Example sentences of "[to-vb] [coord] [verb] [prep] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rub is the general conviction , based on the man 's record , that the same pragmatism , unencumbered by ideology or ethics , that leads him to sign an agreement one day will lead him to renege or cheat on it the next . |
| 2 | As the child 's mental processes become more complex , it becomes increasingly able to absorb and construct for itself the complexities of the external world . |
| 3 | But in the nature of things … " and here he twisted his red lips to signal and to share with them the perspectives of this operation " certain approaches have to be tentative and even apparently , ad hoc . |
| 4 | It gave me a few minutes to stop and think about what the hell I was doing . |
| 5 | I wonder if you would be good enough to sign and return to me the attached letters of intent , in your capacity of Assistant Managing Director of the Division ? |
| 6 | Improvisation of any kind typifies Medau accompaniment — it encourages class members to feel and appreciate for themselves the many-sidedness of movement , and learn through aural perception rather than mere visual mimicry . |