Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [det] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is an ancient road , the middle one of the three Roman roads which went over the Pyrenees , though it is worth pursuing all the way to the frontier , in my view , only if you want to enter Spain ( the small , walled town of Jaca , half an hour or so 's drive down the other side , is extremely attractive ) . |
| 2 | Then they could talk about bringing all the funds for physics under one umbrella . |
| 3 | What has proved to be a thorny problem , not just during the past four years but for many years before , is the basis for financing all the services provided by local authorities and the level of services that should be provided . |
| 4 | Between 1941 and 1947 , Rank 's companies were to be responsible for financing half the films made in Britain . |
| 5 | Opposite us is the fireplace ; and in the hearth there 's one of those thingummies for keeping all the fire tools together . ’ |
| 6 | But many now argue that they need to deal seriously with differences between women and the power relations that produce them , and , as Hooks says , to ‘ assume responsibility for eliminating all the forces that divide women ’ ( 1982 : 157 ) . |
| 7 | The department is also responsible for consolidating all the business plans and presenting the resulting total corporate plan and the strategic implications of the total plan to senior management . |
| 8 | His publisher may then decide that it is worth incorporating all the additions and corrections in another edition . |
| 9 | In the latter case , no information , other than private memoirs , has been published and though Labour leaders talked about revealing all the secrets when they won power , once in office in 1964 , they also refused publication . |
| 10 | Practice with ‘ sticks ’ ( miniature kites on the end of a I metre ( 39in ) dowel ) forms a good start for understanding both the figures and the jargon which has developed to describe the shapes . |
| 11 | After fastening all the buttons up the front I said meekly , ‘ You can turn round now . ’ |
| 12 | But after noticing all the activity in the streets below , he telephoned Merseyside Police headquarters and sheepishly announced : ‘ Sorry , I am security guard here and I was just shooting pigeons . ’ |
| 13 | Under rules which came into effect last autumn , as his sentence was less than four years , he will be freed from jail automatically after serving half the term , unless he reoffends . |
| 14 | ‘ But I believe a senior officer should make the decision to issue a weapon only after investigating both the seriousness of any threat and also the personal circumstances of the person concerned . |
| 15 | In that time a Children 's Panel Hearing must be convened , and the options assessed by Panel Members after considering all the information available . |
| 16 | In both games he scored brilliant individual goals after running half the length of the pitch . |
| 17 | ‘ I do n't think he wants to leave , Francisco — not after starting all the clinics and welfare services for the people of the village . ’ |
| 18 | Even after giving all the titles a thorough scrutiny she still had no idea what he was really like . |
| 19 | The complex has been restored by a voluntary trust , and comprises two grinding mills with a wharf and crane on the Caldon Canal ; flint was delivered to the works by barge on the canal after coming all the way from south-east England where it mostly occurs . |
| 20 | After collecting all the cash , which is sometimes more difficult and more time consuming than doing the ride , I am pleased to report that the ‘ 24 hr Tour de Matthey ’ has raised a total of £2,800 which is great news , a big thank you to everyone who contributed . |
| 21 | After hearing all the views and ideas , Robert said the reason why he favours removing the screen is that it brings information services closer to our members . |
| 22 | The Dos Quiz is a useful way for beginners to find out just how much they know after reading all the MS-DOS bibles . |
| 23 | With so much inspiration in the pages of this month 's magazine let's hope that after reading all the features you still have time for knitting . |
| 24 | The apparently irreversible trend in the insurance industry , in common with others in the financial services sector , to move away from high-risk , low-return business and focus on specialised , value-added lines ( stop-loss insurance , financial insurance to smooth the impact of a single year 's sudden loss on the balance sheet with repayment over subsequent years , and so on ) , means that organisations must look on insurance almost as a last resort after exhausting all the possibilities of minimising risk cost-effectively in-house . |
| 25 | This is the opinion of Stillman Drake after assessing all the evidence . |
| 26 | The Brodsky Quartet , a promising and highly-regarded young group , recorded their cycle in 1989 , not long after playing all the quartets on London 's South Bank . |
| 27 | The 2nd Boroughbridge and 1st Kirby Hill Packs held a recycled fashion show after making all the outfits themselves from bin liners , and so on . |
| 28 | After locking all the doors carefully , I sat weakly down by the fire and tried to make sense of my life . |
| 29 | But after burning all the trees in Yerevan — even those in the botanical garden — as firewood , nuclear-generated electricity seems a better option than the cold . |
| 30 | All Japan won by five tries to a try , a drop goal and four penalties after missing all the conversions and two penalties . |