Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [vb infin] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he could not sit patiently and wait for the next train , in an hour 's time . |
| 2 | I had the support of Anne Winterton , so we could at least talk together and walk through the lobbies together to give each other support . |
| 3 | The films were real ‘ bad ’ — plenty action and thing — and with Alfred there , our thoughts would gather together and sweep across the screen creating Trinidad out of China . |
| 4 | If … one prescient soul at your level , say , early in 1982 , … really had thought ministers should be forced to meet on this issue and they kept postponing discussions on the Falklands , could you as Permanent Secretary of Defence have ensured that relevant Cabinet ministers did get together and look at the problem rationally and seriously , in so far as it 's possible , in time ? |
| 5 | What we want local communities to do is to get together and look at the situation on the ground , that is to say the council , the police , the magistrates , the brewers , people who run fast food shops , the planners . |
| 6 | Now those same partners gave their blessing to the idea of the two solicitors moving out of their own offices , and setting up a temporary Law Centre where everyone involved could get together and fight for the return of the children ; they would fight for justice , and ultimately a judicial inquiry . |
| 7 | Clothing designers from the ‘ cutting edge ’ of their profession believe that slavery to fashion will all but disappear in the Nineties . |
| 8 | Nature rarely operates in straight lines , and these should be confined to the boundaries of the garden — bamboo screens , pantiled walls — rather than intrude into the garden itself . |
| 9 | At all times one is aware that the artist is also a composer — the conviction with which she untangles some of the more complicated , almost obscure pieces , has an unquestionable authority ( the enormous B flat minor Fugue from Book Two instantly comes to mind in this connection ) , whilst the famous pieces are often presented in a totally different manner — the A minor Prelude and Fugue ( Book One ) will surprise many as the Prelude is fearful and serious ( rather than light with the usual staccato touches ) , whilst the Fugue has clipped articulation at the end of each subject entry . |
| 10 | If in doubt , it is always better to go out slightly under powered and be able to get back , rather than struggle from the outset . |
| 11 | The hon. Gentleman should perhaps concentrate on feeding his sheep rather than intervene in the debate at this stage . |
| 12 | When painting during redecorating , I 've sometimes had to remove a telephone cable and staples from the skirting , to make a neat job of it , rather than paint over the cable . |
| 13 | Another American firm , McDonnell Douglas , has a smaller product range , and by the mid-1980s was wondering whether to get out of the industry entirely rather than compete in the next generation of civil airliners . |
| 14 | The Maccabees fought rather than acquiesce in the placing of a statue of Zeus in the Temple . |
| 15 | Caught between the preaching of the Roman catholic clergy and appeals from protestants and liberal Roman catholics — including Dr FitzGerald — not to constitutionalize the issue , it would appear that many voters simply stayed away rather than vote against the proposal . |
| 16 | Any chance of a Government defeat when the white paper is debated in the Commons on Monday has now been averted with even the majority of hardcore rebels threatening to abstain rather than vote against the Government . |
| 17 | Indeed one of them would insist on crossing the road rather than walk past the animal . |
| 18 | The library was large and , rather than hunt through the endless rows of volumes dating as far back as 1530 , she had sought the help of the librarian . |
| 19 | This disingenuous acceptance of the status quo , pregnant with career opportunities , is basic to those who feed on the effects of social problems rather than engage in the struggle to deal with causes . |
| 20 | Nor was there a satisfactory body of analysis on matters of this kind : too many of the scholars concerned had preferred to write works that were ‘ reminiscent at times of complimentary toasts ’ rather than engage in the difficult task of examining the complex nature of nationality relations in real life . |
| 21 | But constraints usually involve power over only one or a narrow range of corporate activities , so that they amount to partial control rather than control over the entire spectrum of major decisions ’ . |
| 22 | Lady followed her example rather than suffer at the hands of her infuriated master . |
| 23 | Even as a child growing up in the Fifties , she and her sister , Marlene , preferred to spend their sixpence pocket money on animal welfare classes run by a local RSPCA inspector rather than go to the cinema . |
| 24 | Was it the sort of chemist that erm was it the sort of chemist that you 'd go in if you 'd got something the matter with you and rather than go to the doctor , they would sort of dole out something for you ? |
| 25 | Rather than go to the school ? |
| 26 | Rather than go onto the Cairngorm plateau itself , this walk passes through The Queens Forest and to the summit of Meall a' Bhuachaille . |
| 27 | In 1940 he had been quite prepared , if need be , to serve in a dangerous capacity in the ranks because he felt he could be more useful in such a rôle at that critical moment in the country 's affairs , rather than go through the extra time and training there and then for a commission . |
| 28 | And fourth , having been caught out it would have been wiser to brazen it out immediately , as do the Israelis , rather than go through the tedium of Tricot 's inquiry . |
| 29 | Rather than go through the entire process again in a later session , it would make more sense to take it up at the point where it was left off in the previous session , if desired . |
| 30 | Chairman , if I could just er , erm , some words that are n't included in this pa paper , I understand that the Deregulation Bill is published on the eighteenth erm , and presented to Parliament for the first reading , erm , it 's still far from clear what 's going to be said in it , but erm , it 's still widely expected that in fact , on major contentious issues will in fact be the suggestion that sections of Acts of Parliament will , could be revealed by ministerial order rather than go through the parliamentary process again . |