Example sentences of "[vb base] [to-vb] [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since a given project is very rarely repeated , project management is the business of managing variety ; benefits tend to flow from the effective exploitation rather than the reduction thereof . |
| 2 | ‘ Not sure , really , though the little ones tend to go for the easy stuff . |
| 3 | The mites tend to go for the smaller workers , probably because of their safer and passively fed lifestyle . |
| 4 | MPs who on the whole tend to be rather casual about going to meetings organised for their benefit by pressure groups tend to go to the nuclear forum , because it is always well-structured and organised , and because they can then say to constituents who work in either the nuclear industry or the nuclear supply industry that they have been , and still are , taking an interest in the decisions that affect those particular electors . |
| 5 | Existing tagsets tend to agree about the major word class categorisations but there are often differences in the sub-categorisations used . |
| 6 | Yet most tend to agree with the right-wing slogan , ‘ the boat is full ’ , meaning Germany has too many foreigners . |
| 7 | Despite being generally unlicensed these tend to work alongside the regular staff usually in the larger urban abattoirs . |
| 8 | The decreased total protein and amylase turnover rates are probably a result of a reduction in synthetic rates as the time taken for labelled total protein and amylase to appear in the duodenal juice was significantly longer in the the post-acute pancreatitis patients . |
| 9 | Whilst physical infirmity may make physical care of great significance to the old person and mental infirmity may limit their capacity to give and receive other kinds of care , the efforts we make to relate to the whole person are critical if we are to avoid the stigmatising and depersonalising processes which insult the integrity of the old person . |
| 10 | I intend to concentrate on the two subjects of today 's debate , education and employment . |
| 11 | Because of time , I intend to concentrate on the European dimension . |
| 12 | This has meant that many studies tend to concentrate on the objective assessment of a fiscally quantifiable reality . |
| 13 | Although psychological explanations tend to concentrate upon the individual worker within the organisation , we can also examine the role of individuals as members of groups and note how the existence of different groups , both formal and informal , have an important role to play in developing our understanding of organisations . |
| 14 | What sources of power can groups and key individuals bring to bear on the budgetary process ? |
| 15 | We bring to bear on the various officers and employees and shareholders and others associated with the corporation our ordinary standards of personal responsibility . |
| 16 | Should not the Government , in the last few days of their existence , bring to bear upon the Iranian Government the utter condemnation that is felt by the people of the United Kingdom for the disgraceful action in imposing a death threat on a British citizen in the capital of the United Kingdom ? |
| 17 | ‘ If they want to go through the correct procedure and ask for a transfer , then so be it . ’ |
| 18 | Meese had simply said , ‘ All right , we want to go through the 1985 shipment … well , how the initiative began … then talk to him about this memo of the diversion of funds . ’ |
| 19 | Heinzer , the Mister Nice of the Swiss Team , exploiting an avowed intent to turn Mister Ugly — ‘ I want to go for the big wins ’ — won the first race . |
| 20 | and one day she said , Now then John I want to go to the other school to Mr , the schoolmaster to get a book . |
| 21 | Furious Tory MPs now want to go to the High Court to force a new ballot . |
| 22 | I just want to go with the least amount of gear I can get away with , be able to troubleshoot it myself and keep it simple . |
| 23 | Alan Pretty , a team leader in personnel services at Lincolnshire SSD , believes it is very much a management move and is not for social workers who want to continue in the caring role . |
| 24 | ( Incidentally never forget to plan for the practical needs of the press when you 're drawing up your arrangements . |
| 25 | What kind of people what you expect to see on the local council in Nottingham ? |
| 26 | But it is far from certain that all the fish in every corporate shoal want to swim in the same direction . |
| 27 | ‘ Want to come on the Grand Canyon with me ? ’ |
| 28 | Well , I 've got , if you you just bear with me a moment , I still have one foot dragging in H one , but I thought we 'd got to the stage where in order to try and clarify thinking on the matter we ought to progress onto H two , erm , that just let me reveal the thinking , erm that , before I do that can I just say in terms of mechanics those of you who have just joined us for the first time , could you turn your name boards round so I can see them , thank you , and when you want to come in the normal practice is to put your name board on end , so it will attract our attention . |
| 29 | As the genes in question appear to work in the same way in mice and people it should be possible to develop ways of detecting the genes in people at risk and discovering methods of implanting cells with the normal genes or blocking the action of the defective genes . |
| 30 | Fight the flab with fat-burning aerobic dance which is another alternative for those who only want to shake in the right places . |