Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | They could not afford to buy a horse , and although the richer peasants were more heavily taxed , this did not compensate for the wide difference in equipment , which was not taxed . |
| 32 | Importing authorities , on the other hand , have complained that the cross-boundary flow adjustment does not fully compensate for the actual workload since , by using average costs , it does not fully cover the costs of treating high-cost cases . |
| 33 | Those of a pike have become elegant filmy sculls , rotating slowly back and forth from a joint within the body , so that the fish can compensate for the tiniest variation of current and hang above a rock as though it were suspended from an invisible wire . |
| 34 | Moreover , a collective managerial guilt was at work , attempting to ‘ compensate for the forty years of Francoism suffered by the mass of the workforce ’ . |
| 35 | It is that same voyage of discovery that the organisers of The Jimi Hendrix Exhibition are hoping the public will experience through the 100 pieces of work they have put on show . |
| 36 | Anyway Feynman makes it clear that classical mechanics will arise as the limiting behaviour of large systems since the only paths that will count in their sum over histories will be extremely close to the classical trajectory of least action . |
| 37 | Accept that it hurts , that every movement will hurt for the foreseeable future . |
| 38 | Some institutional arrangement other than large-numbers competition needs to be found to safeguard the transaction from excessive opportunistic wrangling , which could siphon off the available gains from trade . |
| 39 | A warning message will be displayed if it is a development version , or if that version does not exist for the given Product package at this time . |
| 40 | Sufficient funds did not exist for the fast rehabilitation of the railways , for the immediate implementation of mass education . |
| 41 | The difficulty is most apparent when discussing the Renaissance since by hypostatising science and art as two separate and separable activities Kemp is framing a problem that did not exist for the historical actors . |
| 42 | You know often they do n't stay through the whole meeting but if they 've got specific points to bring up you know th you know it 's flexible really you know sort of depending on what 's going on really . |
| 43 | The Headmaster was helping prepare for the grand event and was so confident it would be a success , he had contacted a specialist to come to take the Bookman away when caught . |
| 44 | Next month he will commute from his home in Fulham to a club in Hamburg , where he will prepare for the grass-court season by playing on clay for a club in the Second Division of the German League . |
| 45 | There is considerable ( ? deliberate ) confusion about the figures , but it seems that general practice and community services will receive about 4% extra revenue next year to help them prepare for the extra workload . |
| 46 | The society claims that there are ‘ cosmic masters ’ in the universe and that they have come ‘ to give priceless teachings to man to help him prepare for the New World and to bring a great millennium of peace ’ . |
| 47 | Indeed , I remember warning her , half in joke , half in earnest , that I could not answer for the new Government lasting more than six weeks . |
| 48 | You ca n't answer for the other officers but you can answer for yourself . |
| 49 | What do you think about the environmental damage caused by the huge number of trekkers and climbers who visit Nepal ? |
| 50 | Let's think about the unsuccessful hospitals and , possibly more to the point , the unsuccessful ventures undertaken from time to time by otherwise efficient units . |
| 51 | Touching : We all know when something is so hot that it burns our fingers or so sharp that it hurts to touch it — but how much do we think about the other things we touch ? |
| 52 | So what do you think about the overall situation as it stands at the present time ? |
| 53 | ‘ Handiman made everyone think about the handicapped person in their family that it 's easy to deny , ’ says Damon , who may have found the character 's roots in his own childhood club foot . |
| 54 | I do n't want to even think about the two mistakes I made at Wembley the last time against Spurs . ’ |
| 55 | WHATEVER anyone might think about the amazing Norman Lamont saga , everyone will be agreed on one point : How can lawyers run up a Pounds 23,000 bill so simply ? |
| 56 | What do you think about the comprehensive schooling ? |
| 57 | Very well … and what do you think about the new man ? ’ |
| 58 | Well , what do you think about the new pill ? do let us know and we 'll publish a selection of your comments . |
| 59 | He was glad because — well , not having kids before , he only thought about the nice side of being a dad , he did n't think about the bad side . |
| 60 | ‘ I really must think about the whole question , ’ she thought , as she went up the stairs to the flat . |