Example sentences of "[verb] a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | FARMERS on Tealham and Tadham moors on the Somerset Levels are rushing to drain their land in order to forestall a plan by the Nature Conservancy Council to declare the area a Site of Special Scientific Interest for its rare combination of waterfowl , meadow plants and aquatic flora and fauna , Tom King , secretary of state for the environment , has already granted the council 's request for an emergency order to stop deep drains being installed on 30 hectares belonging to one farmer . |
| 2 | The Norwegian parliament reassembles on Wednesday , and on Friday the Prime Minister , Gro Harlem Brundtland , and her cabinet will present their resignations , to forestall a vote of no confidence . |
| 3 | The German explanation for the invasion of Belgium and Holland on 10 May 1940 — that it had been necessary in order to forestall a breach of neutrality by the enemy — carried less conviction than it had done in the Scandinavian operation . |
| 4 | ‘ Well , when a stag mates with a hind , he first scrapes a hole in the ground Then he gets her head and shoulders down the hole , leaving her rear end sticking up in the air so he can sort of get at her easier like . ’ |
| 5 | An actor whose best roles are behind him , he scrapes a living from voice-overs , sometimes for advertisements and sometimes , more desperately , for tapes for dodgy language schools . |
| 6 | Scottish fish merchants and processors also united last night in condemning a campaign by English fishermen to secure a ban on the import of Russian cod . |
| 7 | The Ayatollah was teaching in Qom when he was arrested in 1963 after condemning a raid on the college by the Shah 's security forces . |
| 8 | In Wheeler it was held that while section 71 of the Race Relations Act 1976 allowed the council to consider the best interests of race relations when exercising its discretion in the management of a recreation ground , it could not , in the absence of any infringement of the law or improper conduct penalise a rugby club for failure to support the council 's policy of condemning a tour of South Africa . |
| 9 | Given that , as Tracey and Morrison point out , her stance on sin would also involve condemning a number of heterosexual practices — her position was not simply something that was specifically ‘ anti-homosexual ’ . |
| 10 | Millwall took the lead in the 40th minute , when Malcolm Allen converted a penalty after Mark Robson had mis-timed a tackle on Kenny Cunningham . |
| 11 | One of them , it contends , is the ability to communicate a sense of urgency to people who work for you without haranguing and without being unpleasant . |
| 12 | This barrier becomes intensely noticeable when a member of one species needs urgently to communicate a matter of life or death to a member of another . |
| 13 | This quite different context allowed some observers of the city to communicate a view about the squalor of the Victorian legacy . |
| 14 | It is easy to assume that with so limited a population and tourists numbering a fraction of those who head for the sun , protection of the countryside is straightforward . |
| 15 | Among the best remembered are Anchors Aweigh ( 1945 ) , in which Gene Kelly as a sailor on leave in LA , teaches Jerry Mouse to dance ; Kelly again in the ‘ Sinbad The Sailor ’ segment of Invitation to the Dance , with music from Rimsky-Korsakov 's symphonic suite , Scheherazade ; and Mary Poppins ( 1964 ) , in which Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke encounter a variety of Disneyfied animals . |
| 16 | WE encounter a difficulty at the beginning of this part of the book by directing our attention to the solution of ‘ legal ’ problems . |
| 17 | During the first year , if you encounter a problem with your CompuAdd 200 , 300 , or 400 Series desktop or deskside system which ca n't be resolved by our Telephone Technical Support Staff , we provide On-Site Service in most parts of the country within the next business day . |
| 18 | Once we try to lift the imagination away from the idea of God as a person ( another unfortunate implication of the old man on a cloud motif ) into another form of personality , we encounter a number of interesting arguments . |
| 19 | We encounter a string of bawdy limericks , a dream-poem ( with woodcuts ) , a film-script , and the recording of a Kazakh singing duel , among others . |
| 20 | But the actual experience of all mystics is strikingly similar : all encounter a reality in the depths of the self , which is , paradoxically , Other and irrevocably separate from us . |
| 21 | ‘ Which suggests a considerable ability to modify a reflex with learned behavior , ’ Dr. Briant said . |
| 22 | When transcribing a passage from piano score in which the two hands are spaced far apart , fill in the gap in your arrangement . |
| 23 | So I 've got a feeling you 're going to end up transcribing a lot of the north of the border stuff . |
| 24 | Sedgefield District Council recreation officer Phil Ball , one of the council 's successes , was last week regaling a committee on the benefits of exercise . |
| 25 | Pat Callaghan was just wide with his effort and Chris Copes was forced to kick clear as Steve Hudds beat a header off the line . |
| 26 | A 29-YEAR-OLD Kilmarnock man who beat a nightwatchman to death in Dumfries was jailed for life yesterday . |
| 27 | The suspension loved it ( clonks from the front notwithstanding ) , the body sills and sumpguard slithered over bits where tractor rutting had cut deep , the whip aerial beat a tattoo on the roof and road-biased Semperit tyres found grip . |
| 28 | He beat a tattoo with the door-knocker , and again its reverberations filled the whole world . |
| 29 | Maiden city beauty queen Kelly Craig beat a bevy of 14 leggy lovelies to win the Miss Derry pageant this week . |
| 30 | Sir Richard , 60 , who beat a challenge from Belgian Gen Jose Charlier , takes over the three-year post from Norwegian Gen Vigleik Eide . |