Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [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 fact that he was such an emotional mess helped me to keep the necessary distance . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | He wondered afterwards whether his unlooked-for success in the examination caused him to read the wrong subject at the university . |
| 11 | But this account of achieving grace by the easy means of a self-chosen deprivation did nothing to mitigate the deeper shame ; some original wrong had been done and at home this was known . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | One day the King invited me to watch the regular entertainments , which are greatly enjoyed by him , his family , and his lords and ladies . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | William the Conqueror meant it to impress the rebellious Londoners with his power , as well as protecting them . ’ |
| 16 | His polite smile did nothing to diminish the flat ultimatum in his eyes . |
| 17 | Thakin Thein Pe exerted himself to bring the two Communist parties together again , on the grounds that both ‘ Had a common object … in contesting British imperialism ’ . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | His father encouraged him to read the historical books of the Bible . |
| 20 | The helmet allowed us to have the last few hours of his life together before his airlift to hospital , and this would not have been possible otherwise . |
| 21 | After his death , members of the wine trade enabled her to become the first person outside the trade to study for and sit its examinations . |
| 22 | Intact , the collection enabled you to study the entire element of the Cubist style ’ . |
| 23 | The untimely death of his father did nothing to alter the youngest Charlton 's ambition . |
| 24 | There can be little doubt that Nizan was ideologically committed to the view that a writer 's allegiance to communism enabled him/her to grasp the true significance of political developments from the inside , that is to say , from the perspective of the proletariat . |
| 25 | Although this ardent Protestant was now protector ( and duke of Somerset ) , his government did nothing to help the Protestant Castalians . |
| 26 | She kept repeating to herself that it was an irrational fear , but logic did nothing to quell the lurking terror . |
| 27 | The covering of hair did nothing to disguise the rippling muscles , as he moved to the chair she 'd indicated , and she swallowed painfully . |
| 28 | Holland lost Ellerman , victim of a brusque tackle from Mozer , midway through the first half and , although his replacement was the experienced Winter , the change did nothing to help the Dutch search for a blend . |
| 29 | A photographic memory enabled him to avoid the obvious suspicions which Special Branch officers noting the proceedings obviously fell under at such meetings . |
| 30 | Coming out of Beckley a wandering Triumph Herald forced us to check the anti-lock brakes ( they work , and well ) . |