Example sentences of "remind the " in BNC.
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| 1 | At most they would have remained as caretakers of the museum pieces of the past , reminding the young in this brave new , smug , boring , consensual world of the bad old days when people felt deeply about big issues and the future was uncertain . |
| 2 | But for once , the regular Labour conference task of reminding the party the public purse is not bottomless was put in the shade by the two looming Tory conference tasks of presenting the poll tax — and 15 per cent base rates . |
| 3 | THE FRIENDS of John McCarthy have been reminding the Foreign Office that the British Government is the only government without a single success in efforts to achieve the release of any of its hostages . |
| 4 | Mr Graham Riddick , MP for Colne Valley , said he was reminding the chairmen ‘ of their duty to political impartiality ’ . |
| 5 | In the rise to power of individuals in the closing decades of the Roman Republic many magistrates advertised their right to office by reminding the populace of the virtues of their ancestors through portraits reproduced on the coins they were authorised to mint . |
| 6 | Thus the critic 's role becomes one of reminding the viewer that she/he is watching a work of fiction . |
| 7 | Especially at first , you may have to keep reminding the patient to sit upright and take the food to his mouth , rather than letting his face droop towards his plate . |
| 8 | ‘ Well if it eats half as well as a salmon , I shall be 'appy , ’ grinned Lofty , subtly reminding the others that it was he who had found the fish . |
| 9 | I complied immediately , reminding the controller that we 'd like the Porto and Viseu weathers ‘ when convenient for you ’ . |
| 10 | Of course this is something of a joke nowadays and the clerk usually starts the ball rolling by reminding the archers they are now under rule seven , ‘ so do n't damn well forget it ’ , and duly pays his shilling . |
| 11 | How often will anti-Europeans sneeringly bait him by reminding the House that he is about to bail out ? |
| 12 | It is also worth reminding the reader that searching for fraud is not the audit 's primary purpose . |
| 13 | ‘ The gift of dhamma ’ , says one of the pithy sayings in the Dhamma-pada ( verses about dhamma ) , ‘ exceeds all gifts ; its sweetness exceeds all sweetness ’ ; reminding the Christian of Psalm 19 where the Torah , the Law of the Lord , is described as ‘ sweeter than honey ’ . |
| 14 | He responds to the Colossian heresy by spending exactly half his letter reminding the Colossians just how magnificent , supreme and totally adequate for every aspect of life Jesus Christ truly is . |
| 15 | In sharp contrast to his ‘ enthusiasm ’ of 1792 , in 1806 Fox introduced the abolition resolution by reminding the Commons what was owed to its own reputation after its 1792 decision for gradual abolition was not carried through ; he appealed to the memory of Pitt and the arguments of Burke ; he looked to parliament to speak for the nation on ‘ a question in which party feelings , arising out of political connections , can have no share ’ . |
| 16 | Insignia Solutions Ltd , High Wycombe , Buckinghamshire , is reminding the world that in the early days of Microsoft Corp 's Windows NT , all anyone will be able to use in it is Insignia 's SoftPC — integrated within NT to provide the MS-DOS and 16-bit Windows emulation environment that must suffice for almost all users until 32-bit applications come along — in the version of NT that supports the R-series and Alpha chips , Insignia emulates the iAPX-86 CPU and other hardware including graphics boards , disk controllers and floppy disk drives . |
| 17 | The writers of fables and comedies were particularly vociferous in their scorn , reminding the worthy Quexos that they invariably ended their own tales with a marriage and a feast . |
| 18 | I was reminding the golfing spirits that I could not be caught napping . |
| 19 | Insignia Solutions Ltd , High Wycombe , Buckinghamshire , is reminding the world that in the early days of Microsoft Corp 's Windows NT , all anyone will be able to use in it is Insignia 's SoftPC — integrated within NT to provide the MS-DOS and 16-bit Windows emulation environment that must suffice for almost all users until 32-bit applications come along — in the version of NT that supports the R-series and Alpha chips , Insignia emulates the iAPX-86 CPU and other hardware including graphics boards , disk controllers and floppy disk drives . |
| 20 | Opening the proceedings at the morning AGM for the Institution 's Governors the RNLI 's Chairman , Mr Michael Vernon , began by reminding the meeting that 1990 had been an eventful and difficult year in many parts of the world , with a sharp recession and uncomfortably high inflation affecting these islands . |
| 21 | Having dealt with a less than happy situation Mr Vernon moved on to more pleasant matters , reminding the meeting of the Headquarters and Depot Open Days in August and of the warm reception shown to the public by those who man the lifeboat stations . |
| 22 | Some were timed to coincide with the changing seasons , reminding the people of God 's constant provision for them , and providing an opportunity to return to God some token of all that he had given . |
| 23 | He is a bit younger , of course , and probably thinks I 'm an old fuddy-duddy , as well as avuncular ( as he insists on reminding the viewers most evenings ) . |
| 24 | The sky is reddening , reminding the viewer of the ghastly hues of the night sky above Auschwitz when the ovens were working at full capacity . |
| 25 | It is interesting to see a professional historian reminding the reader explicitly of the relevance of his facts , analysis and discussion . |
| 26 | " The conclusion … marks the end , the rounding off , of an argument and its value lies both in reminding the reader succinctly of what has been written and in endeavouring to create , with the reader , a favourable impression and a disposition to treat favourably . " |
| 27 | As he leaned forward , Chen pushed slightly with the gun , reminding the pimp of its presence , but it was only a precaution — if the file was correct , he should have little bother with the man . |
| 28 | The Green Paper considered in detail how the working practices of probation officers would have to change , reminding the probation service that it is a criminal justice agency , in obvious anticipation opposition from NAPO . |
| 29 | Jeremiah and Isaiah never tire of reminding the people that there is one God who can save his people , and that all other refuges are in vain . |
| 30 | And to make this centrality of Christ even more emphatic the apostle ends his paragraph by reminding the readers that this mighty , risen , ascended Christ is the head of the body constituted by the Church , and his fullness fills their lives ( or , perhaps , their lives are the complement of his fullness , Eph . |