Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All that is required is that sufficient of the works shall have been completed to enable the premises to be used for the purpose intended , and if the tenant has any particular concerns as to the completion of the works then it should ensure that express provision is made for those concerns in the agreement ( see clause 2.8 ) . |
| 2 | I asked to see a breakdown of the price quoted to me and found that I was being charged four times more than the normal retail price for curtain tape and hooks and was quoted for more material than I needed . |
| 3 | Well only just to really , actually all Mr Mr has er said , and just one other bit of information , the time when the Chairman of the council extended the invitation to sixth formers , looking for alternative entertainment for the sixth formers of school , after they sat through a full council , I took them over to the er archivists er department , and we saw the paper restor , sorry , should n't say paper restorer , manuscript restorer at work , and these sixth formers , already knew of the existence , one of them asked to see the records of parish , because he knew they were there , and I mean , I think this is wonderful , that the sixth formers already , er children are being taught about the ar the records , and they will want to be sure that we kept them , and I think it 's our moral duty to keep er , the records of the past for future generations . |
| 4 | When Dr Williams 's library opened he presented himself and asked to see the manuscript of Crabb Robinson 's monumental Diary . |
| 5 | She asked to see the daughter of the house . |
| 6 | He asked to see the images in the church , of which there was so much talk . |
| 7 | When we asked to see the tape on Thursday , the Beeb said it had mysteriously disappeared without authorisation . |
| 8 | Organisations tend to emphasise the benefits of policies rather than their costs , looking at the objectives to be achieved rather than the resources available . |
| 9 | In explicating this model , managers tend to emphasise the goodness of relationships such as one would find in a happy family . |
| 10 | From the waist-down I intend to wear a pair of blue jeans with the possible added attraction of whatever I manage to spill down them tonight in the pub . |
| 11 | I do n't want to miss a second of it . |
| 12 | And we did not want to miss the opportunity of having such a wonderful day , complete with the white wedding car . |
| 13 | I do n't want to miss the start of the big picture . ’ |
| 14 | Undoubtedly there is a need to continue to emphasise the importance of change in an area where exhaustion of general practitioners is clear . |
| 15 | Cooke said : ‘ You hate to lose a game like that , especially when it is so tight and when two decisions go against you in that manner . ’ |
| 16 | The Preamble and Article 1 of Regulation 2052/88 should be amended to include a reference to Article 130 R of the Treaty . |
| 17 | The conference also suggested that the standard requisitions on title be amended to include a reference to whether a seller 's solicitor was also acting for the lender in the redemption of the mortgage . |
| 18 | The satisfaction of belonging to a worthwhile organisation and helping to promote the development of Medau work |
| 19 | It has one activity which must make Winterthur the envy of other musical centres . |
| 20 | In my opinion that supports the line taken in the revised version of P P G three which I do n't think dims the enthusiasm of central government for a new settlement consideration as compared with its predecessor , P P G three . |
| 21 | CFCs tend to inhibit the flow of infra-red radiation through the atmosphere ; and they help to catalyze the breakdown of the ozone layer . |
| 22 | Nevertheless , two factors tend to inhibit the use of private certification in many areas of health and safety . |
| 23 | It is all very well for the Government to pretend to mount a campaign against drugs and drug imports , but at the same time they have allowed another Department , the Treasury — Conservative Members do not want to hear — to cut 400 customs officer jobs . |
| 24 | The contributors , Roman Catholic priests and TM teachers among them , sought to harmonise the teaching of the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi with their own views of Christianity . |
| 25 | The researchers intend to monitor the progress of cases through the various legal stages . |
| 26 | There are cases like ( 141 ) , where make evokes a form of coercion : ( 147 ) — " Big Hans made me come . |
| 27 | In I made him eat his potatoes , similarly , where the realizer of eat is " him " only , the person referred to by the direct object is represented as being involved in eating at the same time during which he is the object of the causation denoted by make : since make evokes the idea of " producing an effect " , it is impossible to conceive the making as being under way before the effect has started coming into existence . |
| 28 | ( 188 ) can be compared with ( 154 ) — ( 156 ) above : make evokes the production of an effect for which the " maker " is wholly responsible , there being no other factor but the behaviour of the agent " you " involved in bringing about this effect ( contrast ( 182 ) in this respect , where room is left for other factors to intervene ) . |
| 29 | The standards that are developed to support the authenticity of a piece of information as an ‘ official record ’ require organizational commitment and formal recognition . |
| 30 | According to Willie van Peer 's introductory statement , the book is intended to promote a reconciliation between literary and linguistic approaches to the study of literature , and , more specifically , to provide a much-needed contribution in three fundamental directions : first , the development of a theory of textuality which accounts both for the way in which all texts function in society and for the differences between literary and non-literary texts ; secondly , the construction of a model of literary communication that gives an adequate account of the complexities involved in the production and reception of literary texts ; and thirdly , the development of more explicit and comprehensive accounts of the ways in which formal and contextual factors interact in the process of deriving interpretations from texts . |