Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb pp] [to-vb] [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus Trematon fell , its womenfolk were ‘ … stripped of their apparel to their very smocks and their fingers broken to pluck away the rings ’ . |
| 2 | Several banks operate special accounts designed to smooth out the impact of these unavoidable and important bills , many of which arise quarterly . |
| 3 | In contrast to the 12 months taken to draw up the amendments , he allowed a mere six weeks for the councils and people of the Borders to comprehend , communicate and respond to them . |
| 4 | Finally , do n't forget the value of such structural objects as walls , containers , raised beds or even large boulders sited to set off the plants . |
| 5 | Countries with suitable slalom sites but no suitable WWR courses would then be able to host events and smaller countries prepared to take on the WWR event but not the larger slalom event would be able to make contributions . |
| 6 | Declining profit shares and falling output-capital ratios combined to push down the rate of profit ( figures 11.6 and 11.7 ) . |
| 7 | This was in response to reports that Collor 's main political advisers had been using federal funds to solicit the votes of the 168 deputies needed to fend off the impeachment initiative . |
| 8 | Typically the customer selects the equipment from the supplier , and the finance lessor buys it and leases it to the customer on rentals calculated to pay off the purchase price plus interest . |
| 9 | But officials refused to hand over the dog until they vetted Mia in person to ensure she was suitable to have custody of the dog . |
| 10 | Huge gaps in provision of health care in the less profitable areas such as care of the elderly and people with psychological problems and learning difficulties will affect women disproportionately as patients and as carers forced to fill in the gaps . |
| 11 | The Labour party plans a vast and sprawling bureaucracy which will need not just county hall , but Battersea power station , to house the thousands of officials required to carry out the wishes of Labour 's public sector trade union paymasters . |
| 12 | One has then begun to develop the figures needed to show how the cash flows and costs will be affected by actions taken to restructure the value chain . |
| 13 | The first two define the person and then his behaviour but the third defines action , first , and then the qualities needed to carry out the function of truce-making . |
| 14 | The policy U-turn has been welcomed by local authorities , who claimed they did not have the resources needed to draw up the registers , and by building and property groups . |
| 15 | Whilst the self-appraisal might be viewed as the school 's attempt to defend its policies and practices , rather than to appraise itself , and to make a special case for extra resources and improved staffing , the inspection could be seen as a process of ensuring that the school was performing to an acceptable standard and that no serious problems existed in terms of teacher performance and in terms of resources needed to carry out the curriculum . |
| 16 | Readers of The National Trust Magazine will know from the annual summary of the Trust 's financial position how much more difficult it is becoming to find the resources required to carry out the Trust 's broad conservation responsibilities . |
| 17 | Despite all these considerations , Tito 's intransigence left Alexander with no option — as Harold Macmillan , present at the conference , later put it in his diary — but to give " instruction to the planners for a full appreciation of the forces required to throw out the Yugoslavs " , while referring the matter to " his two Governments " . |
| 18 | The favourite explanation , however , was ‘ speculative hoarding ’ , and it was this which became the target for government action ( in addition to a series of measures designed to speed up the release and development of land ) . |
| 19 | Here the children of the rich and famous , children destined to take over the city 's highest offices , were trained . |
| 20 | There has been some improvement in recent years , but are not further measures needed to speed up the process ? |
| 21 | Many people in Solidarity thought the communists should be left to take the tough measures needed to clear up the mess they themselves had created — and pay the electoral price . |
| 22 | But even more is needed to comply with Taylor and some creative and entrepreneurial business measures needed to throw up the cash . |
| 23 | Even so eccentric a character as D. V. Karakozov , who attempted to assassinate Alexander II in 1866 , had gained direct experience while serving as an assistant to one of the peace arbiters appointed to work out the details of the Emancipation settlement . |
| 24 | Johns is one of five current full internationals poised to take on the host country in their opening group game as Ireland contest one of the major sporting titles in the world , albeit in the abridged version . |
| 25 | One hundred and seventy-five people is the best estimate that the senior chief inspector and I could produce between us of the numbers required to carry out the functions of the new independent HMI . |
| 26 | My figures were the best estimates that the senior chief inspector and I could make of the numbers required to carry out the policy that I have laid before the House . |
| 27 | The figure that the hon. Gentleman is quoting from the newspaper article bears no relation to the figures that I used , which constituted the best estimate that the senior chief inspector and I could give of the numbers required to carry out the policy . |
| 28 | In each case the pack included the tools needed to carry out the job ; in the case of the paint , a paintbrush and a mug for brewing up and in the case of the shampoo a hair brush and comb set and a towel . |