Example sentences of "[vb pp] [noun] [prep] [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Collor 's predecessor , Jose Sarney , abolished subsidies for cutting down the forest to make way for cattle in 1988 . |
| 2 | He also believed , first , that France was unlikely to be able to secure an alliance with Britain ( because of the two countries ' disagreement about the Near East in 1840 ) ; second , that Britain might support Russia in the event of a Russian attack on the Ottoman Empire ( because of the Anglo-Russian discussions which had taken place in London in 1844 ) ; and third , that in any event he could count on the support of Austria ( because of the assistance he had rendered Vienna in putting down the Hungarians in 1849 ) . |
| 3 | To most animals , the clarity of each image is at least as important as the number per second , and many have found ways of sharpening up the picture . |
| 4 | Wait until first flowers have set fruit before planting out the peppers . |
| 5 | The " Daily Mail " may have lost money in taking on the " Moonies " but it gained both in reputation and by discouraging similar actions against itself . |
| 6 | We have improved matters by cutting up the fallen leaves with a rotary grass-cutting machine which makes it easier for raking and collection for the compost heaps ; the chopped leaves also rot down that much quicker . |
| 7 | We have established procedures for carrying out the work . |