Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] [vb past] [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before rising population and inflating prices for necessaries began to increase the burden on rate-payers from the last third of the century , the relief of the village and small-town poor seems to have been based on humane assessment of need and sufficient relief . |
| 2 | It will be spent on a number of projects intended to make the town centre the hub for commerce and culture . |
| 3 | A swarm of midges decided to make the climb with me , enjoying the fresh blood of an Englishman . |
| 4 | Members are aware of the above called-in planning application and of the schedule of meetings arranged to consider the matter . |
| 5 | Birds of prey , such as this tawny owl ( opposite , bottom ) swooping down on a mouse , are at serious risk in many parts of the world because of pesticides employed to eliminate the pests on which they rely for food . |
| 6 | The vast majority of readers chose to take the option of voting for two favourite animals , but those few who voted for just one ( which was then counted twice in the tallying up ) tended to favour the elephant , specifically the African elephant , followed by tiger , otter and pig . |
| 7 | A series of influences tended to reduce the labour cost-consciousness of management , particularly in manufacturing industries . |
| 8 | Initially , large numbers of expatriates started to leave the country , but with the deployment of US forces the business community appeared to regain some of its confidence . |
| 9 | The three codes of practice — the first stage in a planned series of codes intended to support the Taxpayer 's Charter — aim to set out the standards of service people can expect . |
| 10 | The courts have repeatedly said that the police are not entitled to conduct dragnet searches yet , prior to the Act , a series of decisions appeared to encourage the police to go far beyond the terms of the warrant . |
| 11 | On Doody 's death in 1706 , the Court of Apothecaries agreed to lease the garden to a joint stock of ninety subscribers , amongst whom Isaac Rand was prominent . |
| 12 | On October 18th , a large crowd of Londoners planned to seize the Bishop of London , and to plunder others who were not favourable to the Queen . |
| 13 | I stared up at the grey sky and the black ravens which circled above the battlements like the souls of men condemned to wander the earth forever . |
| 14 | Each morning there was a rota of men designated to fill the coal containers for the day — buckets for the Administration offices and the Guard Room and the barracks , sacks for the huts — from the central heap of fuel beside the compound gate . |
| 15 | Many civilised countries now include in their domestic legislation a battery of measures intended to prevent the accumulation of money in tax havens , but with the reduction in exchange controls worldwide this is rarely successful . |
| 16 | In April and May parliament approved a series of measures intended to prepare the ground for the new economic structure . |
| 17 | This response has incorporated the respectable face of feminism , concerned with ‘ equal rights ’ , into its understanding and provision , with a range of initiatives intended to acknowledge the justice of equal opportunities . |
| 18 | During the twenty-nine years between 1660 and 1689 , many thousands of nonconformists chose to disregard the Code and participate in secret ‘ conventicles ’ ; many hundreds of them who were caught subsequently languished for years in gaol . |
| 19 | On Jan. 26 the Council of Ministers decided to abolish the law introduced in 1983 which restricted the use of languages other than Turkish , thus effectively recognizing the Kurdish language . |
| 20 | A number of events seemed to highlight the crying need for British equivalents of the American First Amendment protecting the freedom of speech and the press and of the various Freedom of Information Acts which operate in so many democratic states . |
| 21 | ‘ There were plenty of verbals intended to frighten the life out of someone , but it disturbs me that Jones is talking proudly about hurting players . |
| 22 | A report , which has been prepared by the Department of Trade and Industry in association with DISC , the information technology group of the British Standards Institution , contains a series of recommendations intended to improve the security of all information systems . |
| 23 | Dorcas had given this a lot of thought as teams of nomes sweated to pry the lids off the paint-streaked tins . |
| 24 | Dozens of firemen fought to control the blaze at Old Hall Farm , Heath Road , Tendring , shortly before 8pm on Tuesday . |
| 25 | The situation was triggered by an arbitrary cut in the pay of sailors hired to rig the Guineaman Derby who , in protest , cut down all the rigging . |
| 26 | His Attorney-General ( his third ! ) resigned in protest , and on 23 October the House of Representatives began to consider the impeachment of the President — he only constitutional way in which it could remove a President considered unfit for office . |
| 27 | Educational practices can retard changes , or stigmatise them ( this is relevant to the question of generic he , which is often still insisted on by teachers ) ; publishing and the mass media can popularise a word , or conversely , fail to legitimate it ( quality newspapers , most famously the New York Times , for years refused to print the word Ms , even if the woman being written about preferred it ) . |
| 28 | Quality also is to be addressed with efforts made to increase the number of accredited companies and to introduce a Scotland-wide individual-consultant accreditation scheme . |
| 29 | Alternatively , try Arden 's Body Firming Treatment , £18/150ml , with moisturisers said to nourish the cells for healthier , firmer , younger looking skin . |
| 30 | A news snippet in Sounds seemed to put the situation succinctly into perspective : |