Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] [to-vb] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we give the basis of the complaint , however , it is very easy for employers to look down the list and find out which employee comes from Linlithgow , Greenock and Port Glasgow , Aberdeen , North or Banff and Buchan . |
| 2 | But ref Snoddy , with vast experience of World Cup and European football , insisted : ‘ It has never been the custom for referees to be paid their expenses in cash — or for clubs to hand over the money . ’ |
| 3 | Other recommendations include the need for policies to speed up the exploitation of renewable energy technologies ( such as wind , wave , solar and geothermal power ) which do not Produce carbon dioxide , the most important greenhouse gas . |
| 4 | It is none the less possible for opponents to pick up the ball , so to speak , when Mrs Thatcher has put it down . |
| 5 | For schools to exploit fully the potential of enhanced staffing after a century of working on the basis of n class teachers plus the head , they needed the imagination to conceive of alternatives ; a shift in attitudes away from the entrenched belief in the inviolability and supremacy of the traditional twin roles of head and class teacher ; and the will to enact such alternatives and live with the discomfort which the changing of professional roles inevitably generates . |
| 6 | A shift from a presidential system to that of a Prime Minister and Cabinet would make it easier for parties to divide up the rewards of victory between their various factions ( as illustrated by the Japanese model ) . |
| 7 | This demonstrates once again the sensitivity of the conclusions to the choice of taxes to make up the rest of the package . |
| 8 | It is difficult to see this changing dramatically in spite of attempts to build up the position of the NHS Management Executive and timely clarifications of its role and relationships with the Policy Board , chaired by the Secretary of State . |
| 9 | From ancient times , the significance of particular dates has survived centuries of attempts to stamp out the old pagan customs , and they are still popularly practised in many parts of the country . |
| 10 | He had called in a local firm of builders to carry out the essential brickwork , plastering and re-tiling on the roof ; after that , he took a hand in the redecoration personally , splashing on new paint and putting up wallpaper . |
| 11 | That changes how women feel about themselves and generates a web of activities to pick up the pieces kept hidden when pain is kept private . |
| 12 | Much time was spent in the formulation of rules to lay down the alignments and éaulements which would best display each movement from the audience 's point of view . |
| 13 | Both the bid for Channel Five and plans for the new Teleport to be operated at South Gyle , carrying signals for both Television and Telecommunications via satellite , cable and fibre optic lines , are well advanced and require the continued integration of technologies to carry on the task of promoting Edinburgh as a centre of excellence in the new media . |
| 14 | LIFFE was aware of plans to set up the DTB , and moved quickly to pre-empt its business in German long interest rates . |
| 15 | Codetermination — the right of workers to help direct the firms they work in was a major preoccupation of German trade unions in the years after the war ( chapter 6 ) . |
| 16 | The process is difficult , and demands the performance of millions of calculations to reach even the most elementary prediction . |
| 17 | A.K. Chesterton , the ex-BUF propagandist , became so carried away by the effect of his anti-semitic diatribe that he ended his speech by advocating the use of lamp-posts to string up the Jews . |
| 18 | Forest want an answer from Keane by the end of this week and he has asked for an extra couple of days to iron out the finer details . |
| 19 | In 1985 , the advertising agency Foote , Cone & Belding conducted a series of surveys to discover how the younger sector viewed these ‘ little nuggets of sunshine ’ . |
| 20 | In spite of efforts to speed up the operation — the planned four-week courses run by Portuguese and British training officers for soldiers in the new army were , for example , cut to two weeks — by Sept. 28 only 8,800 soldiers had received training and were ready to be sworn in as members of the new force . |
| 21 | It is an impossibly restricted view , therefore , to imagine a universal approach to landform study being based only upon consideration of historical development … the physical and the resulting psychological , inability of geographers to handle successfully the simultaneous operation of a number of causes contributing to a given effect has been one of the greatest impediments to the advancement of their discipline . |
| 22 | It costs thousands of pounds to draw up the documentation . |
| 23 | The early fakers of marble statuary used a variety of treatments to tone down the too obvious freshly carved surfaces , ranging from cold tea to the more sophisticated repeated acid bath treatments used by more recent fakers . |
| 24 | He is the proud holder of the Gold P.O.W.N. medal ( Polish Fighting Organisation for Independence ) after blowing up railway bridges , cutting down telephone lines and destroying all forms of communications to hold back the German advance . |
| 25 | With no cushion of bodies to soak up the sound , Garvey 's voice ricocheted off the house and chapel walls , and added an eerie aftermath to every sentence . |
| 26 | The end result , more front-foot play and a blossoming again of the over-drive , made for a compelling contest and an array of subplots to confuse even the most ardent of Agatha Christie disciples . |
| 27 | Cadfael removed a simmering pot from the grid on the side of his brazier , set it aside on the earth floor to cool , and added a couple of turfs to damp down the glow , before straightening his back with some caution , and sitting down beside his friend . |
| 28 | Moreover , within just eleven years he had been elevated to the honorific status of ‘ Dom ’ and sent to the abbey of Hautvillers to take up the post of cellarmaster , a position second only to that of abbot . |
| 29 | Then there were truly new beginnings , a hated Poor Law , dead and buried ; a single , uncluttered task — to improve the quality of public care ; and a specially recruited ( and largely newly trained ) new band of professionals to take on the exciting role of pioneers . |
| 30 | Preston quailed at the thought of being caught by Brenda in an act of passion on the sofa without a box of tissues to wipe up the drips . |