Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I want to comment briefly on the Government 's proposals and to support wholeheartedly the new clauses and amendments tabled by my right hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham , Sparkbrook ( Mr. Hattersley ) . |
| 2 | If the South is redefined to include only the four regions of the South East , South West , East Anglia and the East Midlands , then the net movement of people from North to South can be seen to have risen from a low point of only around 10,000–20,000 a year in the early 1970s to a peak of nearly 70,000 by 1985–86 ( Figure 4.2 ) . |
| 3 | Footballers and boxers , too , often have their entry into the sports world aided by zealous school teachers , though , overwhelmingly , they choose to see only the formative years up to , say , the age of 13 as affected by teachers . |
| 4 | You will then need to gather together the necessary things to make an application . |
| 5 | In the introduction to the thirteen papers presented at the symposium held at Abo Akademi University in 1988 , Roger Sell tries to weave together the different strands by highlighting their central common core , namely that literature is a communicative discourse strictly related to ideology and power . |
| 6 | In this regard it can be seen that in order for the catechesis to work effectively the various members of the group have to work as a team — the L.C. is responsible for presenting the symbol well ; having a good story that echoes the goal clearly ; and providing the opportunity for EACH person to share their story . |
| 7 | In order to work properly the dominant forces in each of the three spheres have to monopolize the key resources for which there is great competition . |
| 8 | In this concluding section I shall try to pull together the preceding discussions of the theory , practice , and policy relating to tacit collusion . |
| 9 | She was standing at the gas-stove , turning a plucked chicken over the flames to singe away the tiny feathers left behind in the skin . |
| 10 | With such a variety of similar instruments and competitive rates it is difficult and costly in time for all participants to know exactly the best terms and rates . |
| 11 | By five-thirty , I had met up with the lads and , content at seventeen miles , stooped in the twilight to hammer home the twenty-eight pegs . |
| 12 | The Report , as well as recommending that homosexual relations between adults in private should no longer be an offence , and that the age of consent should be 21 , also sought to increase substantially the maximum penalties in respect of certain offences . |
| 13 | Parents find it extremely difficult to provide even the basic necessities for life today , and certainly when you begin to think of the sort of things that most children in this country have on a day-to-day basis — an ice cream , a trip to the swimming baths and so on — these families do n't er it 's a major crisis to provide for example sixty pence as entry to a swimming pool . |
| 14 | Nor are we likely to know beforehand the sociolinguistic functions of all the linguistic variants identified — whether they mark age , sex or contextual style differences , for example . |
| 15 | It may be enough for an investment trust to tempt investors by describing the opportunity area in broad terms , and inasmuch as this temptation continues to work then the early investors can sell out at a profit to the later ones . |
| 16 | She felt little pain unless she moved , which she tried not to do as she struggled to pull apart the serrated jaws of the trap . |
| 17 | What appears in English balance sheets as ‘ goodwill ’ is , obviously , more than an attempt to capitalize just the accumulated effects of the advertising of companies acquired . |
| 18 | The abilities not just to comprehend , to take things into one 's own understanding , and to make something of them , but also to be able to evaluate critically the available theories and traditions , and to be willing and have the mental toughness to take up a stance of one 's own : all these abilities point to an intellectual independence , requiring real academic freedom for their realization . |
| 19 | I I simply , I simply want er er a direct message from from the programme which is going on Chairman incidentally I I note that Nottinghamshire County Council erm has found a a and the Labour group there has found it necessary to tackle just the same problems erm in elderly persons homes and that I understand that they have a a closure list of seven , now presumably that has been drawn up from a long list of a lot more than seven , say fourteen or fifteen from which they 've made their final choice . |
| 20 | In particular Mosley was influenced by Lloyd George 's ability to bypass bureaucratic red tape and through dynamic activism attempt to tackle head-on the mounting problems of British society . |
| 21 | The RTO therefore felt it ‘ necessary to re-examine some of the basic premises , [ and ] to explore further the underlying assumptions before formulating specific policy proposals ’ . |
| 22 | In addition , the banks claimed that the authorities ' monetary measures — particularly prior to 1964 — tended to restrict mainly the clearing banks , whereas other financial intermediaries ( secondary banks , building societies , insurance companies , etc. ) were relatively untouched . |
| 23 | She did n't want to explain that she had been too nervous to go in the kitchen and cook it , too lily-livered to turn her back to the window as she lit the gas , too timorous to cause even the tiny sounds of roasting game . |
| 24 | Similarly , the role of occupational and private pensions is covered fully in the chapter by Dulcie Groves and it is therefore necessary only to highlight here the main features which disadvantage women and contribute to their greater likelihood of experiencing poverty in old age . |
| 25 | Subsequent experimental work has failed both to clarify fully the exact mechanisms involved in frost weathering and to define precisely the climatic conditions under which the process is likely be most effective . |
| 26 | She found it comforting to remember sometimes the worst aspects of Finn 's behaviour . |
| 27 | He was whisked in to open officially the new offices of the British Paralympic Association . |
| 28 | He went on : ‘ From our first corporate audit , we have been aware of the need to reflect adequately the particular constraints and practical day-to-day problems that many regions experience in the fields of HSE compliance . |
| 29 | And the labour council — in reality a fragile and temporary alliance of Social Democratic Federation ( SDF ) , Independent Labour Party ( ILP ) , christian socialist , Irish nationalist and independent members — elected on a platform little different from that of progressives on the LCC , was never able to challenge effectively the accepted boundaries of municipal activity . |
| 30 | The research seeks to quantify these changes at the local scale and assess their significance for population redistribution rates in order to gauge better the geographical implications of anticipated trends in population structure . |