Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Labour Unity Campaign Committee statement issued for " Unity Sunday " on 18 July 1937 called on " all supporters of unity to put the utmost energy into the work of rousing the Labour Party membership to the need for immediate struggle for the demands listed in the programme and to lead the revival campaign by their example of practical work " . |
| 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 | A more realistic approach might be to attempt to reduce the pace of change to meet the economic and environmental needs of the present time . |
| 6 | It is for skilled management developers to use their expertise in the management of change to mitigate the worst effects . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 ) . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Just after Kathy left for London , David arrived with a bottle of champagne to spend the day and celebrate New Year 's Eve . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 ! |
| 13 | Geoffrey Martel had perceived the propaganda potential of public war as early as the mid eleventh century ; later it enabled Henry the Liberal of Champagne to claim the military service of all lords within his county , a reapplication of the Carolingian ban . |
| 14 | 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 ’ . |
| 15 | Last week they 'd shared a bottle of champagne to celebrate the birth of the seventh grandchild . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | They allow people with different areas of expertise to question the candidate more closely than one general interviewer . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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- |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Her life had been spent running from possessive love , and now here she was , feeling it burn and twist inside her , pushing aside her conscious love of freedom to reveal the passionate woman beneath , dark and possessive , capable of fathomless emotion . |
| 23 | Not that Paracelsus always found the right ones : One wonders how many unfortunates owed their demise to his prescription of mercury to clarify the spleen . |
| 24 | Where the person under disability wishes to be a plaintiff or applicant , before commencing proceedings , if he is a mental patient and a person is authorised by order of the Court of Protection to conduct the proceedings , then that person must file in the court office a sealed office copy of the Court of Protection 's order ( Ord 10 , r 2(a) ) . |
| 25 | This is a high enough level of protection to control the diseases and prevent epidemics devastating whole communities . |
| 26 | After a thrilling final-set victory , the 43-year-old architect said : ‘ I had a bit of luck to win the third set and after Ian took the fourth I thought I would lose . ’ |
| 27 | Do I have sufficient management skills available within my area of responsibility to maximise the contribution of a new recruit ? |
| 28 | Whatever excuses or explanations may be offered in mitigation of the numerous indictments that may be levelled against the organised religions , surely nothing can vindicate their apparent widespread abandonment of responsibility to denounce the decline of standards on all moral fronts . |
| 29 | But at the same time , an enormous sense of responsibility to protect the church , the family , and the minds and hearts of the faithful from incursions by the state was perceived to be the basic duty of the church leaders . |
| 30 | Part of the trouble stemmed from a dislike of Sandys ' refusal to heed professional advice , and from his propensity for allowing the senior civil servants in the Ministry of Defence to usurp the powers that properly belonged to the Chiefs of Staff . |