Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As you will discover in the remaining chapters , problems remain about specifying the actual functions of these modules , their degree of functional independence , and the consequences of functional independence for the integration of behaviour and consciousness . |
| 2 | As a result , as the Earth goes around the sun once every year , its two hemispheres alternate between receiving the sun 's rays more directly ( in summer ) or obliquely ( in winter ) . |
| 3 | I thought I might have problems here , because the inside mitre on the four outer glazing bars created a slight undercut for assembling the curved outer members in the horizontal plane , but I found that by locating the curved members on the bottom rail first , then swinging the tops in on a slight curve , they just clicked into place nicely . |
| 4 | Anyone could be forgive for thinking the Happy Holiday Hotel was a madhouse , with its bizarre collection of staff and its temperamental manager , George . |
| 5 | There is also a WITHIN command for limiting the search area to within a specified number of words of another specified keyword . |
| 6 | But as I say as paying the er r I , I 've seen them when I 'm going round the site er I got an option from the firm , I 'd be allowed time off my work , my actual work on the , on the , on the site , to go round and collect their unions dues . |
| 7 | Easily Accessible : The Old Rectory is ideally place for touring the area , and offers access to many splendid walks , including those encompassing the coastal path and Bodmin Moor . |
| 8 | Kilgour declared himself fit after defeating the championship 's host club 's champion Martin Palmer 4 and 3 in his team 's North Durham League match at Ravensworth on Tuesday night , his first major outing since a groin operation two months ago . |
| 9 | Quite apart from the deafening thunder of the falls , and the awe-inspiring sight of their dramatic descent , the effect can be sheer magic on a fine day ; as the sunlight catches the spray in flight , and transforms it into an elusive pattern of shapes and colours that suggest in painting the Impressionism of Manet or the mists of Corot , or in music , the evocative nuances of Debussy . |
| 10 | All benefits and cover cease upon reaching the originally agreed termination date of the loan . |
| 11 | Aromatherapists now have the weight of scientific evidence to drop on the die-hard sceptics who delight in ridiculing the ‘ airy-faerie ’ practice of aromatherapy . |
| 12 | But it is as a recorder of the game 's idiosyncrasies that he has carved his distinctive niche : ‘ I delight in recording the oddities and unusual happenings in which the game abounds , ’ he says . |
| 13 | Give plenty of praise and encouragement once it has performed as you want before calling the youngster by its name to follow you back indoors . |
| 14 | If you decide to place your wedding list with a shop , it will save time if you think about the kinds of things you want before hitting the shop floor . |
| 15 | In the next few weeks advertisements will appear for a chief executive who , if all goes to plan , will have a year to run themselves in and have a real say in building the new institution . |
| 16 | Anyone who has responsibility for subordinates should , ideally , have a major say in creating the job descriptions of their employees . |
| 17 | In international law generally the duty to exhaust domestic remedies is to protect the interests of States but , in the context of the protection of human rights , also because the institutions in Strasbourg regard the development of effective domestic mechanisms for their protection as a necessary concomitant of the international procedures : individuals are required to make use of what the national systems provide before invoking the international jurisdiction . |
| 18 | The discussion centres on two centrally important psychocultural themes — dependency and danger — as they interact in constituting the individual , social , and cultural contexts of action . |
| 19 | Ultrasonics technology is used in certain burglar alarm systems which trigger on detecting the sound of breaking glass . |
| 20 | But for the most part this work emerges clear-cut and direct in its contrasts of dynamics and touch without anticipating the more powerful C minor voltage to follow in the Pathétique . |
| 21 | In discussing the interpretative paradigm and action rationality , we have seen the importance that a range of authors attach to identifying the commonly held cognitive schemas in an organization . |
| 22 | That underlines the importance that companies and other organisations place on acquiring the skills of saying the right things in the right way on TV , radio or in the newspapers . |
| 23 | Ye want tae see the kitchen . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Ye want tae see the kitchen . ’ |
| 25 | We were n't , I now realise by doing the sums , badly off My father paid the rent , all the bills , gave us our pocket money , and a fixed sum of f7 a week housekeeping money quite a lot in the late 1950s — went on being handed over every Friday until his death , even when estrangement was obvious , and he was living most of the time with someone else . |
| 26 | Like mammals , birds have taste buds only on their tongues , and smell by sniffing the air . |
| 27 | Unlike the moths , which , we have seen , ignore relative pheromonal concentrations , and simply fly upwind , ants steer by balancing the pheromonal concentration to the right and left . |
| 28 | He quite possibly made that catastrophe recede by denying the aggressive Chinese access to Russian secrets . |
| 29 | From a scientific rather than a psychiatric standpoint , the most interesting aspect of these bizarre tastes is the opportunity they afford for witnessing the extreme chemical insults which the body can accept and overcome . |
| 30 | It could not explain the most prominent feature of adjudication in hard cases like our samples : the constant and relentless concern judges show for explicating the " true " force of a statute or precedent decision when that force is problematical . |