Example sentences of "[vb base] [to-vb] [noun pl] [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In Europe we tend to hit our irons better than the average American but we tend to lose shots around the greens . |
| 2 | I received representations from both parties on [ Date ] and expect to receive replies to the representations on [ Date ] . |
| 3 | He said : ‘ I just want to introduce others to the pleasures of writing and sharing that writing with others . ’ |
| 4 | The thousands of English fans arriving here hope to buy tickets from the Italians ; if they succeed , that means they will all end up in areas reserved for rival fans , another pointer to problems . |
| 5 | And persons of average political sensibility in many lands eagerly study the transformations in Hungary and seek to draw lessons from the changes . |
| 6 | The result is that although prosecutors may direct investigations , they tend to leave matters to the police . |
| 7 | Their parents like to leave toys by the graves , but on several occasions they 've returned the next day to find them missing . |
| 8 | I like to read books on the Impressionists . |
| 9 | Six beaches on the island are protected under EC conservation directives , but the Sea Turtle Protection Society says that the Greek government refuses to take action against taverna and hotel owners who continue to erect buildings on the beaches . |
| 10 | Government information films try to alert motorists to the perils of fog . |
| 11 | With the catapults they use to keep birds from the crops , they launch a couple of parting stones far over my head . |
| 12 | Intensive intermediate treatment programmes , for example , typically attempt to confront offenders with the consequences and social unacceptability of their offending in the hope that they will decide to change their attitudes towards offending . |
| 13 | We tend to treasure pillows down the years . |
| 14 | Despite many protestations to the contrary , its arguments fail to offer solutions to the problems of empirical research . |
| 15 | Second , proposals which only address ( and seek to reform ) the structural changes that have afflicted the media , e.g. conglomeration , but fail to note changes in the processes of news-production and journalistic work , are incomplete solutions . |
| 16 | As we have seen ( Chapter 2 ) , it is not the ideal way to start , but it is a fact of life , and the size of the budget does , to a significant extent , serve to set limits on the opportunities open to the media planner . |
| 17 | If you wish to picture solutions of the equations , it is probably best to think of convection in a loop ( Figs. 17.4 , 17.5 ) even though that really applies only for b = 1 . |
| 18 | Erm , and I know we tend to make allowances for the operations |
| 19 | The case comes as some banks , such as the Co-operative , refuse to give references without the accountholders ' permission and other banks , such as Lloyds , raise their charges for providing this service . |