Example sentences of "[vb -s] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Sliding the on/off plate back to on triggers the heating element and also shuts off the water inlet , preventing drips . |
| 32 | A special toughened , smoked glass lid with a ‘ Shut-Off Valve ’ that immediately shuts off the gas when the lid is closed . |
| 33 | Well this this of course erm shuts off the freezer that thing . |
| 34 | This action brings pin 3 of IC2 down to near zero and shuts off the drive to the switching transistor TR1 . |
| 35 | In addition , a cylinder thermostat can be strapped to the cylinder either to turn the boiler off or to operate a valve which shuts off the flow from the boiler to the cylinder when the stored water is hot enough . |
| 36 | A wall — also red-ochre — shuts off the view , and is topped only by a violet and yellow-ochre hill . |
| 37 | That stone curtain will not descend which now shuts off the inmates of prison from the free world outside . |
| 38 | She goes about a bit — English women are a bit different from Canadians , you know , Hank . ’ |
| 39 | The test of a skill description is : does it indicate how an individual goes about a task , does it allow for individual differences such as those between a highly skilled operator and a mediocre one ? |
| 40 | I take Eubank to win in four if he goes about the task like a true champion . |
| 41 | The head who goes about the job with tremendous enthusiasm and courtesy is likely to generate these attributes in other members of staff . |
| 42 | It is unfortunate , therefore , that doubts about the extent to which its character has changed should occur just as Germany has chosen to abandon one of its strongest symbols of guilt , its constitutional right to asylum . |
| 43 | When the distribution of revenue is seen to be equitable , one would expect to see this intransigence diminish and with it doubts about the commitment of the UK to the EC . |
| 44 | Once doubts about the feasibility of such a system finally caused it to be shelved indefinitely , the government sought other ways of extending parental choice , once it had introduced reforms to school government to increase opportunities for parental involvement at school level ( see Chapter 3 ) . |
| 45 | The thermostat , which fits between the element loops , is usually sold separately — so make sure you have got one . |
| 46 | You know , the one who feeds to routine , sleeps through the night at a fortnight old , gains weight at the average rate and does n't get a spotty face the day before he 's due to have his photo taken . |
| 47 | His intention is the cuddly fish that feeds on acorns and sleeps through the winter when nobody wants to go outside and look in their fishpond anyway . ’ |
| 48 | 7.1 Each of the Parties agrees during the term of this Agreement not to participate in any project which competes with the Project or which is designed to fulfil the same or similar objects . |
| 49 | Even his fond parents do n't call him that when he rampages through the flat creating mayhem , and Joyce was recently heard to declare that she 'd rather do Rob 's tax returns than look after the baby . |
| 50 | Postgraduate research in the UK is currently dually funded by Government ; by project research grants through the Research Councils , and by block grant from the Universities Funding Council ( UFC ) , formerly the University Grants Committee ( UGC ) . |
| 51 | The psychology of the patient is something that Michael Chapman thinks about a lot . |
| 52 | However they should not be a worry for a pilot who is well trained , and who keeps in practice and thinks about the conditions before each flight . |
| 53 | The painting of the giant could become a picture which is going to be used to show a sceptical researcher ( the teacher in role ? ) how big the giant really is — necessarily demanding that the child thinks about the concept of scale . |
| 54 | She thinks about the structure of Disraeli 's Sybil : or , the Two Nations ( 1845 ) , until the sound of the Guardian dropping on to the doormat sends her scurrying to the front door . ) |
| 55 | McIntosh is too much the diplomat to say what he really thinks about the firm 's three year spell inside the TSB empire , except to say two things — firstly that he doubts whether it either made or lost much money on its investment , and secondly that Hill Samuel was very supportive once the decision to sell had been taken in principle . |
| 56 | Whatever one thinks about the activities of the author , he was a former member of the security services . |
| 57 | Although fourteen answers to the fragmentation question concern housework , the housewife rarely thinks about the work she is actually doing . |
| 58 | I do n't know what the Department thinks about the universities . |
| 59 | In fact , the more one thinks about the distribution of this rock platform the less plausible seems the explanation in terms of marine erosion . |
| 60 | Just as our Grand Master thinks about the manipulation of further , and suggests that skilled readers recognise the meanings of words ahead of fixation . |