Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | There is little chance of the " professional " participator emerging with real understanding , for to find out the truth of religion it has to be wrestled with and lived , not just safely and probably patronizingly studied from a safe distance . |
| 32 | Chaabane had in June 1991 been appointed " first adviser to the President on human rights " [ see p. 38363 ] and had been responsible for explaining abroad the government 's policy towards the Islamic movement and on electoral reform . |
| 33 | Short-term money market accounts yielding high interest were abolished , to be replaced by a " Social Development Fund " where short-term money would be pooled to finance the debts of state and local government , blamed by the government as being primarily responsible for driving up the money supply . |
| 34 | As it is such an important programming tool , with such important consequences for musicians ' careers , it is worth understanding how the playlist is chosen . |
| 35 | A two-year research project has produced what is called the home bus system , a set of standards for wiring up the home with coaxial cable . |
| 36 | This is in addition to the normal purposes of cuts , such as keeping up the pace of the story , or giving emphasis to actions or reactions . |
| 37 | I think what we 've got to do , one of the things we 've got to do is is it 's alright talking about a steward as an A N other , but I think we 've got ta know where the A N other is . |
| 38 | When we stroll past the front of the van I peep up to check the reaction , and I guess that the two cops hunched inside see these two anxious faces glancing nervously , and they decide it is n't worth climbing out the van for , and I reckon that if I was them I too would lock the doors and stay inside . |
| 39 | So your rule of thumb , for starting , is that if somebody 's spending more than two or three hours a day , perhaps , on accounts or stock-taking or whatever , then it might be worth checking out the possibility of using a computer . |
| 40 | Moon Valley Software 's Icon Hear-It is a program offering lots of fun utilities for brightening up the Window Desktop . |
| 41 | Moon Valley Software 's Icon Hear-It is a program offering lots of fun utilities for brightening up the Window Desktop . |
| 42 | Hand-painted in ten different colourways to match the china , the tiles are proving popular not only for the floor and fireplace surrounds , but for brightening up the area around kitchen Agas . |
| 43 | Here 's an end to worrying about totting up the calories in food and wondering whether you are eating the right thing . |
| 44 | The second reason for spelling out the approach is to highlight the limitations in current attempts to relate computational models to the actual operations of the visual system . |
| 45 | This example is useful for understanding how the test works . |
| 46 | At 60 seconds it was too long — PTGI wanted one 30 seconds long — but after editing out the product shots and making a few other amendments it was suitable . |
| 47 | Islip was sent off after bringing down the goalkeeper Iremonger ( they were ‘ probably two of the most hot-headed players in the League , ’ said the Examiner ) , then Mint of Notts County was also sent off for attacking Smith . |
| 48 | After wiring up the Xmas tree lights and programming the computer , even managed the washing up ! |
| 49 | After mopping up the mess-tin with a large piece of French bread that had accompanied the stew , I got to my feet and looked around the barn . |
| 50 | After returning home the night before , he had lain awake for hours thinking yet again about the day five weeks before when he and Sam had found the Spanish cockboat . |
| 51 | Even after stripping out the jingoism that tends to impose itself on British attitudes towards the game , the fact remains that it was a host of late-Victorian engineers , merchants and military men who took the rudiments of football abroad with them , almost as missionaries . |
| 52 | The same place she 'd gone after driving up the Dersingham 's drive on Saturday morning ? |
| 53 | ( e ) HM Land Registry fees Where the transfer between husband and wife does not involve consideration ( eg transfer following agreement between the spouses or pursuant to a court order ) then art 2(5) of the Land Registration Fees Order 1992 will applyfees are based on the value of the land concerned after deducting therefrom the amount secured by any registered charges . |
| 54 | Bull , who has scored four goals in the last two games , did not train yesterday after picking up the injury during Saturday 's 5-0 win over Portsmouth . |
| 55 | Net profit after writing off the goodwill associated with acquisitions dropped further , by 16.9% to $15.1m . |
| 56 | His tale was based on the Camus essay , ‘ The Myth of Sisyphus ’ which demonstrates man 's ‘ dignity is his return down the mountain after pushing up the stone ’ . |
| 57 | After booting up the initiation sequence on my 700,000,000 Mb supercomputer , I fed in the works of supposedly brilliant Earth dwellers , namely Einstein , Newton and Wayne Campbell . |
| 58 | After paying off the driver Nathan steered her into a busy , softly lit restaurant , and she had to admit he had guessed correctly that a meal did indeed top her list of priorities . |
| 59 | After pulling up the curtain to the desired width , tie the cords neatly but do not cut them off . |
| 60 | And after pulling off the midfielder on the hour , Branfoot admitted : ‘ I could see Terry being sent off and I did n't want him missing matches . |