Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb pp] [adv prt] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fall-off curves away from such centres of consumption imply that the redistribution of such goods was controlled , but there has been little research carried out to determine the patterns of dispersal in any more detail . |
| 2 | The formal ought may look rather too like an artificial construct brought in to make the theory work and some might well wonder how the special functional legal ought could simultaneously be regarded , as I purport to regard it , as a moral ought . |
| 3 | The second half was even more of a grab-bag than the first , the suspicion growing in Jude as she watched that the parody and pastiche was a smoke-screen put up to cover the creators ' embarrassment at their own sincerity . |
| 4 | Erm if a window 's been smashed , then we 'll we 'll get the window boarded up to secure the flat the best possible way . |
| 5 | It also aims to consolidate recent work carried out to assess the potential for new rail services between Leicester and Burton ( Funded by Leicestershire County Council ) and Nottingham and Worksop ( Funded by Nottinghamshire County Council ) . |
| 6 | And work carried out to make the top deck of the National Car Park in East Street , Darlington , waterproof has also been branded a failure . |
| 7 | Leeds , though , had good spells and 37-year-old Day , their goalkeeping coach brought in to replace the injured John Lukic , said : ‘ City were n't four goals better than us but the players need a rest . |
| 8 | Station officer John Finlay said the firefighters had their work cut out to lift the animal out . |
| 9 | With Romania seething next door , Mr Luchinsky will have his work cut out to capture the spirit of Stefan the Great from those who present themselves as his heirs . |
| 10 | But the putt slid past and the gallery headed off to witness the Salver 's first four-way decider and the emergence of a new force in Hants golf . |
| 11 | It had a plain glazed back to illuminate the upper deck at night and the lamps were removed from the hoops . |
| 12 | Many recreation items such as caravans and boats that are on hire purchase are used so seldom they could be rented over the course of the hire purchase scheme and with enough cash left over to buy the item new if we still wanted one . |
| 13 | These castings-on involved the whole lost-wax process , the missing parts being first modelled in position in wax , the whole enveloped in clay and metal run in to replace the wax . |
| 14 | The vet brought in to treat the animals says he 's never encounted so much neglect . |
| 15 | Whether this perspective represents wisdom or only a curious anachronism today , it commands the scrutiny of a post-war generation in the West brought up to respect the limits of military power more than its utility . |
| 16 | The back is assembled and the piece of timber cut out to make the rail is laid ‘ in the square ’ over the two back uprights by hand , with a mortiser or router , the tenons cut and the piece fitted into place . |
| 17 | The Kestrel brought along to try the new boxes for size liked his new home so much , he did n't want to come out ! |
| 18 | The new government brought in to replace the one that resigned a month ago turns out to be little more than a royal-family reshuffle . |
| 19 | The extent to which the money supply exceeds this combined transactions and precautionary demand determines the amount of money left over to satisfy the speculative demand . |
| 20 | And Tom Hanks bravely piled on the pounds to play the part of Jimmy Dugan , a tobacco-spitting drunk and played-out former star brought in to manage the girls . |
| 21 | Now imagine the small hand on 10 both clocks is held at 3 and the large hand brought round to meet the small hand . |
| 22 | This was an attempt to provide a readable , reasonably objective report of the event which would reflect both sides of the argument ( and with gossip and humour thrown in to lighten the load ) . |
| 23 | FIVE British tourists to Egypt , including one from Mold , were injured when a bomb was dropped from a bridge in Cairo as their tour bus headed out to see the pyramids at Giza . |