Example sentences of "[vb pp] to [noun sg] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only replacement back Kenny Logan was an absentee , confined to bed suffering from the 24-hour flu bug . |
| 2 | The subsequent research findings presented to Congress resulted in the Noise Control Act of 1972 ( later expanded into the Quiet Communities Act of 1978 ) which required the EPA to set standards of tolerable noise levels for all types of new equipment and machinery . |
| 3 | Much of the responsibility for education and training related to employment rests with the Training , Enterprise and Education Division ( formerly the Training Agency ) of the Department of Employment . |
| 4 | Twenty years ago , it had been a cosy Victorian hostelry , seldom visited except by its regulars , with an open fire in winter and horse brasses polished to whiteness hung against the black beams . |
| 5 | We th , do then have a toner , but you do n't necessarily have to use the toner because you 've used to water to cleanse off the cleanser . |
| 6 | Like the aristocracy , therefore , the Church could count on its urban mob , and in the riots of 1766 the Orders were accused of releasing this urban clientèle against a reforming administration ; Aranda , the most conspicuous of Charles III 's anti-clerical ministers , called to power to deal with the rioters , seems to have planned a serious attack on poverty precisely because he feared the influence of a Church with a monopoly of outdoor relief . |
| 7 | The two incidents which were called to mind related to the Company golf scene . |
| 8 | Even at the tiny rate of change discovered by the two men , an accurate clock started then would now be several hours out , compared to time judged by the positions of the sun or stars . |
| 9 | They were invited to court to perform for the Empress Maria Theresa and Emperor Francis I. |
| 10 | A hitherto unknown disease which may be linked to pollution caused by the recent Gulf war is killing large numbers of fish off the coast of Bahrain . |
| 11 | Items ( 2 ) — ( 6 ) are considered below in this chapter with the remainder of this book being devoted to takeover offers under the City Code . |
| 12 | ( This was a similar exercise to that carried out during the study of the Adult Training Centres described in Chapter 10 , where a weighting was given to software depending on the relative value of the functions that it could support . ) |
| 13 | In the UK , a good deal of space is given to book reviews in the ‘ serious ’ daily and Sunday newspapers and in weeklies such as Spectator and New statesman . |
| 14 | In recent years , there has been a great deal of interest in increasing the prominence given to science teaching during the primary school years . |
| 15 | Comshare uses Scripts , a technique it has developed to port commands from the application to the database . |
| 16 | WOMEN exposed to flu germs in the fifth or sixth months of pregnancy risk having a schizophrenic baby , researchers warned today . |
| 17 | Members of Darlington recreation committee yesterday heard how more than £3,500 worth of damage had been caused to art works in the Myles Meehan Gallery over the past few months . |
| 18 | Mr Nick Major , the company 's pig feed marketing manager , said : ‘ It is this nitrogen , when converted to nitrate microbes in the soil , which is potentially damaging to the environment . ’ |
| 19 | The success of the sales gimmick has surprised everyone and led to seven-day working at the firm 's Scottish factory . |
| 20 | The Germans entered Rome while the Italian king , Victor Emmanuel , and Marshal Pietro Badoglio , who had ousted Mussolini , fled to territory held by the Allies . |
| 21 | With customs and police officers deployed on shore Vigilant put to sea to patrol off the Kent coast . |
| 22 | The government had yielded to sensationalist claims by the three chief agents of irrational emotion — Parliament , the pulpit and the press . |
| 23 | Mechanised steam-powered presses , beginning with The Times in 1814 , contributed to the expansion of newspaper printing in the 1820s and 1830s and had spread to book printing by the 1850s . |
| 24 | One person was taken to hospital suffering from the effects of smoke inhalation . |
| 25 | Three people were taken to hospital suffering from the effects of smoke . |
| 26 | A man was taken to hospital suffering from the effects of smoke inhalation yesterday after a kitchen blaze at his ground-floor flat in Lutterworth Road , Longbenton , Newcastle . |
| 27 | Cancellation must be made in writing by the person who completed the booking form and sent to Falcon Sailing at the address below . |
| 28 | Through the open ceiling panel , which he might easily have climbed out of , had he chosen to number pulling over the desk amongst his previous choice of options , the barrel of a trusty Smith and Wesson was visible , aiming down at the head of his other self . |
| 29 | The topic is approached in this way because scant academic attention has been paid to insider dealing in the corporate context ; furthermore , it is within this context that the Chinese Wall mechanism operates ; and finally , new rules have recently been promulgated by the SIB covering the misuse of inside information in the financial conglomerate context . |
| 30 | The importance attached to attractiveness declines throughout the adolescent years . |