Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] [noun pl] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The damages being unpaid , he sought to levy execution upon Hansard and to put the sheriff 's men in to distrain goods to the value of the judgment . |
| 2 | In the morning the two sides shared the four Foursomes matches but therein hides a tale of powerful enough to displace Neighbours at the top of the TV ratings . |
| 3 | Well that takes us on nicely to more interviews , this time I 'm coming down to meet members of the audience . |
| 4 | The Henstocks were lucky enough to find lodgings in the village while they awaited a new home . |
| 5 | Keighley went into the Fixture Exchange Pool to find an opponent , only to find Hymerians in the pool too . |
| 6 | However the legislation specifically forbad the use of vegetation or planters in the roadway that would either obstruct vision or be high enough to hide children from the view of approaching drivers . |
| 7 | She was not quite tall enough to reach things around the kitchen , but she kept a small box in the outhouse which she brought in and stood on in order to get whatever she wanted . |
| 8 | Experience suggests that this may not be long enough to detect changes in the baby 's symptoms — although some babies recover within 24 hours of the mother eliminating offending foods from her diet , others can take many days , sometimes as much as two weeks , for their colic to settle down . |
| 9 | erm One of them is called the Teaching Company Scheme , in which partners from universities and manufacturing companies get together to tackle problems with the objective of increasing manufacturing performance in some area . |
| 10 | The company is also developing two new materials which it hopes will be strong enough to fill cavities in the back teeth . |
| 11 | The conversation he then conducted in what seemed like good Spanish to me — revealed that the weather in the mountains had improved enough to use helicopters in the search . |
| 12 | The most notable of last week 's promotions , below cabinet level , are David Davis , a printworker 's son and successful businessman , shrewd and tough enough to put teeth into the Citizen 's Charter ; William Hague , the ex-chancellor 's bumptious and clever private secretary , who becomes Mr Lilley 's number three at social security ; and Jeremy Hanley , a Mensa-man who becomes number two to Malcolm Rifkind at defence . |
| 13 | The design was apparently to leave readers with the impression that Brutus was genuinely applying stoical philosophy to contain the shock of losing Portia . |
| 14 | FOOTBALL-MAD Mike Grimsley gets a pal to tune in to match commentaries on the radio — then listens in over the phone . |
| 15 | Associated activities , including road-building and the introduction of electricity , have led to a rapid expansion of settlements , notably at Benemerito , with peasant farmers moving in to clear stretches of the forest for crop growing . |
| 16 | Finally , ( user pull beyond known technology ) , involves users and suppliers working together to solve problems beyond the scope of present ability . |
| 17 | He asked students , ’ Are you really trying hard enough to get jobs during the vacation ? |
| 18 | More serious was the way in which , in one or two capitals , foreign envoys used their rights of immunity not merely to shelter criminals in the embassy or legation but also to exclude the local police from a considerable area around it . |
| 19 | We describe two algorithms which are robust enough to order libraries in the presence of noise . |
| 20 | Since the start of the month , the ACT Financial Systems Ltd arm of ACT Group Plc , and IPC Information Systems Ltd , both London-based , have been working together to improve communications in the dealing room : first fruit of this non-exclusive agreement is a link between ACT 's Citydesk database and IPC 's Tradenet MX digital dealerboard ; when a dealer dials a direct line telephone number using his Tradenet dealerboard , the RS 232 output port on the board simultaneously sends a signal to the Citydesk database ; a special program searches the database for information on the client being contacted , and immediately posts it up on the Citydesk screen ; so , the dealer does not have to waste time doing a manual search ; this service is available now , but will be sold mainly as an added extra to existing customers , or via the direct sales teams of both parties ; pricing depends on the size of installation , and the complexity of database search levels required ; future developments include bi-directional communications — the Citymax database could send a message to a dealer if something significant happened on the market . |
| 21 | Is the press going to be invited in to take photographs at the dress rehearsal ? |
| 22 | Fairey Battle squadrons went in to attack bridges over the canal at Maastricht . |
| 23 | pupils are able and mature enough to make choices at the age of 13/14 ; |
| 24 | using this understanding to critically examine current activities and go on to set targets for the future . |
| 25 | The measures of family background and ability can then be used to control the different intakes to schools and thus to estimate differences in the effectiveness of schools with respect to the outcome measures listed above . |
| 26 | However , if you are charming and efficient you may actually get booked again by the venue : Similarly , all sorts of things often go wrong on stage , and the golden rule here is not to communicate mistakes to the audience . |
| 27 | The problem of insufficient staff to be able easily to absorb absences from the workplace to attend group training sessions was commented on by all except the largest libraries , with some libraries apparently regarding this lack of ( indirect ) staff resource as paramount to preventing any in-service training programmes being carried out , although as was emphasized by The Library Association Working Party on Training : |
| 28 | Hence , the development of " Social Europe " by imposing high minimum employment standards , is crucial if large sections of labour are not to suffer losses from the creation of the SEM . |
| 29 | The participants called on enterprises not to increase prices in the run-up to the elections in order to prevent unrest . |
| 30 | I ask my colleagues therefore to rest on the position that the way in which we coordinate our decision is a matter internal to Government and not to answer questions about the Cabinet Committee system . |