Example sentences of "[noun pl] [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How many uplifts should I use , and do I need special adaptors to connect them to the filter ? |
| 2 | He quotes the view of Aristo , who produces two arguments : first , that by analogy with relegatio dotis and the stipulatio emptae hereditatis the word ‘ sums ’ should be held to include objects as well as money ; second , that intention is particularly important in trusts , and it appears to be the testator 's intention in first speaking generally of ‘ sums ’ and then mentioning certain objects to include them in the expression too . |
| 3 | Among their recommendations are : the need for regular reports on implementation of the Fifth Action Programme on the environment ; the rapid establishment of the European Environment Agency ; and early ratification of the Climate Change Convention agreed at UNCED , with the development of national strategies to implement it by the end of 1993 . |
| 4 | This reconstruction of Rawls ' argument for the doctrine of neutral political concern attempts to found it on the notion of autonomy through the notion of moral self-determination . |
| 5 | Part of the process of gaining control over our lives involves us in resisting their attempts to box us in the pigeonhole of ‘ client ’ — and to expose their self-styled , self-seeking efforts to elevate their second-hand knowledge about disability into a ‘ profession ’ . |
| 6 | They hired dragomans to escort them round the tombs and temples in the shade of parasols . |
| 7 | ‘ I buy enough marmalade at local fayres to see me through the year . |
| 8 | His team-mates Andre Agassi , Pete Sampras and John McEnroe rushed on court and lifted him on to their shoulders to carry him to the sidelines . |
| 9 | No doubt a finder of perishable commodities would be justified in taking any reasonable steps to preserve them pending the ascertainment of their owner ; e.g . |
| 10 | I was still more surprised when some of their parents arrived in motor cars to see them at the weekend |
| 11 | There were traps to catch them along the way . |
| 12 | She turned away , shutting her eyes to adjust them to the darkness , and then with no further hesitation she was going down the rope hand over hand , her feet and knees checking at each knot . |
| 13 | Most parents of children at poorer schools already know about those schools , though they do not have the information to confront the governors , teachers and heads to urge them of the need to improve the school . |
| 14 | Too busy joy-riding in their nice shiny patrol cars to hoof it on the beat . ’ |
| 15 | And there are no collectable power-ups to help you in the battle to shoot first and ask questions of the flaming wreckage later . |
| 16 | Although there is much in these three books to put them in the category of Ruritanian adventure , Scott may be a stronger influence . |
| 17 | They return in delight but with sadness too , for even the memory fades because there is nothing in the rational mind with which the ideas may be linked and there are no images to fix them in the memory . |
| 18 | For long moments she toyed with his anxious , quivering wand , dexterously using her warm wet tongue and soft lips to guide him to the brink of orgasm . |
| 19 | It has sunscreens to protect you from the sun 's harmful rays , and a unique bio-collagen complex to nourish and moisturise . |
| 20 | He had a thin cardigan over his shoulders to protect him from the breeze . |
| 21 | Perhaps you will be so good as to tell your guards to accompany me to the foot of the hill ? " |
| 22 | Hundreds of black-headed gulls were also joining in the feast of freshly hatching insects , paddling over the waves to snatch them from the surface , whilst in the Island Bay we came upon three superb black terns , dipping and turning over the water . |
| 23 | These are the leather straps you put round the bird 's legs to hold it on the glove that you have to wear when you handle birds of prey . |
| 24 | We are likely to repeat previous styles to get us through the pain , but a point can be reached where the old ways no longer work . |
| 25 | ‘ He came round the desks and I kicked him in the back of his legs to get him to the floor and I used my shirt to put out the flames and Hazel gave him first aid . ’ |
| 26 | She felt his staff tremble , and she sucked with her lips to milk him with the expertise of a milkmaid . |
| 27 | A NEW CULTURE FOR PEARL Pearl Assurance is one of the companies that are implementing IT solutions to take them beyond the year 2000 |
| 28 | Murren has a huge variety of signposted walks to take you over the hills and into the mountains . |
| 29 | Up to a certain size , that is to say the size attained by the rats at a few weeks old , she caught and ate them , and , with a sure instinct for authority , brought in their tails to lay them at the feet of Martha . |
| 30 | You do n't have to write these things in great detail — in fact you would stop the learning flow If you did so ; it is enough to put the page number and one or two words to remind you of the significance of what is contained there . |