Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [verb] [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The poet Marvell can thus be somehow separated from the political Marvell working to maintain the Interregnum 's government . |
| 2 | Cries of anguish were heard from the medical instructor , who was beginning to despair after seeing his practice resuscitation doll murdered by an overenthusiastic driver attempting to learn the principles of expired air resuscitation . |
| 3 | Political change helped to articulate the drive for reform . |
| 4 | Under such conditions the total correction required to counter the combination of the effects of wind and pressure meant subtracting 0.6m to 0.7m from the normal predicted tide level . |
| 5 | Although the single currency and the new powers for the European Parliament continue to grab the headlines , they are not the only issues to be hammered out at Maastricht next week . |
| 6 | Former England spinner Nick Cook clashed with Wasim Akram when the Pakistani all-rounder tried to leave the field during a last-wicket partnership in the tourists ' match against Northants . |
| 7 | Private money tends to take the form of individual donations from friends and organisations associated with Highlander . |
| 8 | Another important feature is the professional judgement needed to discontinue the nurse/patient relationship when it is no longer relevant . |
| 9 | This retrospective study aimed to analyse the survival of patients with an adenocarcinoma in columnar lined oesophagus in relation to surgical treatment , staging , and the differentiation grade of the tumour . |
| 10 | The Company were already building ships at their yard which was sited opposite the Customs House and the dry dock helped to consolidate the repair side of the business . |
| 11 | But around 1955 various smart operators in the American and Canadian blasting industry began to see the light . |
| 12 | Emotional equilibration tends to reduce the possibility of social interactions of aggression or avoidance that would lower the maintenance of an individual 's potential inclusive fitness . |
| 13 | Interestingly , the dielectric loss appears to match the loss modulus more closely than the loss compliance when data are compared for the same system . |
| 14 | Extensive research failed to support the cycle of deprivation thesis but the stereotype lived on , and grew to more prominence with the dominance of the right wing in the Conservative party and thence in British society and politics : Keith Joseph was of course an early leading figure in this faction within the party . |
| 15 | European investment tended to follow the flag . |
| 16 | Fitting the blade is easy using the allen key supplied to clamp the blade between the blade holder and a clamping plate as often found on jigsaws . |
| 17 | ‘ If an English clerk wants to see the Lord Bruce , then that can be arranged . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I have heard , and reliably heard , ’ he said , ‘ that the Daily Express intends to publish the twins story . ’ |
| 19 | Staff of the Scottish Daily Express tried to fill the gap when local publication of their paper was ended in 1974 . |
| 20 | Yesterday , even as he took over from Mr Krenz , he was speculating that he might soon lose his job if the East German parliament decided to replace the Council of State with an executive president . |
| 21 | Minute dumb-bell-shaped pieces of metal were embedded in the two sides of the neural folds of an amphibian embryo and a magnetic field applied to prevent the folds coming together . |
| 22 | Ironically , in the same way that the denial of the risk of harm associated with a possible preventive measure undermines the basis for performing a randomised trial designed to investigate the efficacy of that measure , the exaggeration of the risk of harm tends to undermine public health measures designed to introduce the preventive measure if it is shown to be effective . |
| 23 | Despite being buoyed by the attendance of a West German delegation mandated to support the establishment of a supranational federal authority , the federalist argument went down to decisive defeat . |
| 24 | All uitlanders , or non-citizens , of British stock had to leave the Transvaal Republic , and in spite of their Dutch antecedents the Crankos had by then become fully anglicized . |
| 25 | This is where Zwingli preached the message which swung the Zurichers to his line of thinking , and its grave facade seems to reflect the severity of his teaching . |
| 26 | This column has long argued that Scottish football needs to reduce the quantity of matches played and increase the quality . |
| 27 | But negotiations were broken off by the government on 3 May once the compositors at the Daily Mail refused to set the type for an editorial on ‘ For King and Country ’ . |
| 28 | The irony is , however , that the economic crisis which might clinch their switch to Labour at the next election — with continuing balance-of-payments problems , punishing interest rates , a sinking pound , inflation and recession — would by definition preclude the heavy public investment required to implement the Kinnock programme . |
| 29 | In the 1950s scientific experiment appeared to confirm the existence of an ‘ unconscious ’ , or at least a part of the brain where all experiences were stored . |
| 30 | You not only see the food , you feel it in your hands , distinct and concrete , you are aware of its rich and striking smell ; someone in the dream even holds it up to your lips , but every time a different circumstance intervenes to prevent the consummation of the act . |