Example sentences of "[to-vb] [det] [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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31 Mm , I 'll have to try that with the feet , come on .
32 The illness did , however , convince me to accept another of the points Mrs Hill had made and I decided to apply for social security money .
33 In other words , studies of television genre begin to reinvent some of the wheels which film authorship and genre studies set in motion some time ago .
34 Almost everyone will want to juggle some of the items between the two lists ; or add their own particular commitments or special enthusiasms , omitted by us .
35 What I want to suggest is that far from representing a glorification of a golden age , confident and stable in its social organisation , The Faerie Queene exemplifies a very uneasy social and cultural fabric and I want to indicate some of the reasons for that unease .
36 Series of interlinking metaphors of chaos and inhumanity are generated to maintain this dramatic mode and ensure that the agenda for control remains firmly with the system , and already I have used such metaphorical terms as ‘ animals ’ and ‘ enemies ’ to indicate some of the ways in which those in power make use of the rich imagination contained in everyday language .
37 The case of Deerhurst in Gloucestershire may serve as a useful example to show what can be learned about early land use and also to indicate some of the pitfalls .
38 We could take other examples , but I think these are sufficient to indicate some of the difficuIties that are involved when a deceptively simple question is posed such as ‘ what are services ? ’
39 They were both Londoners so this cheered me up no end , and we were soon making our way to the Mess for supper and then up to the office for me to meet some of the others .
40 On Oct. 15 , prison officials agreed to meet some of the prisoners ' demands , including the improvement of conditions in isolation cells .
41 Financial assisstance from the union 's Benevolent Funds and from the union 's benefit scheme is available to meet some of the needs which arise because of a personal accident or illness .
42 Action has already been taken to meet some of the needs identified .
43 John walked down the hill , on his way to meet some of the lads in the town .
44 I am hoping to meet some of the children before the Marathon and when the pain barrier hits me at around 20 miles I will only need to think of the courage and bravery of these young children to give me the extra incentive I need to finish the race .
45 During the meeting with the dialogue partners , as it became clear that the USA expected Pacific countries to meet some of the costs involved in such an initiative , this initial enthusiasm waned .
46 But , they 're going to be made on , in fact , it 's going to be pushed rather heavily they change to this new system , and they 're going to have to meet some of the costs of development of the new system .
47 In doing so we also try to relate some of the magnitudes we have encountered for individual NBFIs to the flow of funds matrix in Table 2.1 .
48 We gradually got to know some of the members of our Pathfinder Squadron , and to realise that they were in fact rather special .
49 But I think it s very important top management should get to know some of the problems those people have too , because if they 're not doing it right , the company could be in trouble .
50 But his cautious frame of mind was already beginning to irritate some of the comrades .
51 BROTHER CADFAEL had made one journey to the hamlet of Preston in search of the young man Aldhelm , only to find that he was away in the riverside fields of the manor of Upton , busy with the lambing , for the season had been complicated by having to retrieve some of the ewes in haste from the rising water , and the shepherds were working all the hours of the day .
52 They provide a way for a testator to secure some of the dispositions in his will even if the will fails and intestate succession ensues .
53 MIND is now a large ‘ direct-care ’ organization , that is , it receives money in grants from NHS and local authorities to provide some of the elements of the total service described in Chapters 7 and 8 , and it employs a large number of staff to support and enhance the work of the volunteers .
54 So we aim to provide some of the luxuries which most of us tend to take for granted at this time of year . ’
55 Jacobus van Huysum ( c.1687–1740 ) brother of the famous Dutch flower painter , Jan ( 1682–1749 ) , lived at Chelsea from 1720 to 1740 and worked in the Physic Garden to provide some of the illustrations for John Martyn 's Historia Plantarum Rariorum ( 1728–37 ) .
56 Yet the statute authorizes interception on wider grounds than those previously acknowledged and fails to provide some of the safeguards against abuse which were claimed to operate under the old administrative regime .
57 Mr Drake said : ‘ We are seeking to redress some of the ills of our predecessors .
58 Labour members of Churchill 's coalition would be particularly , but not exclusively , concerned to redress some of the injustices of the Dark Ages and to earn a reputation as determined and competent reformers .
59 Several leading Democrats reacted to this by claiming that , were Thornburgh to remain in office , it would raise the appearance of a conflict of interest and would allow him to circumvent some of the restrictions on the raising of electoral funds .
60 I would n't like to catch some of the diseases that are out there .
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