Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb base] [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Proposals to limit the sovereignty of parliament tend to centre on the introduction of a written constitution with judicial review and the entrenchment of a Bill of Rights as some kind of " higher " law beyond easy parliamentary repeal . |
| 2 | Given these factors , in particular the fact that default premia tend to vary over the trade cycle , it is not a trivial task to isolate factors related to competition in the new issue market . |
| 3 | The billhook had sliced into his naked thigh and , turning , she saw the great curve of red blood begin to bubble in the air , saw him slowly sink like a wounded animal , his hands plucking the air . |
| 4 | Mmm … only a few players Id like to see in the side to be honest . |
| 5 | Mark , who works in the Barlaston canteen , was the lucky winner of a Wedgwood Running Club draw to race as the Company 's representative |
| 6 | As companies that do fall victim to computer crime prefer to deal with the problem internally , personnel security may well turn out to be the most vital component in a firm 's defences . |
| 7 | Policy and practice have to allow for the variety of possibilities as no blanket approach can respond to diverse needs and preferences . |
| 8 | Personnel : Salary differentials 20–30 per cent over comparable civilian work tend to siphon off the better qualified . |
| 9 | As the genes in question appear to work in the same way in mice and people it should be possible to develop ways of detecting the genes in people at risk and discovering methods of implanting cells with the normal genes or blocking the action of the defective genes . |
| 10 | But it is far from certain that all the fish in every corporate shoal want to swim in the same direction . |
| 11 | ( Echoes of Evelyn Waugh 's Ishmaelite consul-general begin to flutter in the ear : ‘ As that great Negro , Karl Marx , has so nobly written … ‘ ) |
| 12 | Of those that did , only a tiny proportion happen to lie in the rocks that outcrop on the surface of the ground today ; and of these few , most will be eroded away and destroyed before they are discovered by fossil hunters . |
| 13 | Furthermore , we found that the results of the assay seem to depend on the volume of hydrogen peroxide used . |
| 14 | Borrowers on a budget plan have to wait till the year is up before they can reap the benefits . |
| 15 | The principles of pedagogy have to do with the craft of teaching . |
| 16 | Nurses in that sector have to cope with the effects on their patients of poor housing conditions and a deteriorating social fabric . |
| 17 | Does cleaning and washing equipment have to live in the kitchen , or is there a utility room/cupboard under the stairs , or even a large bathroom where they can be stored ? |
| 18 | I will attempt to show that answers to this question have to do with the almost hidden insidious nature of modern life . |
| 19 | The Collector , surveying the crowd , felt a little hope begin to stir in the hungry and despairing bodies below him . |
| 20 | The new social divisions in the rural community tend to cut across the old class divides of the former occupational community . |
| 21 | In the same circumstances the shooting man would move on to the next burrow with his remaining ferrets while keeping one eye open to watch for the emergence to the surface of any of the muzzled ferrets he had left behind . |
| 22 | There was a marked increase in enquiries during the quarter as signs of a recovery begin to appear in the UK housing market . |
| 23 | Opinions in the marketplace seem to point to the likelihood that in 1996 ; when the next stage of legislation is introduced , all small diesel engines will have to use catalysts . |
| 24 | The first group continue to contribute to the health care of the nation but the second and third are a target for re-employment at some time . |
| 25 | Combinations of this sort continue to appear in the work of a younger generation of British novelists . |
| 26 | Consequently , if unemployment and poverty continue to spread into the Wirral population , we can expect a related increase in the number of potential heroin users ( cf. |
| 27 | The dismissal arrangements set up by the governing body have to provide for the CEO , or representatives , and the headteacher , unless she or he is the person concerned , to be present at all stages when a dismissal is being considered . |
| 28 | Nonetheless , just as computer scientists have had to solve the problem of mapping abstract functional languages onto unyielding and unhelpful hardware , so also will the EP community have to grapple with the difficulties of ‘ link-editing ’ and presenting suitable subsets of some highly abstract hypertext on conventional devices ( including plain paper ! ) . |
| 29 | Why would a political assembly want to abdicate from the full sovereignty which in principle it possesses , and set limits on its own future actions ? |
| 30 | STV hope to start on the film — likely to be called Captain Fantastic — early next year . |