Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun sg] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You will notice that some creatures have names that are difficult to distinguish from one another ( not all are as pleasantly obvious as ‘ hippopotamus ’ ) , which is why it is important for you to read the list first and for the PP to say them in the same order to start with . |
| 2 | If an Act of Parliament has been obtained improperly , it is for the legislature to correct it by repealing it : but , so long as it exists as law , the courts are bound to obey it . |
| 3 | She added something for the panel to remember her by — sheer seamed black tights with black and grey checked flat shoes and , on the lapel of her jacket , a blue glass antique brooch . |
| 4 | In the morning we have to wait for the sun to turn it to water . |
| 5 | Virginia Bottomley , Minister for Health , has announced that some people on low incomes who also find it difficult to visit their local opticians will be able to get help from the NHS to pay for the optician to visit them at home . |
| 6 | We have owls in our garden ; they cried softly last night as I lay in my glass coffin , Snow White waiting for the fairy to wake her into feminism with a kiss . |
| 7 | There were no arrangements for the Press to accompany him on his tour , journalists were told . |
| 8 | De Craon was sitting in a high-backed chair near the window , a small scroll of parchment on his lap , apparently waiting for the Prince to summon him to an audience . |
| 9 | In a libertarian world there is no reason for the government to do anything about the poor ; the matter is conveniently left to private charity . |
| 10 | Roger Frey , de Gaulle 's Minister of Information in January 1959 , argued : ‘ broadcasting is a means of communication between the state and public opinion ; it would be absurd for the government to give it to those who , via the press or otherwise , seek merely to criticize its actions ’ . |
| 11 | ’ Does an employer have to wait for the government to push her into saying ’ This is a human being ? ’ |
| 12 | It provides an opportunity for the child to get plenty of attention for being good . |
| 13 | Evidence is all around us , and the first step in any research is for the scientist to decide which of the many facts are of concern to him . |
| 14 | I persuaded Chester to cash in his Trustees account after agreeing to pay five quid for the taxi to take him to the bank . |
| 15 | Beaten into second place by his team-mate Rene Arnoux in the 1982 French Grand Prix , he pulled into a service station on his way home only for the attendant to mistake him for his rival . |
| 16 | Perhaps it is too much to hope that this concert finally dragged the Petersfield Musical Festival into the 20th century , but with a promised appearance by the acclaimed National Youth Jazz Orchestra next year , as well as The Dream of Gerontius , it remains only for the committee to do something about the slow start to the week for the festival to regain some of its former splendour . |
| 17 | By using the back heel placed on the centreline , pull the back of the board towards you thereby making it infinitely easier for the rig to pull you over the board . |
| 18 | In the event , Tyndale 's unorthodox beliefs and his lack of support for the annulment prevented him from having any direct impact on royal policy . |
| 19 | As it becomes increasingly unacceptable for the man to remove himself to the predominantly adult male preserve of the pub , leaving wife and children at home , it becomes imperative for outlets to be found which can cater to the demands of the whole family . |
| 20 | The interpreter operates at high speed : in simultaneous translation ( strictly speaking , simultaneous interpreting ) , he keeps roughly a sentence behind the speaker ; in consecutive translation ( interpreting ) the speaker waits for the interpreter to translate anything from a morpheme to a whole paragraph at a time . |
| 21 | Wales , meaning the suffering Welsh public , desperately needed the comfort of Saturday 's epic encounter before a Stradey Park gathering fit for the occasion to remind themselves of the level of attainment of which their game is still capable . |
| 22 | When the headmaster telephoned the boy 's father , he was told by that unusually permissive parent that , if the teachers could not hold his son 's attention , it was better for the boy to educate himself at home . |
| 23 | But the scholarship was worth only £100 and , though his school plundered its scarce resources to add £20 , it was not enough for the boy to support himself at Cambridge . |
| 24 | All that was necessary was for the porter to replace it on the wrong nail before going to Compline , and leave her its ineffective twin . |
| 25 | Deborah Pender , the head of a distribution company , lodged one of several bids for the complex to save it as a major tourist attraction . |
| 26 | Blanche had left a message for the sergeant to join her in the editor 's office of Inside Out on the fourth floor . |
| 27 | A final essential advantage for the party manifested itself in the general election campaign , when Attlee , for so long the ‘ unknown Opposition Leader ’ , came to notice as a sober and responsible figure apparently capable of assuming the reins of government . |
| 28 | 2.1.3 " surveyors " means ( Surveyors ) of ( address ) or such other firm of Surveyors previously approved in writing by the Landlord [ such approval not to be unreasonably withheld [ or delayed ] ] as the Tenant may from time to time appoint to perform the functions of the Surveyors under this Agreement It would be foolhardy for the tenant to put itself in a position whereby the landlord must approve the identity of its surveyors . |
| 29 | It should also be noted that there is no covenant or warranty implied that the premises are legally fit for the use for which the tenant intends using them and it is for the tenant to satisfy itself in this regard . |
| 30 | I I 've always assumed that that meant that it would be such a tremendous lever for the enemy to hold someone like that . |