Example sentences of "[noun] the [noun] [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jim has made some enquiries through Italian legal colleagues and by all accounts the man does come from a very good family — very good indeed — so at least he has n't told her a tissue of lies about his background . ’ |
| 2 | Mr. Howell accepts that in the present case the governors did consult the local education authority on the admissions policy and that such policy was a reasonable one for a Roman Catholic school to adopt were it not for the duty to comply with parental preference imposed by section 6 of the Act of 1980 . |
| 3 | This is no doubt a matter which the magistrate should take into account when considering whether a witness 's evidence is to be rejected as worthless ; and I have no doubt that in the present case the magistrate did take it into account , together with the fact that Price had retracted his earlier evidence implicating the applicant , when deciding whether to make an order for committal . |
| 4 | In the latter case the offender does appropriate the property because , although the owner has handed over possession by consent ( which was obtained by deception ) , he has not transferred the property ( that is , the ownership ) and the offender , intending to deprive the owner permanently of his property , appropriates it , not by taking possession , but by the unilateral act , adverse to the owner , of treating as his own and taking to himself property of which he was merely given possession . |
| 5 | It 's also useful to have scaling and cropping facilities just in case the picture does need slight adjustments made to it . |
| 6 | In a number of cases the Revenue did seek to argue that the beneficial user was a taxable benefit for the purposes of Case I and Case II ( and indeed Schedule E before the specific legislation was introduced ) . |
| 7 | But is does seem clear that at various times the Levellers did allow that in practice not all men would be enfranchised by their proposals . |
| 8 | In spite of their general conservatism the bivalves did produce some short-lived , bizarre forms with no living survivors . |
| 9 | The London Medical Review wrote in 1862 that : ‘ there can be no doubt that both in the human subject and in the lower animals the female does participate fully in the sexual passion ’ , and many others were sceptical of his claims . |
| 10 | In extreme circumstances the Government does have certain direct legal powers over radio and television . |
| 11 | ( h ) On the facts of Dobson the rogue did interfere with or usurp the plaintiff 's rights . |
| 12 | In places the trees do grow more thickly and pines occur in some hilly areas . |
| 13 | ‘ The views of our community were forcibly put at this meeting and to their credit the contractors did halt the work during the community festival , ’ he said . |
| 14 | Now if you relate that to other things the government does like , for example , financing a fighter aeroplane , which costs £30 million , the sums are so small , one would hope there would be some shift in the allocation of resources towards the museums sector and the arts generally , because they are such extraordinarily important features of British life , not least in commercial terms . |
| 15 | One of the big problems the widower does have is that he does not feel so free to express his grief to others by weeping when he talks of his wife , their life together and the events that led up to her death . |
| 16 | In the event the wheels did start rolling about 4.45 pm this afternoon . |
| 17 | In fiery red the sun doth rise |
| 18 | But at least on that occasion the pollsters did manage to predict correctly which party would form the Government . |
| 19 | But on the whole the ex-slaves did acquire some land ( though not the '40 acres and a mule' of which they dreamed ) and the ex-serfs , though losing some of the land to the lords , especially in the regions of expanding commercial agriculture , remained peasants . |
| 20 | As well as being something of a sales ploy the synthesiser does provide warnings that the driver can hear and act on without having to take his or her eyes off the road . |
| 21 | In terms of these arrangements the Council does recognise all previous service with any local authority . |
| 22 | When the Civil War broke out in England in the 1640s , it could be taken calmly enough in most of the American colonies because the colonists had no particular desire for changes ; in Maryland the Protestants did want changes , and by 1655 they had taken power from the Catholic minority , though the new government was never completely in control of the situation and Catholics maintained a more satisfactory position than they could have in any other territory under English rule at the time . |
| 23 | At the upper levels the 25SE does get noisy , but so do all amps when up near their limit . |
| 24 | With the ardour of his age Dick agrees to carry a vital message across the frontier into Flavonia : delighting in unexpected action , he is afraid only of being late and failing in his mission and it is the free resourcefulness of a boy that ensures that in spite of accidents the message does get through . |
| 25 | Poor David Lawrence the ball does seem to follow him around whenever he 's bowling as well he , ease himself back to his position now two more to , he moves on to eleven . |
| 26 | True , in some instances the USA does offer better conditions than the UK , but Americans also possess a positive mental attitude towards success and achievement . |
| 27 | And it was striking that in both instances the referenda did stimulate a serious and extensive debate about the matters which were to be decided on — or at least voted on . |
| 28 | At paragraph 1497 , it is stated that in larceny the owner of the thing stolen has no intention to part with his property therein to the person taking it , although he may intend to part with the possession ; in false pretences the owner does intend to part with his property in the money or chattel , but it is obtained from him by fraud . |
| 29 | One thing the supplement does make evident is how little space is left on limestone . |
| 30 | The one thing the serfs did understand was that they were not yet free . |