Example sentences of "[conj] [noun sg] [verb] [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Other members of the family are often important in at least stimulating an awareness of the possibilities of sport and , at most , actively encouraging the brother or sister to take up the sport . |
2 | Approval will partly depend on whether or not the UK Department of Trade & Industry opens up the market for international simple resale to the US . |
3 | This is because in England there is no statute or code setting out the law governing the continuing care of the terminally ill ; nor are there more than a handful of cases that have been decided by the courts.l None the less , legal principles undoubtedly do exist and obviously condition the choices made by doctors . |
4 | Faced with dwindling sales and stiffer competition , all luxury-goods firms need to turn to the boring disciplines that many have dismissed as suitable for widget-makers , but hardly appropriate for a trade where cachet brings in the cash . |
5 | From the very highest tower in the middle of the Castle , a thin plume of mist or vapour drifts down the wind . |
6 | Many men find they can get the same sort of pleasure by using sex toys like dildos or butt plugs up the bum . |
7 | But in fact there appears to be little a company chairman can do other than try to ride out the fashion of the moment . |
8 | The statement ‘ If rain falls on spruce forests , the rain can become even more acid ’ may have been drawn from a recent paper from the Institute of Terrestrial Ecology that certainly showed that water flowing down the stem was more acid than that caught in the open . |
9 | Sir Patrick said that analysis backed up the view of Lord Colville , who conducted the review of the emergency laws , that only a small minority of cases involved allegations of police assaults inside the holding centres . |
10 | A party of revellers in black and red velvet doublets and hose ran down the arcade , showering everyone with confetti . |
11 | Brother and sister walk down the gang-plank |
12 | A library , like any other organisation , has a limited amount of manpower and money to carry out the activities required and expected of it ; training is just one way of ensuring that these resources are used in the most effective possible manner . |
13 | If mum takes up the game again , then why not her children in future years ? |
14 | I am looking forward to the next stage of Tencel and we are already working with Fibers and Research to set up the teams for a new project . |
15 | They were moved by their own flesh and blood acting out the motions of birth and parentage with that mixture of awkwardness , ignorance , seriousness and imitation which can be observed in the necessary games of mothers and fathers . |
16 | The report comes as the Department of Trade and Industry takes on the tasks of the now defunct Department of Energy . |
17 | Together Sinton and Hero take over the Limelight every Thursday and offer a platform to new bands . |
18 | A wire balloon should be fitted into the top of each downpipe to prevent birds nesting and debris getting down the pipe |
19 | This one-off personalised scheme with red bars on the fuselage , wings and tailplane picks out the squadron Cross of Lorraine emblem in planform . |
20 | THOUSANDS of islanders fled in terror yesterday as 20ft walls of boiling mud and ash roared down the slopes of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines . |
21 | Cato 's obdurate hostility and determination to take over the Auvergnat diocese , however , led to a hardening of lines , and Cautinus began to persecute Cato and his followers . |
22 | Victorian values might include slavery , children down the mines and chimney sweeps up the stack , as well as gin parlours and asylums . |
23 | Depending on the status of the borrower , fees may be charged by the lender for arranging the loan , managing the loan throughout the period of the loan , early payment and failure to take up the loan . |
24 | But it 's only just over two and a half years since the village Post Office and shop put up the shutters for the last time . |
25 | Two hundred and fifty signed letters were delivered to the Irish Embassy , protesting at the Irish government 's censorship and refusal to take on the issue . |
26 | He likes the days when nothing seems to happen , and rain runs down the windows , and through somebody else 's windows on the other side of the airwell you can see girls with piles of lacquered hair laughing and making sudden small self-conscious movements , as they flirt with young men in Italian-cut suits , silent behind the layers of glass . |
27 | The killer then started fires near the bodies of the mother , daughter and grandson to cover up the crime . |
28 | You type in the name and DOS carries out the command . |
29 | The doubts still persist that his statue-like stance — feet wide apart , legs straight and head looking down the pitch over the left shoulder — leaves him in no position to deal effectively with the fast , short delivery . |
30 | Though an edge is given to the violins , making them sound less sweet in exposed passages than they should , the recording has a fullness and warmth to bring out the brilliance and refinement of the orchestration . |