Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [vb base] the [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Test methods usually convert the manganese to permanganate , which is estimated by its pink colour , by comparison with standards , or absorptio-metrically . |
| 2 | In the Driftwood at St Agnes , the pub talk also invariably turns to Morocco , although the tales of waves far outnumber the eulogies to drug and carpet buying . |
| 3 | If you detect a leakage voltage greater than 5 millivolts then return the unit to your dealer for repair . |
| 4 | Some countries always require the document to be translated ( Botswana , France , Germany , Japan , Luxembourg , and the United Kingdom ) . |
| 5 | In fact such unusual movements often arouse the audience to gentle laughter as swift changes add a touch of humour as two or more dancers compete to capture the attention of both the audience and their Colleagues . |
| 6 | The contract was to have been the first to be awarded under the new no frills fast track process — but some observers now expect the tender to be scrapped altogether and replaced with a Desktop V tender . |
| 7 | Economists sometimes liken the abstraction to the use of frictionless motion as an ideal model of a world where there is always some degree of friction . |
| 8 | Moreover , numerical examples , experimental games , and such empirical case studies as have been carried out ( see , for example , Rees , 1993 ) seem to suggest that typically punishments far outweigh the gains to short-run deviation for empirically reasonable discount rates and so it is really not hard to explain collusion . |
| 9 | Initiation rites in magical sects and mystery religions often require the candidate to be shut up in a dark vault for a lengthy period , in order to die and be reborn to himself . |
| 10 | Weberian and neo-Weberian sociologists generally reject the approach to defining and distinguishing classes adopted by the Ehrenreichs . |
| 11 | Cable & Wireless Plc also faces a $368m damages suit from its local partners after it withdrew from the project to provide telephone services in the Philippines , Digitel Telecommunications Philippines Inc president Eduardo Villanueva said : Cables refused to put up its share of a deposit on the $1,480m telephone project on Luzon island ; the local partners also want the government to blacklist the company . |
| 12 | BEHIND their closed doors and curtained windows , the sizeable minority of undecided Darlington voters still hold the key to the result of this vital marginal seat . |
| 13 | At Thurso the Orcadians then get the boat to Orkney . |
| 14 | The latter two phenomena essentially restore the crust to its approximate elevation before loading by ice or water , but denudation can lead to continued uplift of the crust for as long as continental crust is sub-aerially exposed . |
| 15 | It 's not uncommon for victims of rape to be so traumatized by the attack that they delay , or in some cases never report the matter to police . |
| 16 | All the jobs above require the cylinder to be at least partly drained . |
| 17 | Cells thus provide the key to understanding development because their behaviour brings about embryonic development and is controlled by gene activity . |