Example sentences of "[pron] [to-vb] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was nothing for it but for me to drive the ten miles there and back and pick it up , because the doctors would need to examine him and sign the certificate at 6.30 . |
| 2 | Det Ch Insp Roy Lambert said there was nothing to connect the two men with the car . |
| 3 | The same attitude is recognizable in the fragments of the histories of Posidonius , the pupil of Panaetius who , amidst all his philosophical work , decided to become the continuator of Polybius for the period after 146 B.C. It is uncertain whether Posidonius concluded his histories with the events of Sulla 's dictatorship or whether he extended them to include the Eastern wars of Pompey . |
| 4 | Whatever I use , whether it is a crystal ball , a pack of cards , or an article belonging to somebody , it is simply a stageprop ; something that gives me the right vibrations and helps me to see the right pictures . ’ |
| 5 | Many graduates could benefit from TOPS courses because their degree courses are often too specialised to allow them to acquire the generalised skills useful in many jobs . |
| 6 | A Directive binds member states to certain specific objectives , but leaves them to implement the necessary measures through national laws . |
| 7 | During the determined drive against Dissent in the first half of the 1680s , government directives were issued to judges , magistrates , constables and churchwardens requiring them to enforce the penal laws strictly . |
| 8 | She looked through the drawers of his desk and found nothing to indicate the financial problems her cousin had spoken of . |
| 9 | They were in a minority but were expected between them to meet the sexual needs of the men . |
| 10 | Amaury de Craon wrote to Edward II from Sablé in November 1323 telling him that the ‘ great uneasiness of heart that I feel as a result of the dispute between you and your brother the king of France , our lord , and a desire to find ways , according to my humble ability , to prevent it , has emboldened me to write the following things ’ . |
| 11 | It can link together disparate and formally opposed groups , leading them to discover the morbid pleasures of seeing themselves as ‘ one nation ’ . |
| 12 | This enabled someone to establish the numerical co-ordinates of the movement of the cutting tool over the entire sequence of operations and to transfer this to code on punched tape which was then fed into the machine . |
| 13 | Route II came in 1943 with Brian Kellet climbing on from the chimney rift of Route I to cross the upper slabs . |
| 14 | He would have liked to give more information , ask someone to research the final days of the tsar ; but he knew that would only have got back to the KGB , and in this game secrecy was the only key he held . |
| 15 | And even though I had been very well paid in my previous job , this would also enable me to reap the financial rewards of my expertise , ’ he says . |
| 16 | 193 the court held that , when exercising the power granted to them to define the detailed rules for the utilisation of their quotas , the member states could determine which vessels in their fishing fleets would be allowed to fish against their national quotas , provided that the criteria employed were compatible with Community law . |
| 17 | For those without a car , there are daily coach tours to enable them to visit the surrounding areas . |
| 18 | In these examples the therapists endeavoured to help the patients come to terms with the loss and at the same time tried to assist them to tackle the other problems they were facing . |
| 19 | Friedan psychopathologizes women 's frustration with domesticity , and proposes the male-identified tactics of better education and paid work outside the home as ways for them to reach the male-associated goals of high self-esteem and strong identity . |
| 20 | The brontosaurs had long necks ( lower picture ) that enabled them to reach the high-growing conifers prevalent in the Jurassic . |
| 21 | When they have finished ask them to answer the five questions . |
| 22 | Leopold 's tragedy was that of a parent whose cherished child spurns his advice in adolescent rebellion ; but , unlike , for example , Alessandro Scarlatti , another musician father with a son more brilliant than himself , Leopold could never quite bring himself to untie the emotional leashes and allow his own ‘ young eagle whose wings are grown ’ to find his own way in the world . |
| 23 | There were never enough surgeons , never enough ambulances , of course no ‘ wonder drugs ’ , and often no chloroform with which to perform the endless amputations of smashed limbs . |
| 24 | In overall terms , between 1900 and the present day , the state apparatus for collecting and sorting criminal information has changed so dramatically that we must question whether it can supply us with a valid measuring-stick with which to compare the two periods . |
| 25 | The Classes 155 ( Leyland , Workington ) and 156 ( Metro-Cammell ) employ longer , 23m bodies with end doors so that the central passenger saloon in each vehicle has the maximum possible space in which to arrange the medium-density seats . |
| 26 | ALBA Yacht Services , based at Oban on the west coast of Scotland , offer a wide range of boats from Moody 31s to a Westerly Sealord with which to cruise the Western Isles . |
| 27 | There are many attractive villages to explore and high points from which to enjoy the panoramic views . |
| 28 | The idea that people needed to be shown from where to view the lakes , hills and mountains developed into the ‘ stations ’ or points from which to see the best views to the best vantage . |
| 29 | Well aware that it was a game to Richard — a pretence with which to pass the empty hours — and that it was to Anne , rather than Joan , he was in this instance referring , such comments never failed to annoy Edward — as Richard was well aware . |
| 30 | It 's best to leave the cutting of the opening to a professional builder unless you are skilled , because you will need to know the number and size of needles ( the temporary horizontal supporting timbers that past through the wall , carried on adjustable vertical props ) , and you will have to provide a firm base on which to stand the upright props , which have to be supported on the ground , and not by a wooden floor . |