Example sentences of "[vb -s] [indef pn] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reconciliation needs someone to take the initiative . |
| 2 | DEC needs someone to produce the chips , and most of the semiconductor manufacturers are already tied , but Cypress may be in a position to straddle camps and/or dump Sparc . |
| 3 | This first part of a scholarly and sometimes challenging book contains plenty to set the pavilions buzzing with discussion . |
| 4 | And Quinn added : ‘ Bobby told me he needs somebody to put the ball in the net . |
| 5 | This spacious detached residence has plenty to whet the appetite … including a 27 feet drawing room . |
| 6 | Yet religious belief has something to teach the rational secular world ; some principles should be defended without recourse to a blurry halfway house . |
| 7 | Whatever the season , Ingleborough has something to offer the keen fell walker . |
| 8 | The text is divided into three sections and each has something to offer the reader . |
| 9 | Madrid has everything to offer the person who seeks . |
| 10 | IF BRITISH foreign policy in the 20th century has anything to teach the world , it is how to win important wars and lose the subsequent peace . |
| 11 | They had wanted an outright victory leading to the expulsion of all ‘ fundamentalists ’ , whereas the document allows everyone to join the new party . |
| 12 | If Parliament had intended to depart from the break-even basis , he argued , this would have been enacted expressly in Part 1 of the Act where the general duties of the policy-maker , the GLC , were set ; and added : ‘ But section 1(1) says nothing to suggest the exclusion of the fiduciary duty to the rate payers . ’ |
| 13 | But the same table also allows one to deduce the distribution of these migrants county by county and it shows that the great majority of migrants are being directed into the rural areas of Clwyd , Dyfed and Gwynedd . |
| 14 | What is important about this contribution to linguistic theory is that it allows one to analyze the personal or ‘ subjective ’ elements of language without having to resort to any real correlative outside language . |
| 15 | From a financial perspective this model offers a high return on investment ; from an administrative perspective it allows one to pace the rate of change ; from a humanistic perspective it allows the ‘ mavericks ’ a way to contribute more fully to the organization . |
| 16 | Injection of labelled cells into the embryo , either into isotopic or heterotopic sites , allows one to follow the development of specific tissues or isolated regions of the embryos ( 25,26 ) . |
| 17 | Donald Schon has shown how the displacement of a concept by analogizing not only initiates new thoughts but also , by changing the concept itself , forces one to rethink the old . |
| 18 | This is a person who sees nothing to recommend the Duomo at Siena ( ‘ it seems to have been got by outlining ’ ) , nor Sienese painting in general : ‘ evidence of love ; but not of art … |
| 19 | On the day ( 19 September 1986 ) that Hanson sold Courage to Elders , the Financial Times leader ‘ Reshuffling of Assets ’ ( part of which is reproduced below ) provided an interesting view of the company , which helps one to consider the effect of such conglomerates on the economy as a whole . |
| 20 | Nevertheless , the notion of educational stages helps one to place the undergraduate curriculum in a longer perspective , and to explain the phenomenon of specialization which typifies the undergraduate curriculum in this country . |
| 21 | John McGahern , on the other hand , writes , speaks and thinks in a style that is so sparse it defies anyone to deny the truth at its core . |
| 22 | After the vital 2-1 win , which eased the Goodison Park crisis , Beardsley said : ‘ It means everything to get the winner in a derby — that is what dreams are made of . |
| 23 | To the extent that awareness from multiple viewpoints is equalized , it is of the pleasures as much as the pains , and moves one to help the other rather than oneself when his need is greater . |
| 24 | Photography via the microscope enables everyone to see the same view , and minute movements , e.g. phagocytosis of a bacterium by a white blood cell can be seen in motion and therefore be more easily remembered . |
| 25 | It does nothing to celebrate the town centre , ’ he says . |
| 26 | The Masters Committee itself does nothing to dispel the feeling that the event is something special . |
| 27 | Fish that have grown up together usually continue to live together quite happily , provided that the fishkeeper does nothing to upset the balance , such as introducing new fish , or re-arranging the tank decor , thus destroying territorial boundaries . |
| 28 | Although total parenteral nutrition does nothing to treat the primary disease directly , it helps the patient receive enough nutrition until bowel functions return to normal again . |
| 29 | Michael Conn 's description of his ‘ defensive driving ’ skills ( Points of View , 5 February ) does nothing to earn the admiration he hopes for . |
| 30 | Decent , affordable public sector housing provides opportunities for wide ranges of people in our country and your government does nothing to promote the right to rent , the ability to get into decent housing where people otherwise would have no such chance . |