Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [verb] the [noun pl] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His mother says it 's not the first time a window has fallen out of a school coach , and she 's calling for action to make the buses safe . |
| 2 | The lack of shell leaves the larvae unprotected . |
| 3 | However , due to Perkins ' poor health , illness on the part of the tour 's organiser — and , I would hazard , a severe case of under-publicity afflicting the venues concerned — the gigs were poorly attended and the whole thing abandoned midway . |
| 4 | The forces of repulsion keep the particles buoyant , in suspension , enabling them to be rinsed away so completing the cleaning process . |
| 5 | The Court of Appeal held the defendants liable in negligence for damage caused to the dress . |
| 6 | A knowledge of Gaelic increases the options open to Scottish Ethnology students and opens up a range of additional sources for Highland and , to some extent , Scottish History . |
| 7 | ( b ) Discuss the merits and demerits of using this form of note to reveal the ways historical information can inter-connect ( e.g. the direction of the relationship ) . |
| 8 | Things may change after April 2nd , when retail prices are to rise by 60% , though most workers are too afraid of plunging the country into chaos to give the miners whole-hearted support by staging their own strikes . |
| 9 | Either they had been obliged to renew such contracts , perhaps several times , and had thus come under pressure to give the workers concerned permanent status , or they had found themselves carrying workers whose fixed-term contracts had not yet expired , despite the fact that they were no longer needed . |
| 10 | Make the base with Oasis to keep the flowers fresh for several days . |
| 11 | This we might call the experimental activity , with the teacher acting as observer manipulating the techniques concerned . |
| 12 | ‘ But I think that it 's asking for trouble to let the bookies open so late . |
| 13 | But the severe limitations of this technique become clear when account is taken of the conditions which would have to hold in order to render the results accurate . |
| 14 | Our lifts are overworked , and as well as being very mindful of the cost I am anxious to rectify this situation in order to keep the lifts free for more needy passengers , such as the postroom boys with trolleys , etc . |
| 15 | ‘ And , in order to keep the twins happy , we must make sure that we 're not a picture of doom and gloom , ’ he continued firmly . |
| 16 | In order to counteract the difficulties inherent in having long gaps between training days , future plans are hinging on setting up a weekly evening course at a venue further out of London ( yet to be found , but if possible easily accessible from the M25 ) . |
| 17 | Thus parents , employers and decision-makers have an obligation to have a full understanding of mental handicap in order to approach the issues involved with a true sense of proportion . |
| 18 | Here , we have isolated deoP2 mutants containing mutations that directly interfere with CytR-DNA interactions in order to locate the positions important for sequence specific DNA binding of CytR more precisely . |
| 19 | However , employees should if possible try to note their assailant 's appearance in order to assist the police subsequent enquiries . |
| 20 | Whichever method is adopted the wages clerk will be involved in checking time sheets and/or bonus calculations in order to calculate the wages due to operatives . |
| 21 | I should note here that there is a dispute between the parties , as to whether she would in fact obtain the grades necessary to take up that post . |
| 22 | ‘ We have also proposed two new clauses , one requiring the Secretary of State for Employment to increase the amounts Industrial Tribunals can award to successful applicants . |
| 23 | This we might call the instructional activity , with the teacher engaged as participant mediating the techniques concerned . |