Example sentences of "[vb pp] to [noun sg] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This will happen regardless of the efforts made to phase out the use of chlorofluorocarbons ( CFCs ) , which are responsible for depletion of the ozone layer . |
| 2 | Now then they 're outside now , you 'd got to muck out the calf pens , and it 's hard . |
| 3 | Jo Garcia sportingly agreed to flesh out the survey 's findings by revealing exactly what she found attractive about her lovers — Chris , Erick , ex-husband Steve , and current partner Geoff — and giving them marks out of ten for looks , manners , eligibility , personality , kissing ability and sexiness . |
| 4 | All countries bordering the Mediterranean except Albania have agreed to phase out the use of organophosphate pesticides , which are hazardous to human health and the environment , by the year 2005 . |
| 5 | Bottom Deck games , including tennis and quoits , helped to while away the time during the voyage . |
| 6 | THE CURRENT recession has certainly laid to rest forever the myth that public relations is a lightweight ‘ luxury ’ service used to indulge the chief executive . |
| 7 | First of all , Marx 's theory of historical materialism was one of the very first theories of society and change to be formulated which provided a historical overview and , at the same time , attempted to mesh together the workings of social , economic and political phenomena . |
| 8 | Even though she 'd stopped to hand out the suits , she was still first into hers . |
| 9 | The victims were crushed to death when the coach turned over in the air and smashed into the ground roof downwards . |
| 10 | He was crushed to death when the roof fell in . |
| 11 | Grace Bonar , 23 , mother of a four-year-old girl , was crushed to death when the car went over her as she climbed the stairs . |
| 12 | The peasants were authorized to parcel out the private estates while legal ownership of all land was vested in the State ; factory committees were given broad powers to vet the actions of management ; the minorities were granted the right of self-determination ; each regiment was authorized to negotiate armistice terms . |
| 13 | But Birmingham wo n't be asked to hand back the money . |
| 14 | SCOTVEC has initiated a Group Awards Development Programme within which the work of the main Departments of the Council will be focussed to flesh out the details of the framework and to put the new awards in place . |
| 15 | then he or she can only be forced to hand back the item if the price it cost him or her is paid in compensation [ Art . |
| 16 | At least she was n't being forced to fork out the three and a half thousand pounds . |
| 17 | Even in experiments in which care has been taken to factor out the role of immediate past experience , this sort of predictable variability persists . |