Example sentences of "[vb base] be [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 've lodged an official complaint against the police , who they say were treating the case as suicide . |
| 2 | What I propose is to examine the impact of notions of racial hierarchy , racial exclusion , and racial vulnerability and availability on non-blacks who held , resisted , explored , or altered those notions . |
| 3 | As Ellen Wilkinson ( who in the 1920s had been among the first women in the Labour Party to support family allowances ) wrote in 1938 : ‘ what the Amery type want is to feed the existing and potential cannon-fodder with the greatest economy and lack of waste . |
| 4 | They do n't mind helping you out getting the diverts in the right position , because the last thing they want is to put the calls through to the wrong person . |
| 5 | All I want is to show the world that Charles was not hallucinating . ’ |
| 6 | Lewis said yesterday : ‘ The last thing I want is to get the title outside the ring . |
| 7 | Even as the salesmen are expounding the virtues of the paperless office the systems their customers install are doubling the number of printed pages produced by businesses every three years . |
| 8 | They also detest being called the handicapped . |
| 9 | Finally , the question tells us that A's object was to save the leader ; it does not tell us whether his object was also to save himself . |
| 10 | The task these educational establishments face is to equip the surveying student with the basic skills of the profession and an ability to adapt to new circumstances . |
| 11 | On the IBM 370 range it is possible to specify that the execute is to modify the second byte of the executed instruction . |
| 12 | ‘ The two I particularly remember are building the new stand at Ascot and the construction of Central Point in London . ’ |
| 13 | Lucien immediately recognised the movements of the dance as being those of a classical piece : Paradouze being taught the sequences of the Vibrancy by His uncle , the cat-headed snake Smoobillow , a body of knowledge which Paradouze would later pass on to humankind . |
| 14 | This problem , which we all know is to change the balance of the nations trade from deficit to surplus to export more than we import , and to take this trade balance out of the red . |
| 15 | About all the exercise you get is pressing the button on your automatic gear change . |
| 16 | Which bond is offering the better return ? |
| 17 | The next thing I remember was seeing the face of a policeman above his yellow emergency jacket , who was reassuring me : I was all right . |
| 18 | We therefore have to be in a position to share the dreams and the understandings of those people who we believe are making the running for tomorrow , wherever they may be . |
| 19 | The basic way in which these c.c.d. lines operate is to have the first capacitor connected to the input so that it samples the input voltage . |
| 20 | As a last resort the salesperson may need to ‘ second guess ’ the reluctant buyer and suggest an issue which they believe is causing the problem and ask a question such as : |
| 21 | Our society 's very complex in that that erm in that sense , the effect that you feel is break the law erm you know if you want certain services , we 're supposed to have a structure in our society which is which is catered for , which caters for all eventualities . |
| 22 | On this occasion I personally moved from The Bun Shop to a pub I believe was called The Volunteer run by a well-known and aged bare-knuckle fighter from London 's East End called Joe Mullins . |
| 23 | They argue the chemicals farmers use are damaging the countryside . |
| 24 | All we are doing when we strike is to pull the hook and bait away from their lips . |
| 25 | Simply program the required switch commands into a TriAxis patch and every time that preset is selected the combos will comply with its orders . |
| 26 | It was the young people th th that I think were hit the most . |
| 27 | To listen to her music , or to see Sharon Shannon live is to have the absolute truth of this assertion borne out . |
| 28 | Just before we go we are going to hear a recording of a song that 's been referred to which I think is called the greatest love of all which I 'm told we 'll all know by heart er this time next year hmm erm anyway on that note if I may thank you very , very much indeed and I leave you with best wishes for a highly , highly successful birthday year . |
| 29 | His main use I think is to bolster the reader 's view of Eddie and is used by Miller to drive home Eddie 's feelings in case you do not know them already . |
| 30 | What we 're really essentially interested in I think is keeping the sun which tends to be very strong from there |