Example sentences of "[det] [verb] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the late 1960s , Ceauşescu himself had called for a strengthening of the traditional family , but when that failed to have the desired effect of boosting the birth-rate , the regime reversed its direction from promoting old-fashioned morality as a stimulus to conception . |
| 2 | The Government said parents knew best but that failed to recognise the professionalism of teachers and the close links between teachers , parents and schools . |
| 3 | Each agrees to accept the dividend in full satisfaction in consideration of every other creditor who is a party to the agreement doing so . |
| 4 | Chromosomal DNA was isolated and purified from each isolate using the guanidium thiocyanate reagent method . |
| 5 | Repeated referendums were held between 1983 and 1990 in an attempt to achieve this end , but each failed to secure the necessary 75 per cent approval level [ see p. 37251 ] . |
| 6 | None of the big guns will be involved as Lisnagarvey , Banbridge and holders Holywood — each expected to reach the floodlit semi-finals of the competition — take time out to assist English national league side East Grinstead in their pre-season preparations . |
| 7 | None of the big guns will be involved as Lisnagarvey , Banbridge and holders Holywood — each expected to reach the floodlit semi-finals of the competition — take time out to assist English national league side East Grinstead in their pre-season preparations . |
| 8 | Two sides may each want to beat the other , they may even hate each other as sides , but if someone came and told them football is stupid and not worth playing or caring about , then they 'd feel together . |
| 9 | Does each answer describe the same number of students ? |
| 10 | Brian Little has become the first man to win the Vauxhall Conference manager of the month award , worth £250 , for the second time in succession , for Darlington 's unbeaten run throughout October . |
| 11 | As juniors the two American teenagers were mentioned in the same breath as Andre Agassi and Michael Chang , but neither has made the same impact as yet . |
| 12 | But so far neither has shown the tremendous flair with top-spin attacking that made them a major force in the world championships in Dortmund only seven months ago . |
| 13 | The book is divided into seven chapters , each reasonably self-contained , and each designed to provide the serious student with a critical review of its subject-matter as a basis for further research . |
| 14 | Meanwhile , through taking out individual DOUBLE PAYOUT PLANS , each has provided the other with a guaranteed lump sum in the event of death — in Alec 's case , at least £11,655 . |
| 15 | Each has set the archivist and potential historian technical , organizational , and intellectual problems of increasing complexity . |
| 16 | Now at least they are in the same boat , and the balancing of the pronouns in the last four lines declares their equality : I have quoted extensively from that sonnet in order to give the full context for this Our : what they have in common is that they have sinned , each has betrayed the other . |
| 17 | Each has known the struggle and patient endurance of beginning such a work . |
| 18 | The two authorities each promised to reimburse the tram company for the realignment of the rails in its own area . |
| 19 | She , and many of the women like her whom I met , still does all the housework , just like before , and on top of that has to manage the effect of her husband 's traumatic discovery of something women have always known — what it feels like to be economically dependent . |
| 20 | Course and the bomb gone on the broke the winches and that , and that had gone so far , you know , that timber , that has crushed the timber all , more or less all together . |
| 21 | It is an intriguing picture of how local industries have developed , and how that has affected the people who worked within it . |
| 22 | Contrary to what he said , that has enabled the industry to maintain production at much the same levels as those of 1990 . |
| 23 | ‘ I only get tax relief on the first £30,000 , so that has remained the same . |
| 24 | That has reached the proportions of a scandal and those non-trees give a new meaning to the term ’ invisible assets ’ . |
| 25 | But it is Islam , not Christianity , that has realised the danger of privatisation and the negative and draining effect it can have on public life . |
| 26 | That has threatened the whole concept of compulsory competitive tendering and we will keep threatening the government 's compulsory competitive tendering regime by using TUPE and the acquired rights directive as the legal shield to protect our members ' jobs and public services from the Tylers of this world . |
| 27 | Not only is it impractical , and possibly unethical , to restrict psychobiological studies to work on humans and great apes but it would also mean throwing out most of the work done to date , since most of that has involved the use of non-primates like cats , hamsters , and especially rats . |
| 28 | It was the latter suggestion , and how it was put into practice , that has enslaved the working man to this day . |
| 29 | That has given the whole company a step up , including Crate , who , as we mentioned earlier , are now making use of the systems that I came here with . ’ |
| 30 | In many cases , that has given the family an added incentive and advantage . |