Example sentences of "[verb] [n mass] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To retrieve data the controller has to tell the drive to move its heads , one track at a time , to the requisite track and where to start reading on that track . |
| 2 | The closed shop : Mr Fowler said the legislation would guarantee people the freedom to decide whether or not to join a union . |
| 3 | He would have gone straight home but made a short diversion when he found Pike the ditcher drunk as a bishop on the corner of the trackway leading down to the church . |
| 4 | These are problems which it is a major responsibility of government to face up to and adopt sensitive policies to foster social cohesion without denying people the right to their own culture and way of life . |
| 5 | ‘ Whitterick n. the curlew la. 19 — , local , Fif-Rox. [ perch . |
| 6 | The next developments involved spectroscopy. the study of the sharp coloured lines resolved by a prism when it splits up the light emitted by a heated specimen . |
| 7 | The background was scarlet , the lettering black and the poster read : moral — do n't give sheep the vote . |
| 8 | Further down on the same side are the remains of Foxholes Side Lock , which served Foxholes Basin , now filled in. the banks hereabouts are in a poor state of repair and restoration has been in progress between here and the m62 Trans-Pennine Motorway bridge . |
| 9 | In an elegant series of experiments Conrad ( 1964 ) demonstrated that in transposing visually presented data the errors are more likely to be in numbers or letters of similar sound rather than those which are of similar appearance . |
| 10 | * We marched for about two hours then stopped for the night and ate fish the Indians had caught in the river while they were waiting for us . |
| 11 | Near the wine tuns , he noticed Pike the ditcher , the clay of the cemetery still fresh on his hands , deep in hushed conversation with a group of strangers . |
| 12 | Yet , if you show people the ad , they will tell you just the things that the strategy was looking for . |
| 13 | This equilibrium strategy is not a consequence of any form of restriction on A 's actions , the optimization problem ( 6 ) is completely general in the scope of actions it allows A. The form of the equilibrium is a consequence of the linearity of B t 's signal extraction problem and the restricted quadratic form of A's preferences . |
| 14 | Mr Clarke and Mr Hunt told MPs the decision to break the law by dispensing with a 90-day consultation period was taken because of ‘ special circumstances ’ and in order to help the miners by giving them the best redundancy terms . |
| 15 | A new University for Industry , bringing together universities , industry and broadcasters , would give people the opportunity throughout their lives to update their skills . |
| 16 | This will give people the opportunity to see the same actors play three different parts , and it will give me that essential ingredient of a good farce : strong ensemble acting . ’ |
| 17 | The shops would also give people the chance to use a consumer complaint system . |
| 18 | Until we have dealt with that , there will not be the certainty in the industry which will give people the confidence they need to invest . |
| 19 | It would give people the right to see their employment records . |
| 20 | I lay there feeling my stomach sinking slowly.into the sand on the top of the dune . |
| 21 | I would take two out in the boat on Gorm Loch , Ann would bank fish the lochans with the others . |
| 22 | If the y-dimension of the map exceeds 29cm the map will be drawn on wide paper and the computer operator will have to change over the paper on the plotter . |
| 23 | Where there is a judgment for personal injuries ( or death ) which exceeds £200 the court has no discretion but must give interest under ( a ) above unless the court is satisfied that there are special reasons to the contrary ( see Jefford v Gee [ 1970 ] All ER 1202 and Birkett v Hayes [ 1982 ] 2 All ER 710 ) . |
| 24 | John Fagan says it 's a sport that shows people the future … we 'll be out of oil soon and we have to find something else |
| 25 | Rouen and Impressionist Normandy , Mozart 's Vienna , Madrid and the Treasures of Castile , New England in the Fall and a cruise of the Rhine are just a few of the overseas holidays available , while the UK Breaks give people the opportunity to study in depth a subject or area such as Historic Houses of Wessex or the Gardens of Mercia . |
| 26 | Some Penitential Services are based on the sacrament of penance and give people the opportunity to make an individual confession and receive absolution . |
| 27 | ‘ None of them are strictly necessary , but they do break up all that time and give people the feeling they 're doing something — ; achieving something . |
| 28 | It 's the first time the farm at Over just outside Gloucester has offered people the chance to pick their own pumpkins … and already many of the 12,000 giant orange vegetables spread across the 5 acre plot have been sold . |
| 29 | It was my first experience of being totally responsible for trying to get funds , selling people the idea and overseeing the building . " |
| 30 | He has the lion in a head-lock and his arms are buried in the mane to obtain a grip on the throat , his club and quiver lay.on the ground . |