Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The true explanation is utterly different , and it had to wait for one of the most revolutionary thinkers of all time , Charles Darwin . |
| 2 | He seems to have taken no part in public life under the Commonwealth , but when the Exchequer was re-established under the Protectorate he failed to regain his old post as auditor , having to wait for this until the Restoration , when he protested , perhaps predictably , that he had never really been a parliamentarian at all . |
| 3 | Mind you , the combination of a few too many pints before the game and only being able to see about 3/4 of the pitch would n't have made for a very comprehensive report anyway ! |
| 4 | He continued in his refusal to offer a defence in his trial on charges of corruption , which opened in March 1991 and was expected to continue through most of the year [ see pp. 38157-58 ] . |
| 5 | The aim of the measure may also have been financial , because the Crown was empowered to distrain for half of the profits resulting from the enclosure ; it was not , however , an easy way to raise money , so it is unlikely to have been the only reason for the Act . |
| 6 | Now this looks more like it : a normal , natural reaction , even if I do have to search through several of the transcripts on my desk to find one . |
| 7 | Since this possibility existed , the court considered that it would be improper to substitute its own judgment as to whether it was wise to proceed for that of the directors . |
| 8 | I was beginning to become impatient as we lay about on the sand for several hours waiting our turn to go aboard one of the tank-landing craft , after it had discharged its cargo . |
| 9 | We 've got to go through one of the exam pieces . |
| 10 | I ca n't remember at the policy and resources why it was decided by a majority because in in replying to this report on making our comments to this report , I first had consultations with officers to go through some of the items that we had done and issues that we had covered in this authority especially the members ' services sub committee and we knocked off the bare bones of er a report to the policy and resources committee and the policy . |
| 11 | She knew him well enough now to see through some of the camouflage — perhaps all of it . |
| 12 | The stormclouds that had been threatening to unload for most of the week finally opened their hatches on Saturday afternoon . |
| 13 | He also has been compelled to sit out most of the practices since Scotland 's omission from the Cup stages at Canberra last week . |
| 14 | The government , through a rigorous cash limits approach , is forcing local authorities to carry out most of the unpopular cuts in actual services . |
| 15 | However , as modulating notes ( e.g. sharpened leading-notes ) are particularly important at cadence points , it is well to provide for these in the melody . |
| 16 | It is therefore most important to provide for this in the expert clause . |
| 17 | Although interest rates and inflation were both falling , Britain had to struggle through one of the worst recessions since the war . |
| 18 | I 'd like to work for one of the building societies and get a cheap mortgage . |
| 19 | Er a well I do n't know , I feel that th there used to be something in that , that used to burn it up now what they call their top site and when they burned it they took all the acid out of it , and there used to be all yellow stuff come out the chimney and that , when they finished burn that was always red and the Germans used to come after that before the war , Second World War , they used to come after that and they used to reckon they make paintwork but now you done something else different with it and they use I tell you we used to give it the name of green oar or parites |
| 20 | It remained for a moment , a definite form , before moving off at a half-crouched , shambling run to hide behind one of the gravestones . |
| 21 | Even if antibody concentrations began to decline 4–6 weeks after vaccination with IPV , the high titres achieved initially would be likely to persist throughout much of the period of maximum risk of paralytic poliomyelitis , which in most developing countries occurs between 6 and 18 months of age . |
| 22 | DEFIANT Ralph Knight last night revealed his intention to stand against Labour in the county council elections after being repeatedly snubbed by the party . |
| 23 | Pondering his future — Ralph Knight is to stand against Labour in the county council elections |
| 24 | It was a remarkable achievement for a company created just over a year earlier and which had had to pitch against some of the world 's largest train-builders , including GEC Alsthom , Siemens , and BREL , the dominant British manufacturer . |
| 25 | It was a remarkable achievement for a company created just over a year earlier and which had had to pitch against some of the world 's largest train-builders , including GEC Alsthom , Siemens , and BREL , the dominant British manufacturer . |
| 26 | THE aborigines are back , this time before Paul Keating , the latest prime minister to grapple with one of the trickiest problems in Australian politics : aborigines ' rights . |
| 27 | Thus , despite the fact that he had dealt with the relationship of town and countryside at a very abstract level Bukharin did try to grapple with some of the fundamental , enduring and concrete problems arising from the revolutionary transformation of the economy . |
| 28 | Many a Harvard dealer has needed to haggle with one of the market-makers in the adjoining room , in order to obtain something like a fair deal for his client . |
| 29 | The entry list for next Saturday 's Bangor classic 10k is really starting to sparkle with three of the Liverpool-based Kenyan international stars coming to the Co Down event . |
| 30 | She was delighted at having the chance to work with one of the rock world 's most distinguished performers who had already branched out into the movie business . |