Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | A few weeks of residential treatment are merely a scratch on the surface of the disease — but it is a deep scratch and it may help many more sufferers into recovery than might otherwise be successful through depending upon the AnonymouS Fellowships alone . |
| 32 | Accordingly , subject to work permits being forthcoming , I have accepted a post as Rector , and Elizabeth as a Diocesan Counsellor with special responsibility for helping with the problems of AIDS . |
| 33 | At that time women were still employed underground in Cumberland filling the baskets as well as at surface tasks , while the wives of Staffordshire pitmen were said seldom to " do more than attend to the necessary calls of the Family " except for helping with the harvest . |
| 34 | erm I enlisted in the Air Force December thirty nine , and I had six and a half years taken out of my life for helping with the war effort , and hopefully my sons and my grandsons will not have to go into another war . |
| 35 | A TEENAGE IRA girl was jailed for 10 years yesterday for plotting to kill troops — while her accomplice was given life for helping in the murder of a businessman . |
| 36 | Tap D for Delete in the Command Menu ( not Del for Delete on the keyboard , and not Transfer Delete in the Command Area ! ) |
| 37 | Tap D for Delete in the Command Menu ( not Del for Delete on the keyboard , and not Transfer Delete in the Command Area ! ) |
| 38 | You can also transfer ( upload ) stitch patterns from the knitting machine to DesignaKnit ; they can then be converted to the correct format for editing within the colour pattern section and integrating with your garment shapes . |
| 39 | This is her idea for impressing on the audience how the powerless feel . |
| 40 | Theodosiou was the first to go for stamping in the 72nd minute and Greg Downs followed after protesting at a penalty decision . |
| 41 | The Art of Laughter … a cartoonists job is all about drawing on the funny side of life … |
| 42 | The local police no longer stop him for speeding through the sleepy streets of his home town of Riolo Terme , they just pull him over for an autograph . |
| 43 | Having heard all the horror stories about being nicked for speeding in the US , I was pleasantly surprised to find that most of the traffic was travelling at about 70mph , so I set the cruise control at around that speed and tried not to look conspicuous . |
| 44 | About 1,200 motorists were also stopped for speeding in the crackdown . |
| 45 | ( marketing and PR officer ) is responsible for assisting with the implementation of marketing and PR strategy , organising exhibitions and events such as conferences or seminars that may be arranged , the annual lunch and any public receptions planned from year to year . |
| 46 | This thesis examines the use of syntactic information for assisting in the text recognition process . |
| 47 | The use of syntactic information for assisting in the selection of the correct word candidates in an automatic text recognition system has been investigated . |
| 48 | There they stood for a long time by a low stone wall , staring hopelessly out at the yellow fields of stubble , where the wheatsheaves were stooked and ready for gathering into the barn . |
| 49 | On Oct. 5 it was reported that a former Minister of State , Ghulam Akbar Lasi , had been given a one-year prison sentence for overspending during the 1988 election campaign . |
| 50 | Scott also suggested that in addition to carrying out some exercise or activity focused around one of the essential concepts , pupils should be given the opportunity for reflecting on the thinking processes they have gone through . |
| 51 | She enjoys what she has ; she may be less inhibited about experimenting with the outward image ; on the other hand she is less of a slave to fashion , more ready to accept her individuality and express it openly . |
| 52 | After years in the wilderness , he became head of the newly-established Institute for Forecasting in the mid-80s . |
| 53 | Aphrodite 's lie about a non-existent human father , ‘ King Otreus , of Phrygia ’ , is designed to conceal her divinity from her human mate , who is applauded for seeing through the fiction because of something uncanny in his bed-mate 's bearing — sometimes specified as her gait , her way of walking . |
| 54 | Energy secretary John Wakeham , who was responsible for seeing through the electricity privatisation last year , has pledged that legislation for the sell-off will appear in a new Tory government 's first term , with a commitment in the election manifesto . |
| 55 | The tapetum is so useful for seeing in the dark that some reptiles , moths and deep-sea fish also have one . |
| 56 | This talks about presuming on the future . |
| 57 | Other changes , such as experimenting with the creation of single-sex mathematics classes in a mixed school , are less straightforward and would depend for their success on the particular context of each individual school , and especially the reasons for employing this strategy . |
| 58 | There will always be a need for reacting after the event , but many public relations executives depend solely on this kind of activity . |
| 59 | But as the Con-Sec pointed out , while paying me an extra two quid for stepping into the breach , I could n't pinch Dave Swan 's act . |
| 60 | We are very grateful for Dr Carey Griffiths and Vic Smith for stepping into the breach and presenting us with a two-part programme . |