Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [adv prt] [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sand eroded accumulates down wind from the dune , where , being fresh , it is recolonised by marram and stability is thus regained . |
| 2 | Sir Leon Brittan , the EC Commissioner responsible for competition policy , had said on Aug. 30 that the Commission would consider opening up membership of the unified financial services market to members of the European Free Trade Association ( EFTA ) ; he stressed , however , the need for reciprocal liberalization in those countries ( Switzerland and most of Scandinavia imposing tight limits on the extent of foreign shareholdings in their domestic companies ) . |
| 3 | Amongst the deities who had great general appeal were Hapy , god of the Nile , a fertile figure with a papyrus plant on his head ; Taurt , a hippopotamus goddess , connected with the domestic life as the protector of women in childbirth ; and Bes , an ugly dwarf often wearing a lion 's mane and tail carrying knives , who was guardian and genius against any evil and helped to ward off danger at the birth of a child . |
| 4 | These schools therefore , and inevitably , developed within themselves quite different curricular packages — some of a grammar-school type , some of a technical or vocational variety , some designed to fill in time in the least troublesome way for growing adolescents . |
| 5 | Concern for the environment has focused out attention on the world 's ecological problems . |
| 6 | The Economic and Social Research Council has cut back work on the 1991 census and its ‘ positive health ’ centre for health promotion . |
| 7 | The Foreign Secretary , Douglas Hurd , has ruled out devaluation of the pound . |
| 8 | JOHN PERMAN , the former depot manager at Charlton , has taken over responsibility for the primary distribution project from BOB PARLE to enable Bob to take up his new duties as departmental director , distribution operations , when Derek Graham retires in August . |
| 9 | IN THE wake of his suspension , French prop GREGOIRE LASCUBE has taken up refereeing in the hope that his six months ' ban will be reduced . |
| 10 | Increased nuclear power production has taken up part of the electricity generation market lost by oil but the expansion of nuclear power has been far less significant than was planned for and predicted throughout the 1970s . |
| 11 | Rumour has it that he has taken up residence in the port of Leith , near enough to Edinburgh but , should matters go wrong , the best place for his departure by land or sea . |
| 12 | The company has taken out insurance for the directors and officers of group companies in respect of their duties as directors and officers of the group . |
| 13 | Certainly it has kept up pressure on the Government to continue its public commitment to human rights , exemplified by President Fujimori 's directive warning that those securities services responsible for violations would be severely punished ; and the granting of access to Public Ministry prosecutors and representatives of the International Red Cross ( ICRC ) to all centres of detention in the emergency zones , including military bases , to check on the condition of detainees . |
| 14 | He promised to step up competition against the company 's Japanese rivals . |
| 15 | This leavening of men and women who had worked abroad for a number of years provided a yeast which helped to bring about change within the island . |
| 16 | Added to complaints by women 's organisations about the screen 's increasing sexuality ( for that era ) , the Arbuckle scandal helped to bring about censorship by the Hays Office , a self-regulating body set up by the big studios in 1922 , under lawyer Will H. Hays . |
| 17 | Every attempt will be made to open up dialogue with the kidnappers and to stall them long enough to trace where your wife and daughter are being held . |
| 18 | There I am on the neatly mown grass that says Keep Off Grass with the pigeon pinned under my armpit trying to bend its neck double and it smacking me in the face with one wing , when all of a sudden there 's this : ‘ Oi ! ’ |
| 19 | He thrust his hands deep into his pockets , hunching his shoulders as he continued , ‘ I met her at the party I threw to celebrate taking over control of the company . |
| 20 | She had never so much resented having been made to take over responsibility for the dog from old Adam , who had been used to walk him , than on that day . |
| 21 | There were some cottage industries which came to take up part of the " space " left by factory spinning , such as straw-hat making and lace making , but they were more localised and tended even by the standards of hand spinning to be low-paid . |
| 22 | In the preceding months the PS had sought to step up pressure on the government ; it had joined with the PCP in tabling a censure motion in parliament in October 1989 attacking the government for its low ethical standards ; although the motion was defeated , attention was again turned to the then Finance Minister , Miguel Ribeiro Cadilhe , following allegations early in the year of his financial misconduct [ see p. 36945 ] . |
| 23 | Our job is to help build up trust between the smaller companies and their banks . ’ |
| 24 | Captain Margaret is the owner of the privateer The Broken Heart with which he intends to open up trade in the Spanish Main with the Indians whom he hopes to rescue from the harsh exploitation of Spanish settlers . |
| 25 | For example , in 1987 , a Public Accounts Committee report ( 1986–7c , paras 20 , 44 ) claimed that ‘ a major effort ’ was needed to speed up implementation of the FMI . |
| 26 | The snout is used to stir up mud on the river floor , to expose worms , crustaceans and other small organisms on which the fish feeds . |
| 27 | Stories on video tap the interest most of us have in the lives and predicaments of other human beings and can be used to spark off discussion in the classroom . |
| 28 | The Guidance states : no decision to initiate proceedings should be taken without clear evidence that provision of services for the child and his family ( which may include an accommodation placement voluntarily arranged under s20 ) has failed or would be likely to fail to meet the child 's needs adequately and that there is no suitable person prepared to apply to take over care of the child under a residence order ( para 3.10 ) . |
| 29 | While Greg was living up at the farm she forgot to bring down milk for the cat . |
| 30 | A working party is to be formed to draw up opposition to the plan , for presentation to the Welsh Office . |