Example sentences of "[am/are] [verb] [to-vb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Buy in the afternoon when your feet are swollen to simulate the effect of a run . |
| 2 | Digital data occupy a central position in this applications field and a number of examples are given to illustrate the extent to which their development has been hampered or facilitated in various countries by the policies of the organizations with responsibility for digital data provision . |
| 3 | Overall findings of these analyses are given to assess the sensitivity of the main results to the choice of target group . |
| 4 | A slight ( and I mean very slight ) rhythmical easing back is all we are given to signify the transition from Allegro tempestoso to Moderato tranquillo ; albeit accompanied by a beautiful singing cantabile . |
| 5 | The Tories would like to repeat the mistakes of the 1950s , while Labour are determinted to repeat the mistake of renegotiation in the 1970s . |
| 6 | The models are developed to simulate the stress train field induced on the living bone by the implant . |
| 7 | The standards that are developed to support the authenticity of a piece of information as an ‘ official record ’ require organizational commitment and formal recognition . |
| 8 | Much of Western psychotherapy draws , in various forms , on the catharsis model , whereby it is held as necessary for emotional health to come to terms with the repressed anger that is assumed to be inside the individual , and techniques are developed to make the individual confront these in a dramatic form . |
| 9 | Cheaply produced coal from Colombia is one of the main sources of imports which are helping to undermine the competitiveness of domestically produced coal in Britain . |
| 10 | The Government are helping to support the idea that coal is a pollutant but that nuclear power is green friendly and that gas is green friendly . |
| 11 | Dr van der Merwe 's bones or , rather , those of the Crow Indians of the Ohio valley , are helping to trace the spread of maize across the Americas and establish how , by the time that the conquistadores arrived , it was powering not only the imperial civilisations of Mexico , but the modest villages of what was shortly to become New England . |
| 12 | You 've a job , you are helping to keep the fire at check , you are helping to extinguish the fire , it 's a good necessary job . |
| 13 | So both in your letter to me and your letter to Mr Deva MP , you are helping to keep the voice of public opinion heard , and I thank you for both . |
| 14 | Weak demand for windows for homes is being offset elsewhere and the West Midlands property developments and disposals are helping to keep the leap in interest charges within bounds . |
| 15 | You 've a job , you are helping to keep the fire at check , you are helping to extinguish the fire , it 's a good necessary job . |
| 16 | Essex Chief Constable John Burrow says the Service Delivery Standards initiative is ‘ crucially important ’ if the police are to continue to receive the public 's trust and co-operation . |
| 17 | To stop this occuring prematurely preservatives are adjusted to suit the level of concentration supplied . |
| 18 | Similarly ( p 61 ) , first aiders are taught to begin the rescue of someone who has collapsed from fume and gas inhalation by going away to telephone . |
| 19 | For example , doctors are taught to recognise the type of injuries in children that may well be ‘ non-accidental ’ . |
| 20 | contribution rule remains , along with all the damage that it does — especially to local authorities that are struggling to collect the poll tax . |
| 21 | But if some Olympic competitors are struggling to find the cash , their problems pale in comparison with the difficulties facing disabled athletes hoping to go to Spain for THEIR games . |
| 22 | It says that the money which it was prepared to commit to training will not meet the pleas of the training and enterprise councils , which are struggling to deliver the training guarantees which the Government have committed them to providing , and which can not go beyond the delivery of that guarantee to extend training opportunities in a serious or significant way . |
| 23 | We are struggling to pay the loan and the mortgage . |
| 24 | NEW ZEALAND are struggling to avoid the follow-on in the second Test against Sri Lanka after collapsing to 100-7 in Colombo yesterday . |
| 25 | For any Singer knitters out there who find they are struggling to understand the machine — the only advice I can give is to persevere and experiment . |
| 26 | Many churches overseas are struggling to meet the AIDS challenge . |
| 27 | And the task of deciding what is ‘ new ’ falls to dictionary compilers who are struggling to catch the range of jargon , technical terms and ‘ sublanguages ’ that each year flow into usage . |
| 28 | Twenty parties are registered to fight the election and some of the smaller ones are making a respectable showing . |
| 29 | In the chapter on working with young lesbians and gay men , the most common responses these young people receive from care staff are highlighted to show the way personal , misinformed attitudes can have a negative impact . |
| 30 | ‘ Well we , ’ said Vi firmly , ‘ are goin' to spend the night on the Craigiebur ferry , all nice and comfortable , and we 'll be at Ardneavie in time for breakfast . |