Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many members will be aware that the professional advice on which N C V O depends is also available to them , and other organisations , particularly in the areas of legal work , personnel , finance and office technology , we find there is a high demand for advice which we intend to continue to satisfy in the years ahead . |
| 2 | In the partnership agreement itself it should perhaps not be made too easy for partners to leave , though in practice , of course , an unhappy or unsatisfied partner is a liability whom the firm will usually want to see depart at the earliest convenient time . |
| 3 | He did n't want to sit gossiping in the kitchen with that old slob of a cousin . |
| 4 | In a radio address on 24 May , for example , he announced three major categories of reform , which he expected to see accomplished before the end of the year : reform of the civil service ; nationalization of the coal , electricity , and banking industries ; and a plan to boost France 's birthrate . |
| 5 | Chevron 's swift counter-attack came a day after Pennzoil announced it had spent $2.1 billion to build up a nine per cent share stake in Chevron and said it planned to continue investing in the oil giant as a passive shareholder . |
| 6 | We 've just had a golf course defined as a strategic issue and I think that in a way goes goes goes to the heart of what this is what this is all about . |
| 7 | Who do you think has to deal with the tradesmen and tell them there will be no money to pay their accounts this month — even though there was none last month , and it is highly likely there will be none next month either ? |
| 8 | Arrest warrants were issued for two former Central Bank officials implicated in the scandal after they failed to appear to testify before the Senate . |
| 9 | I might 've considered coming into the business if dear Daddy had n't already got Big Brother as a co-director , ready to take over from him , and if he did n't make it so plain that he only tolerates me because I 'm your husband . |
| 10 | Therefore , should we not use our strength and influence to try to organise throughout the west a Marshall plan , similar to the one after the second world war , to strengthen the hands of those who are doing their utmost to stave off anything approximating to anarchy ? |
| 11 | Studies undertaken to observe browsing in the shelf consultation show that the user handles a limited number of items in the process and ultimately selects but a few . |
| 12 | something that it , either it is successful in itself and it no , no longer needs to be subsidized or something that they want to see go to the wall , if they want to see something going to the wall , it |
| 13 | Only band I want to see playing in the world . |
| 14 | If the heads are restricted to general terms they are a useful means of outlining the transaction and identifying the main areas the parties want to see included in the sale agreement . |
| 15 | It is not a label which I want to see attached to the British economy . |
| 16 | It is no good choosing , say , a Cherokee 140 if you want to get into solo aerobatics , or a Pitts if you want to go touring with the wife and family . |
| 17 | I now want to go to back to the beginning of the statement . |
| 18 | Ebenezer , who spent 25 years in the navy , said : ‘ We 're not the kind of people who want to go racing round the world . |
| 19 | You want a Sierra estate mate if you want to go knocking about the Lake District with the dogs . |
| 20 | Do n't just 'phone him and say : ‘ Er … we want to go detecting in the park . ’ |
| 21 | Comparative sociology is supposed to be the attempt to generate universal propositions on the basis of systematic comparisons of a variety of different societies , and so it might have been expected to stimulate thinking about the global system . |
| 22 | The Government has delayed responding to the need to equalise pension rights because it means equalising State retirement ages . |
| 23 | To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what representations he has received calling for the introduction of internment without trial ; and if he will make a statement . |
| 24 | Glen , 17 , has received backing from the members and officials of Sacriston Workmens Club to assist in paying for costly travel expense . |
| 25 | Mr and Mrs Bloggs are expected to sit thumbing through the books whilst the teacher , seated at the front of the classroom , rapidly lectures another anxious parent . |
| 26 | One slightly frustrating aspect of this book is the lack of a bibliography , meaning that one has to go hunting in the footnotes for first references . |
| 27 | My hon. Friend has made it clear that no willing volunteer will be turned away and that anybody who wants to continue to serve with the TA will be able to do so , maybe not with the unit in which he is now serving , but with another unit . |
| 28 | He admits that he wants to continue fighting for the respect , and honour it endows his name . |
| 29 | To do this , the researcher has to remain detached from the group at the same time as becoming a member of it . |
| 30 | He added that as much as a third of BP 's oil production was expected to continue to come from the North Sea until the turn of the century . |