Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He may be taught to hold it with the crook of the handle turned away from him , and his thumb over the top of the handle , so that he does not grip the stick too hard . |
| 2 | The Commission will often suggest how an agreement can be modified to bring it within the competition rules . |
| 3 | Only those who have shown the resolve to defend the freedom of the West can be trusted to safeguard it in the challenging , turbulent and unpredictable times that lie ahead . ’ |
| 4 | If students in the 1990s have difficulty in distinguishing all the political parties and coalitions that sprang up in Petrograd after the February Revolution , how could a peasant in 1917 be expected to assimilate them in the place of the Tsar , who at least represented a more easily understood form of political authority ? |
| 5 | ( d ) Recognise the medium of the message — for example , the style , language , form or mode of expression may in themselves be of importance , and some attempt should be made to convey them in the precis . |
| 6 | Chris took the chair and I went through the list of things that needed to be done to get us off the ground : a bank account , an address and telephone number somewhere , an eye-catching logo . |
| 7 | Mr Jones did n't have the key ; it was kept at the ambulance station , whose staff would be told to lend it for the purpose required . |
| 8 | Indeed , the national is often a concept used deliberately to conceal conflict over the issues , to force one kind of unity around an existing status quo ( and if the arguments do not achieve unity , troops can be used to enforce it on the recalcitrants ) . |
| 9 | This feedback will be used to guide us in the possible uses of the tape when we come to launching the 4th edition in early 1990 , which will be the published version of the tape . |
| 10 | For cases where an option handles a large amount of information , an index form , showing the names of all fields which are handled by the option can be used to help you through the option . |
| 11 | Stick foods are greatly loved by Koi and can be used to bring them to the surface |
| 12 | Psychedelics , he argues , can be used to reconnect us with the earth itself , or rather , the Gaian mind . |
| 13 | An appropriate warning message will be displayed to alert you to the lack of privilege , however you can still read the HELP pages for general information . |
| 14 | An appropriate warning message will be displayed to alert you to the lack of privilege , however you can still read the HELP pages for general information . |
| 15 | An appropriate warning message will be displayed to alert you to the lack of privilege , however you can still read the HELP pages for general information . |
| 16 | Huge amounts of government money should be invested to turn it into the national effort . |
| 17 | Or , ‘ Ladies and Gentlemen , I am delighted to be invited to tell you about the amusing experiences I have had while travelling/teaching as a , etc . ’ |
| 18 | It meant the ability to educate and supervise his own children rather than be driven to place them in the mill , and to preserve a customary life-style . |
| 19 | He would of course be equally or more aware of a nagging toothache , but there is the further difference that while he would shrink from awareness of the pain , in this case he wants to sustain and enhance the awareness just as he wanted to come to Regent 's Park in the first place , and can be judged to want it by the same kind of tests , for example his reluctance to be dragged away from the cage . |
| 20 | Such people should be diagnosed by experts and given appropriate treatment which will prevent them from re-offending ; if necessary they can be detained to incapacitate them in the meantime . |
| 21 | Many are offered in garden centres and shops , loose or prepacked , from February onwards , but care must be taken to plant them at the right time or thy may fail . |
| 22 | The wider and more drastic the clause , the more care must be taken to bring it to the buyer 's attention . |
| 23 | ‘ After all , even if Jefferson has perfected some magic putter which gives Harley an illegal edge on the greens , he will never be allowed to sell it to the ordinary punter , so there 's no point . |
| 24 | They hope to be allowed to present them to the couple today . |
| 25 | Justifiable regrets , therefore , about the effect of the iconoclasts ' activities on the nation 's ecclesiastical heritage should not be allowed to blind us to the sincerity of their motives . |
| 26 | and if you wan na do something slightly different then do it in a role play scenario with a manager or a senior adviser and er get their feedback accordingly but I 'd be te I would n't be tempted to do it in the real world . |
| 27 | Half-way down these walls , one of which backed onto the bathroom , slightly below waist-height there was a wide slate slab on which the pig used to be salted to preserve it through the winter . |
| 28 | An offeror who later attempts to add a material new condition to the offer document may be required to withdraw it by the Panel ( see the Panel Statement of 24 January 1983 on Bassishaw Investments Limited and UDS Property Group plc ) . |