Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [to-vb] [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two control individuals and three adult coeliac patients in remission agreed to take part in the study . |
| 2 | ‘ The new ratings will be used by the Council to inform calculations of grant for the academic year 1990/91 and for the funding period 1991-95 … the Council 's provisional decision to continue to fund research on the basis of competitive assessments of quality and … to increase the proportion of research resources that is allocated selectively . ’ |
| 3 | Many of these people are migrants from the lowlands , where most of the country 's agriculture is located , who have little money to invest to ensure success in the longer term and who lack security of tenure to make farming the heritage enterprise that it is in many nations . |
| 4 | ‘ I- want to put appearance at the office before lunch . ’ |
| 5 | After a short persuit through the city streets the driver tried to dodge traffic at the Barton Gates junction on Eastgate street . |
| 6 | It was part of a wider agricultural system with sheep pastured on the rich meadow grass then walked to be folded on fallow arable areas overnight , where their dung helped to maintain fertility on the thin chalkland soils . |
| 7 | It is our intention to continue to provide cover for the making good of nipple joints on sectional boilers , although unlike many companies , the following clause which normally appears in brackets after defective joints has been omitted ( ‘ other than joints between the sections of the sectional heating or hot water supply boilers ’ ) . |
| 8 | There was some attempt made to reach agreement at the continuous disarmament talks but the only real progress was a pledge not to test in the Antarctic , a gesture of more value to the species Penguin than the species Man . |
| 9 | Prime Minister Poul Schlüter on Nov. 22 called an early general election for Dec. 12 , after his minority centre-right coalition failed to reach agreement with the opposition Social Democratic Party ( SD ) over the 1991 budget and an economic programme including tax reforms . |
| 10 | In London , the Tory lord mayor tried to stop work on the construction of a Catholic chapel in Lime Street , and when the eventual opening of the chapel provoked rioting , he was reluctant to take action to suppress the disorders . |
| 11 | All social action has to take place on the basis of ideas , assumptions and information , however false and mistaken these may be . |
| 12 | The following week tests were carried out and I went with Dad to watch the Brigade endeavouring to pump water to the roof of Blooms the Drapers on The Canal — possibly the City 's tallest building . |
| 13 | This in turn will indicate how the institution plans to make use of the experience . |
| 14 | the means , which the defendant uses to inflict loss on the plaintiff , may be unlawful because it involves conduct wrongful towards a third party . |
| 15 | Protesters on April 5 disrupted a march organized to show support for the President , and on the following day police broke up a protest in Adzope , 100 km north of Abidjan , shooting dead a student . |
| 16 | Only by constant bargaining can a president hope to bring order to the inherent chaos of the US political system and thereby give it direction and purpose . |
| 17 | The fire brigade declined to shed light on the matter , however , claiming that moggies always came down of their own accord . |
| 18 | In one participating practice one general practitioner declined to take part in the study and a further three were excluded — two because they had joined their practices within the previous six months and one because he left the practice during the study . |
| 19 | The programme aims to raise awareness of the importance of lowland heath , which provides a habitat for a unique range of often rare plants and animals , including all six of England 's reptile species and some of the country 's rarest birds , such as the Dartford warbler and nightjar . |
| 20 | The vascular endothelium seems to produce superoxide in the inflamed mucosa , which would exacerbate tissue injury in ulcerative colitis . |
| 21 | Nationwide surveys in the 15-year mapping programme continue to throw light on the geology of the United Kingdom . |
| 22 | Their action seems to licence immorality in the city , setting an example which others seem destined to follow . |
| 23 | The research aims to provide evidence on the effects of the new guidelines . |
| 24 | The research aims to provide information on the influence of these Open Learning Centres on for example , user motivation and individual satisfaction obtained from the self-teach programmes , and the Company response . |
| 25 | The research aims to provide information about the expanding area of Saturday job working by young people , 16-18 years , who are in full- time education . |
| 26 | The research aims to increase understanding of the ways in which business organisations cope with the uncertainties inherent in new product development and marketing . |
| 27 | Even with the new heating , warmth was hard to get : two years later the chapter struggled to find firewood for the canons since other fuel could not be got ; and a defective boiler in the cathedral was made in Germany and could not be mended . |
| 28 | Treasury Economic Secretary Anthony Nelson made this statement in response to a Parliamentary Question , adding that the Inland Revenue hopes to give effect to the changes shortly . |
| 29 | The issue will , however , continue to be important for negligence claims where the defendant wishes to seek immunity on the grounds that he acted as an arbitrator , as in Palacath Ltd v Flanagan [ 1985 ] 2 All ER 161 : see 14.5.3 . |
| 30 | All of the documents and reports to which I have referred in this chapter serve to throw light upon the contemporary primary school and to provide material upon which to speculate about future developments . |