expose the alleged use of mycotoxins by Vietnam in Laos and Kampuchea . |
| 9 | How many of these telephones were installed remains unknown , but after the revolution many Romanians who had telephones ( a small minority of the population , of course ) ripped open their own apparatus to find the hidden microphones . |
| 10 | Many residents have installed their own faxes to complete the office-from-office style . |
| 11 | In his introduction Piero Pazzi discusses some of the more piquant examples : in the aftermath of the Second Vatican Council well-meaning but misguided parish priests broke up their own collections to help the poor . |
| 12 | It was reported on Dec. 27 that Serbia had introduced its own currency to replace the Yugoslav dinar . |
| 13 | Five years after the NEDC/MSC report Training and Enterprise Councils ( TECs ) were launched , with an emphasis on the need to provide a meeting-ground for several interests : " Each TEC will shape its own agenda to reflect the special economic and social needs of the area . |
| 14 | It 's staging its own marches to counter the official demonstration and it 's changing some street names back to what they were before the revolution . |
| 15 | So mestizo culture — reluctant to let go of tradition — created its own deity to host the yearly handout . |
| 16 | And why raise the subject now , just when she wanted to get back to her own office to quell the bewildering inner turbulence which had disturbed the past few minutes ? |
| 17 | The present arsenal of the former Soviet republics is 27,000 warheads , and it will take them many years to implement the current proposals . |
| 18 | The film is not primarily a combat movie : no attempt is made to fully identify the kind of unit the protagonists are attached to , nor is there any attempt to locate the central act in time or place . |
| 19 | Congress had granted him another amnesty to contest the 1992 election . |
| 20 | It took her some time to unfasten the stiff buttons . |
| 21 | Her Dutch cleaning lady would be coming round in the morning — let her do it , thought an exhausted Olga a few minutes later , as she shakily bathed her face under the cold tap ; Boyd could darn well pay her more housekeeping to cover the extra hours of work . |
| 22 | Mr Ryabov 's defection will give them enough votes to block the two-thirds majority that is needed to change the constitution . |
| 23 | RANGERS are to spend £500,000 on a new pitch in time for next season — assuming an abbreviated summer break allows them enough time to restore the worst playing surface Walter Smith can remember in his time at Ibrox , writes Hugh Keevins . |
| 24 | The marvellous thing about basic cheap ottomans is that you can paint them any colour to match the prevailing decor of the room and you can cover the lid with padded material , or even carpet , to make a seat . |
| 25 | Dealers who exhibit generally agree that the fair is successful commercially , has improved its standard in recent years , and look to it this year to test the general market for antiques and collectibles . |
| 26 | Emilia 's subsequent ill-temper spent itself on the domestic staff , and she interpreted his own efforts to placate the ruffled servants as treachery . |
| 27 | He had advanced thousands of pounds of his own money to keep the parliamentary forces of Yorkshire going . |
| 28 | When Merry blows it in the Shire the revolution against sloth and shabbiness and Saruman- ‘ Sharkey ’ is on : no doubt Tolkien would have liked to be able in his own person to do the same . |
| 29 | Relying on the Bible , Roman law , and the classics to explain what ought to be , John also drew on his own experience to describe the contemporary scene . |
| 30 | At least one of the Scots of flag rank , Admiral Lord Keith , was no friend of the Administration , and he employed his own patronage to augment the Indian patronage distributed by his brother , William Elphinstone , in order to sustain an opposition political interest . |