Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun sg] [prep] the [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is common for pupils to grow in height as much as an inch and a half ; they appear to lose weight at the same time . |
| 2 | For those entries indicated , hyphen signs may also be used immediately after closing square brackets to indicate continuation of the same entry on the next line . |
| 3 | For those entries indicated , hyphen signs may also be used immediately after closing square brackets to indicate continuation of the same entry on the next line . |
| 4 | We 've already used , improved the supporters ' hut to provide shelter for the many people who watch the matches , from which to serve teas . |
| 5 | This was assessed by two independent investigators by observing ( a ) the cell appearance and their ability to attach the plate in the first 24 hours and ( b ) the length of time the culture required to reach confluency from the same starting number of cells per well . |
| 6 | Steve was doing OK but he was finding it hard to play guitar at the same time as singing . |
| 7 | ‘ For an actor of his calibre , ’ recalls Gerald Thomas , ‘ and he was of a very high calibre indeed , he had the inability to play dialogue at the same time as he was handling props . |
| 8 | Sometimes it can be shown that the tissue not only looks homogeneous , but actually is so , because , if the tissue is cut in half , each half will regulate to give rise to the same pattern as would otherwise have been produced by the whole . |
| 9 | A statement forms part of the res gestae of a case if it is made contemporaneously with or shortly after any act or occurrence in issue in the proceedings so as to form part of the same transaction . |
| 10 | Especially important are records that will allow us to give life to the many stories history can tell . |
| 11 | ‘ Our ancestors were trying to put Earth into the same orbit as Heaven . ’ |
| 12 | To do justice to the many writings of Marx and the vast body of work that has accumulated around his writings is impossible within the confines of this book and we shall , therefore , merely attempt to discuss one or two ideas and indicate their impact upon organisations . |
| 13 | This is in spite of an impressive set of measures , associated with the Integrated Rural Development Programme , to reduce poverty at the same time as encouraging economic development . |
| 14 | The prize for successful candidates , a chance to study medicine in the former Czechoslovakia . |
| 15 | Archives and museums keep objects that hold information and they store information about the entities ( i.e. objects ) they hold , but whether they can be said to hold knowledge in the same way libraries do is debatable . |
| 16 | But it is incumbent on us to transform man at the same rate so that he will be capable of mastering new techniques and new ways of thinking . ’ |
| 17 | We may expect other people to fear rejection in the same way that we do , and be surprised by their directness . |
| 18 | Racial discrimination was widespread , most Americans showing an unwillingness to treat Japanese in the same way as white immigrants . |
| 19 | In ‘ The Dissolution of Character in the Novel ’ she expresses her faith in the power of the computer as a concept to change literature in the same way that print did nearly five hundred years ago : |
| 20 | While Dutch administrators have been working on plans to transfer part of the former Daf into a new company known as New Daf , it is not yet known if the rescue package will help save jobs at the five Leyland Daf plants in Britain . |
| 21 | This is an adaptation to survive predation from the many animals that hunt them — not least man for the cooking pot ! |
| 22 | The reality is that we are dealing with half of a metropolitan region because it is manageable on this scale for the study of residential patterns and it makes sense to review base at the same level . |
| 23 | Buddy invites us to regard Holly in the same light , mocking ( in a horribly nudging re-creation ) Lubbock old-timers like The Hayriders , who sing : ‘ When the sun goes down on Blue Ridge Mountain It 's the time to whistle in your ear . ’ |
| 24 | In the range £20 — £39 a clear majority of people were taxed on goods , many not owning any land at all , and since personal property at this level was insufficient to confer gentry status , members of the group occupied an intermediate position , lacking on the one hand the landed property necessary for gentlemen ; they were , on the other hand , judged competent to pay tax at the same rate as gentlemen , making them men of undeniable substance in comparison with the rank and file of country folk . |
| 25 | ‘ With the increasing emphasis on health promotion and screening we need to be more critical and to regard intervention with the same rigour that we use to examine a new drug in a clinical trial , ’ he says . |
| 26 | For out part , we want to pay tribute to the many staff , working on course development in their own centre and in consortia or working on secondment to SCOTVEC as development officers , validators and external verifiers . |
| 27 | Sir Robert Lee , who was also stated to have property in the selfsame places was a prominent local figure . |
| 28 | and 100,000 pounds spent on an option to develop land in the same area . |
| 29 | Apart from LCpl Smith , and my driver ( I have my own Land-Rover ) , the Adjutant is really the one I work most closely with ; we always seem to take part in the same parades , but we usually get back to barracks first , leaving the officers and men on guard . |
| 30 | Although Liphook strove hard for the equaliser , they were unable to take advantage of the many opportunities created . |