Example sentences of "[coord] [noun] [to-vb] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alternatively , you could select spiky , upright plants like agaves or yuccas to transport you across the world , figuratively speaking , to the great deserts of North America . |
| 2 | Its part is generally written in the treble clef on B or G to distinguish it from the side-drum . |
| 3 | ( b ) having entered any building or part of a building as a trespasser he steals or attempts to steal anything in the building or that part of it or inflicts or attempts to inflict on any person therein any grievous bodily harm . |
| 4 | In some of the odes , this compositional method has a wayward look , perhaps leaving the modern reader with the suspicion that the poem is structurally flawed.1 It is not particularly troublesome in " Diffugere nives " ; even so , there are throughout the poem points at which a reader needs to take connections on trust , or ventures to read them into the text , because they are not foregrounded or overtly articulated . |
| 5 | Maybe I should get Michael or Cheta to take me into the tower with them when they deliver meals . ’ |
| 6 | We had no friends or family to accompany us to the church . |
| 7 | The National Curriculum 's aims — to give pupils knowledge , understanding , skills and attitudes to equip them for the responsibilities and challenges of adult life and tomorrow 's world — will be widely supported . |
| 8 | If the bat 's brain hears an echo from another bat 's cry , and attempts to incorporate it into the picture of the world that it has previously built up , it will make no sense . |
| 9 | ‘ I am asking for a mandate from the supporters and shareholders to put me on the board . ’ |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | If not , can the Leader of the House at least persuade the silent Department of Trade and Industry to say something on the subject ? |
| 12 | They climbed one wall to get away from the car and waited for their eyes and ears to tune themselves to the darkness . |
| 13 | The Tree Spirits were clinging to the black iron pipes that ran along the sides of the floor , using them as levers and pulleys to help them across the floor . |
| 14 | And is that why you invited him and Heather to join you in the evening ? |
| 15 | We owe it to our children and grandchildren to spare them from the epidemic of smoking-related disease , disability and death from smoking that has marked the middle and later years of the 20th century . |
| 16 | It seemed that all the intelligence had gone to Constance , leaving her brothers with only wariness and guile to see them through the vicissitudes of life , although , Scarlet had to admit , they could be surprisingly kind . |
| 17 | ‘ Ask your mother and Gwen to join us in the garden , will you Andrew ? ’ |
| 18 | Although he is happy with his lifestyle and a wages and bonuses package which earns him £30,000 a week , Walker 's evasive attitude and reluctance to project himself through the media has not endeared him to the locals . |
| 19 | They would need clothing and shelter for the extremes of weather , and weaponry to protect themselves from the wild animals and hostile tribes which roamed the desolate regions they were to visit . |
| 20 | When Ford replaced the upright ( and well loved ) Cortina with the rounded ( and alien ) Sierra , it was forced to spend a fortune on advertising and promotion to establish it in the market . |
| 21 | And that there were tourists is shown by Jane Austen in Pride and Prejudice , published finally in 1813 but mainly written in 1796 : in it Elizabeth Bennet is invited by her aunt and uncle to accompany them to the Lakes , and exclaims : ‘ My dear , dear aunt , what delight ! |
| 22 | Whereas in Egypt the pharaoh symbolized the triumph of an invincible divine order over the forces of chaos , in Mesopotamia kingship represented the struggle of a human order with all its anxieties and hazards to integrate itself with the universe . |
| 23 | He sought mandamus directed not to the visitor but to the provost and fellows to reinstate him on the grounds that the provost and fellows had breached the rules of natural justice . |
| 24 | In addition , the approach offers an absolute but moving standard that facilitates research into the characteristics of the poor and measures to move them over the poverty boundary . |
| 25 | He would also fight tooth and nail to keep her from the likes of Tommy Allen . |
| 26 | I well remember the words of an old foreman who said to me , Son , even if you have the talent and ability to take you to the top , there is still no guarantee that you will ever get there , or even half way . |
| 27 | They undertook exhaustive consultation with Aboriginal people and others to involve them in the policy formulation . |
| 28 | Indeed , ‘ so much engaged with his Collections and twenty other matters ’ was he that he left it to prince to contact his colleagues and subscribers to inform them of the ‘ results of his journey ’ . |
| 29 | There are helpful tables and indexes to assist you through the mass of information offered . |
| 30 | It is aimed at both local authorities and librarians to remind them of the professional responsibilities of librarians . |