Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pron] [to-vb] [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite its limitations , the project has done something to open up the question of study skills , develop inservice structures and practices , create a core of schools where good practice has been established and from which it might be disseminated , and has clearly improved secondary school library provision through ( amongst other things ) the quality of book selection . |
| 2 | Custodio , who had been in charge of his security , said during the trial that the former armed forces Chief of Staff , Gen. Fabian Ver , who left the Philippines with Marcos in 1986 , had instructed him to draw up the security plan for Benigno Aquino 's arrival . |
| 3 | And Hayling had told him to tone down the politics to smooth away advertisers ' fears that it was going to be a Commie rag . |
| 4 | ‘ My life with Gary and my mother and her occult friends has enabled me to pick out the symptoms by which we may recognise those who are involved in the occult . |
| 5 | Although he was no relation to Charles , his surname had inspired him to pick up the pen . |
| 6 | A COLLEAGUE 'S 4½-year-old son has asked him to set up the video camera in front of the chimney on Christmas Eve to catch Santa on camera . |
| 7 | But its prevalence has led us to misconceive both the significance and practice of transgression in the earlier modern period , and also in some of our own contemporary subcultures . |
| 8 | Two-thirds claimed that training had allowed them to carry out the farm work in less time and with a reduction in mental and physical effort . |
| 9 | French law has forced him to hand over the helms of Adidas and Bernard Tapie Finance , but he said : ‘ My new post is not incompatible with the presidency of Marseille . |
| 10 | Try to round off your answer by demonstrating how the old job has fitted you to take on the job you are applying for . |
| 11 | Shadows of it still remained at his trial , two years later ; although his lawyer had evidently advised him to tone down the certitude of righteousness , it would slip out . |