Example sentences of "[to-vb] [det] [noun] [to-vb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was essential to get as much flying time as possible , for John was off to Wildenrath the following day and it would have been almost impossible to arrange another date to carry out the all-important conversion . |
| 2 | The injunction began a saga that was to run for two months , as Virgin scrabbled to find another bank to take over the role played in the lease agreement by Chemical . |
| 3 | He had the unenviable task of trying to reconcile the disparate interests of , say , the RCM and the International Solidarity Fund , whose interpretation of their grand title was to resist all efforts to open up the labour market to non-nationals . |
| 4 | Is it not true that the Government want to divert that money to keep down the poll tax in Wandsworth and Westminster ? |
| 5 | This is not an aim — this is a method ; the aim underpinning this response is to get another agency to take on the family . |
| 6 | It only takes a current of a few nanoamps to develop enough voltage to break down the insulation and make a hole in the silicon . |
| 7 | Last night , a ministry official delivered a notice to the monastery , stating that officers intended to return this morning to carry out the order to slaughter the birds . |
| 8 | He had centre front stage , his voice projected forward over Therese 's , and he ceased to make any attempt to act out the plotted movements with her . |