Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [to-vb] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The threshold time is therefore automatically raised or lowered to compensate for the reader being swept too slowly or too quickly . |
| 2 | More than half of the children were ignored whatever they did — whether they cried , played or tried to talk to the adult . |
| 3 | Marshal Piłsudski ordered the Polish destroyer Wicher to greet , salute and escort the British as if the Accord were still in effect , and Tadeusz Morgenstern , the commander of the destroyer , was instructed that if the Danzig authorities insulted the Polish flag or tried to interfere with the visit in any way , he was to bombard designated targets in the city centre . |
| 4 | However , Brahim Ghali , a member of the Polisario Executive Committee , had stated in an interview given to the Madrid newspaper El País of Oct. 22 , 1990 , that if the Moroccan government decided not to agree to the holding of the referendum , or tried to interfere in the running of it , then the armed struggle would be renewed on all fronts . |
| 5 | a standard Anglepoise lamp er which it 's been going for a number of years , you can get it in about six different colours to match different designs of , er put colour into your room , now if somebody was spending a lot of time sitting knitting and has to look at the knitting or has to look at the pattern then er a good strong light which wo n't get in their eyes but goes straight on to what , whatever they 're doing , is by far the best thing for them , er but they say oh I do n't like it , it 's a bit angular is n't it , erm , modern sort of thing , er but because it 's angular it does n't mean to say it 's not gon na fit into the room it 's the right thing for it , er for the person doing that work . |
| 6 | A logical consequence occurs when the parent intervenes and ( in the example above ) removes the toy while indicating that the child has ‘ chosen ’ or decided to play without the toy for a specified period of time because of his or her actions ( it is a form of response-cost ) . |
| 7 | Other areas of concern for women working or wanting to work outside the home were identified . |
| 8 | To ask the Minister for the Arts what support he gives or plans to give to the design museum . |
| 9 | He often stopped reading or writing to stare into the distance , dreaming perhaps of some ambitious plan . |
| 10 | All information held by or reasonably available to you regarding any potential hazards known or believed to exist in the transport handling or use of the goods supplied shall be promptly communicated to us prior to delivery . |
| 11 | Despite the school 's stated intention to involve parents as far as possible , I seriously doubted whether Mr or Mrs Singh would be capable or prepared to enter into the kind of partnership the school envisaged . |
| 12 | Both parties need the right to end the agreement if the other goes bankrupt or is forced into liquidation , or ceases to operate in the music business . |
| 13 | On market-days and fair-days the cattle were driven along the streets or allowed to rest on the roadway . |
| 14 | If the candidate seems settled in for the day stand up and help him/her with their coat , or begin to walk towards the door . |
| 15 | Similarly , some feminists spell women as wimmin or womyn to avoid including the element men — even though that is not the true etymology and indeed , the element is not even pronounced . |
| 16 | Furthermore , all the professionals at Ashdown are able-bodied ( including the researchers ) and no representative from a local group of disabled people has been consulted or invited to contribute to the school development programme in any capacity . |
| 17 | Whether or not those controlling the company consented or purported to consent to the abstraction of the company 's property by the accused , he will have appropriated the property of the company . |
| 18 | It means helping counsellees to make connections between what has occurred in the past , and how this affects what they are achieving or failing to achieve in the present . |
| 19 | ( c ) Law of Property Act 1925 , s62 By the Law of Property Act 1925 , s62 a lease of land will include all liberties , privileges , easements , rights , and advantages whatsoever appertaining or reputed to appertain to the land or any part thereof at the date of the lease , demised , occupied , or enjoyed with or reputed or known as part or parcel of or appertenant to the land or any part thereof . |
| 20 | By the Law of Property Act 1925 , s62 , a lease of land with buildings thereon will include all outhouses , cellars , areas , courtyards , sewers , drains , ways , passages and other rights appertaining or reputed to appertain to the property or at the time of the conveyance occupied or enjoyed therewith . |
| 21 | You 're always gon na have objections , I think you 've seen so far , throughout the whole sales process , some are more awkward than others but you got by them but the majority will come when you ask for the business , or go to ask for the business . |
| 22 | Then at some time during the day , he or she has cause to turn their head sharply to the left , or attempt to take off the jacket . |
| 23 | This MAY be fair criticism — but we do nt know what he s being told or asked to do for the team . |
| 24 | The genes themselves do n't evolve , they merely survive or fail to survive in the gene pool . |
| 25 | But Old Red 's silences they found inexcusable because he never attended our parties , or bothered to turn on the charm to anyone . |
| 26 | Dine in style in the restaurant , or choose to eat in the bar buffet . |
| 27 | Now I 'd like to bring you back to Mr Williamson 's opening remarks in which he described the allocations of land for industry and all these other things that are tied in with industry now as generous , making generous allocations , and the Civic Society would like to see those allocations rather less generous , we are like trying to develop a climate of restraint when on the expansion of Harrogate and the rate at which people are encouraged or wish to come into the town . |
| 28 | They can be planted out or left to grow in the pot , but will soon need re-potting . |
| 29 | Furthermore , the conditions can not impose a positive obligation , a financial payment or relate to land outside the application or the control of the applicant . |
| 30 | It is a common finding when we are jet-lagged or trying to sleep in the day after night-work . |