Example sentences of "[vb infin] the [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Still , there 's nothing secretive or lacking in discussion on the new laws in operation — and how refreshing to mention something that does not invoke the subject of money . |
| 2 | Mr Pinochet junior , asked if he used his father 's name to get business , replied : ‘ One does not invoke the name of God . ’ |
| 3 | She would still invoke the aid of neighbours but would be more likely to take in lodgers or do homework in the form of sewing , for example , than use credit systems ( especially the pawnshop ) or go out to work . |
| 4 | An alternative explanation of collective agricultural work could very plausibly stress the degree of compulsion by landlords on landless peasantry . |
| 5 | Or more exactly , while he does stress the difference between poetry and referential language , he also stresses that the experience which poetry produces differs only in degree , not in kind , from other types of emotive experience . |
| 6 | Naturally he would stress the difference between phalanx and legion in a war between Macedonians and Romans ( 18.28 ) , but he would not present the war as a conflict between Macedonian monarchy and the Roman mixed constitution . |
| 7 | But while recommending such long-term plans , I must stress the need for flexibility . |
| 8 | Indeed , we shall stress the importance of work organization in change agendas geared towards securing competitive advantage in uncertain market environments . |
| 9 | Here the consequentialist differs from the non-consequentialist in that some of the latter would stress the importance of people keeping their promises and would consider it better if they did . |
| 10 | So when they laugh , as in fact they do often , they must muffle the sound beneath sobriety , and hope no one notices . |
| 11 | It must surely be apparent that , with death visiting almost every family with such regularity , any attempt to mask or evade the reality of death could not have succeeded , and would probably have made the situation worse . |
| 12 | To tap that requires roots that probe deep between the particles of the soil and can absorb the film of water that clings to them in all except the most arid environments . |
| 13 | I would respectfully suggest that it is grossly unfair that X , who may not be ( as in this case ) a large corporate enterprise , should absorb the cost of government 's unconstitutional act . |
| 14 | Neither industry nor farming can absorb the population of working age . |
| 15 | You should , however , absorb the recommendations of sections 2.1 — 2.5 , which ensure that your report will be well based . |
| 16 | Since most university students work from books to hand and find it impracticable to wait for inter-library loan requests — and you can not browse an inter-library loan book before it arrives , any more than you can browse the contents of books in the memory of an ‘ on-line ’ catalogue and not on a shelf in front of you — the result is a major diminution of standards . |
| 17 | The UK arm , staffed by a five-person sales and support team , will service the whole of Europe for the foreseeable future . |
| 18 | SCO wo n't price the thing until Tuesday , but its expected to come in at around or below the price of SunSoft 's Solaris x86 desktop system which is £600 — $800 . |
| 19 | And it does n't spare the blushes of Sean Connery , Roger Moore and the others who have been issued with the secret agent 's famous licence to kill . |
| 20 | She could spare the time for France . |
| 21 | Anyway , they have not really the transport for a journey as far as this and in any case , they could not spare the time from work . ’ |
| 22 | Generally Ruth slept up here , although now and then she would come politely to ask Rachaela if she could stay the night on Emma 's sofa . |
| 23 | The negro policeman was quite keen that I should stay the night in Santa Fé . |
| 24 | ‘ And just why did she stay the night in Piazza Pitti ? ’ |
| 25 | They might rediscover the space between words and the gulf between them and those with whom they live . |
| 26 | We can rediscover the continuity of time only in the novels of that period when time no longer seemed stopped and did not yet seem to have exploded . |
| 27 | The ECSC and EDC , it was believed , would finally consign the shibboleths of nationalism to a tardy grave . |
| 28 | Likewise lending abroad may expose the lender to exchange rate risk , so foreign loans , in principle , command a higher interest rate than that on domestic lending . |
| 29 | With respect , there is much to be said for the minority view expressed by Lord Pearce which is based upon certainty in transactions and would not expose the parties to shifts in scientific knowledge right up to the time of trial . |
| 30 | Thus we should emphasize the point of Doug Smith 's article Born to Shop — that the debt of North American working people ‘ is not a way to finance newer extravagances but the only way to maintain a lifestyle ’ in the face of wage cut-backs and unemployment . |