Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [to-vb] [adv prt] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Brian Gayle did n't defend well for the first goal and Gage did a Val Parnell act in the middle of the park to set up the lad for his second . ’ |
| 2 | BIRKENHEAD 'S Queensway tunnel will be closed for major electrical works this week and Mersey Tunnels staff are taking the opportunity to spruce up the tube . |
| 3 | The District 's response was not to appoint a successor to Mrs. Collingwood but to give the Essex Federation Executive the opportunity to take on the tutor-organiser 's work , leaving all teaching to part-time tutors : an arrangement which was still in force at the District 's seventy-fifth anniversary in 1988 . |
| 4 | In any case , 100 Welsh players having the opportunity to take on the world champions and learn from them will do a lot of good for Welsh rugby . ’ |
| 5 | Take the opportunity to clean out the channel the cover fits in and to fill it with grease . |
| 6 | Maxwell-Fyfe replied that virulent anti-Americanism was confined to a small minority , but he made the most of the opportunity to spell out the extent of British alarm over what the Americans were doing or might do in the Far East . |
| 7 | Erm I 'm er rising to take the opportunity to sum up the debate er for those of us on this side of the house and to say that on this side of the house we do welcome these orders actually coming through , delayed though they are and er besmirched though they are by the usual examples of government incompetence in failing to send them to the scrutiny committee in the proper manner to allow the usual processes to take place but wi that 's par for the course these days . |
| 8 | Demonstrations of Prestel are given as part of the information skills courses and pupils have the opportunity to try out the system . |
| 9 | He said he had bumped into Shildon on Monday evening and urged him into a pub , taking the opportunity to make up the quarrel begun on Friday . |
| 10 | But I could n't get the support to set up the business . ’ |
| 11 | Anti-abortionists in the House , faced with growing defections from their ranks , abandoned the struggle to strike out the clause , and chose instead to rely on a promise by President George Bush , on June 4 , to veto the legislation . |
| 12 | The Art Newspaper is delighted to be one of this year 's winners and will use the award to build up the paper 's archive . |
| 13 | A country that has a balance of payments surplus may receive payment from the debtor 's foreign exchange reserves , receive the balance in gold , leave the money in the debtor country and use it to purchase goods and services in the future , or lend the debtor country the money to pay off the debt and receive interest on the loan in the meantime . |
| 14 | In the same way , a country that has a deficit on its balance of payments will either have to run down its foreign exchange reserves , pay over gold , borrow the money to pay off the debt from other countries or hold money , in terms of credit , that the creditor country can use to purchase goods and services in the future . |
| 15 | Legally , if only one of the partners has the money to pay off the company 's debts , then she must do so . |
| 16 | When the zero-coupon bond matures , in , say , 15 years , the French debt-issuer uses the money to pay off the principal . |
| 17 | Lloyds Bank released the bills back to him so that he could sell them and thereby obtain the money to pay off the loan from the Bank . |
| 18 | The rustling of packaging caused him to sigh and ask the computer to turn up the sound . |
| 19 | So perhaps another note for Mr Patten 's no doubt very full in-tray is to look again at the decision to close down the body responsible for developing Milton Keynes , and start a new government initiative to encourage more new settlements throughout the region , rather than leaving it to private consortia to chance their arms through a development control system which seems unable to accommodate new initiatives in planning . |
| 20 | And were your involvement the decision to carry out the search or was your involvement the operational search ? |
| 21 | Then back to the kitchen to clear up the mess before Dad got back off the night shift . |
| 22 | This problem is common with fine lines when you tie any type of knot which entails pulling the line above the hook to tighten up the knot . |
| 23 | But Nicola 's husband recovered himself and padded over from the settee to switch off the television . |
| 24 | A touch of Wella High Hair Soft Wax was rubbed through the hair to break up the texture and smooth down the coarseness of the hair . |
| 25 | It is at this point that the women are introduced into the story to take over the role of the disciples . |
| 26 | It took two years for the Bureau of the Census to draw up the list of 106m households to which , on March 23rd , it posted its questionnaires . |
| 27 | They do not have the wherewithal to carry out the administration and paperwork or to watch over them and ensure that they learn on the job and produce an effective piece of craftsmanship . |
| 28 | ERROR_RETURN_DETAIL — is a return parameter providing a report of errors encountered during the attempt to read out the package structure . |
| 29 | Only Phil Mickelson appears to have the talent to take over the mantle vacated by Bob Charles as the world 's best left-handed golfer . |
| 30 | 16 year old Mark Cross and 17 year old Paul Eversham are being brought into the side to show off the talent Hereford has to offer for the future . |