Example sentences of "[to-vb] [verb] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The homoeopath was happy to allow Owen to continue enjoying the aromatic baths and massage , but was less concerned about diet — some homoeopaths do not advocate dietary reform .
2 However , exports to non-E.E.C. countries in their currencies will still be subject to fluctuating exchange rates and Northern Ireland exporters will need to continue using the various mechanisms available to them to minimise exchange risks .
3 As long as man eats unhealthy food ( the product of unhealthy soil ) , even in the right proportions , the medical profession will perforce have to continue to treat the inevitable results .
4 It is said that Netwise could not afford to continue financing the European effort once the cash had dried up .
5 Reportedly , Netwise could not afford to continue financing the European effort once the cash had dried up .
6 The physical nature of her work needs only dimmed lighting and a place to sit to enable the full impression to take hold .
7 She had decided not to risk using the electric light , even supposing it was switched on , since a light from the front of the Rectory would be visible from the road and , therefore , news to the whole village .
8 That offender damaged no fewer than eight vehicles , and the police gave up the chase on four separate occasions because it was too dangerous to continue pursuing the stolen vehicle at various stages .
9 An alternative is to search using the logarithmic technique .
10 6.4 Upon expiry or termination , for whatever reason , of this Agreement , shall return or destroy as shall instruct no later that 30 ( thirty ) days thereafter , all Licensed Software , documentation , technical information and any other data supplied to during the continuance in effect of this Agreement and all and any copies made of the whole or any part of the same and shall furnish with a certificate , certifying that the same has been done , except such supporting software , information and data which will require to continue to support the Licensed Software being the date of expiry or termination where permits to do so .
11 The secret decision to continue producing the new generation of so-called ‘ binary ’ nerve gas weapons would also seem to preclude a Bush-inspired bilateral agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union to start reducing their arsenals of chemical weapons before the new global treaty is concluded .
12 If a system of government is , in the long term to continue to enjoy the broad acquiescence on which , in a democratic society , it stands , it must be sufficiently responsive to the voices of the governed and this is most effectively ensured by the constitution 's providing for the regulation of social affairs at the lowest and most immediate level possible .
13 Although a military coup seems unlikely in these democratic times , Mr Kim does not want to risk rattling the top brass or provoking earnest young turks unless , or until , a glaring new scandal emerges — and one may be brewing over fighter-aircraft procurements .
14 In this case long term aid would also have to include ending the civil war by some form of intervention if necessary .
15 I urge them to continue to meet the necessary level of funding to maintain and update where necessary what has been achieved .
16 Einstein , therefore , set to work to try to demolish the accepted version of quantum mechanics .
17 He needs to try to see the subtler reasons for this mood .
18 Well , we 're going to try to provide the first steps towards uniformity .
19 ‘ Oh , Father told me you 'd opened the new girls ’ school , so I simply had to come to meet the new schoolteacher .
20 After appearing on a television programme in Scotland , I was asked by an eminent Professor of Physiology to try to establish the long-term success of my Hip and Thigh Diet slimmers .
21 And Evans said : ‘ I will be studying video tape of the alleged incident to try to establish the full facts .
22 If Mr. Goldsmith would care to accept the invitation — clearly written in the bottom left-hand corner of our charts — to contact us , I would gladly explain to him in detail how we tackle the very complex task of chart production , and in particular how we go to the most extraordinary lengths to try to meet the highest standards of clarity and accuracy demanded by the wide range of our customers — when flying in UK ( not USA ) airspace .
23 Rolle has to try to meet the linguistic challenge which faces any mystical writer : to define and point towards the nature of an experience which is in essence ineffable .
24 Man 's discovery that he himself , like other living creatures , is born and dies must have led him intuitively to try to circumvent the relentless flux of time by seeking to perpetuate his own existence indefinitely .
25 Both governments agreed to try to restart the political talks on Northern Ireland early in 1993 .
26 However , I was going to try to pull the right strings .
27 In its raw state , cocoa is very bitter , and the beans , once removed from the pods , are left to ferment to diminish the bitter flavour before they are processed .
28 Police have mounted a series of operations to try to catch the rustling gangs , some of whom are thought to travel from various parts of the country .
29 His next tack was to try to catch the ABS system out .
30 and that 's it do n't forget about our competition … to try to pick the new manager here at the Manor ground … you know Anne there has been some thoughts they 'd like to see a women in this chair … what do you reckon
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