Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Cloud-cover problems will diminish the number of useful images from the 20–22 per year that are theoretically possible , but even so the monitoring of surface phenomena that change during the year ( such as agricultural crops and natural vegetation ) or which change over the years ( for example the extent of the built-up areas of cities or the extent of forest cover ) is possible . |
| 32 | One February evening I was in a ship , northbound through the South China Sea . |
| 33 | Since many of the evangelicals shared Billy Graham 's opinions and valued his methods and saw the good which he did , his article stirred wrath among them and fear about the Bishop of Durham becoming the Archbishop of York . |
| 34 | Fear about the impact of Ecstasy on health is growing . |
| 35 | Repeat for the lining , but cut each width 2.5cm ( 1in ) shorter . |
| 36 | Here , theory and practice alternate during the degree stage , in the form of one thick sandwich ( T-P-T ) or several thin ones ( T-P-T-P-T ) . |
| 37 | No he has n't really no , I yeah , trumpet for the horn , yeah . |
| 38 | No statement which you make during the interview may be given in evidence against you unless : ( a ) you are prosecuted for making a statement which is false or misleading in a material particular ; or ( b ) you are prosecuted for some other offence and when giving evidence , you make a statement which is inconsistent with a statement made during the interview . |
| 39 | ‘ You who so often preach about the catholicity of the Anglican Church , and believe it too . ’ |
| 40 | We can easily evaluate erm what we sell through the magazine because we 've got all the enquiries and we know how much uptake there was and |
| 41 | The craftsmen , and we shall always need them , combine through the use of the whole range of human skills such extra elements as proportion , difference , originality , and the ability to work with the grain or the particular unique characteristics of the materials they work with . |
| 42 | Regret for the loss of the use of force against those who reneged on their promise to pay later may still be harboured by some in secret , but no longer publicly . |
| 43 | A thousand people every day are dying in Somalia as gun-toting gangs rampage through the capital Mogadishu and loot supplies awaiting distribution . |
| 44 | National styles in music can be powerful , especially when the listeners of one nation are presented with music so powerfully impressed with what they perceive as the style of another . |
| 45 | It has shaped those fashions , sounds and images young people around the world perceive as the essence of being British . |
| 46 | Horrorstruck for the instant , his cronies stood and squawled with outrage . |
| 47 | To use another metaphor , if the world of education becomes a jungle of market forces , I fear for the survival of children with special needs . |
| 48 | If this does not happen , I fear for the future of this denomination which I love and to which I am loyal . |
| 49 | Other experts fear for the future — MDMA damages nerve terminals in rats and monkeys , and there is a strong possibility that it causes similar damage in humans . |
| 50 | Conservationists and locals fear for the future of the island and a trust has been set up to raise money to buy it for the nation . |
| 51 | Fear for the future . |
| 52 | I ca n't afford to fight this in the American courts and I genuinely fear for the safety of my children . ’ |
| 53 | If you wish you know but I mean during the week nine times |
| 54 | I mean I mean during the week she never , she 's going to get to the stage except that Chris is taking Amy to ballet , she wo n't see Neighbours at all . |
| 55 | In deciding what words mean for the purpose of defamation , the intention of the writer or speaker is largely irrelevant . |
| 56 | I mean for the price of that bed , I mean you could n't go far wrong though . |
| 57 | Somewhere lay the sound of singing — I say lay for the voice seemed to float on the waters as gently as a slight mist . |
| 58 | Every woman at Congress will sooner or later suffer through the menopause . |
| 59 | Colleagues who suffer through the menopause sometimes ca n't afford to pay the high cost of a pre-paid prescription charge . |
| 60 | When she got home , she felt for the first time in months the need to write a letter , to commit her thoughts and feelings to paper and communicate through the medium of paper and pen with someone . |