Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [prep] [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There has been a lot of debate in political circles as to whether on-the-road campaigning should tackle political issues or concentrate on displaying the personality of the candidates . |
| 2 | ‘ In any proceedings ( whether or not under this Act ) — ( a ) a statement of affairs prepared for the purposes of any provision of this Act which is derived from the Insolvency Act 1985 , and ( b ) any other statement made in pursuance of a requirement imposed by or under any such provision or by or under rules made under this Act , may be used in evidence against any person making or concurring in making the statement . |
| 3 | Many factors , such as differences between social classes in attitudes to marriage , could explain or contribute to explaining the difference . |
| 4 | Beresford identifies three models or approaches to hearing the voice of the consumer . |
| 5 | One point about this model which is unclear is this : what is it that prevents words like READY or READJUST from activating the word detector for READ ? |
| 6 | The editor and her senior staff must live or die by satisfying the consumer with the product they have to sell — one monthly mag — in order to ensure repeat sales . |
| 7 | While waiting , she gazed solemnly at the sinister Bridge of Sighs a few yards away and thought of the prisoners who 'd gazed out of its thickly grilled windows , looking for the last time on the beauties of Venice before they were incarcerated — or executed for causing the displeasure of powerful nobles . |
| 8 | I remembered I 'd had nothing to eat or drink before leaving the house , and thought how awful that I had n't even made Toby a cup of tea before obeying my impulse to run . |
| 9 | In most day units , whatever they are called , attenders normally spend a good deal of time chatting to other attenders or sitting about watching the world go by , doing nothing very much . |
| 10 | Experiments with a mirror confirm that the meaning of many famous paintings can be inverted or negated by reversing the picture . |
| 11 | A special congressional committee investigating arms and drug smuggling recommended in late 1989 that certain prominent politicians and officials should be excluded from public life or dismissed , or barred from entering the country , because of their alleged connections with such activities . |
| 12 | Great wicker baskets were trundled in and out of their home but she never complained nor spoke of regretting the end of her dancing life . |
| 13 | The preamp , apart from delivering as pure a signal as possible , also offers up to 128 fully programmable equalisation and volume settings ; these can then be stored in the D12 's memory and recalled by using the unit 's front-panel keypad , a MIDI controller or the Decimax FC-60 footswitch . |
| 14 | The signs are that some people there were more sophisticated and succeeded in bilking the revenue . |
| 15 | A group of aid agencies and churches have banded together and succeeded in getting the cooperation of the rebels and the government in the long running civil war . |
| 16 | However , the tobacco industry mounted a protest against this move and succeeded in bringing the increase in taxation down to only 100% . |
| 17 | They then returned to Cherbourg and succeeded in entering the Harbour and dropping the torpedo , but the aircraft was hit and crashed at Bourbourg at 23.30 hrs . |
| 18 | The Tramroad Company was acquired by Blackpool under the terms of the Blackpool Improvement Act of 1919 , which was opposed by the then — Fleetwood U.D.C. Fleetwood resented Blackpool 's ownership of the track within its area , and succeeded in winning the right to purchase the tramway after twenty-one years . |
| 19 | They worked harmoniously together , and succeeded in preserving the company 's independence during the remainder of the ‘ merger boom ’ years . |
| 20 | Eventually she came to Byblos and succeeded in having the palace column removed and thus was able to retrieve the casket and take it back to Egypt , where she hid it in the marshes of the Delta . |
| 21 | Mellanby arrived in time to be heard , and succeeded in changing the decision so that Florey was appointed . |
| 22 | 8.2 ( a ) and ( b ) Illustration of the introduction of attenuation between a source and load without altering the loading of the source . |
| 23 | Now , shall we forget about it and concentrate on enjoying the Park while we are still allowed in it ? ’ |
| 24 | I think the government should slow down on all its activities at the present time and concentrate on getting the economy right , and everything else put on the back burner . |
| 25 | Private schools tend to stress scholastic skills and concentrate on developing the capacity to pass examinations and on building self-confidence . |
| 26 | The aim and shoot features allow you to forget the technicalities and concentrate on composing the picture . |
| 27 | It also made a £26 million exceptional write-off , after its decision to pull out of property development and concentrate on running the portfolio . |
| 28 | Then perhaps we can forget all about those knives and concentrate on finding the killer . ’ |
| 29 | Well I remember an Oxford aircraft over-flying the airfield and crashing in blocking the lane and going into the hedge on the other side , into Gingers Yard . |
| 30 | John Wilkinson , a passenger in a car travelling in the opposite direction , said he saw Mr Still lose control of the vehicle and swerve before mounting the verge and hitting the tree . |