Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [vb infin] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Daniel Becker , director of the global warming programme of the US environmental group , the Sierra Club , declared that : " The United States helped make this conference a failure . |
| 2 | If there is a thick layer of sediment on the bottom , start using a product like A.B.A. to help remove this sludge — but you will have to increase the aeration of the water while you use it as it can cause a heavy demand on the dissolved oxygen to remove the sludge . |
| 3 | It seems that Freud did regard most religious beliefs as unjustified by experience and by reason , and that they therefore required an explanation in terms of psychoanalysis . |
| 4 | It would have surprised Claudia if Dana did have any money ; she earned a great deal but spent it as fast as she made it , and , while it made sense for Roman to bring her under his wing , Claudia resented it fiercely . |
| 5 | At about this time Mr. Tee did have some connection with Winchester , but the extent of that connection and what was to remain of it are matters in dispute between the parties . |
| 6 | Roberts does admit that , next to all of this , British ufology looks a little quaint . |
| 7 | Since the scheme was introduced , £957 million has been made available through it in Scotland to help bring many empty houses back into use and assist in reducing waiting lists . |
| 8 | But Euric did take some of the advice offered . |
| 9 | Ross did hold all the cards , she acknowledged bitterly . |
| 10 | Her poetry indicates that Leapor did have some friends before meeting Freemantle ; Octavia , for example , respected her enough to listen to her advice , even if she probably did not accept it . |
| 11 | The view for which Katib Celebi 's list forms the basis thus differs , broadly , in two important respects from the traditional account based on Mustakimzade : first , on the question of the origins of the office , by naming Hizir Bey , in Istanbul , as the first Mufti and by implication denying the Muftiliks of Molla Fenari , Molla Yegan and Fahreddin Acemi ( though d'Ohsson does make some attempt , if an inaccurate and and unpersuasive one , to take account of the tradition of an earlier Muftilik ) ; and second , on the question of how and when Molla Husrev became Mufti , this question involving also the circumstances of the Muftiliks of Abdulkerim and Molla Arab . |
| 12 | But despite the fact that he has been ‘ steadily critical ’ of successive governments ' housing policies , Prof Greve does see some hope for the future — and even for some of the tower blocks . |
| 13 | Although the last thing we want is a return to rigid central control , the NHS does need some coordination to ensure that scarce resources are used to best advantage and not wasted by the unsupervised duplication of facilities . |
| 14 | Wilson did put some flesh on the bones in a television interview with Norman Hunt , only to have it torn off in strips by the venerable Bridges , long since retired but still a determined advocate of a unitary Treasury dominating economic policy from the centre . |
| 15 | Although the GHS did include some attitudinal questions , its emphasis was not primarily subjective . |
| 16 | Jackson did promise some attention to the matter but it seems that nothing was granted . |
| 17 | And Dickens does mention both , I am told , ’ Auguste added anxiously in case Rose too should look down upon this departure from the true Dickensian menu . |
| 18 | However , Wulfstan does say that " Cnut , with the advice of his councillors , fully established peace and friendship between the Danes and the English and put an end to all their former enmity " . |
| 19 | The Greater London and South East Movement and Dance liaison group are taking over the Seymour Halls on 19–20th October to help celebrate this event . |
| 20 | In the present case Booth J. did take that into account . |
| 21 | In the event the opera came to nothing , although Mozart did write some of the music for a ballet entitled Les Petits Riens . |
| 22 | Nevertheless , TNCs do introduce much useable technology into the Third World , and while it may not lead to the conquest of global markets it may still have a very positive effect on industry and employment in particular countries . |
| 23 | This does not necessarily disprove the contention that TNCs exploit women workers in particular in the Third World , though it does modify the thesis to the extent that in some developing countries TNCs do provide some good jobs for women that help them to fulfil relatively freely chosen cultural needs . |
| 24 | ‘ If HMV does have any good ideas , ’ Russ Solomon says , ‘ we 'll steal them . ’ |
| 25 | Although the book as a whole is unsatisfactory , Ornstein does have some sensible things to say . |
| 26 | She 's coming Wednesday to help get these down |
| 27 | hold on a minute Les lets turn these off |
| 28 | Yes , McAllister did know all about pelvises , but had the sense not to spark back at him that , of course , she did know to what he was referring . |
| 29 | If Zbo did rescue some of the earlier work , that may explain some of the muddle about the authenticated chronology of Modigliani 's work . |
| 30 | That 's right yeah , Jack did say that , but I forgot to tell you , yeah |