Example sentences of "[noun] to fill in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In recently enclosed country we have instead an open regular mesh of by-roads , and a few field-paths and bridle-roads to fill in the larger spaces between the villages . |
| 2 | I welcome the Secretary of State 's intention to fill in the student gap , but I am bound to say that I can see no logical reason for attempting to collect the 20 per cent . |
| 3 | This may be by consulting a specialist in the field or by doing some research to fill in the gaps in knowledge , as part of the project . |
| 4 | This may be by consulting a specialist in the field or by doing some research to fill in the gaps in knowledge , as part of the project . |
| 5 | Having said that , the book could be useful as a guide if the student were to read other texts to fill in the gaps . |
| 6 | The head of each household , which includes people who are in charge of residential homes , hotels , etc. , is required by law to fill in the questionnaire on behalf of everybody in the household , or at least to ensure that they fill in one for themselves . |
| 7 | This involves no outside observer but simply asks the teacher to fill in the teacher 's report form ( i ) above . |
| 8 | Even if unemployment is only part of the problem , it seems to me that the man who can busy himself cutting peats , or growing crops , or handling stock , is less likely to be depressed , less likely to feel that his life has no meaning , than a man who has empty days to fill in the back streets of an industrial town |
| 9 | The United States would request its allies to fill in the ‘ vacuum ’ created by such cutbacks — this would increase the so-called burden sharing . |
| 10 | So I can colour my hair to fill in the gap . |
| 11 | To a degree this made him vulnerable : Vichy propagandists had an opportunity to fill in the blanks , by vilifying him as a deserter in the pay of the British or of Jewish interests . |
| 12 | The back-channel reports on DEA operations that he had transmitted twice a week from his arrival in Cyprus were on file in a classified computer data bank , codenamed EMERALD , at Bolling Airforce Base , near Washington , and the first order of business upon his return was a systematic debriefing at a hotel near Fort Meade to fill in the gaps . |
| 13 | Lady Cumberlege spoke of ‘ an EC form which asked farmers to fill in the number of cows they had — ‘ figures to be given in whole numbers ’ ' . |
| 14 | With all the major peaks climbed , Neruda and Klucker were part of the movement to fill in the gaps , to find harder ways up the mountains . |
| 15 | ‘ I have nothing to say about Madonna , ’ she says , concentrating hard on the food on her plate and resisting the urge to fill in the strategic silence I leave in the hope of getting more . |
| 16 | The user must enter all the other details to fill in the history and description of the package . |
| 17 | As a result , archaeologists need to use a great deal of interpretation to fill in the gaps in the evidence caused by the accidental survival of some remains while others have perished . |
| 18 | When I challenged the Secretary of State for Health to fill in the form , he not surprisingly refused . |
| 19 | Bakker has , instead , been ready to use thought and reason to fill in the gaps in our knowledge . |
| 20 | Ramsay early on made use of a drapery painter to fill in the clothes , as in the portrait of Dr Richard Mead . |
| 21 | The analyst has now constructed the model in outline and is in a position to fill in the detail . |
| 22 | King 's Researcher Jonathan Mackenzie used Barnsley 's Iterated Function System to fill in the gaps between sample points with a fractal representation of a low frequency signal . |
| 23 | Elderflower buds become black if they are pressed when still green , and you could use these , or Clematis montana tendrils to fill in the design . |
| 24 | at the time , I thought , ‘ This is ridiculous , I 'm holding these boys back ’ because I was also managing a singer called Marc Bolan , and in the quieter moments , he and David would decorate my office to fill in the time , but I said to them that I had just run out of money and could n't afford to carry on — I 'd taken no commission from either of them at the time — so I went off to Spain to think about my next move and released them both from their contracts . ’ |
| 25 | The short story writer will find ways of giving the character by concentrating on details of dress , facial expression , speech and action , leaving the reader to fill in the picture for her or himself . |
| 26 | There are places in which the poet 's idiom , conceivably forced by the metre , is elegantly terse , an invitation to the reader to fill in the descriptive gaps . |
| 27 | Four restaurants , a bar and disco ensure that evenings are memorable , with an impressive range of sporting facilities to fill in the long , warm days . |