Example sentences of "[pers pn] [to-vb] the [adj] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It allows them to promote the false claim that the blacks are not fit to run South Africa when clearly they are still at each other 's throats . |
| 2 | It has been almost impossible for them to acquire the artistic infrastructure that should surround those works so that they can be seen in the right scholarship context . |
| 3 | Following the reasoning of Longuet-Higgins and Tyler , we suggest that vertical disparities are best understood as a consequence of perspective viewing from two different vantage points and the results we report here show that the human visual system is able to exploit vertical disparities and use them to scale the perceived depth and size of stereoscopic surfaces , if the field of view is sufficiently large . |
| 4 | In a historic test case his parents Allan and Barbara , along with Airedale Regional Health Authority , are seeking a change in the law that would allow them to disconnect the feeding tube and let Tony die . |
| 5 | The navigator had survived with head injuries but the third crew member was O.K. I signalled to Athens asking them to designate the nearest airfield where I could pick up Brown and White in a Maryland . |
| 6 | Trust me to choose the one man that would make it impossible . |
| 7 | This protects users ' investments in equipment by enabling them to buy the enhanced management and security of higher Tiers as their requirements dictate . |
| 8 | These will enable you to see the real changes that have taken place . |
| 9 | As any changes to the Parish Council 's bank accounts must be authorised by the Parish Councillors I would ask you to continue the present arrangement until they have had a chance to discuss any alterations you might suggest . |
| 10 | He will help you to observe the legal requirements and to name Executors to carry out your instructions , to appoint guardians if necessary and to cancel any previous Wills . |
| 11 | I 'm also thrilled by the terrific response to my December letter , when I asked you to pinpoint the key issues that you believe should be tackled by the Government in order to put Britain back on the right tracks for 1992 : not surprisingly , childcare comes high on your list , as it does in the questionnaire . |
| 12 | Members of the jury , it is clear that there is more here than meets the eye and I call on you to reach the only verdict that matches the evidence ; |
| 13 | You are able to order copies of these programs , for which you pay 2.50 per disc duplication costs , to enable you to test the full package before you buy . |
| 14 | ‘ I would expect them to do the honourable thing and give me my job back . ’ |
| 15 | So I ask them to do the right thing and put a 50 mph speed restriction , together with the CANT of the track and provided the doors are properly shut which is the responsibility of the staff not the passengers , they will have no further trouble . |
| 16 | However , more than half of DSD 's members have not paid them the fees that enable them to use the green dot and the company , with a deficit expected to reach DM800 million by the end of the year , is on the verge of bankruptcy . |
| 17 | Further , that integration is to be made more seamless over the coming year when IBM will begin merging OS/2 and AIX , enabling them to use the same database and share application development tools . |
| 18 | The report also allows me to re-confirm the financial contribution that is made to the running costs of the Unit . |
| 19 | And so just as Jesus showed his at-one-ment with us , he now asks us to show our at-one-ment with him , and join him to continue the Great Battle until the final defeat of Evil and the ‘ restoration of all things ’ . |
| 20 | This gravely restricted Law 's room for manoeuvre and made it impossible for him to accept the only compromise that Asquith could offer . |
| 21 | Her schedule required her to tour the Tented Village and be in the Royal Box by 3.30 p.m. to watch the last two hours of play . |
| 22 | That morning , just after Sullivan had received a cable form Washington telling him to inform the new government that the United States would continue diplomatic relations with Iran , machine guns mounted on the surrounding buildings all opened up in a pre-arranged barrage . |
| 23 | It was to meet cases of this kind that Equity invented the great remedies of specific performance and injunction : specific performance to compel a man actually to do what he has promised — to give you the land in return for the money , to pay you the purchase money in return for the land ; injunction to forbid him to do what he has promised not to do or what he has no right to do — to forbid him to open the public house or the music-school , to forbid him to build so as to block up your light , even to compel him to pull down the objectionable wall ; the last sort of injunction is called mandatory . |
| 24 | It suits her to play the old lady and keep Sarah on a string . ’ |
| 25 | He became the contras ' military chief in the mid-1980s , but was ousted from the leadership in February 1990 [ see p. 37236 ] by a number of his fellow commanders who considered his background too tainted by human rights abuses and association with the corruption of the Somoza years for him to negotiate the eventual disbanding and resettlement of the contras [ for which see p. 37450 ] |
| 26 | As Paul Preston writes , " the United Nations had given [ Franco ] a winning hand to play , allowing him to persuade the Spanish people that he was their heroic leader in yet another foreign attempt to destroy Spain " . |
| 27 | She went to her GP to ask him to prescribe the oral contraceptive and , before he prescribed the pill , he examined her thoroughly , including a vaginal examination . |
| 28 | Cissie had a love of reading , especially since Beth had helped her to master the longer words that she had never really understood . |
| 29 | Sandra began collecting several years ago after a large repair bill for a timepiece prompted her to learn the intricate ins and outs of their workings . |
| 30 | Mr Cubbage was like a cat on hot bricks , he was most distraught at Coleen 's decision to go to England , and he bombarded her with letters and flowers ; he could not wait for her return and for her to say the one word that would make her his wife . |