Example sentences of "[vb infin] the [noun pl] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indirect limitations gave way to direct in Commissioners of Customs and Excise v. Cure and Deeley Ltd. in which Sachs J. found that legislation empowering tax commissioners to make regulations as they deemed necessary did not always make the commissioners the sole judge of the extent of their powers . |
| 2 | It 's a strategy that would make the embassies the potential flashpoint for war . |
| 3 | Oh I do n't know the supermarkets the best part of an hour this time of year . |
| 4 | In a classic piece of political misjudgment he even told his party conference in a speech that the poll tax would win the Tories the next election . |
| 5 | But he is bold enough to suggest that this Budget , and the three-year-plan laid down within it , will win the Tories the next election . |
| 6 | Keep listening until you are sure that you will recognise the sounds the next time you hear them , then withdraw the spade and push it back into the ground some feet away . |
| 7 | The Crofting Reform ( Scotland ) Act of 1976 did not go quite as far as this , but it did give the crofters the incontestable right to purchase their house and garden , and the optional ( though not incontestable ) right to purchase their land for 15 times the annual rent . |
| 8 | We will give the courts the statutory power to increase sentences for those who offend while on bail . |
| 9 | The new body would assume the functions the Occupational Pensions Board currently performs , plus certain of the Inland Revenue 's supervisory responsibilities . |
| 10 | Does he agree that all parties in the House should support its annual renewal , so that we can send the terrorists the clear message that they can never win ? |
| 11 | Could n't see the lights the other day . |
| 12 | Then we shall analyse the reasons the three most exceptional cases obtained so much coverage and the implications of this . |
| 13 | His campaign workers no doubt hope the tea will refresh the parts the other parties ca n't reach . |
| 14 | Even at this awkward moment , I doubt that the performance of the economy alone , or even chiefly , will lose the Conservatives the next election . |
| 15 | If they are denied that prospect they will not litigate , and the community will lose the benefits the new rules would provide . |
| 16 | Erm and because of the way of things , you do n't always get the components the same way every day . |
| 17 | Now , I says I 'll get the police the next time ! |
| 18 | He deposited the sticky , oozing mess under his seat with a nasty feeling of satisfaction at the inconvenience it would cause the cleaners the next morning . |