Example sentences of "[vb pp] to [pron] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Might there not be a case for putting the initial interview in the hands of an educational psychologist skilled in eliciting a history without being committed to what the social workers revealingly call ‘ disclosure ’ ? ' , he suggested . |
| 2 | The following case study is unusual because Charlotte ( not her real name ) had not revealed to me the actual reason why she felt the need for aromatherapy . |
| 3 | However , this job revealed to me the big , wide , illegal world of the homosexual . |
| 4 | The child is probably trying to write down a suitable looking word , and has n't said to himself the actual word he has written down . |
| 5 | The word stirred her , and she recalled what her mother had said to her the previous day : that Cork had been her home all her life , with no suffering and no want — a safe and secure home . |
| 6 | In cases where we require the client to confirm in writing certain representations made to us the following letter may be used . |
| 7 | Thousands of boxes of parts arrive at the assembly line every week to be emptied and then simply discarded in a corner because Dagenham is not geared to what the modern motor industry calls ‘ just-in-time ’ delivery . |
| 8 | But that hurt is nothing compared to what the powerful blond-haired midfielder has endured these past few months . |
| 9 | We all worked extremely hard on the project , and the band was really ahead of its time compared to what the heavy metal scene in Washington DC was doing in the early '80s ; we were faster and more complex than the majority of the other outfits in the area . |
| 10 | Verdun seized American imaginations as did the Battle of Britain in 1940 ; compared to it the titanic clash on the Somme was to arouse little interest . |
| 11 | A young monk entered to whom the prior whispered hoarse instructions . |
| 12 | Yeah and I 'd forgotten that I 'd spoken to her the other night |
| 13 | She said she had spoken to her the previous day and she had seemed normal . |
| 14 | Robert Kilroy-Silk claims that Bryan Gould ‘ has arrogated to himself the exclusive right to speak for southern England middle income groups . ’ |
| 15 | It could be argued that Gould 's irrebuttable presumption finds its support in the fact that the judiciary has arrogated to itself the ultimate decision on all questions of law . |
| 16 | Oh gee , tomorrow right , mum has gone to me the other day oh , there 's this woman at bridge she wants someone to baby-sit for her on Wednesday nights . |
| 17 | I have now received the draft Contract from the vendor 's solicitors and I have accordingly despatched to them the Preliminary Enquiries arising thereon and also my local search with East Herts District Council . |
| 18 | Well Mr er Deputy Speaker I er do n't wish to er follow the honourable member of one of my er neighbours but I actually think it 's really part of grown up politics to ensure that the political opinion of a nation is adequately represented in the forums of that nation whether it be in this place or in the European er parliament and to that extent I make no bones about it that erm I wish that we were debating a different electoral system and Mr Deputy Speaker going back to the minister 's introduction erm it is a fact , I did n't wish to intervene because I did n't , it 's a short debate and I did n't want to take up er extra time , but it is a fact is it not that our electoral system unique across Europe means that our deadline as opposed to what the French are going to do is different to all the other member states . |
| 19 | We have put to them the intimate questions teachers and parents are too afraid to ask . |
| 20 | They 've also issued to me the appropriate er protective equipment as well and so that er they do n't you know , so I 'll assume that is on the way . |
| 21 | By mid-1939 , in addition to finding places to live for children who arrived without guarantors , the committees had delegated to them the twice-yearly inspection of homes , arrangements for schooling and vocational training , and the task of sorting out any difficulties over religious education . |
| 22 | But it also provides something of the history of graphics , and the visual principles which have gradually evolved to which the technical artist should adhere . |
| 23 | ‘ But when I see those stones here , and ponder — as I was doing when I so nearly precipitated myself upon you — ’ he laughed , gently , at his own folly and again rapiered a look to Miss D'Arcy who , in control now , returned to him the dreamy interest of the truly hooked — ‘ it was Egypt I thought on . |