Example sentences of "to [art] [noun pl] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | King Idomeneus of Crete , caught in a storm at sea on his way home , vows to Neptune that if he is spared he will sacrifice to the gods the first person he meets on landing — which turns out to be , of course , his own son , Idamantes . |
| 2 | However , there were immediate differences as to the powers the working parties should have . |
| 3 | But , claims the Greenpeace report , even by sticking to the licences the Filthy Fifty would : |
| 4 | It would be useful to have a general term for elements which fall short of being constituents , but which nonetheless have a semantic function relatable to the meanings the same forms carry when they are semantic constituents . |
| 5 | And years ago I used to have sciatica , round the nerve and but it 's only happens when I sit and then the last thing so I went to the doctors the other day and what they do , they see us around bash on , on the knee on the nerve and she said , all my muscles have gone ! |
| 6 | They both love cuddly toys and I thought it would be a nice idea to have two teddy bears especially dressed in an outfit similar to the ones the two girls are to wear . |
| 7 | Sturgess claims that if the BBC were to allow advertisers access to the screens the total market would rise from £2.12bn in 1996 to £2.29bn in 1997 . |
| 8 | It was a shrewd thrust , bringing home to the sceptics the Pascalian contrast between the littleness of man , for all his ingenuity , and the immensity of the universe . |
| 9 | When we went to the movies the other day everyone 's white looking we screen ! |
| 10 | Company law also assigns to the members the ultimate right to make decisions in certain key areas , for example with regard to changes in the corporate constitution or increases in capital , again in order to ensure that the business is run in accordance with their , and not the directors ' , interests . |
| 11 | Brownie Owl broke the grim news to the Brownies the following weekend as they walked towards Quandom Wood , where they were going to play some tracking games . |
| 12 | There had already been warnings issued to clergy not to take the law into their own hands , and in his allocution to the participants the 80-year-old pontiff gave expression to his fears . |
| 13 | A diver is reputedly more susceptible to the bends the colder the water is . |
| 14 | According to the Jordanians the Israeli delegation concentred on issues such as diplomatic relations and economic co-operation and refused to discuss the settlements issue and interpretations of UN Security Council Resolution 242 . |
| 15 | This delayed the advance of the German right wing but of even more importance — it revealed to the Allies the full and deadly impact of the hitherto unknown and undeployed German howitzers . |
| 16 | As soon as I got back to Fontanellato I went to see the doctor , who decided to take Eric to the Apennines the following day . |
| 17 | This is emphasised by the fact that the Doric was the favourite order of the Greeks and was used above all others for important buildings ; to the Romans the Corinthian had a greater appeal . |
| 18 | Be that as it may , the major work of planning for the change to public ownership was certainly delegated to the men the Labour Government intended to appoint to the Central Authority . |
| 19 | The river was generally utilised to make water defences and it is these which give to the châteaux the picturesque quality which so many possess . |
| 20 | Using the procedures in this way has the dual effect of preparing the case as precisely as possible for the trial judge and of encouraging a settlement by revealing to the parties the exact nature of their dispute . |
| 21 | In the run-up to the elections the four boycotting parties condemned " acts of intimidation and harassment of their members and supporters " by the government . |
| 22 | I believe that the polytechnics and other public service institutions should leave to the universities the essential functions of pursuing and transmitting specialist knowledge through research and scholarship and that , drawing on this knowledge should concentrate on the no less difficult and important task of meeting this wider demand from potential learners from 18 to 80 . |