Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] [prep] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it , they 're likely to need something like a further twenty thousand pounds er , if they do n't have sufficient funds to continue to at the balance of this financial year . |
| 2 | There was a small gymnasium , squash and archery for Richard to choose from at the Club , and just down the road he could go windsurfing or waterskiing , whilst I lazed with the other guests . |
| 3 | Simultaneously with clinical observations such as these , academic psychologists were also beginning to incorporate a similar idea into their models of normal cognitive functioning and most contemporary theories of human information processing contain the notion of a mechanism that screens and selects the products of consciousness ; necessarily so , since organised thought would be impossible without some device that allows the mind to choose from among the many stimuli — both internal and external — with which it is constantly bombarded . |
| 4 | They know that there will be subjects to choose between at the right moment ( or , sometimes , subjects for which their children will not be chosen ) and they associate the chances of doing well at , for instance , GCSE level in mathematics with being good at maths in the primary school . |
| 5 | Thank you very much well it 's always a pleasure to hear of about the Seamanship Foundation and I 'm sure that , as you might be saying , and er the need for the foundation 's fundraising will be rather heightened this year as a result of last year 's drop but I 'm equally sure that you will get a tremendous amount of support from the members and on that note which I think is er also is an important method of concentrating our priorities and on the basis of we 're extremely lucky to be able to pursue a really very enjoyable pastime with relatively few problems and that if we can get those opportunities to many more , who would otherwise not be able to enjoy and in fact frequently do n't get to enjoy any other pastime , we should endeavour to do so and consider ourselves lucky that we can . |
| 6 | And sometimes non-standard discount is given , a pig to deal with on the old system , but if you could add one extra input box on that screen there … |
| 7 | There is no doubt that it was exceptionally arduous this year , nut we did survive , whereas many of those we seek to help will not ; and whereas we had bread and cheese to fortify us and homes to return to at the end of those long days , there are millions with none of these things . |
| 8 | There certainly is n't any light to speak of in the windows . |
| 9 | But with shelves and shelves of titles to choose from in the shops , where do you start ? |
| 10 | Then approximately every two months we 'll send you the free QPD Review with hundreds of quality titles to choose from throughout the year . |
| 11 | • A wide range of subjects and authors , with a choice of hundreds of titles to choose from throughout the year . |
| 12 | Back at the hotel , instead of heading for the bedroom , she led him to the bar , where they took a couple of glasses of malt and fell to chatting with some locals who 'd ‘ just dropped by to have a nightcap ’ despite the fact it was gone midnight and they all had work to go to in the morning . |
| 13 | The man paid the gaveller about a shilling a day : if she had a young child to look after at the same time she would have to manage as best she could . |
| 14 | IBM watchers say the pending agreement signals an intention by IBM to offer with in the next two years an asymmetric parallel processing server designed to run mission-critical applications , including CICS programs . |
| 15 | He would prefer not to come back on to my patch , and he has his own investments to look after in the City . |
| 16 | Well he had a job to go to in the council too really . |
| 17 | There are 11 varieties to choose from in the County Series — ideal for posts or mixed borders . |
| 18 | Eight colours to choose from in the ladies ' classic crew-neck t-shirt . |
| 19 | The combination of these two aims could be managed , he felt , by giving every member of staff , including himself , a tutorial group to look after during the whole length of a pupil 's high school life . |
| 20 | This equable climate has long appealed to people from northern Europe ( especially the United Kingdom ) as a place to escape to from the rigours of a cold winter . |
| 21 | The atmosphere remains that of a small-town challenger event , relaxed , friendly and informal , the perfect place to escape to after the tension and crowds of the French Open . |
| 22 | And he 'd got lots of famous mates that want to play on his records , and he picks up a Grammy and releases records on scrupulous labels , instead of the 30 or more indie horsefixers he 's had the misfortune to deal with over the years . |
| 23 | Unless you want to snap up your special favourites for sowing in spring before they 're sold out , sweet peas are the only seeds to think about in the autumn . |
| 24 | Nigel did n't get any attention to speak of for the rest of that day . |
| 25 | What I do n't do is pretend to be a socialist , organise five hundred pound a head er ticket dinners as Neil Kinnock does , champagne and then have the gall next day to go to on the nineteenth of July , on the very day when saw what the Labour Group are doing to this city . |
| 26 | Unfortunately , there are many methodological problems to contend with in the analysis of such documents . |
| 27 | I have one or two things to see to before the off . ’ |
| 28 | Inside , in the warm living room , with a glass of chilled dry wine to drink and Mozart to listen to on the CD , she was far from the tiredness she had claimed earlier . |
| 29 | Reliability , simplicity , small size and light weight are the things to look for in the many models on the market today . |
| 30 | This is a steep climb , but there are several things to look at on the way — plenty of excuses to stop and catch your breath ! |