Example sentences of "[vb base] [pos pn] [noun pl] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Battling Nottingham turned the table upside down with a priceless 18–9 win against Northampton that could keep them in division one and deny their visitors the championship . |
| 2 | Parents deny their children the outdoor play that they themselves enjoyed . |
| 3 | All the established associations are expected to meet the criteria , and so earn their members the right to call themselves organic . |
| 4 | ( They also do this when they bring their owners dead birds from the garden , an action normally done only as part of the food-training routine when mother cats show their kittens the kind of prey they must later attack . ) |
| 5 | When the little ones squeeze past me in the Superette I give their mops the chaste old tousle . |
| 6 | The fact that consumer platforms will generally be convenient , all-in-one , low cost units needing nothing more sophisticated than a domestic television for display purposes , suggest that many libraries may be able to support all available platforms and so give their customers the widest possible choice . |
| 7 | Oh yes er when I was at home as a wee boy everybody milked by hand and give their calves the milk then to drink . |
| 8 | The power of the elite is held to derive from the greater intensity and quality of the sentiments or residues of its members which give its members the will and the ability to maintain their own rule either by force or by consent ( but not usually both , according to Pareto ) . |
| 9 | His hands sometimes stopped shaking long enough for him to light a fag or give his teeth the once-over with Pepsodent , but that was every other Scumday in a month with a zed in it . |
| 10 | Despite his phenomenal energy the sheer size of his dominions inevitably meant that it could be months or even years before he was free to deal with a distant crisis or give his officials the support they needed against a major local potentate . |
| 11 | A system like this frees the chef to devote extra time and energy into adding those special little finishing touches which give his creations the mark of individuality . |
| 12 | ‘ I also recommend you wear your robes the right way round , Adjudicator ; it 's so much better for public relations . ’ |
| 13 | You can also choose sealed units that give your windows the small-paned Georgian look , or the appearance of leaded lights in square and diamond formats , with none of the cleaning problems — the glazing bars and lead strips are set in the gap between the outer panes ( as long as you do n't go for a large picture window with this effect — it can look just plain silly ! ) . |
| 14 | I normally get my tickets the next day , or in two days . |
| 15 | I normally get my tickets the next day , or in two days . |
| 16 | The ladies of the village would retaliate with the use of buckets of ‘ slops ’ , kept for such a purpose and the wary traveller , having had his joke , had to ‘ … plead his heels the faster ’ . |
| 17 | Set your students the task of talking to the camera in the way a reporter or newsreader does . |
| 18 | That may be a drastic example but it is as well to remember that the less we use our muscles the less efficient they will be . |
| 19 | One of the few companies to have had any serious success in selling generic products is Interactive Information Systems ( IIS ) who offer their customers the opportunity to lease the hardware needed to run the laser disc applications . |
| 20 | Mark your tools the same way , and add your post code . |
| 21 | Swing your arms the opposite way to your legs . |
| 22 | The quicker you answer our questions the quicker we 'll be out of your hair . ’ |
| 23 | From the moment you prepare your agendas the conduct of the matter pivots on them . |
| 24 | The more you stretch your hips the more you will improve your shape . |
| 25 | As you complete more games and improve your skills the game gets more difficult , the Klingons get more intelligent . |
| 26 | As you complete more games and improve your skills the game gets more difficult , the Klingons get more intelligent . |