Example sentences of "[to-vb] the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because the sets were completely different , the Theatre Royal having a much taller stage , White had to restage the movements during the two-week break . |
| 2 | Was he planning to restage the battle of Lepanto ? |
| 3 | Will my hon. Friend do everything he possibly can firmly to nail the blame on Bruce Millan for the delay in these funds coming to the coalfield areas ? |
| 4 | And there is the factor that there is a need to diversify the economy of York generally erm and also erm to ensure that the new settlement has an employment component . |
| 5 | Notwithstanding attempts to diversify the production of commodities , Vietnam 's state-owned enterprises faced strong competition from private companies after losing their subsidy and monopoly rights . |
| 6 | Continuity in subcontracting allows parent companies to diversify the risks of specialization and promotes the exchange of technological information so that the quality of inputs is ensured and delivery schedules guaranteed . |
| 7 | Continuity in subcontracting allows parent companies to diversify the risks of specialization and promotes the exchange of technological information so that the quality of inputs is ensured and delivery schedules guaranteed . |
| 8 | Instead , the factor that most influences the outcome of inferotemporal cortex lesions is not memory load but whether or not the animals are required to categorize the stimuli before making their choices ( Dean 1982 ) . |
| 9 | Nevertheless , it is possible to classify plants in the field by taking leaf samples and performing appropriate tests ( see Dirzo & Harper , 1982a ) and to categorize the plants into four groups Ac Li , Ac li , ac Li , ac li . |
| 10 | It is difficult to categorize the team alongside the previously mentioned sportsmen simply because it was more a comedy outfit than a competitive unit . |
| 11 | And through it all were shafts of golden splendour , shooting down from above to burnish the leaves with brilliance . |
| 12 | Such greed can drive people to sacrifice the well-being of others . |
| 13 | It 's clear now , if it was n't clear then , that they were willing to sacrifice the well-being of schools , of their staff and pupils , for the glory of their leader and for national recognition of the then Councillor , as the most ardent of Thatcher disciples and ensuring for him another step towards that coveted safe Tory seat |
| 14 | In this case it 's a very , very minority group : all you guitarists out there prepared to sacrifice the price of an exceedingly tasty automobile on a place to store your guitar collection . |
| 15 | ‘ What we are being asked to do now is to sacrifice the development of these areas [ of particular value to wildlife ] in order to protect the environment . |
| 16 | What we are being asked to do now is to sacrifice the development of these areas in order to protect the environment . |
| 17 | His decision to sacrifice the newspaper to MacQuillan rather than sacrifice the estate to the newspaper had not met with universal approval , but he did not let that trouble him . |
| 18 | But it had established three important points : first , that there was potential to cut across established Green-Orange divisions in pursuing the interests of Derry ; second , that some educated young Catholics who were uninspired by the Nationalist Party would work enthusiastically on a campaign which challenged traditional sectarian prejudices ; and third , many people came to believe that a section , at least , of Derry Unionists was prepared to sacrifice the interests of the city to those of its party . |
| 19 | He was entirely comfortable with the predictable opinion of the Senior Chief Inspector of Schools who confessed that ‘ I am not much moved by what appears to sacrifice the interests of the few in favour of the many when one result is certain to be that the quality of the person required to fill posts of great importance and of a highly specialized nature is likely to be degraded . ’ |
| 20 | It must be said , however , that it is not only the obviously authoritarian Third World regimes , desperate for FDI , that have sometimes been prepared to sacrifice the interests of their workers in order to insure the jobs created by the TNCs . |
| 21 | The six month run there will be costly for Jenny , who had to sacrifice the opportunity of a starring role in a film to stay with the play . |
| 22 | It would be in order , for example , as Gandhi shows , to sacrifice the happiness of 49 per cent of mankind in order that the good of 51 per cent might be promoted . |
| 23 | The participants from Eastern Europe may well have been surprised at how lightly their Western counterparts were ready to sacrifice the traditions of the great east Berlin museums . |
| 24 | Thus the law continues to sacrifice the principle of maximum certainty ( see Chapter 3.3 ( i ) ) to the supposed dictates of practicality . |
| 25 | You need a four base width formation to get your rank bonuses , but it is better to sacrifice the bonus in favour of avoiding being dragged into a broader combat . |
| 26 | In this case mobility between firms is constrained because labour may have to sacrifice the growth in earnings they could expect if they remained with their current firm . |
| 27 | It appeared he also liked to skin the bodies of his victims and had a capability to swallow eyeballs . |
| 28 | Well the , the lads used to skin the rabbits for the customers and throw the skin ov over the top of this cart , horse and cart . |
| 29 | This obviously requires the attendance of the witnesses at the trial , and a subpoena may be issued to compel the attendance of those who are within the jurisdiction or in some other part of the United Kingdom . |
| 30 | There are also powers to compel the attendance of witnesses by obtaining a witness order . |