Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] [noun pl] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Battling Nottingham turned the table upside down with a priceless 18–9 win against Northampton that could keep them in division one and deny their visitors the championship .
2 All the established associations are expected to meet the criteria , and so earn their members the right to call themselves organic .
3 ( They also do this when they bring their owners dead birds from the garden , an action normally done only as part of the food-training routine when mother cats show their kittens the kind of prey they must later attack . )
4 Instead , he might be cursed with one who would rob him blind and charge him three-times the wages for the privilege .
5 The manner in which the security forces in Northern Ireland conduct themselves commands the admiration of all , and I am quite certain that the hon. Gentleman did not intend to impute any lack of commitment to them .
6 Oh yes er when I was at home as a wee boy everybody milked by hand and give their calves the milk then to drink .
7 The power of the elite is held to derive from the greater intensity and quality of the sentiments or residues of its members which give its members the will and the ability to maintain their own rule either by force or by consent ( but not usually both , according to Pareto ) .
8 His hands sometimes stopped shaking long enough for him to light a fag or give his teeth the once-over with Pepsodent , but that was every other Scumday in a month with a zed in it .
9 Despite his phenomenal energy the sheer size of his dominions inevitably meant that it could be months or even years before he was free to deal with a distant crisis or give his officials the support they needed against a major local potentate .
10 A system like this frees the chef to devote extra time and energy into adding those special little finishing touches which give his creations the mark of individuality .
11 Set your students the task of talking to the camera in the way a reporter or newsreader does .
12 For example if the business primarily sells paperclips does it include the design , manufacture , packing and sale of the paperclips or is it simply a sales outlet ? ( 2 ) Second , understand what assets the vendor uses in order to conduct the business being sold , where these assets are located and who owns them .
13 Low profile player in a high profile game Michael Garner is one of the handful of people who decide what standards the profession should adhere to .
14 One of the few companies to have had any serious success in selling generic products is Interactive Information Systems ( IIS ) who offer their customers the opportunity to lease the hardware needed to run the laser disc applications .
15 From the moment you prepare your agendas the conduct of the matter pivots on them .
16 As you complete more games and improve your skills the game gets more difficult , the Klingons get more intelligent .
17 As you complete more games and improve your skills the game gets more difficult , the Klingons get more intelligent .
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