Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [noun sg] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similarly , Edward Woodville 's fleet posed a threat to Gloucester only as long as the duke 's own position was uncertain ; once he had been recognized as protector the matter could be dealt with . |
| 2 | Similarly , Edward Woodville 's fleet posed a threat to Gloucester only as long as the duke 's own position was uncertain ; once he had been recognized as protector the matter could be dealt with . |
| 3 | Because new maximum exposure limits have come into force the Health and Safety Executive has also published guidance dealing specifically with chromium compounds and nickel and its organic compounds . |
| 4 | The press reported in detail the ordeal which rape survivors must undergo in the court situation — GIRL WEEPS AFTER 90-MINUTE RAPE QUIZ — when one of the girls broke down in court during questioning . |
| 5 | In practice , whatever the solution adopted there is always an uncomfortable shifting of gears in the movement from one of these perspectives to the other : nor does the assertion of this or that ‘ homology ’ between style and narrative do much more than to pronounce resolved in advance the dilemma for which it was supposed to provide a working answer . |
| 6 | If the discrepancy between ‘ is ’ and ‘ ought ’ were ever finally resolved in effect the world of practical experience would be destroyed . |
| 7 | She could not cope with lifts , and she could not go into the garden shed in case the door closed upon her . |
| 8 | A special class of prose-speakers for whom verse-speakers descend to the lower level are clowns , who may sing lyrics or speak verse for satiric purposes , but who are almost invariably addressed in prose the moment they appear . |
| 9 | The steps approached without haste the bottom of the staircase , and began to climb . |
| 10 | COHSE researcher Steven Weeks say his main concern is that the schemes being marketed ‘ are not designed to measure the type of jobs nurses do ’ . |
| 11 | Two scales of ‘ resistance ’ and ‘ interference ’ , designed to measure the intensity of obsessional distress and the intrusion of symptoms on other activities , produced a similar result . |
| 12 | Yet it still finds that the official statistics-gathering system is designed to measure the state economy , but not the rapidly growing private one . |
| 13 | A second strand in research of the 1960s was a consequence of the increasing focus upon processes which gave indications of the magnitude of human activity and also led to the inauguration of research investigations specifically designed to measure the magnitude of man by comparing man-modified and unmodified areas or by measuring one area before , during and after the effects of man . |
| 14 | There are several devices on the market which are designed to measure the pitch angle with varying degrees of accuracy but , like everything else , the good ones are expensive . |
| 15 | As with the compromise approach the voting approach is designed to sooth the egos of those involved and not Co solve the problem . |
| 16 | Following the Supreme Court 's decision on the abortion issue in late June [ see pp. 38954-55 ] , the Senate labour and human resources committee on July 1 voted 12 to five to approve a bill designed to enshrine the right to abortion — currently derived from the beleaguered 1973 Supreme Court decision , Roe v. Wade — into federal law . |
| 17 | Its president , Charles Gray , said there was no justification for removing regulatory functions from district and island councils which were committed to tightening-up the control regime . |
| 18 | a person commits an offence if , for payment or not , he knowingly exposes or delivers to another person who has not consented to receive it any item which , on the ground that matter contained or embodied in it — ( a ) is concerned with human or animal sexuality , or ( b ) depicts violence or cruelty , or ( c ) is gruesome or disgusting , may , if taken as a whole , be expected to outrage the majority of persons who are likely , having regard to all relevant circumstances , to read , see or hear it . |
| 19 | PW rejects the suggestion that the auditors should be expected to under-write the company against any |
| 20 | Resource commitment ( for instance , upon what basis should advertising and sales promotion budgets be constructed : or over what time scale should new products be expected to pay-back the Research and Development costs incurred in their development ? ) |
| 21 | The Vimy was dismantled on May 4 , 1919 and shipped to Newfoundland on May 8 , 1919 , safely installed on board the SS Glendoven along with the majority of the Vickers technical crew . |
| 22 | If a giant has come to town the children will allow you to have your council meeting to discuss what the townspeople should do about it , but what they really want to do and what they will learn most from is dealing with the giant . |
| 23 | However , in cases on other provisions of the Act reported to date the courts have adopted a broad , purposive , interpretation , and it therefore seems reasonable to assume that s3 could apply to all the situations described . |
| 24 | They are then chased by both the helicopter and small high-speed boats which are also carried on board the seiner . |
| 25 | One track I 've omitted on purpose the Barcarolle from Tales of Hoffman , in which Dame ‘ Bella ’ is joined by Nellie Walker , and does not attempt to sing it with herself as Elisabeth Schumann did . |
| 26 | Surrounded by crossfire the Hercules , carrying vital supplies of food and medicines , descends steeply to avoid the crossfire . |
| 27 | For what no one knew was how strapped for cash the Blaines were . |
| 28 | On this occasion City accepted with relish the chances which came their way and inflicted serious psychological damage on their dejected opponents . |
| 29 | In that case the police searched under warrant the defendant 's home for stolen jewellery . |
| 30 | In advance of the congress the League of Communists ( LC ) in each republic and province had accepted in principle the draft of a congress policy declaration entitled For a New Outline of Democratic Socialism for Yugoslavia . |