Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv prt] [art] [noun pl] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | AIDS patients are being given a new vaccine which could slow down the effects of the disease . |
| 2 | Between them , they can track down the whereabouts of the caller . |
| 3 | You can track down the words of songwriters from books of librettos , record sleeves , or by playing their records or cassettes if you have a lot of time to spare . |
| 4 | By all means let them help you think through the objectives of appraisal and offer forms , cards and folders for documentation purposes . |
| 5 | If a husband wishes to set up his own business , his wife should think through the implications of having her husband at home all day , if she is at home too . |
| 6 | But note that there is an intimate connection between the ‘ dynamic ’ parameters a and k , the odd responses of the subjects to changes in these parameters , and the inability of ( at least some of ) the subjects to completely think through the implications of the dynamic structure of the problem . |
| 7 | We must break down the barriers of conditioning and open our minds to far higher goals . |
| 8 | Two of us should manage the bales an' the ovver two can carry down the crates of ornaments . |
| 9 | If you read again the sections covered by the mnemonic MACRO , you will appreciate that the best effects are produced when you do not merely soak up the words of the textbook author , like some print-absorbing sponge . |
| 10 | A suspension system that can soak up the bumps of a ploughed field or gravel road , can not offer the smooth ride on roads and motorways that the top of the market owners would expect . |
| 11 | The problem was , however , that the ink often obscured the watermark as well as large sections of the paper which could show up the idiosyncrasies of the particular mould used ( the point being that the hundreds of paper mills in existence at the time not only had their own watermarks but that each particular paper mould had its own variations in the structure of its wires ) . |
| 12 | Just as the early European explorers of the North Atlantic would bring back the tusks of narwhals and pass them off as the horns of unicorns , so would the early Arabian and Indian sailors bring back the massive bones of the Cassowary as evidence of the giant " roc " of the Sinbad sagas , or the Garuda bird of Hindu mythology , which is today the symbol of Indonesia 's national airline . |
| 13 | Rather say , " At the next meeting , Ms Smith will report on the action taken " ; or " Mr Jones will carry out the instructions of the committee and report back . " |
| 14 | Lazy bitch , she was : lying on this couch day after day feeling too bad to move ; but she could go upstairs and carry out the duties of a wife whenever the fancy took her . |
| 15 | Newly created " executive delegations " would carry out the functions of the dissolved councils . |
| 16 | A public inquiry might be more beneficial because , as my hon. Friend said , it would bring out the details of the scheme . |
| 17 | Where goldfish are kept in the latter system , lighting is best provided by a combination of Grolux and warm white tubes as this will bring out the colours of the fish . |
| 18 | In company , with another or others , they would bank down the embers of the past . |
| 19 | There were two problems , the youngest children 's reading was n't good enough to manage the menu and most were too short to actually see over the tops of the containers on the heated cabinet to make their choice , because of this when they reached the counter they asked to have the same as the child in front making a nonsense of the notion of choice . |
| 20 | If you make sure that you have the ammunition to beat the fictitious Querying Counsel , you can fend off the attacks of your own organisation . |
| 21 | But until first light , how would he fend off the terrors of the darkness ? |
| 22 | The Courtaulds man explained : ‘ Hashing serves the needs for expatriate communities to relax and work off the frustrations of life in a foreign land . ’ |
| 23 | Only rational beings can weigh up the merits of competing claims for attention , be they those of moral patients or other moral agents . |
| 24 | The Government must weigh up the needs of vital areas like job training , social security benefits , hospital building and the changeover to the council tax . |
| 25 | By measuring the trace amounts of radioactive carbon in coral skeletons , which decays at a known rate , he could work out the ages of the corals at different depths in his boreholes . |
| 26 | Nor is such a program limited to manpower analysis For instance , they can work out the consequences of various different levels of pay award . |
| 27 | ‘ I do n't know what form that decision will take and how they would work out the practicalities of making the generators buy more coal . ’ |
| 28 | I would trace out the courses of rivers in my school atlas and imagine following them to their sources or to some foreign sea . |
| 29 | Once they 've found an easy supply of fish , Herons will soon wipe out the contents of your ponds . |
| 30 | Television therefore helped make up the minds of those who were newly interested in politics , or unusually interested in politics , interested in the election campaign but not very interested in politics more generally . |