Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb base] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of the later graptolites had only a few branches and , in the Silurian , species with only a single branch tend to dominate the assemblages . |
| 2 | The Brownings have no room in the Casa Guidi should they ever be willing to shelter him and in any case intend to follow the Storys for another winter in Rome ( entailing another in Florence alone for me ) . |
| 3 | Soon he was hammering on the door , thud after thud , a noise fit to wake the dead . |
| 4 | There are dissenting voices among the 360 women undergraduates at Somerville , but the vast majority want to preserve the college 's single sex status . |
| 5 | There are dissenting voices among the 360 women undergraduates at Somerville , but the vast majority want to preserve the college 's single sex status . |
| 6 | Recent movements of the dollar and yen by contrast appear to reflect the absence of international policy coordination . |
| 7 | Labour tend to regard the health service as some enormous trade union . |
| 8 | Documents declassified under the 30-year rule tend to confirm the wisdom of his early years in politics . |
| 9 | The best of these sausages are loose or in jars — I find that the necessary temperatures achieved during canning tend to make the sausages rather fatty and slimy in texture . |
| 10 | Labour want to take the shadow of gloom away . |
| 11 | The DGSE want to trace the people behind Spidex as much as Monsieur Nadirpur does . |
| 12 | The college want to make the sale , sanctioned by the Charity Commissioners last summer , to set up an endowment fund for maintenance , restoration and refurbishment of Royal Holloway 's Founder 's Building , as well as for the upkeep and security for the remaining pictures . |
| 13 | There is a small spring catch to hold the dust bag in place and at the correct alignment . |
| 14 | Neither slinky dresses nor thigh-throttling jeans and undulating cleavage seem to arouse the slightest passion into those zombies on the terraces . |
| 15 | These two systems working in opposition seem to give the locust very fine speed control . |
| 16 | Id like to see the present formation kept as is . |
| 17 | If you wish to extend your new-found talent try to remember the list in any order . |
| 18 | Many of the amendments tabled by the Opposition fail to recognise the duties and regulatory powers in existing legislation and in the licences . |
| 19 | Neurophysiological accounts of consciousness fail to address the problem of the unities of human consciousness . |
| 20 | Why did the researchers involved in the study fail to notice the imbalance of their original data ? |
| 21 | African heads of state will in future have to explain the origins of any large sums of money they deposit in Swiss banks . |
| 22 | He was to retain the valuable regions already granted him , and though he would in the future have to share the heartlands with Lothar , still , for a last-born son , he had done rather well . |
| 23 | Training department need to ensure the competency of our company representatives before the Bond goes on sale . |
| 24 | On our return to Abergynolwyn we had a half hour wait to allow the Talyllyn 's vintage train to pass through and this allowed us to get a snack in the refreshment room . |
| 25 | In reply to the enquiry asking if there was any order , draft order or scheme for the construction of a new trunk road or special road or any proposals for the alteration or improvement of an existing road involving the construction , whether or not within existing highway limits within 200 metres of the property or construction of a new road or alteration or improvement of an existing road the Council stated no but the County Council intend to improve the Dane Street/Station Road within the next 10 years . |
| 26 | When she tugged the chain ( which had a pottery handle bluntly instructing her to ‘ PULL ’ on it ) , there was a raucous , metallic clanking fit to wake the whole house , but not a trickle of water came down to flush the bowl . |
| 27 | Two will carry rings on their other ends ; the other two must be fitted with wire or strong plastic ( GRP or CF rod ) pegs after trial and error fit to obtain the suggested bow . |
| 28 | The Athenaeum saw the Birds of Europe as Gould 's first serious ornithological work , while the Analyst revelled in discovering a work fit to rival the foreign competition . |
| 29 | Like any other predator , leopards when hunting seek to get the maximum return for the minimum expenditure of energy . |
| 30 | He will find support on the Conservative benches , as members of the Commons Social Services Select Committee seek to refer the bill to a standing committee . |