Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun sg] [to-vb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The government 's concern throughout the late 1940s was to stimulate building to make up the deficiencies in housing stock arising from bomb damage and the wartime standstill in house building . |
| 2 | It is also possible to obtain cover to pay off the mortgage on the diagnosis of certain critical illnesses . |
| 3 | He was reckoned to be one of the officers prepared to use force to put down the revolution . |
| 4 | Other cases have established the principle that a stronger case is needed to justify action to bring about the discontinuance of a use than would be needed to warrant a refusal of permission in the first instance . |
| 5 | The mother postponed her second marriage for six months to give time to sort out the new relationships . |
| 6 | Request to consider action to clear up the patch at the top of Baberton Loan on the Lanark Road . |
| 7 | Blue polythene sheeting , believed to have been used to carry coal to stoke up the massive blaze , was also found at the secluded site at Coppull near Chorley . |
| 8 | Blue polythene sheeting , believed to have been used to carry coal to stoke up the massive blaze , was also found at the secluded site in Coppull , near Chorley . |
| 9 | In its efforts to raise revenue to pay off the debt , Maxxam has been logging at twice the usual rate . |
| 10 | Rain made a mental note to get Holly to follow up the story next day , she could visualize it leading the column on Friday unless anything better turned up . |
| 11 | My duty was to supply conversation to break up the monotony of the heat-haze on the straight roads through the bush . |
| 12 | The Secretary of State specifies which areas of work are covered by this process and has overall powers to call for reports on performance and , if the statutory requirements have not been met , to direct that the offending local authority shall cease to have power to carry out the work . |
| 13 | Only when Dublin has the courage publicly to take action to root out the killers in its midst … will progress be made . |
| 14 | Does the Minister agree that he and his colleagues are responsible , first , for refusing to take action to clear up the fiasco on the issue of computer records being used , secondly for refusing to abolish the 20 per cent . |
| 15 | Talks have been going on since last night and the former Celtic and Manchester United star is set to travel north to sort out the details of his contract . |