Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] [prep] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Simultaneously with clinical observations such as these , academic psychologists were also beginning to incorporate a similar idea into their models of normal cognitive functioning and most contemporary theories of human information processing contain the notion of a mechanism that screens and selects the products of consciousness ; necessarily so , since organised thought would be impossible without some device that allows the mind to choose from among the many stimuli — both internal and external — with which it is constantly bombarded . |
| 2 | Thank you very much well it 's always a pleasure to hear of about the Seamanship Foundation and I 'm sure that , as you might be saying , and er the need for the foundation 's fundraising will be rather heightened this year as a result of last year 's drop but I 'm equally sure that you will get a tremendous amount of support from the members and on that note which I think is er also is an important method of concentrating our priorities and on the basis of we 're extremely lucky to be able to pursue a really very enjoyable pastime with relatively few problems and that if we can get those opportunities to many more , who would otherwise not be able to enjoy and in fact frequently do n't get to enjoy any other pastime , we should endeavour to do so and consider ourselves lucky that we can . |
| 3 | And sometimes non-standard discount is given , a pig to deal with on the old system , but if you could add one extra input box on that screen there … |
| 4 | There certainly is n't any light to speak of in the windows . |
| 5 | Back at the hotel , instead of heading for the bedroom , she led him to the bar , where they took a couple of glasses of malt and fell to chatting with some locals who 'd ‘ just dropped by to have a nightcap ’ despite the fact it was gone midnight and they all had work to go to in the morning . |
| 6 | The man paid the gaveller about a shilling a day : if she had a young child to look after at the same time she would have to manage as best she could . |
| 7 | Well he had a job to go to in the council too really . |
| 8 | The combination of these two aims could be managed , he felt , by giving every member of staff , including himself , a tutorial group to look after during the whole length of a pupil 's high school life . |
| 9 | This equable climate has long appealed to people from northern Europe ( especially the United Kingdom ) as a place to escape to from the rigours of a cold winter . |
| 10 | The atmosphere remains that of a small-town challenger event , relaxed , friendly and informal , the perfect place to escape to after the tension and crowds of the French Open . |
| 11 | And he 'd got lots of famous mates that want to play on his records , and he picks up a Grammy and releases records on scrupulous labels , instead of the 30 or more indie horsefixers he 's had the misfortune to deal with over the years . |
| 12 | Nigel did n't get any attention to speak of for the rest of that day . |
| 13 | What I do n't do is pretend to be a socialist , organise five hundred pound a head er ticket dinners as Neil Kinnock does , champagne and then have the gall next day to go to on the nineteenth of July , on the very day when saw what the Labour Group are doing to this city . |
| 14 | Mean arterial pressure was the most important variable to adjust for between the two groups . |
| 15 | Reflecting in her vague kindly way that it was very nice for Jasper to have friends of his own age to play with in the holidays , a lot better than in the days when he had lived in that tower block in Walworth , she was still thinking along these lines as she entered the gateless gateway and found her eyes irresistibly turning upwards to the bell . |
| 16 | As the speed is increased , the damping becomes less and you will be able to decide on a reasonable limit to keep to for the first half hour . |
| 17 | The apartment was spotless , with a well appointed lounge and a kitchenette with a fridge , making the ideal haven to return to from the heat of the Canarian sunshine . |
| 18 | Gathering up the debris , she stuffed it into her pocket to dispose of in the galley bin below . |
| 19 | Not only did she have that reporter to cope with in the morning , but if those rumours about the Russians planning to dump some of their copper stocks on the London market were true … ? |
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| 21 | Dickins had had nothing more than a back pass and a free-kick to deal with in the first 30 minutes but showed signs of nervousness when Bull challenged for a Birch free-kick . |
| 22 | I think we need the sweeper system , OR forget attacking using the full backs unless we are completely in control — and push Speed/Strach wider and have them running into space pulling the full backs wide , so giving wallace/deane more space to run into in the middle area . |
| 23 | The man to watch for in the Regal next week is Johnnie Rea , the current champion , but Alan Irwin — who was n't at Aghadowey last Saturday for the RRC meeting — will be the No 1 threat . |
| 24 | Although there was a sort of medieval corporation , it did n't have a Royal Charter and so in the end of the seventeenth century it was somewhat subverted , and really there was no proper town government to speak of until the beginning of the nineteenth century with the Borough Commissioners and then later on with the Mayor and Corporation which was set up in eighteen eighty one . |
| 25 | Although there was a sort of mediaeval corporation it did n't have the royal charter , and so in the end of the seventeenth century it was somewhat subverted and really there was no proper town government to speak of until the beginning of the nineteenth century with the borough commissioners and then later on with the Mayor and Corporation which was set up in 1881 . |
| 26 | In all In in all fairness they 're not in my opinion , not exactly the greatest thing to look at in the country are they ? |
| 27 | As I said I 'll be having quite a lot to say about in the lectures , so we 'll just regard this class as a kind of prelude to that . |
| 28 | It seemed a funny thing to bother about at the moment . |
| 29 | The Lanarkshire side are on a tidy run that has seen them lose only one of their last ten matches and they now have a strong squad to choose from after the massive injury problems of earlier in the season . |
| 30 | On the East Bank , King Husayn had a more immediate Palestinian threat to deal with in the meteoric rise of the Palestinian resistance movement . |