Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only reason why I go to see a Nirvana show is just to see them wreck the gear ! |
| 2 | We came out to see them putting the body in a bag . |
| 3 | If the minor parties hold the balance of power , somewhat more Liberal Democrat supporters would like to see them keep the Tories under Mr Major in power than want a minority government led by Mr Kinnock . |
| 4 | In history and in modern times , any sporting pursuit which seriously engages blacks is sure to see them become the leaders in the field . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'd like to see them get the plans through the government housing regulations . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's very sad because people love to see me wearing the chains , particularly children and old folk , ’ said Coun Wood . |
| 7 | I wish the old man had lived to see me get the farm back . |
| 8 | More elaborate designs might use pin headers and sockets so that flying leads can be plugged into the board , making it easy to disconnect them to remove the board for servicing or repair . |
| 9 | B and K claimed that the Board should give them sufficient information to enable them to answer the case against them . |
| 10 | It will also help if the players can hit the iron shots a little higher than usual to enable them to stop the ball on the firm greens . |
| 11 | The sellers gave the buyers a delivery note to enable them to collect the spirit from X. However , the buyers chose to keep it at X 's and did not come to remove it for some months by which time it had deteriorated . |
| 12 | And er that had to be regulated , regulated as far as fairness and response to er any claim that our members may make in respect of fairness you know , er and it , to enable them to reach the target bonus . |
| 13 | The report concluded that the Fayed brothers , Mohamed and Ali , had ( i ) dishonestly misrepresented their background and wealth to the DTI for the purpose of persuading the Department in 1985 not to refer the acquisition to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission ( MMC ) ; ( ii ) used their connection with the Sultan of Brunei to enable them to acquire the funds used in the acquisition ; ( iii ) repeated their lies to their advisers , who had accepted at face value what they were told and failed to check its accuracy ; and ( iv ) misrepresented the extent of their business assets to both the DTI and to the Office of Fair Trading . |
| 14 | ( ii ) To encourage subject departments to inspire pupils with an interest in their subject to use the Library/Resource Centre to further their knowledge of the subject and to enable them to use the skills of the subject , in particular by finding its concepts meaningful for the whole of life . |
| 15 | The government is now devising methods to enable them to use the welfare state to control people and make them tow the line . |
| 16 | During the summer of 1979 Mr. and Mrs. Hammond had made arrangements with Argyle Building Society , now known as Norwich and Peterborough Building Society , to borrow £15,000 on the security of the property in order to enable them to purchase the property for £24,500 from Mr. Steed . |
| 17 | Does the Minister realise that many small primary schools are now under enormous pressure in terms of delivering the full curriculum because they do not have the additional resources to enable them to employ the staff to teach it ? |
| 18 | SCOTVEC is always interested to hear from people who feel that they have the subject expertise and commitment to National Certificate to enable them to undertake the job of subject assessor . |
| 19 | These costs include the re-filling of fire extinguishers or damage caused by the fire brigade to a building to enable them to put the fire out and would be covered under the fire section . |
| 20 | A better alternative is for the trust to borrow from an external source , with a guarantee provided by Newco , and Newco then makes tax-deductible payments to the trustees to enable them to meet the instalments on their borrowings . |
| 21 | These times were long enough to enable them to study the behaviour of the plasma and its response to the magnetic forces , necessary first steps along the way to controlled thermonuclear fusion . |
| 22 | Students will be given support to enable them to identify the type of work they would prefer and the tutor will undertake the placement organisation with some contribution from the student . |
| 23 | the usual practice for liners in the vicinity of ice in clear waters was ‘ to keep course , to maintain the speed and to trust a sharp look–out to enable them to avoid the danger ’ |
| 24 | This figure is reminiscent of the Palaeolithic hunters of Western Europe , who dressed in untreated animal skins and wore antlers to enable them to approach the animals they were hunting ( see p. 131 and fig. 14.13 ) . |
| 25 | If , instead , the tax payers had sold their shares for a larger amount , sufficient to enable them to repay the loans , they are likely to have been personally better off , because of indexation allowance to reduce the additional gain deriving from the sale of the shares , and because they would not have suffered an income tax charge under either ss421 or 160 . |
| 26 | Here knowledge of material practices and social understanding combine to enable them to read the text in specific ways . |
| 27 | The newer , smaller , spontaneous groups — of parents with mentally handicapped children , for example must be voluntary and self-help to retain their independence and to enable them to build the self-respect of their members . |
| 28 | The purpose of the narthex was to accommodate those , such as penitents , who were not permitted to enter the church , and to enable them to hear the service . |
| 29 | Finally , some teachers did not return the questionnaire because they had not been in the school at the time of the review and felt that their knowledge of SSE as a general notion was too limited even to enable them to complete the section on general attitudes . |
| 30 | My point is that I see nothing in the Gracious Speech to enable me to counter the opinions expressed by our European partners who are still proud to know us but bemused that we have a Britain which in their eyes is no longer as great as it was . |