Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The families sit through a trial and feel short-changed by the sentence handed down . ’ |
| 2 | Maybe I 'm just being traditional in my tastes ; it is probably important to watch the compilation in small doses and not sit through the whole three hours as I did . |
| 3 | Hate for a man . |
| 4 | Turn the dough onto a floured surface and knead for a minute before adding the cooked onion , extra oil and chopped olives . |
| 5 | This was ( F t +1 ; - F t ) /F t , plus the interest at the risk-free rate ( r ) on the average price of the futures contract during the period , that is , r ( F t +1 ; + F t ) /2F t , to give [ F t +1 ; ( 2 + r ) - F t ( 2 - r ) ] /2F t as the measure of return on a future . |
| 6 | Heat to boiling , then push through a sieve . |
| 7 | oh and I 've made a big rug at the centre , which I shall have home before Christmas , a big woollen rug I 've made , yes so , oh it 's a beautiful rug it 's with those er silver thing you push through the hole on the canvas |
| 8 | It looks an exquisite mess , but push through the vegetation bordering the path and the undergrowth clears . |
| 9 | The small professional garden design team offers an attractive range , called Tropical Shades , to keep you cool during the summer months . |
| 10 | But Mr Pialat 's feeling for la vie quotidienne and languid afternoons on river banks , contrasted with the bustle and frenzy of the Paris scenes , amply compensate for a lack of historical detail . |
| 11 | In later years a boy may continue to look unconsciously for a mother with whom to relate , or a girl for a father to take the place of a loved parent or compensate for a lack of satisfaction in that direction . |
| 12 | The conventional notion of literary ‘ tradition ’ does , it is true , compensate for the lack of an historical overview , but because it implies a common pool of resources repeatedly drawn on by a succession of different writers , it is profoundly antithetical to Formalism and its key principle of defamiliarization . |
| 13 | The popularity of arbitrage portfolios suggests that the advantages more than compensate for the risk that the value of the arbitrage portfolio will deviate from the index at delivery . |
| 14 | As the award is conventional in its nature and can not in fact compensate for the injury suffered there is no logical reason to take one figure rather than another . |
| 15 | It is thought that this might give relief to the husband for capital gains tax for the period from when the settlement is established ( ie the court order or when the agreement between the parties was finalised ) until its termination , but the application of this section to such a situation is not wholly clear . |
| 16 | Added to this is the perpetual insecurity reserve police suffer as a result of the management 's control over the renewal of their contract : and sergeants are not averse to using this as a threat in parades . |
| 17 | However , the ‘ Eroica ’ is a far more complex beast , which I would argue is almost mortally wounded by such problems — harmonic progression , tempo control , articulation and rhythmic definition etc. ( the very life blood of this particular work ) all suffer as a result . |
| 18 | For example , under the Land Compensation Act 1973 property owners are entitled to compensation for depreciation in the value of their land caused by such things as noise , vibration , smells , and fumes , resulting from public works , The underlying reasoning is that since the public is presumed to benefit greatly from the building of a motorway ( for example ) , private citizens who suffer as a result of its construction should not have to bear their loss for the sake of that wider public interest . |
| 19 | What is theoretically and politically interesting and puzzling is not that it has been defended by the powerful and the better-off sections of the community but that it has been so widely accepted by those who suffer as a result of its continuance . |
| 20 | These may be provoked by the lowered self esteem that many suffer as a result of teasing and criticism by peers , parents , and teachers . |
| 21 | The problem drinker in our society can be defined as any person who experiences social , psychological or physical problems as a consequence of his or her own repeated drinking , and services should not only be aimed at the individuals themselves but also at family members who suffer as a result of someone else 's drinking . |
| 22 | As we will see in Chapter 9 , one way in which the organisation of the mental lexicon is being investigated is by studying the kinds of language disorders which adults suffer as a result of certain kinds of brain damage . |
| 23 | Let us pray for all who suffer as a result of war : |
| 24 | Yes , the life span of a junior international is a short one and it seems that it 's the back ends of rinks which suffer as a result . |
| 25 | To ignore this would ‘ demonstrate a lack of regard for the people who suffer as a result ’ , he said |
| 26 | The urban poor , who burn kerosene to cook , for example , suffer as the end users if their government puts a levy on imports of petroleum . |
| 27 | With older children we might spend some time discussing this ( perhaps wondering if the giant would ever let us get near enough to open his mouth and clean his teeth for him ) ; with this age group , however , I immediately enthuse about the idea : " Right , that 's really good . |
| 28 | Often softened by nostalgia for what they recall as the security of their ‘ training days ’ , I have heard older nurses enthuse about the cosiness and order of day to day nursing . |
| 29 | My right hon. Friend knows that Opposition parties constantly carp about the level of pensions in Britain . |
| 30 | If the match at the County Ground is anywhere near as fast and lose as the game at London Road , then the Swindon fans are in for a thriller . |