Example sentences of "and [verb] [pers pn] [adj] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Accordingly article 12 comes into operation and renders it mandatory for the court to order the return of the child forthwith . |
| 2 | As far as the debtor 's obligations are concerned , he must retain possession of the goods and make them available for the creditor to collect , taking reasonable care of them in the meantime ( s72(4) ) . |
| 3 | This trusteeship is supported in many countries by laws which define the familial nature of ownership and , indeed , of occupation and make it inconceivable for the farmer willingly to support farm amalgamation of the kind envisaged . |
| 4 | This will give you a head start and make it difficult for the driver to follow . |
| 5 | A third suggestion is that the black and white stripes dazzle the lion when it gets very close to its prey and make it difficult for the killer to concentrate on its fast-moving victim . |
| 6 | Their manager , Alex MacDonald , an old Ranger himself , is clear about what his side can and can not do : ‘ We work hard and harass and make it difficult for the opposition . ’ |
| 7 | The course of events after 1931 clearly revealed the inadequacy of pure aspiration as the basis for a science of international politics , and made it possible for the first time to embark on serious critical and analytical thought about international problems . |
| 8 | Probing with his narrow hands he located the organs he sought , and , using another slender knife , dislodged and withdrew them , handing them to his assistant , who placed them in bronze trays and took them to another table where he covered them with natron salt , to dry and preserve them ready for the four jars which would stand in a chest at the head of the coffin . |
| 9 | This has been realized for a long time , and it is on record that John Dalton analysed the water supply for the firm of Sykes & Co. at Stockport and declared it suitable for the purpose . |
| 10 | If the money to fund a curator is n't raised in time , the Pitt Rivers music collection will be the only music collection of its class in the world without a qualified musicologist to look after it and keep it alive for the rest of us . |
| 11 | When the doorbell rang shortly before ten o'clock , she assumed it was the postman and answered it ill-prepared for the face that greeted her . |
| 12 | It is little known that poll tax collectors not only have the authority to arrest those they suspect of defaulting on poll tax and strip them naked for the purposes of search ( without any obligation to mend or replace clothing which is destroyed in the process ) , but they can also apply torture in cases where they have reason to believe poll tax is being withheld — at any rate until such time as the defaulters reveal where their money is hidden . |
| 13 | The judge left the bench and stepped down to the floor of the court to congratulate Mr Robinson and wish him well for the future . |
| 14 | It merely overrides it and makes it unenforceable for the purposes of excluding liability for death or personal injury . |
| 15 | This limits the activities of the educational institutions in the region and makes it difficult for the administrative centres to do their job , which includes developing technical training projects and teacher training . |
| 16 | Scott gave Ruskin little praise in his later writings and held him responsible for the introduction of the ‘ Italian mania ’ into the Gothic Revival . |
| 17 | Erm , and so Freud at the beginning says that he er , he , he had a personal dislike of er Wilson , and resented him for what he had done and held him responsible for the subsequent disasters . |
| 18 | In his Autumn Statement in November 1989 the Chancellor of the Exchequer accused local authorities of ‘ massive overspending ’ , and held them responsible for the fact that public expenditure for 1989/90 was expected to be £1 billion higher than originally planned . |