Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [noun sg] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He agreed to the clause allowing them to release records elsewhere , after giving RCA the first option , because he say it as common sense . |
| 2 | Three weeks after taking office the new centre-right government introduced its 1990 budget , a revised version of the proposals presented by the outgoing Labour government . |
| 3 | Soon after taking office the National Party government estimated that the budget deficit by the end of fiscal 1991/92 ( June 1992 ) would be NZ$3,700 million , rising to NZ$5,200 million at the end of fiscal 1992/93 . |
| 4 | This is a brief section because , although there are many complicated methods of recording behaviour the simplest are generally quite sufficient . |
| 5 | We need only recognize that history is a method with no distinct object corresponding to it to reject the equivalence between the notion of history and the notion of humanity which some have tried to foist on us with the unavowed aim of making historicity the last refuge of a transcendental humanism : as if men could regain the illusion of liberty on the plane of the ‘ we ’ merely by giving up the ‘ I 's that are too obviously wanting in consistency . |
| 6 | And you may find that instead of making antiracism the rational choice for trade union officials and other bureaucrats , you are encouraging them to see immigration as dysfunctional , rather than racism ! |
| 7 | ( viii ) Methods of curtailing debate The general notion underlying parliamentary debate is that the other side should be allowed to have its say . |
| 8 | He regarded with scrutinizing curiosity the infinite varieties of plants unknown and undescribed . ’ |
| 9 | As he spoke , he watched with mounting unease the different expressions flitting across Tammuz' face : frustration , annoyance , condescension , anger , humour and , unbelievably , sadness . |
| 10 | This is my first visit to the pictures , a treat to take my mind off starting school the following Monday . |
| 11 | They every time , when he rung up Radio Bristol when I was about having coffee the other morning . |
| 12 | She and the film show us in corruscating detail the real difficulties of the character 's position , and asks us not for approval but for understanding and perhaps the grace of mercy . |
| 13 | Quite apart from giving dementia the top priority SHARPEN argues that it is essential for voluntary organisations to be involved in and , if necessary , assisted to play a full part in planning and in the delivery of services . |
| 14 | Where there is abundant gas in erupting magma the resulting lava contains numerous gas-filled vesicles , or cavities , and has a sponge-like form known as scoria . |
| 15 | But now for your guide to losing weight the easy , speedy way — on the F-Plan . |
| 16 | He was intent on taking north the largest army he had ever gathered , to crush the Scottish rebels , hang their leader , the Red Comyn , trap the Scots in their glens and burn their villages . |
| 17 | Chapman came to criticize the league system most for making success the overriding consideration . |
| 18 | That was the end of the cinematic euphemisms for making love the misty dissolve , the rocketing fireworks or rearing waves which had been the director 's equivalent of the novelist 's three dots … |
| 19 | Studies which have observed children 's independent attempts at writing stress the active role children take in decoding and recreating the adult writing system . |
| 20 | But when the two-litre Vauxhall twincam was at screaming speed the earlier tests proved the swifter . |
| 21 | And I wo n't have the Apostate scupper all my efforts by giving Rainbow the glad eye . |