Example sentences of "[vb -s] [vb pp] [adv prt] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erik Olin Wright , for example , has broken down the concept of ‘ determination ’ into six distinct relations : structural limitation , selection , reproduction/non-reproduction , limits of functional compatibility , transformation and mediation . |
| 2 | But practitioners usually encounter elders at just those times when crisis has broken down the security of routine . |
| 3 | Nine days after the first spillage the government 's Marine Pollution Control Unit declared : " The stormy weather has broken down the oil and driven it out to sea . |
| 4 | The personal tragedy that befalls Gibson 's character in ‘ Forever Young ’ is that he loses his childhood sweetheart in an accident before he has plucked up the courage to propose marriage . |
| 5 | Two special spending programmes , worth ¥23.9 trillion ( $114 billion ) , announced in the past year , have helped ward off full-blown recession , and the government has propped up the stockmarket by shovelling post-office savings money into it . |
| 6 | The establishment of a core group of drawings to be used as a starting point for the attribution of other sheets on stylistic grounds remains the principal method of research and Mr Royalton-Kisch felt that the present exhibition has contributed to the furtherance of this work which , in the case of the British Museum , has whittled down the number of sheets from the 106 accepted by Benesch to eighty-four . |
| 7 | It is also a rather different exhibition conceptually : Alfonso Perez Sanchez , former Director of the Prado and co-organiser of the show , has declared that he wants the Spanish to get to know ‘ the real Ribera ’ , which means that he has whittled down the number of works . |
| 8 | Scriven has pointed out the distinction between formative and summative evaluation . |
| 9 | As J. K. Galbraith ( 1979 ) has pointed out the adman actually creates markets and implants ‘ needs ’ in people ; he is not merely responding to consumer demand . |
| 10 | Bishop John Taylor , in his moving and perceptive book The Go Between God , has pointed out the importance of this link between the Spirit , with all his undifferentiated power , and the Word , with all its particularity of meaning . |
| 11 | Nisbet ( 1979 ) has pointed out the irony that this new distrust may itself be a product of modern education , since a number of new approaches to teaching and learning encourage children to ‘ think for themselves ’ . |
| 12 | Lionel Sawkins has shown that men did , indeed , sing soprano parts at the French court , and Lois Rosow has pointed out the appearance of male sopranos in the chorus at the Paris Opéra . |
| 13 | The predator , by the time it has given up the chase , will probably have forgotten the exact location of the nest and will not be able to retrace its steps . |
| 14 | Even Japan has given up the fight in some market areas where they used to be world leaders : And even the new industrial nations , in their turn , will eventually be undercut and have to move on : To what ? |
| 15 | My chief 's brother has given up the obstetrics side of his practice altogether now , and just does the gynaecology . ’ |
| 16 | However I know that one Christian friend has given up the therapy because of the amount of occult literature and New Age material she was receiving through the post . |
| 17 | An executive from an international chemical company has given up the rat race to run a plant nursery . |
| 18 | Gloucestershire skipper Tony Wright has given up the captain 's job … the county are bottom of the championship table … have n't won a game and Wright thinks it 's time to let someone else have a go |
| 19 | Gloucestershire skipper Tony Wright has given up the captain 's job … the county are bottom of the championship table … have n't won a game and Wright thinks it 's time to let someone else have a go |
| 20 | If we examine their structure , we shall perceive the way in which the wishful purpose that is at work has mixed up the material of which they are built , has rearranged it and formed it into a new whole . |
| 21 | He is a natural opener , and Paul Terry has dropped down the order to accommodate him . |
| 22 | By contrast with the Geneva and Reykjavik summits between Mr Gorbachev and the former president , Mr Ronald Reagan , which were dominated by SDI , the issue has dropped down the superpower agenda . |
| 23 | DEL Harris of Colchester , for so long in the top three of the British squash rankings , has dropped down the list because of injury and a recent loss of form . |
| 24 | This is because , after a sunbird has sucked out the nectar from a flower , the flower takes some time to replenish its nectaries . |
| 25 | Martin Birchall has picked up the Photographer of the Year award for the second time . |
| 26 | His widow , Mrs Mercy Rimer , has carried on the tradition these past few years , but this season will be her last . |
| 27 | They also failed to take him seriously , and made him angry , but he has carried on the struggle . |
| 28 | They will be able to challenge the charges of a solicitor executor who has carried out the administration of the estate , by applying for a Remuneration Certificate from the Law Society . |
| 29 | ‘ Its actual value is impossible to know , ’ said Mr Peter Freebody , whose yard at Hurley , near Henley , has carried out the project . |
| 30 | The Computer Centre has carried out the programming work for all of the systems described above . |