Example sentences of "[vb -s] [verb] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her latest pester-the-public project involves hanging outside a shoe repair shop and testing people 's trust by asking to take a copy of their house key . |
| 2 | Whilst discussing Derwentwater he discourages drawing from a boat or small island , ‘ the passion for boat prospects is owing to the delusive fascinations of the water . ’ |
| 3 | If the former involves drawing on a richness of tacit knowledge the latter is necessarily concerned with reversing this process , ie with making explicit the tacit richness of design activity . |
| 4 | Thus deadlock can occur if and only if the environment offers to communicate on a set of channels disjoint from one of the sets represented by the |
| 5 | The screaming at one their concerts he wrote ‘ pierced the recoiling eardrums like the shriek of ten thousand bo'suns whistles blasting through a wind tunnel . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Story of my life , ’ he growls when a red declines to go into a pocket for the simple reason that he has hit it at the wrong angle . |
| 7 | The teaching force , disillusioned and aggrieved at the treatment it has received from a succession of Secretaries of State , has been less willing in recent years to devote unpaid hours to community bridge-building . |
| 8 | Language has developed as a sign system — one of the ways in which humans communicate and make sense of the world around them . |
| 9 | Though deregulation is a difficult concept to define , the reshaping process which has developed as a result of it is readily apparent . |
| 10 | Gooch has developed as a captain , too , pulling strings whereas before he might have retreated . |
| 11 | Gooch has developed as a captain , too , pulling strings whereas before he might have retreated . |
| 12 | Dead empires have bred leaping ambition ; international politics has developed into a struggle between competing ethnic groups ; the United Nations has to pick an impossible path between respect for sovereignty and respect for nationalism . |
| 13 | In practice case management for people with long term mental illness has developed into a range of techniques that can be described along 12 different axes ( box 2 ) , which aim to ensure that patients with long term psychiatric disorders receive consistent and continuing services for as long as they are required and that services do not focus inappropriately on patients with less severe conditions . |
| 14 | ‘ Photography has developed into a weapon of resistance in the constant struggle for survival , ’ Mr Müller said . |
| 15 | A mixture of language ( usually incorporating English or French ) which has developed into a language in its own right . |
| 16 | ‘ Ince has developed into a player of substance and people forget he is still only 24 . |
| 17 | Kevin Wilson was another who had a fine game ; he has developed into a player Northern Ireland can not afford to be without . |
| 18 | However , when the weathering mantle has developed to a depth of several metres the rate of water movement at the weathering front becomes very slow . |
| 19 | Eddie Alcock , who has represented the Castle Hill , Ipswich , division at County Hall for eight years , said : ‘ It is to do with a difficult situation which has developed in a company which I am associated with . ’ |
| 20 | He points to the way in which the law has developed from a maze of individual sets of circumstances in which one or other of the prerogative writs would lie to a general principle under which courts will review decisions on the three grounds of illegality , irrationality and procedural impropriety : see per Lord Diplock in Council of Civil Service Unions v. Minister for the Civil Service [ 1985 ] A.C. 374 , 410 . |
| 21 | ‘ The roof has leaked for a year , ’ John said , ‘ and I had to cover over the electrics to protect them from the rain . |
| 22 | Radioactive water has leaked into a reservoir from a nuclear power plant near Yekaterinburg in Russia . |
| 23 | Easily despised because of the promises he has broken without a word of apology . |
| 24 | Although recognised for his early signature puff-ball and trapeze shapes , he has matured into a designer capable of producing the perfect little black dress , and a mixture of easy pieces that reflect the quirky charm that is his keynote . |
| 25 | Taylor saw for himself on Saturday how the 24-year-old Aston Villa flyer has matured into a player of genuine international potential . |
| 26 | This has to go without a hitch . ’ |
| 27 | The law says that British Coal has to go through a procedure of consultation before it can close pits . |
| 28 | If a report has to go through a number of drafts , it is an excellent way of enabling changes to be made quickly and without extensive retyping . |
| 29 | More work has to go into a science degree than an arts degree … |
| 30 | In each case , it has to go into a sail pocket and , to avoid wear through abrasion , the rod should have cappings or a Dacron polyester tape reinforcement at each end , or the fabric will soon become pierced . |