Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Dr Williams 's library opened he presented himself and asked to see the manuscript of Crabb Robinson 's monumental Diary . |
| 2 | She asked to see the daughter of the house . |
| 3 | When we asked to see the tape on Thursday , the Beeb said it had mysteriously disappeared without authorisation . |
| 4 | In explicating this model , managers tend to emphasise the goodness of relationships such as one would find in a happy family . |
| 5 | And we did not want to miss the opportunity of having such a wonderful day , complete with the white wedding car . |
| 6 | I do n't want to miss the start of the big picture . ’ |
| 7 | Undoubtedly there is a need to continue to emphasise the importance of change in an area where exhaustion of general practitioners is clear . |
| 8 | The satisfaction of belonging to a worthwhile organisation and helping to promote the development of Medau work |
| 9 | It has one activity which must make Winterthur the envy of other musical centres . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | CFCs tend to inhibit the flow of infra-red radiation through the atmosphere ; and they help to catalyze the breakdown of the ozone layer . |
| 12 | Nevertheless , two factors tend to inhibit the use of private certification in many areas of health and safety . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The researchers intend to monitor the progress of cases through the various legal stages . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | ( 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 ) . |
| 17 | The standards that are developed to support the authenticity of a piece of information as an ‘ official record ’ require organizational commitment and formal recognition . |
| 18 | The Department was intended to promote the study of industrial design for textiles , pottery , etc. , and Cole campaigned against over-elaborate and inappropriate representational decoration on such things . |
| 19 | They are intended to promote the primacy of schools at the expense of teacher education institutions . |
| 20 | We do not want to carry the image of middle age in other people 's eyes , nor do we wish to think of ourselves as getting old . |
| 21 | As all three painters also taught , the project developed to include the idea of classes and workshops which would be ‘ intensive ’ and ‘ serious ’ . |
| 22 | It is convenient to continue using the shorthand of Continental and Maritime schools of thought , although the issues are more complex than they were in Queen Anne 's day . |
| 23 | It is quite common in an import or export sale for the seller to agree to arrange the carriage of the goods by ship to the buyer and also to arrange for their insurance en route . |
| 24 | Still less is it intended to mirror the expectation of life of the deceased or his dependants . |
| 25 | It is not clear to what degree the kinship defenders would want to preserve the link with biological parents who are in no way the psychological parents as well — that is , how much they value the blood tie as such . |
| 26 | Following the publication in 1971 , of the Bolton Report , many schemes have been developed to promote the growth of small firms . |
| 27 | Berri and Jumblatt agreed to attend the meeting after talking with visiting Syrian Vice-President Abdel Halim Khaddam in early January . |
| 28 | If the clause provides for the substitution of figures , it is important to ensure that all necessary mathematical information is given to enable the rent to be calculated ( see Wyndham Investments v Motorway Tyres and Accessories [ 1991 ] 2 EGLR 114 for a case where this was not done , and the index linked rent failed completely ) . |
| 29 | What interests her , apparently , is not the remark itself , but ‘ the degree to which the piece of recall ’ — her piece of recall , presumably — ‘ failed to affect the novel in any way ’ . |
| 30 | Application of human recombinant bFGF ( 1–100 µg/kg/hour subcutaneously ) failed to affect the formation of acute gastric lesions induced by 100% ethanol and acidified aspirin but reduced the stress induced by gastric lesions . |