Example sentences of "[verb] the [noun] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our aim was to determine whether our authors met the criteria for any of these forms of psychosis and , if so , to ascertain in each case which ‘ diagnosis ’ provided the best description . |
| 2 | Though she had foreseen the need for such a private moment Louisa would certainly not have chosen it to occur so quickly . |
| 3 | The Prime Minister , Aníbal Cavaço Silva , had been under pressure to reorganize the government for some time , and the Cabinet sworn in on Jan. 5 contained five new ministers . |
| 4 | Obviously situations like the airport arrival can be worked out ahead of time and you can plan how best to accommodate the media for such moments , but it 's equally important to spot new potential and make the most of it . |
| 5 | The 1985 Report on Social Attitudes found that the most highly valued method of taking personal action against an unjust law being considered was to write to the local MP and , although the importance of contacting the media for this purpose has increased , the 1986 report found ‘ a widespread and growing self confidence on the part of the electorate to try to bring influence to bear on Parliament ’ . |
| 6 | By the time you 've seen your third rapist walk free because you 've been cleverer than the prosecuting counsel , you lose the taste for that particular victory . |
| 7 | The option of maintaining the hospitals for any significant strategic period was simply untenable . |
| 8 | Gestures must convey the message for those friends who can not appreciate words . |
| 9 | Now the formula one grand prix circus is getting ready to hit the road for another season … first race is in South Africa in five weeks time … what 's new … is it going to be a head to head between Mansell and Senna … |
| 10 | Dr Benjamin Spock points out , however , that if an angry mother refrains from spanking she may show her irritation in other ways , for instance , by nagging the child for half the day or trying to make him feel deeply guilty . |
| 11 | With respect to the embalming [ of ] Bodies , the methods that were commonly practised could , I know , have no effect ; at that time I read a good many Books upon ‘ Balsamation ’ but got very little instruction from reading these : according to my own Idea the best way would be to preserve the Body for some time that putrefaction should hardly be able to take place , & that it should gradually get rid of its moisture , & that , when it dried , it should have such imbalming juices in it , that it should resist putrefaction , & the insects at the same time be either kept off or destroyed : I set out with this Opinion & thought that something must be thrown thro' the whole Body : the when the Body was preserved , my Idea of getting rid of moisture was , to place the Body in some strong absorbent substance , & that substance which proved best I thought was Paris Plaister & I thought I could lay in a common Coffin such a quantity of Paris Plaister as would take out all the moisture & then I thought the Body should be rather in a wooden case than a leaden one because the Wood would assist the Absorption . |
| 12 | Therefore , to whom belongs the credit for this near miraculous escape from falling victim yet again to socialist ideology and dogma , which is in decline and disrepute everywhere , except for a few Third World countries ? |
| 13 | Stage 1 A Define the problem B Simplify definition of the problem C State criteria of success D Put criteria into hierarchy E Define critical criterion of success Stage 2 F Redefine the problem , from Stage 1 findings G Define the parameters H Reconsider the criteria of success and their hierarchy Stage 3 J Subject findings to critical examination K Repeat the procedure for each emergent detail , as for the whole |
| 14 | I designed and made the drawings for some jigs and we made them I 'd two or three men with me and they made these jigs and them underneath the sets . |
| 15 | More precisely , their nominal faith in God was supported and accredited by a closed system of mutual human honouring which made the need for any honour from God superfluous . |
| 16 | The refugees , who had been staying in camps in Croatia , were accompanied by Jean Kahn , president of the European Jewish Congress , which made the appeal for more action from European countries and Israel to provide a refuge for Bosnians . |
| 17 | And just as soon as you feel up to it , we 'll be taking you round the garden for some good lungfuls of God 's air . ’ |
| 18 | In these six we have proof that not all inhabitants of Jamaica , Sweden and Spain lack the temperament for this country 's robust style of play . |
| 19 | The late Mrs Wallace , who purchased The Spinnery in 1958 and owned the property for many years , gave many interesting details of the old house and later wrote an article for Cumbria . |
| 20 | He owned the journal for another twenty years and it was his main periodical warhorse , supported by several others he established : Gardening ( Illustrated ) ( 1879–1919 ) , Farm and Home ( 1882–1920 ) , Cottage Gardening ( 1892–8 ) , and Flora and Sylva ( 1903–5 ) . |
| 21 | The smugglers were taking a chance in using the Dunlin for this type of passage in mid-winter as she was hardly built for open sea work although she was sound enough . |
| 22 | The librarian had to carefully plan aspects of the project , in which the students would create their own information database on local pubs and clubs using the MICROVIEWDATA software , to cover aspects such as the involvement of other staff , the amount of supervision needed by students , the appropriateness of using the software for this kind of information i.e. was the project information-led or technology-led ? |
| 23 | He enthused about the possibilities of using the technology for all sorts of other things . |
| 24 | Gail Thompson has composed and arranged the music for this blockbuster of an evening . |
| 25 | We could compare the changes for each postal rate using the columns headed ‘ price relative ’ and ‘ quantity relative ’ . |
| 26 | The second feature allows the user to search the records for any item by any of the bibliographic fields and the user can also obtain print-outs of listings of records under the various fields . |
| 27 | In the essay all you have to do is answer the question for each paragraph ! |
| 28 | Because , and you 'll be given the instructions for those in your small group sessions today . |
| 29 | When in 1795 it began holding a series of open-air demonstrations in London , surprising numbers seem to have attended — possibly more than 100,000 , given the tendency for such occasions to become " fairs " with women and children attending as well as men . |
| 30 | The 1977–81 material is thought to be essentially complete , except for the exclusion of 12% who had a previous history of malignancy or had undergone gastric surgery or who were given the drug for another diagnosis than a peptic ulcer related disease . |