Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From the viewpoint of this being and objective experiment , I would be a little bit worried about everyone knowing the nature of the experiment you had in mind , because , as you probably know , in industrial studies there 's a well-known effect , I think it 's called the Hawthorn effect , which merely by studying a group of people you change their behaviour and their output , simply because they know that you 're taking an interest in them and they 've got some idea of your expectations . |
| 2 | From the viewpoint of this being an objective experiment , I would be a little bit worried about everyone knowing the nature of the experiment you had in mind because , as you probably know , in industrial studies there 's a well known effect , I think it 's called the Hawthorne effect , which merely by studying a group of people you change their behaviour and their output simply because they know that you are taking an interest in them and they 've got some idea of your expectations . |
| 3 | Meanwhile as hospitals wait for the first evacuees … surgeons say they 'll work for nothing to save the sight of a ten year old bosnian boyu . |
| 4 | They have to work for nothing to get the job done . |
| 5 | Not for nothing have the return invitations dwindled a bit over the years . |
| 6 | Not for nothing has the shift remained a timeless classic . |
| 7 | Did you ever hear them talk about them smuggling the whisky through the glen ? |
| 8 | Remember the other month , it was in the papers , was n't it ? about them tearing the clothes off that one who tried to queer their pitch ? |
| 9 | Sir Patrick reiterated his call for everyone to give the RUC their full co-operation and for anyone with details of the latest murder to come forward . |
| 10 | It seem , I mean it does seem like a good way at the moment of making it easier for everyone to use the system , but I do n't know whether it 's vital . |
| 11 | ‘ Some of the things said about me give the impression that I am quite mad . |
| 12 | And erm they 're loyal to the society because it , they know really it 's partly through them supporting the Guilds that we are able erm I do n't know whether I would get the membership there if you 've got , you see we pay a subscription to , see it costs five Pound a year at the moment to be , to be a member of the Womens ' Guild , which we , we send dues as I say to these three sections you see . |
| 13 | Asking for the appropriate volumes of Bryan 's Dictionary of Painters , so that he could study the entries for these artists , he read slowly through them marking the place he had reached in the text with his forefinger . |
| 14 | Having done this … what was more natural than for them to invite the sister institution , with its professedly similar aims , to join them ? |
| 15 | When they returned , they discovered that the main body of men had already flown out and that a party of drivers under Scratchley was waiting for them to join the vehicle convoy south through the Great Sand Sea . |
| 16 | It took a mere two minutes for them to open the scoring through Tracy Fry 's fine solo run , and by the time Helen Bray shot home from the spot with nine minutes remaining , Wimbledon had been reduced to chasing shadows . |
| 17 | The interested users are notified of the requirement for them to assess the DC via the LIFESPAN Mail System . |
| 18 | This is a unique chance for them to retain the use of this line and I urge them to keep up the pressure . |
| 19 | You will find that a good audio-visual presentation and some agreeable refreshments afterwards are all you need for them to welcome the information and instruction . |
| 20 | Not forsaking that , even if we have a subsequent northern relief road , there would be a second choice for them to use the A sixty one continuing to Ripon . |
| 21 | So if you 're happy for them to use the tape okay . |
| 22 | So I wait for them to put the phone down . |
| 23 | Crystal Palace1 ARSENAL , back to the form which earned them two championships in three years , will use the rest of what has been a disappointing season for them to lay the foundations for future challenges . |
| 24 | A £1,000 grant has been recommended by Langbaurgh 's finance committee towards the provision of a ramp for disabled people to have access to Scaling Dam sailing club which has a specially adapted dinghy for them to enjoy the sport . |
| 25 | Fleischmann decided to send over all the equipment , cell , fluid and palladium , by air to Harwell for them to do the neutron measurements . |
| 26 | I think it 's quite common now for them to do the asking . ’ |
| 27 | For this reason she remained at Saint Cloud while the Ministers remained in Paris , since it was possible for them to consult the Regent if they thought it necessary . |
| 28 | Under the present compensation er proposals put forward by Good , it would all be provided by the pension funds themselves and there 's no pain for the fund managers er no requirement really for them to blow the whistle . |
| 29 | Er that help is , there are fewer to draw from , i it 's also far more difficult for them to spare the time , the pressures on the academics are considerable nowadays . |
| 30 | What a pity that the members of the Napier Commission which was set up in 1883 to enquire into the conditions of the crofters and cottars in the Highlands and Islands were unable to have sittings in Islay ; despite pleas for them to visit the island they finished their tour at Tarbert . |