Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun] [prep] the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is common for pupils to grow in height as much as an inch and a half ; they appear to lose weight at the same time . |
| 2 | Terriers sometimes suffer from this same problem when they are used to evict foxes from the same sort of terrain . |
| 3 | With 100 $500 grants already on their way to scientists working in Russia , the International Science Foundation ( ISF ) has taken the first step towards meeting its goal of helping to preserve research in the former Soviet Union . |
| 4 | For those entries indicated , hyphen signs may also be used immediately after closing square brackets to indicate continuation of the same entry on the next line . |
| 5 | For those entries indicated , hyphen signs may also be used immediately after closing square brackets to indicate continuation of the same entry on the next line . |
| 6 | They grew their own rice and a surplus for sale , and often the villagers were able to catch fish from the many streams of the Irrawaddy Delta . |
| 7 | Semple and Logan ( Un ) failed to attract transfers on the same scale as Smyth and Dunlop ( DUP ) . |
| 8 | The construction of new warehousing within the Port of Belfast will benefit directly Northern Ireland 's export drive through the ability to aggregate goods from the many small companies making up Northern Ireland 's manufacturing industry . |
| 9 | Under section 14 the police are given a power to impose conditions on the same grounds as in the case of marches ( see : Police v. Brickley , States , Kitson & Kitson ( Mag.Ct 1987 ) , where demonstrators were convicted for ignoring a condition that they should not stand immediately outside the South African Embassy ) . |
| 10 | Clearly this is likely to encourage development of the latter , including franchising . |
| 11 | He said : ‘ One of the things most appreciated by those running smaller businesses is the chance to meet people in the same boat and discuss matters of joint interest and concern . ’ |
| 12 | An interesting comment from the Arts representative was that ‘ it is financially impossible to train people in the same way they did 5 years ago ’ . |
| 13 | Using horizontal streams , the simplest procedure is to write successions of the same series in each voice . |
| 14 | For many , the task of policing relaxed consents was a source of considerable professional embarrassment following their attempts to secure compliance with the former , stricter , standards . |
| 15 | The chirrups of the crickets are calling songs , designed to attract females of the same species as the calling male . |
| 16 | When God in his wisdom chose not to bless women with the same convenient appendage through which men pass water , he left them with little choice but to strip off and squat . |
| 17 | At that time erm , I was a commercial traveller and Harlow was part of my district and they reluctantly accepted the fact that because I was a commercial traveller working in Harlow that I actually did work in Harlow which was stretching a point , but I really think that the Development Corporation 's officials were getting a little tired of my being able to talk their own language and to write letters in the same vein as they could write , they were n't used to this , and , at any rate , as I said earlier we got here . |
| 18 | Certainly the young middle-class , or rising middle-class person can be guaranteed to meet others of the same age who are respectable but not too serious . |
| 19 | It can be very supportive to meet others in the same situation as yourself . |
| 20 | The new bodies created to provide services in the former GLC and metropolitan county areas include numerous joint boards of councillors or QUELGOs ( quasi-elected local government organizations ) . |
| 21 | If your book is a success , you will want to write others with the same setting . |
| 22 | We 've already used , improved the supporters ' hut to provide shelter for the many people who watch the matches , from which to serve teas . |
| 23 | It is rare for an overseas couple to find jobs in the same area — most travel to obtain a job wherever offered . |
| 24 | Britain is at the stage when we must no longer expect sections of our land to be retained for the benefit of the few , when they could be used to provide jobs for the many . |
| 25 | Dissatisfaction with facilities offered to the ARC fleet in Barbados is said to be one of the chief reasons why the destination has changed , although a hint of rancour appeared to cloud references to the former destination . |
| 26 | First one has to ask whether as between the alleged wrongdoer and the person who has suffered damage there is a sufficient relationship of proximity or neighbourhood such that , in the reasonable contemplation of the former , carelessness on his part may be likely to cause damage to the latter , in which case a prima facie duty of care arises . |
| 27 | The bond issue , which could be launched as early as the end of this year , would be the first capital raising in an east European home market by the bank , which was set up by western governments in London in 1991 to catalyse investment in the former communist countries . |
| 28 | Imagine that they have entered into contracts to buy US$1m on September 30th and entered into contracts to sell $1.5m on the same date . |
| 29 | This was assessed by two independent investigators by observing ( a ) the cell appearance and their ability to attach the plate in the first 24 hours and ( b ) the length of time the culture required to reach confluency from the same starting number of cells per well . |
| 30 | Many would claim that the teaching of Jesus is still relevant and that it is virtually impossible to be totally committed to amassing wealth and to serve God at the same time . |