Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If , on its own , borrowing more created value , then an arbitrage opportunity would arise between the two sorts of security . |
| 2 | Here you can browse through the book-lined shelves , catch up with the day 's papers , or simply relax with an after-dinner liqueur by the roaring log fire . |
| 3 | Observers said this week that it was significant that Morling did not rule about the possible effects of passive smoke on the unborn child . |
| 4 | This would compensate for the extra costs and disadvantages of disability , and thereby help to reduce the disparity experienced by many older women between their needs and resources . |
| 5 | Moreover , a collective managerial guilt was at work , attempting to ‘ compensate for the forty years of Francoism suffered by the mass of the workforce ’ . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | You ca n't answer for the other officers but you can answer for yourself . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 ? |
| 12 | I do n't want to even think about the two mistakes I made at Wembley the last time against Spurs . ’ |
| 13 | Far from wanting students to challenge and think about the important issues that affect patients and the community , the course tutors simply seemed to want compliant students who would not answer back . |
| 14 | My Group was anxious that all teachers should understand and think about the ideological assumptions implied by their approach to the teaching of English , for this is one way to overcome dogmatism . |
| 15 | Whatever advertisers and their agencies may think about the respective merits of Conservative , Labour or even Liberal Democrat administrations , general election mean a windfall of about £10m worth of business for media owners and a favoured few advertising agencies — reportedly some £8m of that spent by the Conservatives , £2m by Labour and a meagre £250,000 by the Liberal Democrats . |
| 16 | It is also important that you try and evaluate the dramatic experience of these different forms of presentation — this is worthwhile , because it will make you think about the different ways in which an actor can work and the various ways in which his skills are used . |
| 17 | That night , Jim was a bit happier and did n't think about the previous worries . |
| 18 | There is no very compelling reason , however , why foreseeability should not be utilised as the test of remoteness in cases where it is irrelevant to the initial determination of liability : ‘ granted that an escape takes place , albeit unforeseeably , what would a reasonable man regard as the foreseeable consequences of such an escape ? ’ |
| 19 | Well each has a particular history erm each has a particular culture and pattern of doing things , structure of government as I 've mentioned but also of course we have common interests so in foreign policy we sometimes draw differences between what we would regard as the direct interests of each state and what we can call common interests of mankind . |
| 20 | She was embarking on what she would always regard as the pleasantest years of her life . |
| 21 | Normally a knight expected to serve for about forty days a year at his own expense ; the terms of his service might also be restricted — when and where he served , and for how long he would stay after the forty days if the king paid him . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'd promised I would never fall for the obvious attractions of another beautiful woman , but from the moment I held you in my arms my instinct told me that you were as different from Lotta as wine is from vinegar . ’ |
| 23 | Once again Charles was astonished how easily Malcolm would fall for the oldest cons in the business . |
| 24 | And most single people and er most young people in particular , fall outside that definition and that means that they really have no access to council housing of any kind and er they also find it very hard to get into the private rented sector , because of er the fact that 's it 's er , the rents are so high , and , and therefore they are at the mercy of erm basically the well , well loosely what one could describe as the bad landlords , the sharks , who will er exploit their situation . |
| 25 | I 'm sorry about the individual circumstances , I do n't know about the individual circumstances |
| 26 | Ironically , Candy had reached her conclusions on pretty scant evidence — she did n't even know about the heated moments in Adam 's arms — if she knew how strongly Rory had responded to his touch , she 'd be completely convinced . |
| 27 | Nearly half did n't know about the official guidelines and a quarter admitted they had no monitoring procedures . |
| 28 | What do you know about the strange stories ? ’ |
| 29 | Junior scrabble for Sarah and er I do n't know about the two boys I do n't what we 've got sorted out for the boys . |
| 30 | But then I was meant to mention , ask Rachel if she 'd seen the photograph cos Mike did n't know about the two photographs that er Rachel and Louise have taken . |