Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the reasons Mr Houghton and his managers cite for staying in the pots-and-pans business sounds pretty lame : namely that the business was handicapped in the 1980s first by a recession at the start of the decade and then later by a strong dollar and so could now recover . |
| 2 | Never sit about waiting for the result of one interview . |
| 3 | The market return minus the risk-free return is the risk premium that investors expect for investing in the market portfolio . |
| 4 | Oh sleep in sleep in the mansion place . |
| 5 | The terms of reference must be defined in advance , and appear in writing in the opening statement . |
| 6 | The porpoises delight in riding on the bow waves of motor boats , which has frequently proved to be a fatal mistake . |
| 7 | Farmers still have the problem of overcoming the stigma which all too often young people attach to working on the land . |
| 8 | " No , corp , just want tae get to the bus station . " |
| 9 | Prune by cutting off the old flowered growth immediately after flowering , when it will produce good new shoots . |
| 10 | In addition , general practitioners sometimes act as advocates for the community , meeting with local officials to try to promote improvements in sanitation and basic infrastructure . |
| 11 | Encourage all those who act as advocates for the oppressed within our society and who seek to channel political power into the cause of justice for everyone . |
| 12 | When we speak of budgeting in the public sector we are not referring to the Chancellor of the Exchequer 's spring Budget statement . |
| 13 | Cough from tickling in the larynx ; dry and teasing , wants fresh air . |
| 14 | Potential recruits often object to joining on the grounds that they are uninterested in politics . |
| 15 | Hold on hold on the are |
| 16 | Livingstone and Wilkie conclude by arguing for the decentralisation of control and the democratisation of work processes . |
| 17 | I hope by participating in the Earthwatch expedition I would have the chance of studying alternative sources of fuel for the benefit of local communities which would help in checking the ecological disturbance . |
| 18 | No , I 'm just a Jock — Guardsman Willoughby — and a Jock I look like staying till the end of the war . ’ |
| 19 | Indeed , although their tactics were laudable , how many times did the England backline movement really look like succeeding in the Final ? |
| 20 | The actions responsible for this misfortune vary from dancing on the Sabbath , dancing through the night until sunrise , refusing to accept Christianity , and peering uninvited at festivities . |
| 21 | When researchers look at schooling from the point of view of girls , it is perhaps not surprising that writers as diverse as Alison Kelly and Valerie Walkerdine can come up with very similar findings . |
| 22 | We begin by looking at the negative emotions . |
| 23 | I begin by joining in the congratulations paid by hon. Members of all parties to the hon. Member for Birkenhead ( Mr. Field ) on the production of an excellent report , and to my hon. Friend the Member for Macclesfield ( Mr. Winterton ) who chaired the Select Committee on Health , which was also involved . |
| 24 | Under the heading of political philosophy , feminist philosophers begin by arguing with the tradition , trying to reconcile feminist insights with already existing systems of thought such as liberalism or Marxism , and go on to attempt to define a new perspective in philosophy . |
| 25 | We then begin by putting on the ‘ bottles ’ ( small , tightly tied bundles , somewhat resembling a bottle in shape ) to form a new eave line . |
| 26 | Some of my best friends are civil servants , but what the hell do civil servants know about working in the mining industry ? |
| 27 | But officials admit some livestock has simply disappear after coming into the country . |
| 28 | Was n't interested in sc Well I mean interest I suppose But I think what it was to start with I I missed the first term , you know after passing for the county , I missed the first term . |
| 29 | The third report I know of came from the Johannesburg Sunday Times of 14 February , 1982 , and was sent to me by a medical colleague . |
| 30 | Get into printing at the John Peel Children 's Centre |