Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb base] [vb pp] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The schools who 've volunteered to help the orphans will meet the cost of the air fares and fees themselves . |
| 2 | I think half the people who 've come to see the house suspect I 'm a sitting tenant . ’ |
| 3 | That much sooner and in the last hour , couple of hours we 've seen what I would call a Tweedledee and Tweedledum amendments erm because quite frankly there is n't that much difference between them er at the end of the day the impact on the people who 've had to pay the bill is virtually the same . |
| 4 | Today there are a few very old men in Lebanon who have lived to watch the monster which the general helped to create . |
| 5 | At last we have two people who have volunteered to become the Society 's Archivists . |
| 6 | It 's almost painful to tell kids who have gone to see The Graduate eight times that once was enough for you because you 've already seen it eighty times with Charles Ray and Robert Harron and Richard Barthlemess and Richard Cromwell and Charles Farrell … |
| 7 | Our efforts at self-help have been much encouraged by the generosity of Mr Peter Leaver , Q.C. , Mr Samuel Stamler , Q.C. , and other members of Mr Stamler 's Chambers , who have undertaken to meet the cost ofthe Law Reports and some of our journals for the next five years . |
| 8 | Beyeler has in fact made a distinction , broadly historical , between painter-sculptors and those artists , mainly those of Minimalist and Conceptualist tendencies , who have sought to blur the two idioms in their installations and in performance and video art . |
| 9 | In order to ensure that pupils who have come to enjoy the advantages of the unit do not deliberately fail on a return to school , Owen refuses to readmit them once reintroduction has taken place . |
| 10 | Of course in the past this has often been the lack of interest which has been shown by district councils , who have tried to ignore the existence of the press . |
| 11 | Among the few who have tried to compare the two regions , French and Smith ( 1985 ) are concerned particularly with subpolar tundra , and Aleksandrova ( 1980 ) prescribes a simple geobotanical regional zoning that covers both polar and subpolar zones at both ends of the world . |
| 12 | This may be distressing not only to the child and his or her parents but also to the unit staff who have got to know the pupil well . |
| 13 | Contrary to popular myth and the Government 's public relations machine , you were among around 30 million people in Britain who have failed to join the crusade of popular capitalism which swept through the 1980s . |
| 14 | Contrary to popular myth and the government 's public relations machine , you were among around 30 million people in Britain who have failed to join the crusade of popular capitalism which swept through the 1980s . |
| 15 | Professor Camille quotes the ‘ blinded generations of scholars ’ who have failed to see the true significance of these unofficial marginal images . |
| 16 | Values education is largely bound up with behaviour , and teachers blame the lowered expectations in behaviour on the emotional troubles imported from home — and on parents who have failed to draw the line on behaviour for their offspring . |
| 17 | In recent years , however , increasing numbers have been killed by opportunist visitors , who have failed to respect the local custom of leaving the young mussels to live and breed . |
| 18 | So when on 16 August the letter drops on the door mat , the phone call comes from school , or the lists go up on the notice board , teenagers who have failed to get the right grades for that coveted university of polytechnic place may feel that the world has come to an end . |
| 19 | I appreciate that the television companies have to get the best shots of the game or we 'd complain about that , but I think they should bear in mind those people who have paid to see the game and , in some cases like mine , travelled a long way to see the match . |
| 20 | Here it has been the archivists who have had to confront the difficulties posed by record retention as they attempt to fulfil their statutory duties . |
| 21 | Philips , who have refused to accept the existence of eight-track cartridges , feeling that all their efforts should be channelled into forwarding the advance of the cassette , finally cave in and begin marketing cartridges themselves . |
| 22 | Shall we not , before long , see the extinguishing — after 13 years — of the three Conservative Governments who have managed to create the current situation in Wales , where gross domestic product per capita is lower than in any other region ? |
| 23 | The membership of the Inland Revenue 's new Management Board has been extended to introduce two private sector members , Lady Wilcox , chairman of the National Consumer Council , and Sheila Masters , a partner in KPMG Peat Marwick , who have agreed to join the Management Board on a non-executive basis . |
| 24 | We would like to thank all the officials who have helped to make the programme work effectively and we look forward to receiving your co-operation in 1988 . |