Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb base] [to-vb] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Proposals to limit the sovereignty of parliament tend to centre on the introduction of a written constitution with judicial review and the entrenchment of a Bill of Rights as some kind of " higher " law beyond easy parliamentary repeal . |
| 2 | Given these factors , in particular the fact that default premia tend to vary over the trade cycle , it is not a trivial task to isolate factors related to competition in the new issue market . |
| 3 | The billhook had sliced into his naked thigh and , turning , she saw the great curve of red blood begin to bubble in the air , saw him slowly sink like a wounded animal , his hands plucking the air . |
| 4 | Mmm … only a few players Id like to see in the side to be honest . |
| 5 | Mark , who works in the Barlaston canteen , was the lucky winner of a Wedgwood Running Club draw to race as the Company 's representative |
| 6 | As companies that do fall victim to computer crime prefer to deal with the problem internally , personnel security may well turn out to be the most vital component in a firm 's defences . |
| 7 | Policy and practice have to allow for the variety of possibilities as no blanket approach can respond to diverse needs and preferences . |
| 8 | ( Echoes of Evelyn Waugh 's Ishmaelite consul-general begin to flutter in the ear : ‘ As that great Negro , Karl Marx , has so nobly written … ‘ ) |
| 9 | Furthermore , we found that the results of the assay seem to depend on the volume of hydrogen peroxide used . |
| 10 | Borrowers on a budget plan have to wait till the year is up before they can reap the benefits . |
| 11 | The principles of pedagogy have to do with the craft of teaching . |
| 12 | Does cleaning and washing equipment have to live in the kitchen , or is there a utility room/cupboard under the stairs , or even a large bathroom where they can be stored ? |
| 13 | In the same circumstances the shooting man would move on to the next burrow with his remaining ferrets while keeping one eye open to watch for the emergence to the surface of any of the muzzled ferrets he had left behind . |
| 14 | Opinions in the marketplace seem to point to the likelihood that in 1996 ; when the next stage of legislation is introduced , all small diesel engines will have to use catalysts . |
| 15 | The first group continue to contribute to the health care of the nation but the second and third are a target for re-employment at some time . |
| 16 | Combinations of this sort continue to appear in the work of a younger generation of British novelists . |
| 17 | The dismissal arrangements set up by the governing body have to provide for the CEO , or representatives , and the headteacher , unless she or he is the person concerned , to be present at all stages when a dismissal is being considered . |
| 18 | STV hope to start on the film — likely to be called Captain Fantastic — early next year . |
| 19 | Will my right hon. Friend undertake to look at the question afresh , please ? |
| 20 | AS A NEW GOVERNMENT attempts to reverse the problems of 100 years of economic decline and the faces of the previous decade begin to recede into the past , who now rules Britain ? |
| 21 | Equally , while bodies of knowledge seem to exist before the advent of each generation , it is only through what Berger and Luckmann have called the " social construction of reality " that this knowledge is sustained . |
| 22 | But uncertainty in the predictability of income , a fall in the real value of headage support ( Figure 2 ) notably for cattle , and the recent cost inflation continue to detract from the confidence required for long-term investment . |
| 23 | Will my right hon. Friend agree to talk to the museum to ascertain whether he can guide it in filling the gap ? |
| 24 | He further contends by ground ( 2 ) of his notice of appeal that the failure of the judge to perceive the limitations imposed on her discretion in the context of the Convention led her to reject the proposition that the elements necessary to the exercise of that discretion have to exist within the framework laid down by the Convention itself . |
| 25 | ‘ FALLACIES of the modern worldview have to do with the conception of the world as substance or machinery , mistaking abstractions for reality , confusing origins and truth , failing to attribute feeling to things that feel , recognising ethics as exclusively anthropocentric , thinking a posteriori , objectifying facts as separated from values , reducing the complex to the simple and dividing knowledge into distinct disciplines that produce experts who are often wrong . ’ |
| 26 | Therapy ? 's latest game is ‘ Whose Round Is It Anyway ? ’ in which contestants from the band and crew have to go to the bar and order a drink in the manner of a named personality . |
| 27 | Miners in Nottinghamshire and in the surrounding area want to work towards the future . |
| 28 | Thus , recognition by Her Majesty 's Government was the decisive matter and the courts had no role save to inquire of the executive whether or not it had recognised the government in question . |
| 29 | Thirdly it is seen that a policy of specialism may demand either full-time paid advisers or volunteers with at least two days a week spare to allow for the level of training and continuity that specialist work demands . |
| 30 | Guarantees of quality have to extend through the system rather than at separate points and junctions . |