Example sentences of "the [noun] [to-vb] [adv] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having borrowed money to maintain their vast estates they found that the estates were too inefficient to generate the income to pay back the loans . |
| 2 | When old Mother Jacobsen had unlimited time at her disposal and the opportunity to take up the strands from where she had laid them down the previous day or week , she embroidered her stories with meticulous and colourful detail . |
| 3 | The advent of satellite T.V. and the commitment of ITV to rugby coverage provides the opportunity to assess how the Australians cope with the challenges of Scotland , New Zealand and South Africa during a very short space of time . |
| 4 | Although the links and influences of one upon the other are far from clear , it is not irrelevant to an understanding of the accounts to know how the pupils represent the character of their community . |
| 5 | In order for the vast pressure vessel ( the one we had seen being manufactured in France ) to negotiate the narrow village streets , it was necessary for the Board to buy up the frontages of over thirty houses . |
| 6 | ‘ If a rusty water pipe bursts it takes an enormous amount of time to find the money to carry out the repairs . |
| 7 | As he waits for the computer to load up the programmes , he scans the rolls of newly arrived faxes . |
| 8 | The LDP denounced the decision to make public the allegations , and threatened to begin libel proceedings against both Oshima and the prosecutors in the Watanabe case . |
| 9 | Almost the last act of the decade was the decision to wind up the Artisans , originally planned to be by December 1984 ; although in 1980 it was brought forward to 1981 . |
| 10 | THE DECISION TO HAND OVER THE COSSACKS |
| 11 | She trailed wearily into the kitchen to clear away the tea-things , her thoughts turning to Barney . |
| 12 | She sighed as she padded through the spacious , marble-floored apartment to the kitchen to rinse out the glasses before her shower — if she did n't wash them Steve would n't . |
| 13 | It also includes the skills of using books , such as using the contents and the index to track down the topics required . |
| 14 | Their original term was to be twenty-one years , though extension was usual , and few restrictions were imposed on the trusts ' powers of raising capital on the security of the tolls , on their use of it , or on the appointment of toll gatherers , nor on the freedom to contract out the tolls at auction . |
| 15 | An obligation on the acquirer to take over the obligations under existing contracts and other continuing obligations of the business ; to indemnify the offeree for any liability that arises subsequent to completion in respect of them ; and , in particular , provision for dealing with warranty claims in respect of products sold prior to completion and product liability . |
| 16 | Some of Kelly 's classmates lost the fight to hold back the tears as soon as her coffin was carried down the aisle . |
| 17 | No politician should promise more spending without having the honesty to say how the bills will be paid . |
| 18 | As I said , it is a pleasure to speak in the debate , despite the rhetoric and the attempt to whip up the masses outside the House by saying that the Labour party comprises anti-patriotic pacifists . |
| 19 | It plans to fell some of the older trees alongside the lakes to open up the views down the valley . |
| 20 | Harper raised the cudgel to drive away the beggars who swarmed ever more threateningly the closer they got to the Duke and Duchess of Richmond 's rented house . |
| 21 | Mullins , who moved to the North-East to take over the kennels of the late Tom Whitfield in November after working as head lad for his mother , Linda Mullins , in Essex , gets the award after providing 15 winners from 61 runners , an average of 26.6pc . |
| 22 | Instead , it suggests that the balance of curriculum elements should be reversed , with the student learning how to practise as a professional , and that the ‘ theory ’ should be derived by inviting the student to reflect on the practice to tease out the principles embedded in it . |
| 23 | ‘ But I followed orders , did all the work to build up the muscles and feel great . |
| 24 | Well I think it 's best to , yeah yeah , I mean o the best thing to do is actually lift it up and use a little bit of the underneath to try out the colours what colour 's that going to be ? |
| 25 | And then , because she did n't want to be saying goodbye to him any sooner than she had to , she took him for a wander through the main part of the Hall to see how the preparations were going . |
| 26 | We have also set up a couple of microphones in the real of the hall to break up the echoes which would otherwise bounce off that wall . ’ |
| 27 | Breathing deeply and evenly , he jogged steadily along through the rustling darkness of the forest , enjoying the exertion and allowing the exercise to wash away the pressures of the past night . |
| 28 | Venables himself pledged to continue the battle to buy out the Spurs chairman , Amstrad boss Alan Sugar , and regain his position at the club . |
| 29 | One of the guerrillas invites him to drink wine , and in no time he is completely drunk , and has told them that some lorries loaded with ammunition are coming up the road , to help in the campaign to wipe out the guerrillas . |
| 30 | Even the " factual " survey provokes , at some point , the requirement to explain why the facts are as they are . |