Example sentences of "[adv] [vb -s] [verb] [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She felt her hand being placed against his cheek , and then his lips pressing kisses upon it ; she pulled his hand back , and casting all caution to the winds pressed his palm to her own lips , fondling it , examining the scratched and chisel scars on his knuckles until he wanted her hand back again — and the manner in which they took it in turns to kiss hands through the wall became a competition between them to see who could demonstrate the greatest fondness , a competition that Jennifer was now desperate to win because all her instincts were telling her that Tristram was the only man she could ever love , and that through him lay her path to freedom and independence . |
| 2 | Yet he obviously loves taunting Romeo about the ‘ sickness ’ of love . |
| 3 | If the user only wishes to produce text on the system and is prepared to restrict this to a few styles and sizes then such a device is perfectly adequate . |
| 4 | Scott 's appointment could be easily justified on the grounds of his qualifications alone , but the attempt by the Select Committee to make something of the competition results only serves to cast doubt on the reasons for the appointment . |
| 5 | Kirton spent a year as an All Black selector when Hart was out of favour and now seems embroiled in a television commentary career which largely involves tearing strips from the referee and running a one-man coaching clinic at the same time . |
| 6 | DEC FINALLY AGREES TO MARKET MACs IN THE US |
| 7 | More recently , the ending of the Cold War and the introduction of measures of democratization in Russia , Eastern Europe and elsewhere has generated debate about the possible spread of liberal democratic forms of government ( for example Held , 1992 ) . |
| 8 | The Mercia area of the Trust already has expressed concern about the effect of any airport expansion on all its properties in the area . |
| 9 | In establishing this Virgin finally hopes to win compensation for the dirty tricks affair and damages awarded here could easily run to one billion dollars . |
| 10 | ‘ The workforce thus comes to view employment in the firm as a permanent career , and it sees its future as intimately tied up with the fate of the enterprise ’ ( Gallie 1978 , 18 ) . |
| 11 | However , it still needs to raise £25,000 towards the £80,000 construction cost plus £20,000 for furnishing and equipment , some of which it hopes will be donated by local companies . |
| 12 | Monday 's hero is Friday 's forgotten man … but Glenn Hoddle still wants to say goodbye to the fans … |
| 13 | UN-sponsored work to prevent further erosion of the dam was completed in late November and further measures to lessen pressure on the structure were being implemented . |
| 14 | He still intends to maintain contact with the game , however . |
| 15 | He still intends to maintain contact with the game , however . |
| 16 | Provides an understanding of some of the major processes responsible for environmental degradation by loss or deterioration of land , air or water resources , and further aims to develop expertise in the design and implementation of programmes of environment protection and management . |
| 17 | First , while promising always purports to impose obligations on the promisor , consenting does not always do so . |
| 18 | Although ‘ retired ’ Joy still helps to raise funds for the Bournemouth Orchestra an many local Medau class members support and share this keen interest . |
| 19 | It also offers to donate £200,000 to the Save the Children Fund which has the Princess Royal as its patron . |
| 20 | One also has to take notice of the disadvantages to one 's life of too obsessive a preoccupation with questions of the precise limits of authority . |
| 21 | In making time to provide reflection the head not only has to be clear about the relative priority of helping out , taking on chores and providing workaday leadership but also has to have confidence in the extent to which his or her colleagues expect leadership . |
| 22 | Though his eyes are mainly on the lucrative US Seniors Tour , Jacklin also plans to lend support to the more recently established European Seniors circuit . |
| 23 | CAFOD also exists to raise awareness of the causes of poverty and injustice in the Third World and the steps we can take to bring about change . |
| 24 | It also aims to fund research into the geographical characteristics of ski areas , study all aspects of safety in such areas and encourage proficiency in skiing among the Armed Forces . |
| 25 | Sutherland also denies setting fire to the house , again allegedly with Mr Buckley , about two weeks earlier . |
| 26 | It also helps create links between the additional context of the experiment and the real-life world of the classroom . |
| 27 | Now there are occasionally criticisms from members that there is too much concentration on the elite end of sport in the Sports Federation in this instance the R Y A but what is important about the is an effort to produce a very high standard as a finished product so to speak to go to the Olympics but it also helps to concentrate minds on the bit that is missing before and help to recycle everybody 's concentration into the training area and Rod has just been talking about the year of youth and of course it follows on very naturally in a post- olympic year to launch that year of youth . |
| 28 | Being a member of a tribe and a kinsman to the other members of the tribe automatically implies having access to the means of production controlled by the community . |
| 29 | Sun also expects to make money on the box by taking business away from high-end personal computers , particularly PC CAD accounts with the LX , and attracting a new set of customers lured by the promise that Tsunami , a better value , will outlive its depreciation schedule . |
| 30 | There are times when it might seem that this is a definition which can produce the sense of a self which is both amorphous and autonomous , of a doubtful self which also serves to cast doubt on the human world that lies beyond the subjective individual — a world which some writers are , and some are not , very cunning in , and which is inhabited by people with a working knowledge of who they are and what they are doing . |