Example sentences of "of [noun] [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only way , in those circumstances , that relief might be obtained is to press the inspector of taxes to assess the vendor company under Sch A. But would that be self-defeating within two companies controlled by the same individual ? |
| 2 | To check on your players ' health press Q while the game is paused and the ball is out of play to access the menu . |
| 3 | The distinctive characteristic of these writers was their belief in progress : the belief , in particular , that the system of international relations that had given rise to the First World War was capable of being transformed into a fundamentally more peaceful and just world order ; that under the impact of the awakening of democracy , the growth of the ‘ international mind ’ , the development of the League of Nations , the good works of men of peace or the enlightenment spread by their own teachings , it was in fact being transformed ; and that their responsibility as students of international relations was to assist this march of progress to overcome the ignorance , the prejudices , the ill-will , and the sinister interests that stood in its way . |
| 4 | He envisages that a change in outlook may derive from appreciation of the complex event sequences that new techniques have now exposed in the Quaternary ; from appraisal of the classical models of change to accommodate the realization that extreme rapidity of change now has to be considered when evaluating chronological biotal and geomorphological processes ; from adjustment of geomorphology to new knowledge of Quaternary change such as rate of ice sheet growth and decay ; and similar adjustment of biogeography and of palaeoclimatology . |
| 5 | My own solution is a compromise : avoid precise repetition , but use enough repetitions with elements of change to keep the listener formally orientated and continuously interested . |
| 6 | Cut strips of interfacing to equal the width of the curtain fabric less the side hems , by the depth of the scallop plus 3cm ( 1 l/4in ) . |
| 7 | On Sept. 28 Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev urged the USSR government to declare East Kazakhstan an ecological disaster zone ( local authorities had already done so ) , and called for an international team of experts to investigate the consequences of the contamination . |
| 8 | Hunter , seeing Vial remove the part without preserving a flap of skin to cover the wound , advised Vial , the next time he operated , to provide for this . |
| 9 | So there 's there 's lots of reasons to illustrate the point then and another thing of course it does is if it 's one you use on here it helps you remember you do n't have to have that written down because it 's there already produced if it 's a pre-prepared acetate as we call as we call it . |
| 10 | The business interests of the group were consolidated in 1924 under the name of The Wellcome Foundation Limited and the Company aims of today still correspond very closely to those of its founders , namely the discovery , development , manufacture and sale of products to promote the health and hygiene of man and animals . |
| 11 | An important feature of the 1980s which has contributed to InterCity 's financial turnround is market segmentation and pricing — or the shaping of products to meet the needs of customer groupings . |
| 12 | Yet in July 1944 the Red Army installed a group of Moscow-trained Communists in the town of Lublin to administer the country . |
| 13 | Just after Kathy left for London , David arrived with a bottle of champagne to spend the day and celebrate New Year 's Eve . |
| 14 | The " Widow Clicquot " is credited with inventing the " Pupitre " a slanting rack used in the making of champagne to settle the sediment in the neck of the bottle after fermentation . |
| 15 | So why not have another glass of champagne to put the seal on what will undoubtedly be a truly memorable and colourful day that will live forever ! |
| 16 | We had a couple of bottles of champagne to greet the travellers , and Gabby and her husband came in to help us with them and we all toasted Nigel 's ‘ recovery ’ . |
| 17 | Last week they 'd shared a bottle of champagne to celebrate the birth of the seventh grandchild . |
| 18 | The only ingredients used in the brewing of Guinness are malted Irish barley for its special sugars , roast barley for the ruby tint , hops for that familiar bitter flavour , yeast to ensure the creamy head , and just a soupçon of genius to guarantee the Guinness . |
| 19 | Joseph Wambaugh ( 1976 : 6–7 ) , in his picaresque novel The Choirboys , uses the symbolic load contained in the control of hair to illustrate the dysfunction between ‘ real ’ Los Angeles cops and their incompetent , corrupt , and inept hierarchies . |
| 20 | They allow people with different areas of expertise to question the candidate more closely than one general interviewer . |
| 21 | Abbey National already provided a receipt for mortgage monies ; and a practice rule could be introduced requiring a solicitor who expected to receive evidence of payment to report the matter if this were not forthcoming in a prescribed period . |
| 22 | Conservative MP for Uxbridge , Michael Shersby , said : ‘ Harefield is a worldwide , recognised centre of excellence , and it would be an incredible act of vandalism to propose the closure of the cardio- |
| 23 | We are therefore asking the Sports Council for a grant of £1,000 to enable the work to go ahead . |
| 24 | You can use the magic item Orb of Thunder to darken the skies and spoil high level flight altogether , but you ca n't count on this working . |
| 25 | But having said that , over the whole of the tropics , there 's something like a thousand million hectares of forest , of which one million is actually managed as sustained yield as defined by this book , which is erm managing the forest , and actually carrying out sort of operations to improve the regeneration afterwards . |
| 26 | UTOPIA has ideas for the improvement of twentieth-century life while NUMEROSO is suspicious of attempts to set the future into a mould , however good it may seem . |
| 27 | A firm pound and a slight easing of money market rates encouraged a couple of attempts to push the FT-SE 100 index up towards 2420 . |
| 28 | The year also saw a fair number of attempts to stimulate the UK market — introductory offers of 50% discount ( OUP ) , money-off vouchers ( LTP ) and extra discount ( CUP ) . |
| 29 | In addition , Parliament embarked upon a series of attempts to eradicate the practice of the monarch having ‘ placemen ’ in Parliament by disqualifying for membership of Parliament all who held an office of profit under the Crown . |
| 30 | Bad weather dashed hopes of attempts to halt the flow during what was seen as a natural lull in the lava 's momentum . |