Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] the [noun sg] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Articles of Association of the Association provide for the Council to conduct an enquiry to administer disciplinary action and in the case of an appeal to nominate an arbitrator . |
| 2 | The order could , for example , provide for the child to live with his grandmother during term time and his parents during the school holidays if this was felt to be in his best interests . |
| 3 | Thus most such clauses provide for the seller to have the conduct of the action at his expense , on the basis that he will bear the costs of conduct and pay any resulting settlement or judgment against him and the buyer . |
| 4 | Some precedents also provide for the tenant to assign the unexpired residue of the term to the guarantor where the guarantor has been required to make any payment under the guarantor 's covenants . |
| 5 | There are surely plenty of unemployed people who for long were treated as less than human , who now long for the chance to demonstrate their humanity in helping others , and doing it with a smile . |
| 6 | When a sudden shock wave pressurises water captured in the pores between soil particles , there is no time or place for the water to move : the high pressure pushes the soil particles apart . |
| 7 | By his actions he ensured temporary respite for mortals from evil forces , though they periodically seep past the stone to plague the world , at Izanami 's behest . |
| 8 | Women who sleep with the boss to get promotion never reach positions of real power . |
| 9 | If you live in London , yours could be the seventh pair of kidneys that your glass of water has passed through and chemicals used in farming today seep into the ground to pollute and contaminate the water . |
| 10 | Some people may find they need more complicated items such as hoists or units that fit into the bath to raise and lower the bather using air or water pressure . |
| 11 | Mr Lanighan wants people who disagree with the sentence to write to their MP or to the Judge , Francis Allen , demanding a tougher policy . |
| 12 | It may be useful to draw up the definitions clause after drafting the rest of the terms , to ensure that all words and phrases which require definition are included ; then , when checking the terms , the drafter should check the meaning of defined words and phrases each time they appear in the document to ensure that the definition is appropriate . |
| 13 | Castella offers a different brand of joke-hero : the ingenious angler who beats the rest by treating the fish to Des O'Connor on a submerged stereo system , until they leap from the water to escape the torture . |
| 14 | Serotonin is also affective in the neural circuits that descend from the brain to help block pain sensations . |
| 15 | Place in the fridge to set . |
| 16 | Once arranged , spray the corsage with water , protect in a box and place in the refrigerator to keep it fresh overnight . |
| 17 | Even people who have lived a normal and contented life are likely to see ghosts , sometimes called ‘ crisis ghosts ’ , which appear to the living to warn of some imminent danger . |
| 18 | ( 3 ) The Director may by notice in writing require the person under investigation or any other person to produce at such place as may be specified in the notice and either forthwith or at such time as may be so specified any specified documents which appear to the Director to relate to any matter relevant to the investigation or any documents of a specified description which appear to him so to relate ; and — ( a ) if any such documents are produced , the Director may — ( i ) take copies or extracts from them ; ( ii ) require the person producing them to provide an explanation of any of them ; ( b ) if any such documents are not produced , the Director may require the person who was required to produce them to state , to the best of his knowledge and belief , where they are . |
| 19 | Half a century ago , youths in Wellington bombers flew out to deal death and have it dealt to them in return ; now the American F-111s roar overhead , and , from time to time , a plume of orange flame and a cloud of smoke appear on the horizon to remind us all that dishing it out and taking it are widely differing talents . |
| 20 | They are united in the emphasis they place on the need to avoid all forms of censorship or control over cultural workers . |
| 21 | So what I 'm proposing is that we write to er Mick and erm Richard , asking what powers and responsibilities that they propose at the moment to devolve to Southwell . |
| 22 | Wires from the ganglion cells run along the surface of the retina to the " blind spot " , where they dive through the retina to form the main trunk cable to the brain , the optic nerve . |
| 23 | As they do not actually devour the tissue but merely pierce through the skin to get at the sap inside , the problem of making contact can become a little more difficult . |
| 24 | Plans to build a ‘ flying village ’ of apartments complete with hangars at Amougies Airfield in Belgium ( Pilot Notes , January 1992 ) appear to have received enough support for the developer to get started on the construction . |
| 25 | The flat unleavened bread recalls the haste of their departure ( no time to use yeast and wait for the bread to rise ) . |
| 26 | Many so-called estate agents merely place advertisements and wait for the telephone to ring , which is not a successful method , particularly in a poor market like this . ’ |
| 27 | Washing a potato is only a small development from brushing earth off it , which is something all macaques do anyway ; but the separation of sand from wheat required Imo to throw away the food after she had picked it up , and then wait for the sand to sink , before she collected her food up again . |
| 28 | ‘ We 'll sit tight and wait for the storm to blow itself out . ’ |
| 29 | While we wait for the pendulum to swing : Gail Counsell warns that house prices could take years to recover after the latest rise in interest rates |
| 30 | I had to be patient and wait for the tide to turn , ’ he said . |