Example sentences of "[to-vb] the [noun pl] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And so a couple of hours later , it was Burkett who drove the coach and four to the top of Dunmail Raise while Hope and Sylvia walked behind to spare the horses the effort , even though , as Burkett had pointed out , two passengers were light work for four horses . |
| 2 | The trick is to paint the walls the colour of the background of the paper , using a matt emulsion paint , then cut the paper into equal rectangles or squares and stick them on the walls in regularly spaced ‘ panels ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ Accordingly , the effect of the report is to confirm the conclusions the board has already reached on the financial effects of the fraud on Ferranti International . ’ |
| 4 | It is instructive to compare the ways the forest is exploited by two groupings of Amerindians far apart on the terra firme of Amazonia , the Jivaro , in the west under the slopes of the Andes , and the Kayapo in the east . |
| 5 | There are some remarkable verbal correspondences between the Interludium and Dame Sirith , such as the clerk 's plea to the girl to " " mend mode " " ( I. 25 ) , appearing in Dame Sirith as " " Amend mod " ( DS. 113 ) , and in the denial by Mome Elwis ( the Interludium 's counterpart to Dame Sirith ) of her ability to perform the tricks the clerk requires : ( Interludium ) ( " A son ! |
| 6 | I remember sitting helping to write the cards the night before and we were writing them off a typewritten sheet . |
| 7 | The RAF will also receive new weapons to plug the gaps the Falklands war exposed . |
| 8 | It is therefore necessary to calculate the husband 's annual net pecuniary loss , taking into account the loss of the wife 's earnings and the cost of employing a housekeeper or other help to provide the services the wife was formerly providing . |
| 9 | The principal concern of Edward 's ministers , as always , was to raise money for the war , and they hoped by making concessions to receive the grants the king needed ; but the concession of pardon for all debts of £10 or less was insufficient , and the commons insisted that they dare not grant a tax without consulting their communities . |
| 10 | Finance companies , by adopting a ‘ take it or leave it ’ attitude used to insist on inserting terms that were very onerous for the customer — terms to the effect that all implied conditions and warranties were excluded ; that in the event of the customer 's payments falling into arrears the finance company could repossess the goods ; that in order to repossess the goods the company 's agents could trespass upon the customer 's premises ; that in the event of the customer terminating the agreement he should pay a large sum of money to the finance company , etc . |
| 11 | We 've managed to hire the jackets the Salopettes the ski glasses the socks I 've sorted out , I 've told nan to buy you for Christmas . |
| 12 | Thank you Chairman , last environment committee er , you asked for updates on the position of the service , these are the last years I have managed to inspect the reports the service . |
| 13 | In each of these cases my method will be to discuss the effects the phenomenon has upon public liability companies , then to make comparison with the other forms in which we are interested . |
| 14 | However , now that it is necessary to identify the functions the judges are performing when they sit as visitors in cases which are concerned with the question whether people are fit and proper persons to become or remain barristers , we must for the first time examine their function in that context alone . |
| 15 | It 's sufficient simply to hear the questions the interviewer puts . |
| 16 | It is proposed to give the Directors the authority to alter the schemes to take account of or comply with any changes in any proposed or existing legislation affecting the schemes , or to take account of any take-over or reconstruction of the Company or to obtain or maintain favourable taxation treatment of the Company , any subsidiary or any participant , in each case excluding any changes which affect the basic structure of the schemes or the limits on the number of shares which may be subscribed for under the schemes . |
| 17 | I decided to give the authorities the slip and went through the bathroom window of the hotel and got myself lost in Moscow . |
| 18 | The aim would be to give the courts the right to divide pension rights , even if earned by one of the divorcing parties , between them . |
| 19 | But Morley pounced just a minute after the break to give the Hammers the goal their pressure deserved . |
| 20 | Just five more places are needed and then all fifty youngsters can return to England.In the long term charities hope to set up their own orphanage near Moscow , to give the Russians the love and care they crave.But for the next year at least , the orphans can look forward to the best of British schooling . |
| 21 | The overall aims of the experience would be specified , including : to give students the opportunity to work in a real production kitchen where the pace , the expectations and the allowed tolerances would be different from a college training kitchen ; to give students the chance to see and use specialist equipment unavailable at college ; to give the students the opportunity to assess their own personal skills , including the ability to cope on their own , away from home . |
| 22 | For many it seemed expedient and not seriously damaging to British interests to give the Soviets the benefit of many doubts — at least for the time being . |
| 23 | We will continue to give the police the support and resources they need to carry out their duties effectively and efficiently . |
| 24 | Erm or , or a pragmatic in terms of erm you want to minimize disruption , you actually want to get production going and the way to get production going is to give the peasants the land themselves . |
| 25 | A late election will not be admitted outside the statutory time limit if the delay is due to : oversight or negligence on the part of a partner or his agent ; because one of the parties to the election temporarily refuses to sign it ; or because the delay is deliberate to give the parties the opportunity to determine its effect on their tax liabilities . |
| 26 | In spite of the ‘ failure of the seminaries and theological colleges to give the clergy the background to be in full charge of the music in the parish … people are thinking and talking about liturgy and music in new ways , and reassessing everything ’ . |
| 27 | They are going to give the children the idea that it is all right to change the facts to suit your way of thinking . |
| 28 | ‘ We want to give the children the incentive ’ , Haguellar says . |
| 29 | ‘ I said that I liked to give the islanders the impression that I lived alone . ’ |
| 30 | In ‘ The Altar ’ and in ‘ Easter Wings ’ he even adjusted the length of the lines in order to give the verses the shape of an altar and of a pair of wings . |