Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] the [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Children or young people were responsible for instigating the complaint and consequently social workers and police officers were highly dependent on children 's testimonies . |
| 2 | The Judge held that George was responsible for instigating the crime and jailed him for four and a half years . |
| 3 | In one extraordinary case in July 1988 , the reason the officer gave for doubting the name and address of the person arrested was that ‘ suspects usually gave false names and addresses ’ . |
| 4 | The following are the main reasons for including the debtors and creditors in the asset sale : It is probable that the purchaser will have taken over all the books and records of the vendor relating to the business and the purchaser may have also taken over all of the vendor 's accounting staff . |
| 5 | The report also contains major proposals for using the river and canal system to transfer supplies from water-rich areas in the west and north to the increasingly dry south and east . |
| 6 | Mr Quelch was ordered to pay £150 costs on top of £400 for using the device and £100 for removing fish . |
| 7 | This August Committee Meeting accepted the lowest estimates for building the clubhouse and the workshop . |
| 8 | In on the fourteenth of July of nineteen ninety three the defendant took out a summons with a view to having all the outstanding matters resolved and er this summons came before erm deputy master on the twelfth of August nineteen ninety three and he gave various directions including an enquiry in relation to how the surgery premises er ought to be dealt with as in court in the winding up of the partnership and that matter went before Mr Justice long in December and he decided those issues and gave directions in relation to and how the premises are to be sold , the effect of the directions very vaguely , is that the premises have to be offered to the partners , if only one of the partners shows any interest then there is provision in the relevant deed for ascertaining the price and this is put to that partner at that price , if more than one partner wishes to buy the premises then there is provision for a fixing of a minimum figure and then each of the partners has to put in sealed offers er and the premises will be sold to the partner , the former partner who put in the last offer , that broadly speaking I think is the substance of Mr Justice order . |
| 9 | She is responsible for helping the patient and carers in daily tasks such as washing , bathing and going to the toilet . |
| 10 | As I said , I was almost half way up the front before I realised that between knitting the back and starting the front I 'd had a teaching session . |
| 11 | For the past two years , although he lacked the metropolitan powers of an archbishop , he had been fully responsible for maintaining the possessions and privileges of Christ Church , Canterbury . |
| 12 | The exercise of these freedoms , since it carries with it duties and responsibilities , may be subject to such formalities , conditions , restrictions or penalties as are prescribed by law and are necessary in a democratic society , in the interests of national security , territorial integrity or public safety , for the prevention of disorder or crime , for the protection of health or morals , for the protection of the reputation or rights of others , for preventing the disclosure of information received in confidence , or for maintaining the authority and impartiality of the judiciary . |
| 13 | The exercise of these freedoms , since it carries with it duties and responsibilities , may be subject to such formalities , conditions , restrictions or penalties as are prescribed by law and are necessary in a democratic society , in the interests of national security , territorial integrity or public safety , for the prevention of disorder or crime , for the protection of health or morals , for the protection of the reputation or rights of others , for preventing the disclosure of information received in confidence , or for maintaining the authority and impartiality of the judiciary . |
| 14 | Article 10(2) sets out the qualifications in detail : " The exercise of these freedoms , since it carries with it duties and responsibilities , may be subject to such formalities , conditions , restrictions or penalities as are prescribed by law and are necessary in a democratic society , in the interests of national security , territorial integrity or public safety , for the prevention of disorder or crime , for the protection of health or morals , for the protection of the reputation or rights of others , for preventing the disclosure of information received in confidence or for maintaining the authority and impartiality of the judiciary . " |
| 15 | But as her husband 's health declined she took on responsibility for maintaining the farm and orchard which was the family 's main source of income . |
| 16 | Under the supervision of the head housekeeper , this department is responsible for maintaining the bedrooms and public rooms in a clean and sanitary condition . |
| 17 | Grade had overstretched himself and lost money heavily on box office flops such as Raise the Titanic and biblical epics . |
| 18 | Underneath are the primary feathers which are harsher and used for steering ; the secondary feathers are on the top and used for catching the wind and for balance . |
| 19 | To know this is useful , but to identify those media is to identify the means for transmitting the values and beliefs that coalesce to form the political culture , and not to identify the political culture itself . |
| 20 | Similarly , C. S. Lewis 's The Allegory of Love is praised by Kathleen Tillotson for charting the nature and evolution of two " principles " , or fundamental movements of the human mind — romantic love and allegory : " It is rarely that we meet with a work of literary criticism of such manifest and general importance as this . " |
| 21 | Management writers who emphasise the cultural properties of organisations argue that the main task of management is to integrate these subcultures into a reasonably coherent and cohesive whole , to build a corporate identity and commitment through shaping the beliefs and values which guide action . |
| 22 | He could link both with a talent for seeing the future and the past from a sideways , yet very humanly understandable , perspective in short , bringing out the magic of travelling in the fourth dimension to the audience sitting at home . |
| 23 | And at £9 million annually , the Department of Trade and Industry 's budget for encouraging the development and uptake of environmental technology by industry — to reduce water pollution — was too low . |
| 24 | It also includes the skills of using books , such as using the contents and the index to track down the topics required . |
| 25 | It was now dusk but the old librarian had the sconce torches lit and gave Corbett what he had requested , a candle and a battered copy of the ‘ Sic et Non ’ , the brilliant satire on scholastic theology by the Parisian scholar , Abelard , who had lost his family as well as his testicles for ridiculing the theologians and then compounding his sin by falling in love with a woman . |
| 26 | Jobs may thus , in many instances , have been de-skilled to the extent that management has tighter control through fragmenting the tasks and more tightly specifying what should be done , though not to the extent of eliminating craft workers from the job . |
| 27 | As in Out and Such , free direct speech interspersed with actual and remembered dialogue is the primary mode of the novel , but unlike the two previous works , Between renders the observations and fantasies of a sane mind in a familiar world . |
| 28 | In the cathedral he was responsible for completing the crossing and building the nave , for the reredos and sedilia of 1316–26 and the pulpitum of 1317–25 , all in the same advanced style as the wooden throne . |
| 29 | Embalmers are advised of the protective clothing required both for handling the chemicals and the deceased persons themselves . |
| 30 | Either way , full marks to Kodak and Nikon for producing the goods and Ian Billinghurst for taking the excellent shots . . . . |