Example sentences of "[verb] [noun sg] [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I will want Parliament to see the report the Government has got . |
| 2 | Its mission was to provide a detailed relief map of the surface by using radar to penetrate the atmosphere , which was 90 times thicker than the Earth 's atmosphere and had a temperature of 900 degrees Fahrenheit . |
| 3 | But I think we must be given freedom to choose the time and not commit ourselves to any timetable . |
| 4 | The Bundesbank can forgive the government for allowing recession to widen the deficit . |
| 5 | Pupils in state schools were given permission to wear the jilbab headscarves that are the badge of good Muslim women . |
| 6 | But a Birmingham SSD spokeswoman said that , far from absconding , Cattell had been given permission to leave the community home with education to visit her mother . |
| 7 | JINXED Ian Loughran was given permission to change the number of his house yesterday in the hope of changing his luck . |
| 8 | The applicant sought permission to enter the United Kingdom as a visitor for one week . |
| 9 | On the plea that she feared others might intrude , she asked permission to lock the door and promptly did so from the outside . |
| 10 | He asked permission to evacuate the whole of the Woevre Plain , now menaced by the rapid German advance on the Meuse Highlands . |
| 11 | He simply asked permission to visit the pope to consult him about his troubles . |
| 12 | He asked permission to make the tea , which he did — and brought it in to them with the air of an old family retainer . |
| 13 | Force 136 asked permission to arm the AFO . |
| 14 | In 1929 he asked permission to introduce the semi-circle at Highbury , but was refused . |
| 15 | Had we but known that money was so scarce , RW&P would willingly have sent round the collection box to gather money to compensate the RFU in return for keeping the England jersey white ( or , for that matter , the WRU for keeping the Welsh jersey red ) . |
| 16 | She does n't want Loulou to want the things he wants : for her it 's a weakness , Therese is a moralist — ’ |
| 17 | The perceived advantages and disadvantages of using assessment to control the curriculum hinge on one main and two linked subsidiary issues . |
| 18 | James II even issued a Country Jacobite declaration in April 1693 , promising to do " more for their Constitution , than the most renowned of our Ancestors " , by instituting free elections and frequent Parliaments , and by allowing Parliament to determine the limits of his dispensing power . |
| 19 | Fleischmann consulted with Pons and they agreed ; Cookson got permission to carry the story . |
| 20 | So I said well I Danny rang this morning and he got permission to put the fire on and put them , I 'm going to move them all into the front and erm to air them up . |
| 21 | Such a solution was found by the government by invoking , with the King 's agreement , a clause in the Constitution dealing with the sovereign 's " incapacity to reign " which empowered parliament to suspend the sovereign and execute his functions . |
| 22 | ‘ We are constantly in touch with the Government demanding action to kickstart the industry but have had no answer . ’ |
| 23 | Some of the thirty thousand workers employed at the Midlands plants , incensed by the idleness forced on them by the Merseysiders and alarmed at the bleak prospect ahead , stormed through the streets to Clem Bunker 's regional office demanding action to get the Merseyside plants back to work . |
| 24 | We suggest that the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Association should use its energy and funds to support research to evaluate the effectiveness of screening , including the psychosocial aspects , rather than in promoting a so far unvalidated programme . |
| 25 | Mr. Mahmoud made difficulties about this , whereupon the landlord demanded entry under the clause allowing entry to view the condition of the premises . |
| 26 | On May 14 a joint communiqué was issued outlining the guiding principles for settling the demarcation of their common border , which included not using force to resolve the issue . |
| 27 | They were engaged in a creative and demanding attempt to revise the religion of their day and transform it from within . |
| 28 | If the fault is only at joints , clean away loose material , prime , then merely use strips of flashing tape to seal the joints . |
| 29 | When this came to light we insisted for a few days that employees should seek permission to leave the company premises . |
| 30 | ‘ In the light of Madame Lavender 's statement , I will also seek permission to have the body re-examined . ’ |