Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another result is that firms make ‘ supernormal ’ profits ( profits in excess of those necessary to induce them to remain in the industry ) at consumers ' expense . |
| 2 | This encourages them to listen to the responses and to each other . |
| 3 | In addition , work which has been prepared on a word-processor and presented to teachers or assessors encourages them to concentrate on the content without being prejudiced by the presentation . |
| 4 | Even at its simplest your intervention — supports the children in their role-play introduces the idea that you , the teacher , can play a role yourself creates the possibility of formalising their language creates the possibility of introducing some simple work in other curriculum areas ( e.g. counting ) encourages them to think beyond the immediate , maybe introducing simple notions of cause and effect narrative gives you the opportunity to introduce simple signals indicating when you are in and out of role , thereby accustoming them to this strategy for when you use it later in a whole group drama . |
| 5 | So do you want me to call at the 's now ? |
| 6 | He ca n't help it : Do you want me to go into the other room ? |
| 7 | Or do you want me to go through the Valve at Firstlight speed ? ’ |
| 8 | Well do you want me to go in the cellar see what we 've got ? |
| 9 | Now , do you want me to turn on the fire for you ? |
| 10 | if there 's nothing you want recording what do you want me to do with the dinner ? |
| 11 | So he does n't want me to talk about the Hound . |
| 12 | ‘ You sure you do n't want me to check with the restaurant again before I go , señora ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Do you want me to walk round the farm ? ’ she asked , alarmed . |
| 14 | Do you want me to come on the nineteenth as well ? |
| 15 | ‘ Bob , ’ said Tessa , when he had put the phone down again , ‘ do you want me to come to the funeral or not ? ’ |
| 16 | The prevention of purprestures was his responsibility : he threw down houses , sheepfolds and other buildings and enclosures erected without licence in his bailiwick , and attached those who made them to appear at the next Forest Eyre . |
| 17 | East Germany had agreed to give them papers allowing them to go to the country of their choice , and they were expected to leave Poland ‘ in the very near future ’ . |
| 18 | Highways are being split down the middle , with special ‘ car pool lanes ’ for vehicles carrying more than two passengers , allowing them to cruise past the traffic jams . |
| 19 | Christian Democrats voted by 66 to 28 to accept the Tories as ‘ allied members ’ , allowing them to sit in the same group as the Christian Democrats in the Strasbourg Euro-parliament from May 1 . |
| 20 | Many of them are made by floating the freshly gathered blossoms on pure water and then allowing them to sit in the sunshine for a few hours . |
| 21 | Is not the most practical step that he could take to help renewables to allow those people working on tide , wind , coppicing and other renewables in the Atomic Energy Authority a separate organisation free from the foolish need to produce short-term profits , allowing them to invest in the advantages of renewables , which are essentially long-term ? |
| 22 | It is providing an early dealing service to society members , allowing them to deal on the first day the shares are traded . |
| 23 | It is providing an early dealing service to society members , allowing them to deal on the first day the shares are traded on the stock market . |
| 24 | More important , trade would tie their economies into the global market , allowing them to specialise in the things they do best , and helping governments to consolidate their economic reforms . |
| 25 | Giving the ladies three courtesy shots and allowing them to play off the front tees . |
| 26 | Increased identification and understanding between an organisation , its workers , neighbours and the public or allowing them to benefit from the activity , increases the understanding and acceptance of risk . |
| 27 | For government to pursue a regional policy either by offering incentives to industries to move into depressed areas or by not allowing them to expand in the affluent parts of the country is tantamount to impeding economic growth and wasting resources . |
| 28 | They all have structural similarities to the nucleotide building blocks of DNA ( or RNA ) , allowing them to interfere with the replication of viral genetic material . |
| 29 | ‘ The college has been great offering to find a school for the children , and after school I will be encouraging them to join in the dance and fitness classes for children at the college . ’ |
| 30 | It takes the form partly of encouraging them to relate to the personal and subjective while boys begin to grapple with the impersonal and objective . |