Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | These are the potters , the females of which make small jars in which they deposit an egg together with a paralysed spider or caterpillar to provide the hatching grub with its first meal of meat . |
| 2 | Today you are allowed an extra glass of wine or champagne to celebrate the achievement of completing your first week . |
| 3 | Professional : The family member may give progressively less attention to his or her own work because of the problems at home and may even change employment in order to have more time or opportunity to supervise the worsening chaos at home . |
| 4 | The report said for over 10 years , IBM has been booking immediately all the revenues from some long-term computer leases , getting a residual value guarantee from Merrill Lynch & Co to bring the total of the lease payments plus the residual value up to the 90% of the sale price that accountants regard as prudent for a sales-type lease . |
| 5 | The general intention in each case was not to screen the train completely , but to ensure that trains did not suddenly come into view without warning , for that would have given no time for a rider or driver to control the horse , which might otherwise bold or unseat its rider . |
| 6 | The date your last menstrual period started will help your doctor or midwife to calculate the like date for your baby to arrive , or EDD ( estimated date of delivery ) , by adding on 280 days . |
| 7 | The comprehensive nature of the local groups is evident from a list of their duties , which were to focus the efforts of different agencies dealing with juvenile employment ; to organize methods of collecting information about the character , education , and home life of school-leavers , usually with the assistance of teachers and school care committees ( SCCs ) ( which were under the control of the education offices ) ; to form subcommittees or rotas to attend the labour exchange for the purpose of interviewing applicants and parents ; and to organize a system of ‘ after-care ’ in co-operation with SCCs , clubs , and other similar organizations . |
| 8 | PUCE complexions at Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust , where plans to commemorate the 50,000th investor suffered an unexpected hiccup yesterday . |
| 9 | Although the choice of task may , according to this notion , be consciously or unconsciously determined by political factors , the subsequent choice of machine or technique to achieve the task is claimed to remain a politically neutral technical task ’ |
| 10 | Without the proper technical knowledge or skills to tackle the new tasks future development will be much harder . |
| 11 | Things such as ‘ If I have been wrong , please forgive me ’ or attempts to share the blame with others are ineffective in restoring trust . |
| 12 | My mother will , of course , succeed , being a very determined person ; this day is far too important to allow the caterers or hoteliers to dictate the proceedings . |
| 13 | The General People 's Congress ( GPC — Parliament ) promulgated on Sept. 2 its " Law Number Nine of the Year 1992 " authorizing the privatization of enterprises and permitting " individuals or groups to exercise the liberal professions and to invest freely in the private sectors " . |
| 14 | A timer or programmer to control the heating periods and the choice of water heating , space heating or both . |
| 15 | If you use both hands on the boom to run through the shallows it will only need an awkward gust or wave to rip the sail from your grasp . |
| 16 | The Governing Body has decided that the income from this fund , which is used according to the By-Law to provide Edith Haynes Scholarships for either undergraduates or graduates of the College at the discretion of the Governing Body , will for the present be available to make grants in the first instance to mature graduates of the College who wish to continue or resume academic work , and are ineligible for State Studentships , or similar public support , by reason of age or inability to meet the requirement of residence in the U. K. Should no such applicant come forward , graduates of another university who are or have been members of the College reading for a further degree will be considered eligible . |
| 17 | You should only specify A to accept the endorsement or R to reject the endorsement for the package , or leave the field blank , if you do not want to make a decision about that module at present . |
| 18 | The tedium and discomfort of life which prevailed between moments of action and danger , and the feeling that they would never be strong enough in morale or matériel to take the offensive themselves , were dispelled when Montgomery took command of the Eighth Army later in the summer . |
| 19 | Most people in this business opt for two-inch wide tape but I prefer three-inch black for securing every line of wire in the hall , plus some two-inch white or silver to mark the edge of steps and other things you need to make noticeable . |
| 20 | The inside of the lid is painted white or silver to reflect the aquarium light(s) which are clipped to the frame . |
| 21 | If you 've been thinking of making domestic changes or improvements , but lacked the money or momentum to set the wheels of change in motion use today to make a start . |
| 22 | If there 's a handy tree , wall or fence to provide the third leg , rest against it : this will increase your camera steadiness quite dramatically . |
| 23 | Use an old chisel and mallet or hammer to dislodge the circular timber mounting block . |
| 24 | In the meantime Mr James will be asking accountants Coopers & Lybrand to provide the necessary support in this area . |
| 25 | said : ‘ There are no precedents or guidelines to assist the judge in forming that view . ’ |
| 26 | Williams characterised ‘ pornography ’ as combining the explicit description or representation of sexual matter with a function or intention to arouse the viewer sexually . |
| 27 | It is not the father 's wish or intention to seek the care of the children provided that they live with the mother in Australia . |
| 28 | Until Helen spent a week at home in early October , they did not meet again for four months ; and when the Webb family were at Rotherfield for two months in August and September , there are no letters or notebooks to fill the gap . |
| 29 | You should specify either a module version which does exist in the format 99.99A or F to signify the first version of the module . |
| 30 | You should specify either a module version which does exist in the format 99.99A or F to signify the first version of the module . |