Example sentences of "[to-vb] [vb pp] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Intramural physician monitors adjusted the cyclosporin doses to maintain cyclosporin trough levels between 80 and 120 ng/ml thus allowing the investigators to remain blinded to the study treatment . |
| 2 | The correct approach here is to cut down the obligation to perform undertaken under the contract , rather than attempt to impose an exemption clause covering the liability for a breach committed . |
| 3 | Indeed General de Gaulle , the French leader after 1958 , insisted that the policy must be introduced if France was to remain committed to the Community . |
| 4 | The last pitch was a real sting in the tail , but the perplexing moves up a short crack in a wall soon succumbed to brute force and determination and I swung exultantly over a final bulge on the monstrous , weathered holds to sit satiated on the plateau , soaking up the sun until Alec pulled over , grinning with triumph . |
| 5 | If the heads are restricted to general terms they are a useful means of outlining the transaction and identifying the main areas the parties want to see included in the sale agreement . |
| 6 | Those three weeks had thrown up a heartening variety of political allegiances in the tree-lined avenue but all happy agreements to differ evaporated in the wake of John Major 's sinister victory . |
| 7 | He was sufficiently troubled by Malcolm 's bouncer to stand frozen at the crease and take it on the helmet , but sufficiently brave to try to hook the inevitable follow-up . |
| 8 | On June 18 Shamir continued his efforts to appear committed to the peace process , proposing in an interview with the Egyptian magazine Mayyu to invite President Hafez al-Assad of Syria to visit Jerusalem for peace talks , and declaring his willingness to talk to any " elected Arab representative " from the West Bank or Gaza ( but not Jerusalem ) . |
| 9 | The description by Jill Tweedie of the organic sheep farmer I was travelling to meet bounced from the page : ‘ This once respectable female stripped off and began sitting around in front of cameras with her legs apart and her hands in unmentionable places . ’ |
| 10 | Item No. 1 : this winged lion of St Mark in a gondola is the typical sort of item you would expect to find attached to the top of expensive furniture . |
| 11 | To do this , the researcher has to remain detached from the group at the same time as becoming a member of it . |
| 12 | And something has to be done about the over-breeding of pedigree dogs : I 've met Home Office Minister Angela Rumbold to discuss important changes I would like to see made to The Dog Breeding Act . ’ |
| 13 | D ) Pipette disposal box , the exterior of which is covered with 1 mm lead to eliminate Bremsstrahlung from the plexiglass . |
| 14 | This relates to bias introduced by the use of different observers/interviewers at T 1 and T 2 or simply the same people becoming more skilled/bored , or the researcher may be tempted to use ‘ improved ’ scales of IQ , occupational prestige , etc. , at T 2 . |
| 15 | As they drew nearer Joseph could see the flat peasant faces of the four Annamese boys clearly ; they were wide-eyed with apprehension , but obviously determined to remain rooted to the spot until the last moment . |
| 16 | In a radio address on 24 May , for example , he announced three major categories of reform , which he expected to see accomplished before the end of the year : reform of the civil service ; nationalization of the coal , electricity , and banking industries ; and a plan to boost France 's birthrate . |
| 17 | However , the claim begins to look exaggerated in the context of the causes of the growth ; in particular , the contracting out of services from the productive industries . |
| 18 | This beautifully illustrated book provides information on some of the best garden plants to grow based on the experience of these two renowned gardeners . |
| 19 | But the Bill provides room for manoeuvring — and perhaps an indefinite delay — by allowing the government to choose an ‘ appropriate time to proceed based on the state 's financial abilities ’ . |
| 20 | It is also important not to remain tied to the investment made in an old system . |
| 21 | And if the Spirit was truly to represent Jesus , he had to remain bound to the person and character of Jesus.Jesus was God 's Last Word to man ; and the function of the Spirit was not to give some new revelation of his own , but to bear witness to Jesus , to draw out the implications of God 's Last Word . |
| 22 | French fists were shaken under her chin , brakes screamed , words I was n't allowed to use hung in the air . |
| 23 | The Directors may , after that period , allot any shares or grant any such rights under this authority in pursuance of an offer or agreement so to do made by the Company within that period . |
| 24 | The Directors may , after that period , allot any shares or grant any such rights under this authority in pursuance of an offer or agreement so to do made by the Company within that period . |
| 25 | This blockbuster may have been intended to rival Gone with the Wind but the result is sub-Dallas , sub-Dynasty . |
| 26 | Children years too young to vote boogied in the street . |
| 27 | Decides to remain seized of the matter . " |
| 28 | 2 Use a skewer to poke holed in the orange around the sticky tape . |
| 29 | While such graphic interpretations of how Hendrix and his music influenced artists of the '60s were important , the brains behind the exhibition felt that the man was too big an icon to remain stuck in the past . |
| 30 | There was hardly room for the two of them , let alone for Georgiades , who followed them in but had to remain stuck in the doorway . |