Example sentences of "[vb pp] [to-vb] [noun pl] [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The advice is often given to see roses at the shows , and make your selection there . |
| 2 | The use of an interactive computer as an aid to teaching involves programs , each of which has an identifiable range of content or subject matter X , the program provides a preset repertoire of computer ‘ comments ’ and ‘ responses ’ from which the teacher can select particular elements using the driving system ; these are designed to promote transactions with the pupils and the teacher aims at moving towards ‘ understanding X ’ . |
| 3 | From February , 1992 , the UK Department of Health sponsored the broadcast of television commercials designed to alert parents to the dangers of VSA . |
| 4 | The course is designed to provide members of the professions allied to medicine with the scientific skills , knowledge and their appliction to relevant clinical practice in their field in order to be better able to evaluate their effectiveness of their contributions to health care services . |
| 5 | If teachers can not be trusted to organise schools in the interests of their pupils , should not the state restrict their autonomy ? |
| 6 | The headman was supposed to check the accuracy of this information before giving his permission for the butchering , and he was also expected to send copies of the permits which he had approved to the magistrate at the end of each month . |
| 7 | Part of this study has been subcontracted to project teams in the Universities of Glasgow , Manchester , Reading and London . |
| 8 | The reason for this lenient approach is that the court will not want to undermine the statutory regulations which are often designed to protect workmen from the consequences of their own carelessness . |
| 9 | There are many other relics of the past evident around the house and gardens , including a quaint turret on the terrace : it contains a bell which was rung to call parties from the gardens and riverside at meal times . |
| 10 | The shift times are designed to place policemen on the streets at times when they will encounter the maximum number of members of the public , even though this public thus tends to comprise shoppers and tradespeople . |
| 11 | Because they 're concerned about America 's oil dependence , senior government officials have come to rub shoulders with the advocates of conservation and alternative power sources . |
| 12 | The estimated cost was in the region of £3,000 per inmate , though the residents would be expected to make contributions towards the overheads through sick benefit or social security payments . |
| 13 | ‘ I 've always been very aware that I needed to give something back after this experience and when I read about the appeal for people prepared to give homes to the Bosnians , I decided it was time I stepped in . ’ |
| 14 | Indeed , as workers come to recognise that the corporatist game is rigged against them — wage restraint in return for the " benefits " of a social contract , whilst everything is done to foster profits for the capitalists — they will rebel against it . |
| 15 | Similarly , the trustees can be empowered to convene meetings of the holders in order to acquaint them with the position and to obtain their instructions . |
| 16 | Congress is not empowered to make laws for the states or to substitute them for the laws of individual states and so on . |
| 17 | The χ 2 test was used to compare proportions between the groups , and the 95% confidence interval of the difference is given when appropriate . |
| 18 | Since the invention of ECT in 1938 , electric currents have been used to induce seizures in the brains of many patients suffering from a wide range of mental disorders . |
| 19 | One of the oldest fodder herbs know , fenugreek has been used to feed cattle round the countries bordering the Mediterranean for thousands of years . |
| 20 | The data thus collected will be used to identify trends in the technologies studied . |
| 21 | Police officers investigating the case have n't ruled out the possibility that the missing funds have been used to buy supplies for the refugees . |
| 22 | A brief summary of the PCA investigation of complaints about police tactics used to clear demonstrators from the steps of Manchester University 's Students ' Union building during a visit by the then Home Secretary , Leon Britain , in March 1985 highlights the origins of this concern . |
| 23 | But housing officials say while the scheme is welcome , many more projects are needed to keep youngsters off the streets . |
| 24 | — Social workers and other local authority staff who visit people in their own homes might be used to educate parents about the dangers faced by their children . |
| 25 | Officials at Cheltenham , which stages the trial fixture on November 15 , have agreed to hold sweepstakes on the races . |
| 26 | Children grew disobedient when they knew that they could not be set aside : farmers were ousted of their leases made by tenants in tail ; for , if such leases had been valid , then under colour of long leases the issue might have been virtually disinherited : creditors were defrauded of their debts ; for , if tenant in tail could have charged his estate with their payment , he might also have defeated his issue , by mortgaging it for as much as it was worth : innumerable latent entails were produced to deprive purchasers of the lands they had fairly bought ; of suits in consequence of which our antient books are full : and treasons were encouraged ; as estates-tail were not liable to forfeiture , longer than for the tenant 's life . |
| 27 | It was merely a passage ( sufficiently relevant to be acceptable to the judge as a subject of cross-examination ) that could be used to raise doubts in the minds of those in Court as to your ability to pronounce on the matter under trial . |
| 28 | Arrays of this kind were also used to raise men for the campaigns in France in the 1340s , and the crown 's failure to observe in every instance the legislation of 1327 led to renewed complaints from the commons about the burden borne by the local communities in providing wages and equipment for the troops . |
| 29 | A joint working group of officials was commissioned to develop guidelines on the undertakings to be provided by the governments , the legal and commercial framework , and the various technical , environmental and financial requirements to be met by promoters . |
| 30 | If we want to complete the fortresses , we 've got to get funds from the Americans . |