Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adj] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Secondly , investors from outside the Community , from places such as Japan , the United States and many others , look at the European Community and decide that the United Kingdom is by far the best place in which to invest due to the stability , skills and reliability of our work force . |
| 2 | Xerox Corp , figures , page five , says it expects the European economy to remain weak for the rest of the year , but Xerox forecasts ‘ some encouraging signs of recovery ’ in Japan for the remainder of 1993 ; the plan to leave the financial services business remains on track but it might take several years . |
| 3 | In natural fibre-rich foods the taste-evoking substances appear to remain intact within the cell walls which have not been stripped away by refining processes . |
| 4 | In the past these synthesizing studies have been difficult to perform due to the lack of a technology which allows the storing , retrieval , analysis , manipulation and display of large volumes of data relating to areal units and their properties . |
| 5 | It is normal for blood pressure and pulse rates to fall due to the effect of anaesthetic drugs and gases on the cardiac and respiratory centres . |
| 6 | The workforce reduction and other actions will result in a one-time charge of $40m to be taken against the fourth quarter figures , but Cray expects to remain profitable for the year , and sees higher profitability as a result of the measures next year . |
| 7 | Except that both the cleric and the man of science manage to fall asleep over the body . |
| 8 | City of London Telecommunications — or COLT — has already started construction of the network , which is expected to go on-line towards the end of the year . |
| 9 | It was impossible to remain resentful in the face of such a frank admission of guilt , and , although her voice sounded rather cool , she said , ‘ Yes . |
| 10 | If it is appropriate for a case to go direct to the House of Lords it seems wrong that a litigant should be able to frustrate what appears to be a proper course . |
| 11 | This allows my hand to remain clear of the work . |
| 12 | Most amplifier/speaker setups begin to sound different as the volume increases . |
| 13 | ( Judy Thomas points out , however , that if anything were to go wrong during the evening the agency would n't be legally responsible . ) |
| 14 | there is not much to go wrong with the equipment provided that it is properly cared for . |
| 15 | Things started to go wrong from the moment Dexter got up . |
| 16 | The column for telephone numbers of Melanie 's family would have to remain empty for the time being . |
| 17 | This dissipates with weathering , so , if your pool is constructed during late summer and is likely to remain empty throughout the winter , it will ‘ cure ’ itself . |
| 18 | Where jobs are available , there is evidence that higher AFDC payments do apparently encourage more people to remain dependent on the state than where they are lower , but overall variations in labour market buoyancy mean that ‘ analyses which place the blame for poverty among these families upon the welfare ‘ largesse ’ are deficient' ( p. 210 ) . |
| 19 | The simplest way or wiring is to link in to an existing socket , but the alternative is to connect direct into the ring circuit cable using a three-dimensional junction box . |
| 20 | However , it recommends that the auditor should have a duty to report direct to the regulator and should be required to examine and comment on the effectiveness of the internal controls the trustees have established . |
| 21 | Howard was still able to report direct to the PM . |
| 22 | Her long blonde hair seemed to come alive in the sunlight which gave it golden highlights . |
| 23 | The style was adopted early and relinquished late ; the former because it suited the country and its people , the latter because links with Renaissance ideas were slow to percolate due to the isolation from the Continent . |
| 24 | He wheeled his horse , and roared his own knights round upon their bowmen ; and the loyal among the marksmen set up an answering howl , and fell out as best they could , leaping sidelong into the bushes and up the heathery slope , to stand clear of the slaughter and find a vantage-point again from which they could play their part . |
| 25 | Hurrying to catch up with his London colleague , Giles Aplin thought the surprised man was about to slip free of the garment and make a run for it . |
| 26 | The top eye fixing is designed to pull free on the strike minimising resistance . |
| 27 | Remember that unless you are fitting within a window reveal , your track should , where possible , extend beyond the sides of the window to enable the curtain to stand free of the window during daylight . |
| 28 | The Cup was paraded round the ground at half-time , and Huddersfield won the match 2–1 , to pull clear of the relegation zone . |
| 29 | New initiatives include Smokebusters , a network of regional clubs for children aged between 10 and 13 which encourage children to accept non-smoking as the norm . |
| 30 | No clients wanted to appear ignorant about the market to their dealers . |