Example sentences of "[coord] [vb base] [adv] the [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | They have cleared their shelves of anything that could offend the public or bring down the wrath of the tabloids . |
| 2 | This tool can be developed to help nurses scrutinise their work or evaluate quantitatively the effects of change within a ward on nurse activity . |
| 3 | or pick up the aesthetics of road-haulage . |
| 4 | Thus there is no net loss or gain over the period of time . |
| 5 | Direct capitalist control or influence over the communication of ideas ( mass media , publishing , universities ) , and capitalist influence over the state , both structure ‘ debates ’ in liberal democracies . |
| 6 | He continues pouring from one container to another , and after lots of experience and conversation with the adults around him can begin to estimate how much he is going to need to fill the guinea pig 's water bowl or top up the vase of flowers . |
| 7 | He was manipulating a kind of toggle or switch on the head of his cane . |
| 8 | Do not shake hands in a limp manner or use just the tips of the fingers as this gives the impression you are a weak character . |
| 9 | His programme — a heady mix of big spending and big cutting — may not cure Brazil 's inflation-fevered economy , slay the recession or win back the faith of foreign creditors . |
| 10 | Thick swathes of greenery give a luxuriant festive touch — drape them around apiece of furniture , around a beam , or twist around the handrail of the staircase . |
| 11 | The production of written or spoken language at the single-word level ( as , for example , when you answer a question like ‘ What is the large grey animal with tusks and a trunk ? ’ or write down the name of a picture shown to you ) is not difficult to explain . |
| 12 | Also provided always that will not be obliged to assist with or take over the conduct of any proceedings which are principally based upon allegations of negligence , breach of contract , or other acts or omissions by , nor will be obliged to indemnify in the manner set out in this clause in relation to any such proceeding ; |
| 13 | Family breakdown is common and there are a large number of single parent families , with the result that many grandparents share in or take over the upbringing of their grandchildren and behave as parents to them . |
| 14 | Yes it 's a page of Government paper in Summerchild 's judicious hand , which does not make holes in the paper , or need x-ing out , or fall off the bottom of the page : |
| 15 | This segmentation of spheres of action and influence along the lines of gender difference is reflected in the radio programming in the novel . |
| 16 | A treaty of union which required the English monarch and Parliament to guarantee the security of the Presbyterian Church of Scotland , many felt , would serve only to encourage Dissent and undermine further the integrity of the Anglican Church . |
| 17 | Tang Shubei , spokesman for the State Council 's Taiwan Affairs Office , warned on Oct. 14 that if Taiwan independence activists " continue the move to split the nation and sell out the territory of the country , the Chinese government will not sit idly by " . |
| 18 | Disabled people do not need to deny the individual psychological costs they pay ; rather , we need to identify them as a most directly experienced aspect of oppression , and dispute not the existence of psychological distress in disabled people but the kinds of causal account that are produced . |
| 19 | We are glad that is able to be with us twice this season , and that has agreed to continue her regular music lessons for the early birds as well as taking a number of sessions. , and make up the rest of the team and we all look forward to working with you . |
| 20 | He could see the separate strands of spray thrown aside by the bows and make out the shadow of the helmsman in the wheelhouse . |
| 21 | Think of India or the hippy trail to Kathmandu and pick up the hint of the free-wheeling late Sixties flower-power look . |
| 22 | Try and pick out the aspects of your background which make you especially suitable for the job you have applied for . |
| 23 | Already he was capable , it seemed , of making that impact on the stage which was , in record time , to put him at the top of his treacherous profession and bring on the applause of his finest contemporaries . |
| 24 | These would undoubtedly deter smaller corporations and bring down the incidence of corporate crime , particularly amongst the relatively smaller national-bound corporations , and even those larger corporations whose capital equipment is relatively fixed and who need the local more specialized work force . |
| 25 | The number of days lost through strikes is lower than at any time since 1979 , and people ought to know that Labour policies would sweep all that away and bring back the sort of industrial anarchy that existed in 1978-79 . |
| 26 | Shah 's victory opened the door to a brave new world in which the proprietors could , once more , manage the industry and bring about the sorts of changes which they had long desired . |
| 27 | I watched her do this and bring about the destruction of one of England 's greatest noblemen but that 's another story . |
| 28 | Edward VIII , the rise of Hitler , and World War Three which will last three years and seven months and bring about the end of the world . |
| 29 | So too his message of the coming kingdom can not be lifted out and carried over to the present : that message was refuted when Jesus himself attempted to provoke the intervention of God and bring about the end of history by challenging the powers and authorities of his own day . |
| 30 | When approached by a possible killer they hide their real heads and raise up the tips of their tails . |