Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun pl] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and then you can That was very good mountain that 's a good one to know how to spell curtains the same . |
| 2 | The method of netting was to set nets the full length of the wood from the stream , some 500 yards ( 450 metres ) or so . |
| 3 | The FBI has been summoned several times to tackle problems the local police could not handle . |
| 4 | Such mistranslations occasionally had their amusing side , as when ‘ State Ball ’ was translated so as to give listeners the delightful picture of the president playing football with a visiting group of dignitaries at State House . |
| 5 | The circuit aims to give walkers the best possible experience of the area in a single route . |
| 6 | Mistakes of that sort apart , it would seem that , as had always been the case , some sort of checking system was needed to give lenders the required degree of confidence to carry on , and that the more thorough and ‘ scientific ’ it was the better for both borrower and lender , the more effectively it reduced the incidence of overindebtedness , and saved borrowers from overstretching themselves and indulging in mad bouts of impulsive buying . |
| 7 | Soils can be improved by digging and adding manure or compost to give plants the lavish , freely drained , yet moisture-retentive conditions many relish , although there are many roses ( notably rugosas , species and old-fashioned kinds ) that will succeed on poor ground . |
| 8 | Indeed , it is probably more practical not to do things the standard way as this avoids what is likely to be severe over-kill for do-it-yourself applications . |
| 9 | ‘ You do like to do things the hard way , do n't you , Mr Glover ? |
| 10 | Most companies are willing to give customers the best service they can , and virtually all suppliers interviewed stressed their eagerness to talk to caterers about their individual needs to as to match the right product to the right task . |
| 11 | Course content has been selected to give graduates the necessary knowledge , skills and experience to equip them for careers in software development , application systems development , and in using computer systems to further organizational goals . |
| 12 | Everything you need to give children the best possible start in English ! |
| 13 | They are unlikely to be able to give children the stable emotional background , the consistent combination of love and firmness , which are more important than riches . |
| 14 | How easy it is to give children the wrong idea ! |
| 15 | They coexisted with the now somewhat depleted Byzantine empire but soon found themselves embroiled in the Crusader invasion at the end of the eleventh century , in the course of which were to emerge Baibars the Mamluk and the celebrated Kurdish warrior known as Salahuddin al-Ayyubi or Saladin . |
| 16 | On the other hand there are a few techniques , frequently used in constructing proofs , to which it is perhaps useful to draw attention as they have been known to give students the occasional difficulty . |
| 17 | Wentwood 's Principal , Henrietta Reynolds , made it an aim to give students the necessary skills to master complex journeys by public transport . |
| 18 | Due around the same time , TPI is designed to give developers the basic tools that they need to build applications that can use the wide area network technology . |
| 19 | I prefer to kill rabbits the easy way whenever possible , so I position a purse net over the top of every bolt-hole and every entrance , subsequently making sure that every purse net that bags a rabbit is quickly removed and replaced with a fresh net . |
| 20 | She says modern methods do more harm than good , and has written a book designed to teach youngsters the traditional way . |
| 21 | In that way , you minimize the risk of making a poor choice and a false start in your first year , with the consequent possibility of having to catch up by taking extra classes or to repeat classes the following year . |
| 22 | ‘ In the early years of National Certificate , we tried to allow centres the maximum flexibility by avoiding laying down too many fixed dates . |
| 23 | His inability to despair makes the soaped rope and spare nail of his suicide at once meticulous and completely open-ended . |
| 24 | Kuwaiti banks abroad ignored the edict and continued to offer customers the pre-invasion exchange rate . |
| 25 | Some of the oil companies operating in the UK disputed the British Gas view of the future suggesting that abundant reserves exist in the southern part of the North Sea and maintained that the reason a shortfall was in prospect was British Gas 's disinclination to pay suppliers the same price for UK produced gas as for imported gas . |
| 26 | It is difficult in this case to offer children the direct practical experience that will challenge their ideas and lead them to modify them . |
| 27 | But there was obviously no point in wasting any more time expecting to get results the easy way . |
| 28 | Thus , if the trustees of an interest in possession trust were actually to pay monies it will generally be the trustees who will be treated for the purpose of income tax as having made the payment and not the beneficiary ; if bare trustees , nominees or agents were to pay monies the beneficial owners or principals will generally be treated as having made the payments . |
| 29 | Now , as we learn to ask animals the right questions , we can avoid doing more harm than good through well-meaning concepts of what constitutes a happy life . |
| 30 | She must try not to take things the wrong way |