Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [pron] [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Naturally he encountered no opposition based on nationalism , but his fervent support of Islam led him to abandon the tolerant policy his predecessors had adopted towards the Hindu majority , and this probably intensified resistance to his advance . |
| 2 | As he took her on a guided tour of the eight-bedroomed mansion , the Prince asked her to organize the interior decoration . |
| 3 | The building materials industry geared itself to meet the steady predictable demand of the house-building industry , thus eliminating one of the chief impediments to the output of houses . |
| 4 | the pack uses the KST ‘ size tolerant ’ system — although shoulder straps are actually sewn in place , their low take-off point on the back of the sack allows you to adjust the fit precisely , fine tuning with the top tension straps . |
| 5 | As we get older reality requires that the ideal and the self are reconciled ; ambitions are relaxed ; unrealistic goals are abandoned as time and opportunity compel us to change the idealized concept we have for ourselves . |
| 6 | Blind off the sub-base with a layer of coarse sand allowing it to fill the remaining holes . |
| 7 | The fact that he was such an emotional mess helped me to keep the necessary distance . |
| 8 | Marcia Pointon 's fascinating essay on the contemporary portrait leads us to question the central relationship between artist , sitter and spectator . |
| 9 | Your editorial on page one of the Summer 1991 issue prompted me to record the following thoughts which have a direct bearing on the subject of active participation . |
| 10 | He was never a precise golfer in the mould of Hogan , but his magnificent tactical management enabled him to calculate the exact odds in moments of high tension . |
| 11 | This column enables you to specify the unique names selected for the modules you wish to reserve . |
| 12 | This was part of a wider strategy throughout the public sector which was based on the simple ideological premise that the private sector had everything to teach the public sector and nothing to learn . |
| 13 | And what other sport enables you to do the miraculous , to walk on water ? |
| 14 | They reconstructed their Y6N17 compositions from averages of microprobe data and modal analyses of three groundmass minerals , including albite ( see figure ) , asserting that this technique allowed them to avoid the contaminating effects of xenoliths and secondary mineralization that pervade the sample . |
| 15 | just as a desire to understand absolute holism led us to analyse the substantive claims of Althusser and Poulantzas , so we must now consider work inspired by an attachment to concessive holism in order to reach a clearer view of its guiding interests . |
| 16 | He wondered afterwards whether his unlooked-for success in the examination caused him to read the wrong subject at the university . |
| 17 | Her sexual frustration and jealousy leads her to destroy the hedonistic , deceitful Sapphire who otherwise would have become her sister-in-law . |
| 18 | Scott 's urgent pleas to the Prince Regent , the future King George IV , had resulted in a Royal Warrant permitting him to open the sealed Crown Room in search of the Scottish crown , sceptre and sword of state — the ancient Honours of Scotland , locked away since 1707 following the Treaty of Union . |
| 19 | And yet , so mechanical is this learning routine that if we interrupt such a bee while she is feeding she must take off and land again of her own accord , that landing permits her to choose the correct feeder colour on her next visit . |
| 20 | Vanessa Thompson , who lives in Brussels , decided to make the study when her husband 's job forced her to leave the pretty village where she lived for eight years . |
| 21 | ‘ My wife wants me to take the early retirement , move away from Murmansk . |
| 22 | One day the King invited me to watch the regular entertainments , which are greatly enjoyed by him , his family , and his lords and ladies . |
| 23 | Acknowledging this interdependence allows us to make the courageous leap of ‘ letting in ’ the fetus , of rejecting the idea that it is simply a clump of cells , of taking it into our moral accounting and allowing it to make some claim on our attentions . |
| 24 | Undoing the three screws at the back allows you to remove the sturdy metal lid and expose the innards . |
| 25 | Sandra began collecting several years ago after a large repair bill for a timepiece prompted her to learn the intricate ins and outs of their workings . |
| 26 | William the Conqueror meant it to impress the rebellious Londoners with his power , as well as protecting them . ’ |
| 27 | His polite smile did nothing to diminish the flat ultimatum in his eyes . |
| 28 | But the dog , toad between teeth , jaws primed to gnash , began to foam , in spurts , like a washing machine , and dropped the beast on its uneven back leaving me to confront the hideous creature putting itself to rights . |
| 29 | Her schedule required her to tour the Tented Village and be in the Royal Box by 3.30 p.m. to watch the last two hours of play . |
| 30 | The status which it gave him as a disinherited lord led him to oppose the Anglo-Scottish truce of 1323 and helped to persuade him to turn his coat shortly afterwards . |