Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [verb] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He may be taught to hold it with the crook of the handle turned away from him , and his thumb over the top of the handle , so that he does not grip the stick too hard . |
| 2 | The Commission will often suggest how an agreement can be modified to bring it within the competition rules . |
| 3 | In a properly organized political community the state exists for society and not society for the state ; yet , however socially advanced a people may be , the society which it constitutes made up of families , clubs , churches , trade unions , etc. — is not to be trusted to maintain itself without the ultimate arbitrament of force . |
| 4 | Only those who have shown the resolve to defend the freedom of the West can be trusted to safeguard it in the challenging , turbulent and unpredictable times that lie ahead . ’ |
| 5 | The orthopaedic secretaries at that hospital should be telephoned to see which of the consultants is happy to do medico-legal reports and how quickly they can see patients . |
| 6 | He will , however , be expected to do something about the severe imbalances that are masked by the wonderful overall figures for economic growth . |
| 7 | If students in the 1990s have difficulty in distinguishing all the political parties and coalitions that sprang up in Petrograd after the February Revolution , how could a peasant in 1917 be expected to assimilate them in the place of the Tsar , who at least represented a more easily understood form of political authority ? |
| 8 | Are we presuming that those students will not be expected to pay anything in the charge that they pay for staying in the halls of residence ? |
| 9 | ( d ) Recognise the medium of the message — for example , the style , language , form or mode of expression may in themselves be of importance , and some attempt should be made to convey them in the precis . |
| 10 | In Lobophytum species , the process is not particularly dramatic ; the polyps withdraw , the body of the animal will deflate , looking as though it has collapsed , and then when it takes in fresh water to stiffen up again , a thin , transparent layer of mucus can be seen detaching itself from the surface of the coral , to be swept away by water currents , the whole process usually taking a few hours . |
| 11 | Chris took the chair and I went through the list of things that needed to be done to get us off the ground : a bank account , an address and telephone number somewhere , an eye-catching logo . |
| 12 | That regional neglect has fuelled a feeling in many regions that perhaps they should be empowered to assist themselves in the face of an unsympathetic central Government . |
| 13 | If the Panel is satisfied that certain information requested at a full Panel hearing is commercially confidential ( such that it would be damaging to reveal it to the other party ) then it may permit the first party to be heard alone . |
| 14 | Terence would not mention his own name to anybody , he was confident of that , but he must be told to say nothing about the rest of it , to anyone . |
| 15 | Mr Jones did n't have the key ; it was kept at the ambulance station , whose staff would be told to lend it for the purpose required . |
| 16 | Indeed , the national is often a concept used deliberately to conceal conflict over the issues , to force one kind of unity around an existing status quo ( and if the arguments do not achieve unity , troops can be used to enforce it on the recalcitrants ) . |
| 17 | This feedback will be used to guide us in the possible uses of the tape when we come to launching the 4th edition in early 1990 , which will be the published version of the tape . |
| 18 | For cases where an option handles a large amount of information , an index form , showing the names of all fields which are handled by the option can be used to help you through the option . |
| 19 | The collaborators can be used to play themselves in the drama . |
| 20 | Stick foods are greatly loved by Koi and can be used to bring them to the surface |
| 21 | Secondly is evidence from sediments and materials , and the material comprising the river terrace could be used to infer something about the mode of deposition and the physical environment at the time . |
| 22 | Psychedelics , he argues , can be used to reconnect us with the earth itself , or rather , the Gaian mind . |
| 23 | There according to her letter a trap would be waiting to convey her to the Hall . |
| 24 | An appropriate warning message will be displayed to alert you to the lack of privilege , however you can still read the HELP pages for general information . |
| 25 | An appropriate warning message will be displayed to alert you to the lack of privilege , however you can still read the HELP pages for general information . |
| 26 | An appropriate warning message will be displayed to alert you to the lack of privilege , however you can still read the HELP pages for general information . |
| 27 | Huge amounts of government money should be invested to turn it into the national effort . |
| 28 | Or , ‘ Ladies and Gentlemen , I am delighted to be invited to tell you about the amusing experiences I have had while travelling/teaching as a , etc . ’ |
| 29 | It meant the ability to educate and supervise his own children rather than be driven to place them in the mill , and to preserve a customary life-style . |
| 30 | What remained of the morning was to be spent acclimatising himself to the deaf-aid receiver and learning how to pace himself with the A.S.M. who was going to feed the lines . |