Example sentences of "choose [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such an attitude is , of course , typical of the ‘ oral personality ’ , as classically defined in the annals of psychoanalysis , and I think it is no coincidence that anorexics , who are almost invariably subject to heavily competitive pressures , should choose eating as the focal point for expressing the resulting conflicts . |
| 2 | The resolution included a guarantee of rights and liberties to all residents of Latvia in accordance with international norms of human rights , and stated that after independence residents could choose to remain in the republic either as USSR or Latvian citizens . |
| 3 | The Danuese might have thought they 'd lost their leaders , that there was no one else , and that 's the moment a frizzy-haired messiah will choose to come upon the scene . |
| 4 | Of Charles Hutton : ‘ For the accommodation of such gentlemen and ladies as do n't choose to appear at the public school , I propose ( at vacant hours ) to attend them in their own apartments . ’ |
| 5 | They may choose to jump on the bandwagon and agree with the decision that will be made anyway or they may choose to cosset disagreements . |
| 6 | I did n't choose to work at the complex . |
| 7 | For instance , he can choose to work with the 4WD and diff-locks in the usual way — both functions have their own button and can be engaged and disengaged under full load . |
| 8 | What made you choose to work for the holiday complex ? |
| 9 | ‘ If you do n't know what you 'd choose to do on the last day of your life , you do n't know what 's really important to you . |
| 10 | For example , whilst many of the papers published in Scottish Journal of Geology are geochemical in nature , the core set of journals in geochemistry may well not contain it , and so researchers may well choose to publish in the core set for their sub-field , rather than the core set for Scottish geology . |
| 11 | To choose suffering for the sake of the stimulating effects of running away from it is indeed a paradox . |
| 12 | In S6 they may choose to study for the Certificate of Sixth Year Studies , or simply work to ‘ keep up ’ their language . |
| 13 | At least Americ-ans can choose to fly with the airline with the best chance of getting their luggage through in one piece . |
| 14 | The majority of these operate ‘ bussing routes ’ so that the expatriate families do not necessarily need to live close to the school itself but may choose to live along the school bus route , over a wider area of the capital . |
| 15 | They , exclusive of all other species , are free to choose , and in the final analysis , that instinct which has its origins in the mammalian family life is most likely to take precedence , and humans will choose to live with the relatively small family group as the ultimate refuge . |
| 16 | Diana could choose to stay within the Royal Family and be allowed a greater measure of freedom . |
| 17 | A sub-contractor who holds a C certificate may choose to present to the builder the ’ original ’ and ’ official copy ’ or alternatively a special certifying document ’ confirming that the company holds a tax certificate . |
| 18 | If you start as an associate student , the courses you successfully complete can be counted towards a degree should you choose to transfer to the undergraduate programme . |
| 19 | Under her bare toes the floor felt real and solid , and although she was lonely and sad she knew she was going to choose to return to the real and solid world . |
| 20 | The budget line is now 178 , and the individual will choose to move along the price consumption curve to point E 2 . |
| 21 | Firms could choose to operate under the new statute or retain their existing national corporate existence . |
| 22 | He was a fervent anti-communist who could comprehend and believe that people everywhere would choose to throw off the communist system if they ever had the chance . |
| 23 | This might happen because he chooses to listen to the recording of the regression , or it might arise spontaneously . |
| 24 | Each member country must determine the detailed content of training for the various specialties it chooses to recognise under the directives . |
| 25 | Curiously enough , it appears that there is no question at all which fits the adjective of a sentence like ( 59 ) closely , so that one must fall back on a metalinguistic one such as ( 60 ) : ( 59 ) the sharks remain dangerous ( 60 ) what did you say about the sharks ? 5.7 Since the property of the postverbal is one which the speaker deliberately chooses to clothe in the guise of an adjective rather than an adverb , it must , as we have already remarked , be one which is capable of being ascribed to the referential locus of the subject phrase . |
| 26 | The consequences , as pointed out in Schroeder ( A ) Music Publishing Co v Macaulay [ 1974 ] 1 WLR 1308 in the Court of Appeal , is that all acts taken under the clause prior to judgment remain undisturbed but that future ones will , assuming the successful party chooses to rely on the judgment , be unenforceable. 8 Consideration In any contract there has to be consideration but the question which has frequently arisen in restraint of trade cases is whether the court is at all concerned as to the adequacy of the particular consideration in the instant case . |
| 27 | In May eighty three and again in May eighty seven Margaret Thatcher chose to go to the country the month after those elections . |
| 28 | Some nuns and priests chose to go into the FMLN controlled zones where they are not only carrying out religious work but also helping in the educational campaigns . |
| 29 | The females usually chose to spawn with the red-bellied males . |
| 30 | If they chose to quarrel at the tops of their voices , that was their business . |