Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pers pn] [to-vb] [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | To the extent the seller uses it to manufacture stock for the buyer ahead of any orders he does so at his own risk . |
| 2 | The idea is that the mind , stimulated by key words or phrases in the text , or by the context , activates a knowledge schema , and uses it to make sense of the discourse . |
| 3 | This choice allows us to accord primacy to the authority 's interpretation , while still preserving judicial control . |
| 4 | Of course , each village does contain its own unique qualities , but to dwell on these only serves to obscure the nature of the changes which have overtaken them , since a concern for the minutiae of each individual village leads us to lose sight of the widespread changes that have affected almost all villages in recent years . |
| 5 | Compare this with the position of an investor who holds a forward contract in the same stock , which requires him to take delivery at the prearranged price on the settlement day . |
| 6 | Nevertheless s32(1) requires the court to draw up a timetable for disposing of the case without delay and s1(2) requires it to have regard to the general principle that any delay is likely to prejudice the child . |
| 7 | For instance , there is nothing in the Bible that requires us to make love in the bedroom . |
| 8 | When Lizzie Hexam wishes to hide herself to escape from Headstone and also Wrayburn , Riah assists her to find employment among the kindly people of his race in a retired spot . |
| 9 | The Club is based in Chambers Street and offers an extensive range of facilities including restaurants , bars , squash and snooker ; membership also entitles you to take advantage of the very competitive rates for both accommodation and private functions . |
| 10 | This arbitrary distinction helps us to focus attention on the importance in such documents of the contemporary recording of events . |
| 11 | 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 . ’ |
| 12 | This may be beneficial if it enables them to take advantage of the participation exemption available in countries such as the Netherlands or France . |
| 13 | Just before the final moult they develop the piercing lancet which enables them to obtain blood from the mucosal vessels . |
| 14 | If you have been nominated to respond to an SPR , this option enables you to accept responsibility for the SPR or to pass it on to another user . |
| 15 | These attract a small moth with a specially curved proboscis that enables it to gather pollen from the yucca stamens . |
| 16 | First , it enables us to take stock of the further dramatic proposals to reduce the nuclear threat between east and west since the START agreement in July . |
| 17 | Secondly , it enables us to take account of the knowledge that , as my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State said , had Saddam Hussein not allowed his greed to overcome his stealth by invading Kuwait last year , he would almost certainly have developed a nuclear weapon by the end of 1993 . |