Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | None of the versions we have will run under System V/2 , and we would therefore have to arrange for Waterloo to port the code to run under your operating system . |
| 2 | A spokeswoman for MEMHS welcomed the merger plan which , she said , would help to raise the profile of often over-looked services in the community . |
| 3 | Lilies have to push their way through thyme covering the soil of their pots , so that there 's a green covering even when the eye-catching bulbs have finished flowering . |
| 4 | But Mr Clinton will win plaudits from most economists if he carries through plans to cut the budget deficit . |
| 5 | MILLIONAIRE Alan Sugar will be staying on as chairman following the defeat of his buy-out plan . |
| 6 | This was especially true when he gave an impromptu lecture on the nature of matter in 1844 — the story is that Charles Wheatstone panicked and fled , leaving it to Faraday as chairman to satisfy the audience — and another on ray-vibrations in 1846 . |
| 7 | The report called Help with Hostel Charges , Proposals for Change cited the PSI study and stated : ‘ Many hostels provided little or no care to their residents . |
| 8 | Acknowledgements : We thank the Fundaccon de Banco Bilbao Vizcaya for support to visit the University of Bilbao and the SERC for supporting some of this research . |
| 9 | The deal is a timely boost for Scotland 's top steeplechase after a long , fruitless search for support following the decision by William Hill , sponsor for the past 15 years , to pull out after last year 's race . |
| 10 | But the average fine for employers breaking the Health and Safety at Work Act last year was just £297 — much lower than fines imposed on large manufacturing companies . |
| 11 | On the proposal that the training contract should make it possible for employers to recover the cost of their investment in training , the difficulties to which the hon. Gentleman referred can be reflected in the contract . |
| 12 | Now if I , am I right in saying that B T is happy to continue er with the present framework of Trust Law , because within that framework you 've proposed to us er a er a body of ideas about the composition of the numbers of trustees and who they should represent , which would make it much more difficult for employers to raid the fund . |
| 13 | Just as it is important for employers to understand the system and language of education , so it is important for teachers and students to understand the needs and concerns of employers . |
| 14 | Second , it was open for employers to challenge the content of courses where they felt that it was irrelevant to industrial relations ( an option increasingly taken up by employers in the past five years ) . |
| 15 | In some cases we might be happy for courts to do the weighing exercise involved and , to the extent that we are , we could have a ‘ common law ’ of public law compensation . |
| 16 | The second key question was how far it was desirable ( or feasible ) for courts to control the exit from the marriage . |
| 17 | Our next plan is to go for endowment to stop the roller coaster ride we 've gone on with the city ’ . |
| 18 | With school attendance , for example , it was the working class mother who was visited by the school attendance officer if her child failed to attend school , whether through inability to pay the school fee charged prior to 1891 , indiscipline , or because the child 's services were needed at home . |
| 19 | The high prevalence of resistance in our study highlights the need for policies to restrict the use of antibiotics to limit the spread of resistant strains and hence preserve the effectiveness of antibiotics in treating acne . |
| 20 | It is important for musicians to appreciate the difference between an ‘ income received ’ deal and an ‘ at source ’ deal . |
| 21 | Despite the desire to maintain secrecy , the entire operation was under the scrutiny of local citizens in the area , many of whom stayed for hours to witness the spectacle . |
| 22 | She stood there for hours watching the stonemason so that when he returned the next day , he gave her a piece of stone and two chisels . |
| 23 | They stay up for hours watching the Wizard of Oz and Grease 2 again and again on their video upstairs . |
| 24 | Hundreds of fans queued for hours to meet the man who became heavyweight champion of the world but in the process developed Parkinson 's Syndrome , a disorder of the nervous system . |
| 25 | Melrose sneaked ahead through a Chalmers drop goal in the 65th minute only for McKechnie to nullify the effort in similar style barely a minute later . |
| 26 | In 1988 , Action for Cities announced the development of a Safer Cities scheme , designed to reduce urban crime . |
| 27 | The hon. Member for Garscadden raised the issue of discounts and exemptions . |
| 28 | Substances such as iproniazid inhibit the enzyme monoamine oxidase ( MAO ) , which breaks down the neurotransmitter noradrenaline . |
| 29 | The Royal Observatory of Edinburgh has applied for funding to develop the system for use with patients . |
| 30 | In May 1529 , Henry decided to wait no longer and arranged for Wolsey to hear the case under his own legatine authority at a court at Blackfriars in London . |