Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv prt] [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Buckinghamshire are playing Leicestershire … just the day for a game of cup cricket … just the day for the local people to come out and see if their team could knock down one of the high and mighty … |
| 2 | In that way housing associations could immediately buy up many of the surplus properties that are currently available on the housing market . |
| 3 | O ’ course I do n't want to exaggerate : now and then you 'd get sparks out of him — he 'd tell a good story , he 'd chat up one o' the lasses , or go to t'pub wi' the lads . |
| 4 | There was therefore no authority powerful or concerned enough to encourage or root out any of the religious persuasions in Scotland . |
| 5 | It is possible , Independence said , that NCR could buy back some of the ports to sell to its own customers . |
| 6 | It is , though , well worth remembering that snow may cover over some of the bolt-holes , maybe even entrances too , so that some become difficult to locate whereas others will be plain to see . |
| 7 | This might also help break down some of the misconceptions that can grow up between organisations . |
| 8 | But it did break down some of the unbearable tension that had been building . |
| 9 | At the moment it was the traditional tale of going up to Jackson 's at 10 in the morning after an all-night session at Dobell 's — wine we drank in those days , Poppet , wine that was wine not this filthy MUCK — and demanding double portions of oysters all round and when it came to pay no one had a penny , so Dobell , who even then still had the charm of a boy of twenty , and a slim waist to go with it , said he would bring in one of the engravings from his collection , and Gaston , who always recognised a gentleman — not like the CLODS who run hostelries nowadays — with tears in his eyes said it was an honour , an honour to serve Mr Dobell and his friends . |
| 10 | I 'll bring in some of the kids who were there and Jonesy can imitate the preacher . ’ |
| 11 | If one plucks a piece from one of these plants it will almost certainly break along one of the numerous joints that divide the whole plant into segments , right to the tips of the branchlets . |
| 12 | I can not give over any of the powers that I , as a Member of Parliament , elected by the citizens of Aldridge-Brownhills — and each of us elected by our respective constituents — was given when I came to this Parliament . |
| 13 | There are fears that the raiders might break up some of the unmistakable jewellery rather than risk trying to sell it . |
| 14 | Better communication might clear up some of the problems . |
| 15 | Lastly we want to sort of clear up some of the mess that is made by the previous conservative registration . |
| 16 | For Latin America it 's very difficult , as you need someone who wo n't bring up any of the bad guys the US has supported and still does support there when the topic is those dreaded Sandinistas again . |
| 17 | Unfortunately for IBM , the catalogue does show up some of the problems it has pricing and delivering its own product lines — of the X-terminals in the catalogue for instance , IBM 's Xstation 130 , priced at £3,574 , is both more expensive than any of the Network Computing Devices Inc and Tandberg Data A/S models listed , and the only one to take 15 days for delivery rather than 96 hours for the rest . |
| 18 | In the county court district judges nominated to deal with public law cases may carry out many of the procedural functions of the court ( see Chapter 4 , 2 ) . |
| 19 | A minicomputer can often carry out many of the tasks of a mainframe computer but is smaller and needs less staff . |
| 20 | At this point , under the ICE Conditions of Contract ( 5th edition ) , the engineer should carry out one of the following actions require the contractor to estimate the cost of the proposed remedial measures |
| 21 | Here you will carry out all of the tasks you have been trained for including general ship 's duties . |
| 22 | A fund manager could carry out all of the above deals without a computer programme needed , although it would be much slower . |
| 23 | It seems , however , that your leitmotiv is that no doctor could be expected to carry out the multifacetted role that doctors ‘ helping the police with their enquiries ’ have to perform , that they can not do so with their usual amount of skill , and that they can not carry out some of the more sensitive tasks without bias or being influenced by their paymasters — the police . |
| 24 | As this is a short letter we will of course send out another before the end of the year with our new address and further news on the life and times of the Meikle Mob … |
| 25 | It means that I can edit out any really awful mistakes that you make , or indeed any mistakes that I as an interviewer make , but it also means I can edit out some of the things you wish you 'd left in . |
| 26 | Because an excess of caffeine can bring about many of the symptoms of stress and because these symptoms actually impair mental ability , you are likely to find yourself making foolish mistakes . |
| 27 | In the semi-final , in which I ran second , Cameron Sharp was in the lane adjacent to Chidi , who has a side-to-side action with his running which many felt made Cameron run along one of the lines so that he was disqualified . |
| 28 | If you are writing about Eliot 's poem The Waste Land ( published in 1922 ) for example , you might consider it relevant to know about other events of that year ( or the years when it was being written ) , and so you could look up 1922 in the index to the London newspaper The Times ( the poem is set partly in London and was published there ) . |
| 29 | Generally , however , we can divide up those below the upper class on the grounds of life-chances , based on market capacity . |
| 30 | He would ring up one of the women in his little black book and pay for his excesses . |