Example sentences of "[noun] to [noun sg] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was expected that case law would give rise to sufficient precedents to flesh out the relatively few guidelines available under UCTA , but in fact cases have been few and not very helpful . |
| 2 | Chamfer the cut edges of pipe to allow easy fitting of the coupling — a few gentle taps with a hammer to chip away the edge is enough . |
| 3 | Remember I 'm no trollop to while away the hours for you . ’ |
| 4 | If there is any predisposition to psychosis then the changes induced can be permanent . |
| 5 | He had sentenced the owner of a garden centre in Morden to death when the man refused to take his Access card . |
| 6 | Why , when the opposition goalie was taking a goal-kick , did he crouch forward and remain motionless like Johnny Fartpants ? was this some attempt to psyche out the opposition ? |
| 7 | With so much happening , and no central authority , Lorne and I were constantly harried by the attempt to film only the crucial events , which appeared to erupt spontaneously at any time of the day or night , while conserving the precious little film stock we had put aside for the intended Bugis film . |
| 8 | A campaign to prevent the closure of Edinburgh 's dental school ended in failure when the Universities Funding Council announced its intention to phase out the school 's grant from next autumn . |
| 9 | One more summer term to winter still the house had not looked upon anyone she saw as suitable enough to take on a satisfactory residence within her proud walls , if only she was . |
| 10 | The capacity to recircuit neurophysiologically the ongoing experiencing of the senses in such a way that the subject becomes ‘ aware ’ of its situation through introspection of this analogue . |
| 11 | Quoting reseller sources briefed by the company , Computer Reseller News is looking for Sun to phase out the ELC and Sparcstation 2 to make room for new Tsunami-run IPCs and IPXs . |
| 12 | Anecdotes like this help to flesh out the inanimate objects we sell . |
| 13 | She had helped enthusiastically with the costumes , making for Mary a trailing blue robe of cornflower taffeta , her own Cambridge May Ball dress sheared apart at the seams , lending or donating bright belts and beads to deck out the three kings , one of whom wore a peacock-feathered turban made of the shot-silk stole she had worn with that dance dress . |
| 14 | Their names will be in Japanese history books if they can persuade the Soviet leader to hand back the islands . |
| 15 | On these traffic lights been down to that football match actually cos it 's absolutely nose to tail right the way there right the way down here |
| 16 | Because of the drive swapping the CONFIG.SYS file is stored in the uncompressed drive D. If you edit this file to REM out the DEVSWAP command you might be lucky enough to recover the ROM drive but I can not guarantee it . |
| 17 | So a list of questions to winkle out the facts not covered by the application form or c.v . |
| 18 | This month we turn to Yeovil in Somerset to hand out the bouquets , or rather our Gold St*r award . |
| 19 | The old Apache Group , now restyled the Mips ABI Group , has added a few members ( current count is 16 ) and is going to stage a rally later this month to wheel out the promised ABI . |
| 20 | Pretty comfortable ways to while away the summer |
| 21 | That had all been an act , partly to lull the Men into trusting him but also , Creggan now realized , to hide the same feelings as they all had in captivity : a game to while away the endless waiting . |
| 22 | Drawing from his experience of Japan , Johnson ( 1984 : p. 8 ) considered that this ‘ means the initiation and co-ordination of governmental activities to leverage upward the productivity and competitiveness of the whole economy and of particular industries in it … |
| 23 | TOP rugby coach Mostyn Richards has made a plea for all clubs to back fully the Mid-Wales District representative team . |
| 24 | During its final meetings in 1978 , the Further Education Sub-Committee of ACSTT considered the implications for the major centres of further education teacher training of the DES decision to phase out the Certificate of Education as a qualification for teaching in schools . |
| 25 | The least they should be required to do , without further reluctance , is to announce a firm decision to phase out the drift-netting within five years . |
| 26 | He took five minutes to type out the piece and comment on it . |
| 27 | Tolstoy has assumed , in The Minister and the Massacres and elsewhere , that the BGS who originate the signal was Brig Low ( now Lord Aldington ) , and ha used the phrase " verbal directive from Macmillan to Corps Command as important evidence to support his theory that at the 13 May meeting Macmillan had " initiated " moves to hand back the Cossacks , and had in effect used his political authority to " direct " 5 Corps to this end . |
| 28 | Among the restaurants is the Savini , Milan 's most prestigious , where opera-goers congregate after a performance to while away the rest of the evening in expensive surroundings . |
| 29 | The Mercantile 's switch to Klea 134a is another step in a growing trend to phase out the use of CFCs which is required by 1995 under a world environmental agreement . |
| 30 | If he plays games to while away the tedious time , thought Cadfael , he plays them by noble rules , even those he makes up as he goes . |