Example sentences of "[verb] the [noun] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the purposes of this discussion , however , several examples can be cited to illustrate the importance of sub-cultural factors to the use of services : attitudes towards education influence the expectations as well as the interest which parents take in the school progress of their children . |
| 2 | On the first visit the social worker met the son-in-law as she arrived , rushing out of the flat , with the door slammed . |
| 3 | Mrs Hopkins , who lives in Walsall , met the princess as she visited a hospital in West Bromwich , West Midlands . |
| 4 | What changed , obviously , were the people and events that met the criteria as the years passed . |
| 5 | Buildings , also , seldom appear in his paintings but this was not because he lacked the ability as his etchings show . |
| 6 | Having worked himself into a highly nervous state , he clenched his fists against his sides , saying in a grating voice , ‘ My own father lacked the courage when it came right down to it … |
| 7 | Methodological Considerations in Forecasting the Demand for HE |
| 8 | Two approaches to forecasting the demand for HE have been commonly used — component forecasts , and aggregate forecasts based on national age participation rates . |
| 9 | It may stress the past as different and difficult to know , an important corrective to those who claim to discover the past ‘ speaking ’ on the basis of only a couple of selected voices . |
| 10 | I would respectfully agree with his description , in relation to dishonest actions , of appropriation as involving an act by way of adverse interference with or usurpation of the owner 's rights , but I believe that the less aggressive definition of appropriation which I have put forward fits the word as used in an honest sense in section 2(1) as well as elsewhere in the Act . |
| 11 | Even a reliable pattern recogniser could only find a word which best fits the script as it appears , having no knowledge to suggest that that word is incorrect . |
| 12 | Usually the girls devoured the roulade before it left Coleherne Court . |
| 13 | The procedure was quite simple : the inhabitants of any given building were informed of its imminent demise , sometimes by officials , sometimes by the arrival of earth-moving equipment which dug holes next to the cottages large enough to accommodate the rubble after the individual cottages had been bulldozed into them . |
| 14 | But we should certainly not mistrust or feel the need to apologise for pursuing the past because of the present . |
| 15 | It can not be expressed too strongly that the most beneficial results are obtained from pursuing the treatment until a return of symptoms occurs . |
| 16 | Richmond have since sought help from Middlesex in pursuing the issue while Chilcott , dismissed for the fourth time in his career with Bath , awaits the result of tonight 's meeting of the Somerset Disciplinary Committee . |
| 17 | If he met anyone he could say , with perfect truthfulness , that he had been absorbed in correcting students ' essays and had not realised the time until it was after five o'clock ? |
| 18 | She should have realised the truth when she had met her mother and seen her wretched home . |
| 19 | Stir in the sugar and almond essence , then knead the mixture until smooth . |
| 20 | Knead the dough until it becomes smooth and elastic . |
| 21 | Lightly mix together , now knead the dough until it is clear elastic free from humps and stickiness . |
| 22 | Neil , bring cup of tea in here and we 'll talk about it and I did n't really want to spare the time because you could imagine that I wanted to get ready to come away but I I made myself sit and really give him time |
| 23 | She left him lying there and went down to say good night , treading on the paint at the side of the stairs to spare the carpet as Mr Evans had told her to do . |
| 24 | Again , anticlockwise movement on the control flattens the pitch while clockwise raises it . |
| 25 | It would sit at the foot of the sick-bed and , if it gazed at the patient , its eyes would magically absorb the malaise so the man had a renewed chance of life . |
| 26 | They can absorb the loss because of the interest they earn on all the other loans . |
| 27 | [ That this House regrets the Government 's failure to deal with the imminent threat of wholesale breaches of the law on Sunday trading ; expresses concern that Ministers appear to be running away from their responsibility to uphold the law as soon as one or more large commercial organisations express their intention to ignore the law ; greatly regrets the way that this situation puts pressure on responsible and law-abiding retailers to open on Sundays simply to protect their market share ; further regrets the damage that is likely to be done to small shops and family businesses as a consequence ; considers that sensible progress to modernising the law should be made on the basis of the REST proposals put forward by Keep Sunday Special ; and calls on the Government actively to pursue the regulation of Sunday trading in a way which deals fairly with employees , their families and with community and commercial interests . ] |
| 28 | And in the process of course destroying the old Europe , allowing the very thing that , arguably , they were trying to stop from happening , to happen , that is to say , allowing the Russians to advance towards the Elbe , and allowing the Anglo-Saxons as they see it to erm come from the west and taken over the western half of Europe . |
| 29 | Several pages of notes may become full ; in that case , two pages must be inserted in place of one , allowing the notes when transferred , to be spread out and empty spaces restored . |
| 30 | Sally Morrisey , the night sister , had just completed the hand-over as Lindsey walked into Reception . |