Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] [adj] [conj] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the following evening , her plan laid , Joan again found an excuse to retire early and put the first part of the scheme into action . |
| 2 | Identifying districts for the development of comprehensive local mental illness services and making firm plans to provide these and facilitate the closure of two large hospitals , and providing local inpatient facilities for severely mentally ill elderly people . |
| 3 | If it is clear that a listed building is being neglected and is in urgent need of repair , and the owner has no plans to remedy this or to sell the property , the next stage is simple . |
| 4 | At 10 minutes to midday , Gower square-drove Aqib to the Wilson 's Stand to reach 34 and ascend the pedestal as England 's highest Test runscorer . |
| 5 | Clearly the same did not occur in the UK ; the increased propensity to offend more than counterbalanced the decline in the high-offender groups in the population ( Liddelow 1990 ) . |
| 6 | They made the driver help them , but I stood to one side stamping my feet to keep warm and watching the horizon with keen interest . |
| 7 | A minute later Paul Dunnion steered the ball through a crowded midfield for Patton to gallop clear and guide the ball past Davy O'Hare . |
| 8 | To stress the importance of the repressive political environment is not to imply that it is the ‘ natural ’ destiny of labour movements to become moderate and accept the basic ground rules of capitalism . |
| 9 | In the name of France , he ordered all troops to remain loyal and oppose the four generals . |
| 10 | St Albans held on for the rest of the match to win 2–1 and take the ladies ' title for the second time and make up for four previous final defeats by Mutineers . |
| 11 | As the process of learning is hidden , it is not accessible to direct influence ; however , it is possible for the teacher to do more than tell the student what she needs to learn . |
| 12 | There 's no need to do more than wipe the leaves if you can vouch for their purity . |
| 13 | The Widdicombe Committee 's response ( 1986 , ch. 6 ) to these developments was firmly to assert the need for officers to remain neutral and to serve the council collectively . |
| 14 | They did not have to isolate zinc metal to do this but used the cementation process described on page 76 . |
| 15 | I invite the hon. Gentleman to consider that and to endorse the Bill . |
| 16 | Resolute again , as though energised by his own words and thoughts , he told Theo to stand firm and take the broad view . |
| 17 | When the poplar-tall Munton came on , his first ball was driven for four by Sohail who , 11 overs later , topped a hook off Lewis to reach 52 and take the total to 104 in only the 21st over . |
| 18 | It is the job of newspapers to expose evil and press the politicians , police and courts to act . |
| 19 | We were taught to replace the turf at the bottom of the bank to preserve grazing and to leave the face of the newly-cut bank as smooth as possible . |
| 20 | Phrases of this sort are so familiar that it is not hard to understand a disposition which constantly interferes with attempts to understand syntactic structures , namely a tendency to regard them as transparently clear , with no need for a linguist to do more than record the existence of the surface construction . |
| 21 | Yes , but it seems like it 's the mothers who are directing the little boys to think big and directing the little girls to think small . |
| 22 | Soak 4 6&in kebab sticks in water for 30 minutes to prevent burning when cooking the kebabs . |