Example sentences of "[vb infin] the [noun] [prep] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The primary need of any person or population is water and food and in primitive societies the supply of these commodities will absorb the effort of almost all the workforce . |
| 2 | This is a shame since it may relegate the service to purely commercial outlets , such as flying schools and airfields who will doubtless find it very useful if someone persuades them to take a look . |
| 3 | Citizens in those countries retained allegiance to the political process , content most of the time to leave politics to elites , while believing that they could influence the outcome of both local and national decision-making if necessary . |
| 4 | Rutter himself had earlier pointed out that a drop of only five points in the mean IQ of a population , with unchanged distribution , will double the number of mentally retarded children having an IQ less than 70.1 . |
| 5 | And even after that high point of drama and inspiration had passed , and the French had launched their successful attack on the Castalians , Protestantism survived in pockets throughout the kingdom ; it was a fallow period , but that in itself would prepare the ground for more spectacular growth . |
| 6 | You had to then notify the public at least twenty f twenty four I , no fourteen days before it was due to come in . |
| 7 | Doctors and nurses may have to make crucial decisions over newly born children , and hoteliers , retailers and café proprietors are in a position to make decisions which will affect the freedom of mentally handicapped people to live their lives . |
| 8 | The improvement and refinement of classification at the Library of Congress are undertaken with the recognition that any change will affect the location of previously classified books . |
| 9 | Whatever happens , the Botswana conference will affect the status of so many important animals and plants that it should put CITES well and truly on the map . |
| 10 | How does one explain the possibility of numerically diverse particulars ? |
| 11 | Our mortgage advisors will explain the details of how this mortgage works , but it is just one more way that the Bristol & West have found to help you out of the jungle . |
| 12 | This would greatly facilitate the treatment of genetically complex tumours like colorectal cancer . |
| 13 | This is not to say that adequate recognition can not be achieved without understanding , but rather an appreciation of the processes involved in understanding may facilitate the design of more efficient recognition algorithms and systems . |
| 14 | Theorists can unravel the structure of extremely complicated games . |
| 15 | ‘ You do n't know the meaning of real nasty . ’ |
| 16 | As the Guardian noted , the report gave the Energy Secretary , then Peter Walker , all he needed to ‘ initiate the family of perhaps half a dozen similar stations ’ . |
| 17 | Ordinary treatment may generally include the type of less intrusive , less expensive care we call preventive treatment . |
| 18 | These measures will include the creation of more efficient production facilities in Spain , the transformation of two breweries at ICCSA in Seville and Ciudad Real into distribution centres , and a programme of early retirement to reduce headcount by up to 15 per cent over three years . |
| 19 | One example of this type of pricing structure is the system of railcards in the UK , whereby certain groups can buy the right to relatively cheap tickets . " |
| 20 | Others would discuss the question of how many agnolini , small , stuffed pasta envelopes , a man could eat , or assess the quality of the wine . |
| 21 | Barrel into a tight corner , clip the apex with your foot planted to the floor and the Golf will attack the exit with almost indecent haste and staggering security . |
| 22 | It does not therefore describe the collision of genuinely non-aligned gravitational waves . |
| 23 | But the effect of " however " here does not focus the contrast in quite this way . |
| 24 | We might doubt the credentials of even this candidate . |
| 25 | Meanwhile Yorkshire 's liquidity has held up and should guarantee the county at least another seven years ' existence , time enough for the new management and its overseas players to wave their collective wands . |
| 26 | We can study the circuit in rather more detail if we look at Fig. 4 . |
| 27 | Barley straw can be an effective treatment for green water , but you must monitor the water at least weekly for ammonia and nitrite , as these are the by-products of its decomposition . |
| 28 | But where Cluster Analysis can show the existence of sufficiently large groupings of respondents , or product/benefit requirements which have similar attribute sets , then these may be used as MARKETING TARGETS , if the benefits of selling into them are likely to exceed the cost . |
| 29 | The Pazyryk ( or Altai ) carpet , as it is known , is of crucial importance ; not only does it confirm the existence of highly sophisticated hand-knotted rugs during the first millennium BC , it also strengthens the belief that rug-making was widespread through the Middle East and Central Asia , because the design is an almost exact replica of one found on a paving slab in the Assyrian royal palace at Nineveh , nearly three thousand miles away . |
| 30 | It is estimated that this element would bring the total to over 20,000 . |