Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Miles used his connection with the starpod to dim the chamber lights , and the stars sprang into sharp relief . |
| 2 | The following may also appear beside the tag to indicate the current state of the media unit in the Offline cycle : |
| 3 | The prioress instructed the porter to take the body into the nearby infirmary , ordered the crowd to disperse and asked one of the sisters to extend hospitality to the pedlar . |
| 4 | Ranulf sighed , pocketed the leather strap , waited for the porter to re-bury the bones and half-carried him back to the priory , listening to the fellow 's litany of self-congratulation . |
| 5 | This will leave the defence to raise the issue of consent , which will then be left to the jury . |
| 6 | But the lead lasted only eight minutes before Sterling 's right wing cross reached the far post , where David Robinson outjumped the defence to head the equaliser . |
| 7 | But one effect of this is to limit the opportunities for the defence to contest the issue . |
| 8 | Push the crate left to hit the switch , go down , collect the star and fly up , left and then down , go left , collect the star , fly straight right , then fly up , land on one of the platforms on the side of the wall , jump up and go right on the chair-lifts , go down , right through the wall , climb up the blocks , push the crate down two platforms and go back through the wall , go left , down , right and jump onto the boat , go right , up and left into the tent to complete the game . |
| 9 | So he says , might be a good idea t to you know put the van in front of the tent to break the wind . |
| 10 | Indeed , as we have seen , such an infantile fixation at a pre-genital stage is an inevitable consequence of the very thing which explains the protests and the revolt against authority — the inability to transcend the phallic , Oedipal phase . |
| 11 | In the last chapter we saw that the crisis of capitalism resulted from the crisis of humanism — the inability to resolve the basic tension between freedom and control . |
| 12 | Complete deadlock existed after the inability to resolve the intransigence in the Joint Commission . |
| 13 | One of the major disadvantages of MRI in the chest is the inability to visualise the lungs , which are simply seen as a signal void . |
| 14 | Although attempts have been made to solve these problems through the ingestion of radiotelemetric pressure sensors , these efforts have been hampered by intermittent signal loss and the inability to control the location of the capsule within the gastrointestinal tract . |
| 15 | For him , the inability to locate the source of the trouble resulted in unmethodical chaos . |
| 16 | But these offsets are seldom adequate to compensate for the inability to afford the technological investments needed to compete globally . |
| 17 | there are two other problems : the c/k confusion , and the inability to understand the effect of the e-marker . |
| 18 | This initiative is perhaps most needed in those very small congregations where there are few musical resources , and where the inability to maintain the ‘ traditional ’ style of music has led to near-despair . |
| 19 | There were repeated attempts to negotiate a more satisfactory agreement , but these foundered in 1924 , 1926 and 1929 on the inability to match the aspirations of Egypt for full independence with Britain 's perception of the requirements needed to protect her interests . |
| 20 | Headache from the inability to focus the eyes rapidly enough , from eye strain . |
| 21 | She pointed at the park to stress the word . |
| 22 | Each succeeding consortium sold a bit more of the park to keep the banks happy . |
| 23 | Give each child the opportunity to hit the bag with a stick . |
| 24 | Awareness of the opportunity to earn the rewards must be made clear to the children so that their interest and motivation is increased . |
| 25 | Many of them will also have the opportunity to attend the famous WHAM Bicycleship Training School . |
| 26 | It would not appear that the debtor need be informed of the application nor be given the opportunity to attend the hearing of the application . |
| 27 | He also said we should be asked to give a few extra lectures , to a wider group of comrades , viz. teachers who did not have the opportunity to attend the course full time . |
| 28 | It gives us the opportunity to shape the direction of the Community and to establish its priorities . |
| 29 | But where local law is absent or ambiguous , and British courts have the opportunity to shape the law according to their notion of an appropriate public policy , they should give effect to the policy laid down by the Convention . |
| 30 | Finally , it made sense with the gallery 's affairs already disrupted by the construction , to seize the opportunity to restore the original museum , reinstall the collection , and landscape the surrounding grounds . |