Example sentences of "[det] [verb] [pron] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The text is divided into three sections and each has something to offer the reader . |
| 2 | In the early 1900s she began her research on the formation of sand ripples on the seashore caused by the oscillatory movement of water , and this led her to develop the ‘ Ayrton fan ’ in 1915 , a hand-operated device for expelling poisonous gases from the trenches . |
| 3 | Ultimately , this led her to challenge the way the professionals conceived Tom 's needs . |
| 4 | This led him to compare the legal codes of archaic and modern societies in much the same manner as Maine had done . |
| 5 | This led us to monitor the implementation of the programme closely and to modify follow up protocols in the light of our experience . |
| 6 | And did this tempt him to doctor the evidence in the ways shown above ? |
| 7 | The irresponsibility of this helped me to escape the force of the problems , but at the same time I was constantly troubled by suspicion . |
| 8 | Despite the recession this helped us to retain the vast majority of our members and welcome new ones to our ranks . |
| 9 | This helped us to maintain the dividend at 9p per share , rather than having to reduce it . |
| 10 | This allows us to investigate the properties of the intersections of the map ( 13 ) below with the 45° line . |
| 11 | This allows us to investigate the depth and stability , the malleability or rigidity of attitudes on a topic which is notoriously difficult to investigate . |
| 12 | This allows you to monitor the work very carefully and help a group with a task that they might find very difficult if unsupervised . |
| 13 | Seam the band by mattress stitching from the right side , this allows you to match the ‘ knits ’ and ‘ purls ’ of each half , producing a neat finish at the centre front . |
| 14 | This leads him to see the growth of the wage-allowance scheme as a response to problems of unemployment and underemployment which , while they became more visible in years of high food prices , were inherent in social and economic changes taking place in the Speenhamland counties . |
| 15 | This leads them to see the organization as a well-defined unit and not as the heaving , changing mass with fluctuating boundaries that it really is . |
| 16 | This leads me to believe the fellow concerned knew little about foxes and even less about rabbiting . |
| 17 | This leads us to propose the ‘ causal direction hypothesis ’ : children learn about the role of causal connectives as indicators of which event is cause and which effect before they learn about their role as indicators of which event happened first . |
| 18 | This leads us to consider the meaning of unlawful discrimination . |
| 19 | This allowed us to explore the process of secondment more generally , from first approach to application up to the point of departure some six to 23 months later . |
| 20 | This allowed us to revolutionise the balance of height and width . |
| 21 | This allowed us to line the side curtains in striped fabric and make up a flat roof instead of a gathered one . |
| 22 | Transforming the Information This requires you to understand the historian 's main argument , be able to separate main points from supporting detail and substitute your own key-words for the historian 's vocabulary . |
| 23 | This requires you to utilise the JMP-1 's output mapping , and all it means is that you tell the JMP-1 that every time it selects , say , patch 6 , information is sent to the effects processor to change its current patch to whatever patch you require . |
| 24 | The answer to this requires us to assess the relative centrality of sexual choice to life choices and living standards . |
| 25 | This requires us to reverse the steps which led to eqn ( 7.9 ) . |
| 26 | This helps him to secure the female from the advances of other males . |
| 27 | This helps you to afford the home you thought you could n't . |
| 28 | This helps you to determine the position at which your next hole should be dug . |
| 29 | On the day before the match I travelled the 60 mile journey with Ivan ( Marks ) , this enabled me to walk the sections and try to sort out various methods . |
| 30 | The peculiar quality of Tamm 's work was that he recorded individual plants , shoots or rosettes , within his populations and this enabled him to follow the fates of individual plant units ( often tillers or ramets ) rather than to study the grosser vegetational change that was the aim of many others who set up permanent quadrats . |