Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun sg] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The proposal for the lab has met with considerable opposition . |
| 2 | My hon. Friend the Member for The Wrekin has proved to the hilt that there has been a greater , easier and more eager resort to the guillotine than at any time in English parliamentary history . |
| 3 | It 's hoped the machines can be repaired , but the person responsible for the damage has wasted a lot of time and money and delayed an important project . |
| 4 | Everyone involved in caring for the patient has to learn some of the techniques of handling and positioning him , in order to provide continuity . |
| 5 | The invariant for the while-loop consists of two parts : |
| 6 | 11.1 Save as provided in clause 11.2 no agent adviser or other person acting for the Landlord has at any time prior to the making of this agreement been authorised by the Landlord to make to the Tenant or to any agent adviser or other person acting for the Tenant any representation whatever ( whether written oral or implied ) in relation to the Site or the Premises or to any matter contained or referred to in this agreement |
| 7 | The snag was , though , that for the major matches the entire club membership would be lucky to be allocated even two tickets . |
| 8 | Thus the bowl will change its location , whilst that for the pedestal remains the same ( i.e. the permanent location for both the bowl and pedestal ) . |
| 9 | So Trumbull started moving the camera in and out , and stopped the lens down to a tiny aperture for maximum depth of field ( he had already been experimenting with zoom lenses for the cockpit readouts in other sequences ) . |
| 10 | The quality of the work submitted by candidates for the Test has improved , but more in presentation than in intellectual calibre . |
| 11 | They want a spread of expenditure for the contract works So what we agreed with them is that we will forthwith start sending them client reports and I 've asked them if they will report back to us whether the client reports are in the form they want them . |
| 12 | R C Sneddon ( Points of View , today ) damns our campaign with faint praise ; on the one hand he says we ‘ secured an impressive victory ’ ; on the other hand he asks whether we have diverted attention from the wider issue of whether a balanced structure for the army has been achieved . |
| 13 | The vocational stage for the barrister consists of a year at the Inns of Court Law School followed by Bar Finals . |
| 14 | At one end is an opening called the anus , though the term is not completely appropriate for the animal uses it not only for excretion but for breathing as well , sucking water gently in and out over tubules just inside the body . |
| 15 | Given the time it takes to write and then publish a book , our apparently insatiable appetite for the stuff causes real problems : the satirical observation conceived now is likely to look at best , a little tired , and , at worst , incomprehensible , in twelve to eighteen months ' time . |
| 16 | ( 7.5 ) we can now produce estimates for the equivalent puts : rounding to the nearest half-penny , 2p . |
| 17 | But Sedgefield District Council 's publicity and advertising budget for the museum has been slammed as pitifully inadequate . |
| 18 | A new home for the museum exhibits that are seldom seen . |
| 19 | Similarly , if no preferred version for the module has been set , the Preferred Version field will display NONE . |
| 20 | You 've used , er , er , an underspend from this year rolled over , but you have n't increased the base budget to pay for the projection costs which came from erm , this year 's budget . |
| 21 | Advertising for the brand concentrates almost solely on the quality magazine press . |
| 22 | Scotland 's European hopes , Aberdeen and Celtic , have started their preparations for the midweek matches with two of the continent 's most famous names . |
| 23 | Hockey Training for the event has already indicated that the hockey standard will be better than 12 months ago . |
| 24 | Human regard for the sea has varied from the taking of it for granted as a tiresome obstacle to trade and exploration , to romanticising it in what so many writers are pleased to call its moods . |
| 25 | An alternative lighting plan for the village has been proposed by the Dedham Vale Society , involving a combination of private house lights and a small number of footway lamps . |
| 26 | If Adam did n't arrive soon , he 'd be late for the telephone calls he had booked . |
| 27 | If they 've got any sense at all they should be I mean they 're getting it for free except for the telephone calls you might use |
| 28 | Again he said , in an argument strangely reminiscent of Erastus , Richard Hooker and Matthew Arnold , that ‘ the State is more sacred than any Church … for the State stands for the whole people in their manifold collective life ; and any Church is but a fragment of that life , though one of the most important fragments ’ . |
| 29 | A second influence has been the judgement that too dominant a role for the state weakens the values of individual self-reliance , family and community solidarity , and private charity . |
| 30 | If the conveyancer for the lessor refuses to delete it , or if you act for a purchase of an existing lease that includes such a provision , you should always explain to your client the nature of the provision , its unusual nature and its disadvantages ( putting off a subsequent prospective buyer or mortgagee , delay and expense in taking up references and obtaining the licence ) . |