Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] [pron] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also , interestingly , Labour was trying to claim for itself the new Prospective owner-occupiers with a promise of low interest mortgages for low income earners . |
| 2 | Now they began to see for themselves the amazing interconnected web of life which links the creatures and plants on Denmark Farm , and the critical role which each link plays in maintaining the chain of existence — the working ecological system . |
| 3 | They set off from Wyre Mill to see for themselves the finishing touches being put to the weir nearby . |
| 4 | Barratt had been up to Tilberthwaite to see for himself the likely value of Knott 's sett on the Muncaster estate land there and he considered it to be a worthwhile proposition having seen , as he put it , " good bunches of ore under water " . |
| 5 | They also demanded that President Guillermo Endara Gallimany , 56 , make a personal visit to the old part of the city to see for himself the severe level of poverty the population was being forced to endure . |
| 6 | In 1987 , when Tony Heginbottom revived the tradition at Cragg Vale Spa near Hebden Bridge , I was there to taste for myself the chalybeate water . |
| 7 | in the Court of Appeal , ‘ in view of the historic struggle of the legislature to secure for itself the sole power to levy money upon the subject , its complete success in that struggle , the elaborate means adopted by the representative House to control the amount , the conditions and the purpose of the levy , the circumstances would be remarkable indeed which would induce the court to believe that the legislature had sacrificed all the well-known checks and precautions , and , not in express words , but merely by implication , had entrusted a Minister of the Crown with undefined and unlimited powers of imposing charges upon the subject for purposes connected with his department . ’ |
| 8 | They had no need to worry about what the National Consumer Council called ‘ manageable commitment ’ , in which the customer operated a system of precisely monitored deferred payment , only ‘ overcommitment ’ and ‘ unmanageable commitment ’ . |
| 9 | This would have been impossible with the yoke-harness , because as soon as the horse begins to pull with it the neck-strap presses on the animal 's windpipe and thus tends not only to restrict the flow of blood to its head , but also to suffocate it ! |
| 10 | … the circumstances are such that any reasonable man standing in the shoes of the recipient of the information would have realised that upon reasonable grounds the information was being given to him in confidence , then this should suffice to impose upon him the equitable obligation of confidence . |
| 11 | Perhaps the most elegant formulation of principle was given in Coco v Clark ( AN ) ( Engineers ) Ltd where it was said that if a reasonable man standing in the shoes of the recipient of the information would have realised that upon reasonable grounds the information was being given to him in confidence then this should suffice to impose upon him the equitable obligation of confidence . |
| 12 | Lissa thrust her belongings back into her jacket , bending her head to hide from him the secretive smile that touched her lips . |
| 13 | You can not count the features of loveliness here , but I attach some pages from my notebook to discover to you the ingenious flora of this fair isle and their many productive and rich uses . |
| 14 | These people might indeed be said to have had a right to move once again centre stage , and so it is hardly surprising to find among them the great names of the first Napoleonic age . |
| 15 | Be determined to define for yourself the exact meaning of words ( like " diplomacy " ) , especially when they are abstract ( like " influence " ) . |
| 16 | ‘ He did n't try to flirt with me the whole time , ’ she defended , and half wished then that she had n't said anything about lunchtime . |
| 17 | One day he will , and proceed to create from her the perfect dish of a wife and peeress . ’ |
| 18 | Given these kinds of powers , benefits and resources , it is interesting to speculate upon what the appropriate local authorities might have done during this period . |
| 19 | Will he ask his right hon. Friends the Home Secretary and the Secretary of State for the Environment to bring that home to the support services and the district decision-takers in South Yorkshire and to urge on them the prior claim of South Yorkshire police at this time ? |
| 20 | With that side of his face he seemed to listen to what the other side was doing . |
| 21 | The whole secret was not to listen to what the other person was saying , Masklin had noticed . |
| 22 | Willingness to listen to what the subordinate is really saying and trying to understand what lies behind the spoken word |
| 23 | And once her nephew-in-law sought her out to ask whether she would like to discuss with him the forthcoming Derby and which horse was likely to win the race . |
| 24 | In the early years there is extensive leisure devoted to play in which the basic manipulative and social skills are developed . |
| 25 | Professor Donaldson was so irate at my letter in the Times , which he considered to reflect upon English architects in general , that he proposed moving the Institute to reverse the recommendation of their council to award to me the annual Royal Gold Medal of the Institute , and was only dissuaded from attempting to inflict that gratuitous dishonour upon me by strong remonstrances . |
| 26 | He was Otto I 's brother , and his biographer was not slow to apply to him the biblical phrase , ‘ a royal priesthood ’ . |
| 27 | We invariably start our process by trying , together with the help of younger people , to look at what the present trends of the world are likely to lead to . |
| 28 | I took the trouble to look at what the hon. Gentleman said last time , when Swan 's was successful . |
| 29 | But for our need at this moment , we have to look at what the Holy Spirit is doing . |
| 30 | Once we attain the transcendental standpoint , we have ceased to carry with us the substantive concept of truth required to raise epistemological questions . |