Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] the rest " in BNC.
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| 1 | The federal government pays 63 per cent of the cost of Medicaid , leaving the states to find the rest of the money . |
| 2 | Quiss stamped his foot in frustration , then marched back up the steps to retrieve the rest of his furs and make his way back to the castle 's upper reaches . |
| 3 | It never says this is the right behaviour or this is the wrong behaviour , it just says the safest behaviour and , and then leaves , leaves the recipient to do the rest . |
| 4 | If such people are not genuine asylum seekers we must take action to protect the rest of the community , including the ethnic minorities , from them . |
| 5 | She switched on the shower and tested the water , then looked round for some shampoo to wash the rest of the snarls from her hair . |
| 6 | Kendal , to the east of Windermere , is just outside the Lake District National Park and so makes a good base to visit the rest of the region . |
| 7 | Jackson jetted out of his blocks to leave the rest of his field for dead , crossing the line in 13.07 seconds . |
| 8 | If the winning shot ever comes from a longbow again , quite a few people thought it would mean the end of that meeting and adjournment to the pub to spend the rest of the day celebrating ! |
| 9 | There has been speculation that the move might be the first step towards privatisation of the business formed as a state-owned entity in 1989 when the Government decided to withdraw the nuclear power sector from plans to privatise the rest of the electricity industry . |
| 10 | Buyers are guaranteed a 95 per cent mortgage to cover the rest . |
| 11 | Since one woman is the equal of any other , woman-centred psychologists can claim the right to represent the rest . |
| 12 | ‘ There was no doubt in my mind , no confusion , simply a compulsion to live the rest of my life with you . ’ |
| 13 | This is not the place to summarize the rest of the curriculum debate and many important documents , whether from HMI ( Curriculum 11–16 in 1977 , A View of the Curriculum in 1980 ) or the DES ( A Framework for the School Curriculum in 1980 or The Organization and Content of the 5–16 Curriculum in 1984 ) : Chapter 1.1 provides some detail . |
| 14 | Diana is expected to leave Wood Farm after a few days to spend the rest of the Christmas holiday with her brother Earl Spencer . |
| 15 | In 1843 he returned to England and took his little daughter back to Jamaica to join the rest of the family . |
| 16 | Is that a desire to save one thousand five hundred pounds or a desire to prevent the rest of us finding out what your government 's really up to ? |
| 17 | But even so , for the Jones and the Riddifords it was a terrible wrench to leave the rest of the close knit Welsh family behind and there were floods of tears when the time came to say goodbye . |
| 18 | I know Roy 's limitations , as does he , but there must be a physical presence to offset the rest of the midfield ’ was the coach 's verdict on a man who is one short of 50 caps . |
| 19 | The achievement of Macmillan ( who before the war once declared that ‘ Toryism has always been a form of paternal socialism ’ ) was to adopt the more liberal ideas of men like Butler to render the rest of the meal palatable . |
| 20 | She racked her brains to remember the rest of the story . |
| 21 | Yesterday Steve declared : ‘ I had enough bad luck in one day to last the rest of my life . |
| 22 | Midway through ‘ Summer Night City ’ Bjorn and Benny perform THE SKIRT TRICK and leave Agnetha and Frida to do the rest of the gig in metallic hotpants . |
| 23 | It represents the capacity of those in dominant positions to persuade the rest of society that the attributes they consider admirable , and their evaluations of worth , are somehow the ‘ right ’ ones . |
| 24 | Unfazed , Norman somehow caught it , jammed it back on , and shouted up his resolve to do the rest of the route for the most part on his knees . |
| 25 | Finish the surface to match the rest of the drive . |
| 26 | They are available from about £320 and some can be fitted with decor panels to match the rest of your kitchen . |
| 27 | Meanwhile , HTV had generously laid on a Rolls Royce to bring the rest of us from our Frenchay home to Buckingham Palace . |
| 28 | And he believed it was necessary to sacrifice some of the countryside to preserve the rest of the environment . |
| 29 | All prisoners will be returned to custody to serve the rest of their sentence if before that sentence expires they commit a further imprisonable offence . |
| 30 | Is to pray — leave God to do the rest , |