Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The threshold time is therefore automatically raised or lowered to compensate for the reader being swept too slowly or too quickly . |
| 2 | Television is a very evangelical medium and I do not think the Church of England can afford to or wants to compete with the evangelical churches . |
| 3 | Unfortunately , few of them are interested or want to stick to the dietary disciplines for long . |
| 4 | More than half of the children were ignored whatever they did — whether they cried , played or tried to talk to the adult . |
| 5 | Marshal Piłsudski ordered the Polish destroyer Wicher to greet , salute and escort the British as if the Accord were still in effect , and Tadeusz Morgenstern , the commander of the destroyer , was instructed that if the Danzig authorities insulted the Polish flag or tried to interfere with the visit in any way , he was to bombard designated targets in the city centre . |
| 6 | However , Brahim Ghali , a member of the Polisario Executive Committee , had stated in an interview given to the Madrid newspaper El País of Oct. 22 , 1990 , that if the Moroccan government decided not to agree to the holding of the referendum , or tried to interfere in the running of it , then the armed struggle would be renewed on all fronts . |
| 7 | For example , the recent articles on minor surgery in general practice could be circulated to those on or applying to go on the minor surgery list . |
| 8 | a standard Anglepoise lamp er which it 's been going for a number of years , you can get it in about six different colours to match different designs of , er put colour into your room , now if somebody was spending a lot of time sitting knitting and has to look at the knitting or has to look at the pattern then er a good strong light which wo n't get in their eyes but goes straight on to what , whatever they 're doing , is by far the best thing for them , er but they say oh I do n't like it , it 's a bit angular is n't it , erm , modern sort of thing , er but because it 's angular it does n't mean to say it 's not gon na fit into the room it 's the right thing for it , er for the person doing that work . |
| 9 | Our eyes seek out the inhabitants fleeing distracted , or returning to look for the dead . |
| 10 | A logical consequence occurs when the parent intervenes and ( in the example above ) removes the toy while indicating that the child has ‘ chosen ’ or decided to play without the toy for a specified period of time because of his or her actions ( it is a form of response-cost ) . |
| 11 | Other areas of concern for women working or wanting to work outside the home were identified . |
| 12 | To ask the Minister for the Arts what support he gives or plans to give to the design museum . |
| 13 | He often stopped reading or writing to stare into the distance , dreaming perhaps of some ambitious plan . |
| 14 | All information held by or reasonably available to you regarding any potential hazards known or believed to exist in the transport handling or use of the goods supplied shall be promptly communicated to us prior to delivery . |
| 15 | Despite the school 's stated intention to involve parents as far as possible , I seriously doubted whether Mr or Mrs Singh would be capable or prepared to enter into the kind of partnership the school envisaged . |
| 16 | Both parties need the right to end the agreement if the other goes bankrupt or is forced into liquidation , or ceases to operate in the music business . |
| 17 | Some would say her hair is her finest feature , though Robyn herself secretly hankers after something more muted and malleable , hair that could be groomed and styled according to mood — drawn back in a severe bun like Simone de Beauvoir 's , or allowed to fall to the shoulders in a Pre-Raphaelite cloud . |
| 18 | On market-days and fair-days the cattle were driven along the streets or allowed to rest on the roadway . |
| 19 | Ms Brown recognises the potential dilemma which the shift to community services would create for nurses already working in or waiting to go into the acute sector . |
| 20 | The liberal ideas of this group , and the fact that several of its members were known or alleged to belong to the secretive Catholic brotherhood , Opus Dei , made them anathema to the " old shirt " Falangists and the Catholic integrists . |
| 21 | If the candidate seems settled in for the day stand up and help him/her with their coat , or begin to walk towards the door . |
| 22 | The shadow budget 's tax bands gave Labour the look of punitive vindictiveness : it drew the line where , realistically , it reckoned people could afford it , forgetting that in post-Thatcher Britain , people calculate their tax liabilities not on what they actually earn , but how much they hope , desire or aspire to earn in the very near future . |
| 23 | Similarly , some feminists spell women as wimmin or womyn to avoid including the element men — even though that is not the true etymology and indeed , the element is not even pronounced . |
| 24 | Furthermore , all the professionals at Ashdown are able-bodied ( including the researchers ) and no representative from a local group of disabled people has been consulted or invited to contribute to the school development programme in any capacity . |
| 25 | Whether or not those controlling the company consented or purported to consent to the abstraction of the company 's property by the accused , he will have appropriated the property of the company . |
| 26 | Most computer operators do not know or wish to know about the mechanisms , and in any case these are not accessible to vision and manipulation . |
| 27 | It means helping counsellees to make connections between what has occurred in the past , and how this affects what they are achieving or failing to achieve in the present . |
| 28 | Even so , one of Britain 's foremost authorities on trees , Dr Oliver Rackham , warned in the Guardian in February 1990 : ‘ This time there will be no excuse or failing to learn from the former storm . |
| 29 | By the Law of Property Act 1925 , s62 , a lease of land with buildings thereon will include all outhouses , cellars , areas , courtyards , sewers , drains , ways , passages and other rights appertaining or reputed to appertain to the property or at the time of the conveyance occupied or enjoyed therewith . |
| 30 | ( c ) Law of Property Act 1925 , s62 By the Law of Property Act 1925 , s62 a lease of land will include all liberties , privileges , easements , rights , and advantages whatsoever appertaining or reputed to appertain to the land or any part thereof at the date of the lease , demised , occupied , or enjoyed with or reputed or known as part or parcel of or appertenant to the land or any part thereof . |