Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [verb] [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | a self-evaluation followed by visits by advisers to see if staff are performing up to their own perception and to look into the objectives of the school . |
| 2 | She has been acclaimed as the greatest Canadian painter of the century , while her four books are said to have reached new heights of perception and understanding in the annals of Canadian literature . |
| 3 | She hurried to the pond and peered among the reeds to see if her friend was visible . |
| 4 | The new ‘ sociology of deviance ’ suggested hooligans were not abnormal young people and that the whole phenomenon — like the Mods and Rockers panic before — had been ‘ amplified ’ by the popular press in order to boost their circulation and pander to the prejudices of their readers . |
| 5 | If the ring had not captured and ruined Gollum 's mind , he would never have been overcome by desire of it and hence he would not have snatched the Ring and fallen into the Cracks of Doom , the only place the Ring can be destroyed . |
| 6 | It has been suggested that this linear design process should be replaced by a cyclical process , whereby at each stage of development of the system there would be opportunity for feedback and influence from the users and their representatives . |
| 7 | The South is not a classless society , but its class nature has been well hidden in consciousness and dominated by the procedures of the capitalist-democratic process . |
| 8 | From the top , you will have a glorious view , and you can go for a walk , or relax at one of the mountain top restaurants , sitting on the terrace and drinking in the views . |
| 9 | In ‘ thin-soiled ’ Attica ( Thuc. i.2 ) the olive was unusually important : its deep roots could penetrate the subsoil and get into the rocks , enabling the tree to thrive where other plants could not . |
| 10 | In April President Nursultan Nazarbayev<$ ! = had announced that the 40th Army was to be removed from the Turkestan military district command and subordinated to the CIS joint armed forces C.-in-C . |
| 11 | And all this merely supplements and whets the appetite for the serious nourishment of hot dogs and beer , in search of which you must leave your seat and descend below the stands . |
| 12 | This request was important in that it forced the staff involved in Guidance to review the programme and look at the students ' experiences in totality . |
| 13 | One path of enquiry leads Gallop to repudiate this ‘ homosexual economy ’ and speculate thus : ‘ I wish to speak of radical heterosexuality , a true openness and love for the heteros , the other , an intercourse between two modalities … . |
| 14 | Even the precious spools of film in the camera slung around her neck and tucked into the pockets of her jacket were forgotten . |
| 15 | She was an outsider and feared by the wives of the other officers of Camp 3 because her husband was KGB and because his reports could break and crush the career of any man , however senior . |
| 16 | One of them , the landlord of the pub , got pissed and kissed me on the mouth and talked about the problems of these demarcations — and this is in spite of all the AIDS hysteria . |
| 17 | Usually , what with shooting and swimming with the others and riding up at Biddy 's , he had only got back to the garden shed in time to flake out until morning . |
| 18 | Sections 1–7 of the Insolvency Act 1986 relate to a procedure whereby a company which is nearly or actually insolvent may resolve its financial difficulties to the satisfaction of its creditors without incurring the expense and adhering to the formalities otherwise involved under the Act . |
| 19 | Edward made himself a cup of tea and vanished to the Britches , where he stayed late into the dusk . |
| 20 | Pour on the hot tea and stir in the fruits . |
| 21 | I went to Argentina and sat in a cell and waited for the torturers to come in . |
| 22 | These are at the far end of the Grotto and filled with the waters from the spring of the Grotto . |
| 23 | Cut the fabric and lining to the measurements plus turnings . |
| 24 | He built up a complete instrument and travelled round the Dales on a horse and cart playing it . |
| 25 | The brains themselves only need the lightest poaching for a quarter of an hour before being lifted out of the court-bouillon and set on the beds of lettuce . |
| 26 | She knew he often sat in the garden in the dark and listened to the sounds of the night . |
| 27 | Okay well it will be interesting to see what er what other people have , have said about it because I was sort of fishing around a bit in the dark and looking at the stats manual |
| 28 | In the street , when greeting each other as friends or family , there is much handshaking and backslapping between the men and kissing on both cheeks between women , and between men and women . |
| 29 | The dominant cultures have very often not understood their ways , have gaped at their nakedness and laughed at the rituals they do not understand . |
| 30 | If you are in two minds then give the candidate the benefit of the doubt and allow him or her to come for interview and elaborate on the details given on the form . |