Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [prep] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It gives us the opportunity to work on persuading the huge catchment area around us that it is perfectly possible to get the Hamilton habit after work when experiencing a top evening out . ’ |
| 2 | Last in was the train passenger , who took 52 mins ( average speed , 7.5 mph ) ; this , despite the fact that a train was scheduled at exactly the right time for the contestant to catch by cycling the 0.7 miles from the start to the station . |
| 3 | It sanctioned the sexualization of women by men , making them ‘ a thing , an instrument devoted to appeasing the sexual passion of the man ’ . |
| 4 | As with model answers to mathematical problems , one can then see how close the agent came to finding the right alternative by the right route . |
| 5 | All accurate drawing depends on finding the underlying forms . |
| 6 | The research turned to describing the collaborative learning environment which teachers sought to foster . |
| 7 | So , although you are discouraged from dropping your bottom as a beginner , it is very useful when the wind increases in handling the extra pull . |
| 8 | Instead of italics , the French translator of the above extract opts for repeating the last statement to achieve similar emphasis : |
| 9 | So again we find out that erm , the expected price in T minus one , sorry in T , is a function of all previous prices all previous prices , okay and it wo n't surprise you to find out that the weight giving to treating the historical prices right becomes geometrically in exactly the same way as the adapted , as the partial adjustment er co-efficient or the partial adjustment model implied alright . |
| 10 | This does , however , reduce the thickness of the finished runner by the thickness of the saw cut ( or cuts ) , a possible disadvantage overcome by using the gap-filling potential or epoxy resin mixed with a filler . |
| 11 | Eldorado was never tested with a pilot programme , remarkably , considering the scale of investment involved in developing the 25-acre set . |
| 12 | Women can be frightened of losing their looks , their intelligence , their jobs , their youth , or anything else that they prize , through having babies ; even though none of this may happen in fact , the fear arises from sensing the real force of motherhood , which ruthlessly dissolves self-image and cherished convictions . |
| 13 | This was ‘ the ‘ Child Art ’ movement , now an established practice aimed at encouraging the creative side of young children — a reaction against the imitative nature of previous [ art ] teaching' ( Gordon and Lawton , 1978 , p. 218 ) . |
| 14 | Some employers may not run courses for groups of returners but instead offer to help you plan a personal programme of study aimed at satisfying the same requirements . |
| 15 | It is part of a research programme aimed at understanding the basic processes causing damage to trees and crops due to atmospheric pollution . |
| 16 | Applications are invited for the post of Scientific Officer/Higher Scientific Officer to work with Dr Noel Buckley in a research programme aimed at examining the transcriptional control of neurotransmitter receptor gene expression . |
| 17 | An MBA and a Diploma programme aimed at maximising the real benefits to be gained from investment in Information Technology . |
| 18 | The chapter begins by summarizing the common ground — that analysis can proceed ‘ top-down ’ or ‘ bottom-up ’ on all three layers and in the dimension either of ‘ Explaining ’ or of ‘ Understanding ’ . |
| 19 | The chapter begins by characterising the different forms of football hooliganism , and makes broad generalisations about the type of people who are most commonly involved . |
| 20 | The chapter begins by examining the historical roots of the present Troubles . |
| 21 | The study begins by noting the high expectations that the pupils , their parents and their teachers had in this regard . |
| 22 | Native peoples from the US state of Alaska have formed a coalition aimed at persuading the scientific establishment to draw on their traditional methods of observing and understanding nature . |
| 23 | But as one might have predicted , such opposition backfired by confirming the very claims which the Free Presbyterians made about the great apostasy and the undemocratic nature of Terence O'Neill 's rule . |
| 24 | However , we fear it is becoming so intense that many members of the Vale of Glamorgan Borough Council 's Planning Committee are in danger of losing sight of their duty to have regard to vital Government planning guidance aimed at protecting the open countryside from unnecessary development . |
| 25 | Coun Chris Abbott hopes that Langbaurgh Council 's £70,000 budget saving by disregarding the first £10 instead of the normal full pension is a misunderstanding . |
| 26 | The whole of his work depended on asking the right questions . |
| 27 | The term rectification refers to rendering the alternating current or potential difference unidirectional through removing or reversing it whenever it is one of its two possible polarities . |
| 28 | Shortly after the middle of the century , John of Salisbury finished his famous Policraticus , a discursive and unanalytical work devoted to criticizing the contemporary mores in the ruling circles of church and state , and to putting forward a higher code of conduct . |
| 29 | Indigenous peoples from northern Russia are demanding a halt to work on exploiting the Udokan copper deposit until the Russian parliament has passed legislation on the economic status of the region and the rights of indigenous people . |
| 30 | The skill lies in choosing the right production company and working harmoniously with them . |