Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] [conj] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I goes and gets the strimmer . |
| 2 | creating a self-supporting framework which encourages and enables the children to operate independently of the teacher , thus freeing the teacher to use time as productively as possible ; |
| 3 | Eyes down again to the book , he went on , ‘ All sharpened staves for use in traps ( and also spears and arrows ) can be hardened to increase their powers of penetration by being charred lightly in hot embers , a process which tightens and toughens the wood fibres . ’ ’ |
| 4 | What we can take from this contemporary debate is the realisation that although research can assess the effectiveness of signing in schools , the change to Total Communication is generally based on attitude or commitment , which minimises or ignores the teacher variable . |
| 5 | Conditioners with sun-screens can help guard against ultraviolet light which weakens and bleaches the hair . |
| 6 | Overall goals and responsibilities for the group , which develops and oversees the development of the X-Windows environment , are under review . |
| 7 | Levinas objects to the implicit violence in the process of knowledge which appropriates and sublates the essence of the other into itself . |
| 8 | ORCHESTRE : [ Rousseau gives ten reasons why the Paris Opéra orchestra makes the least effect of any European orchestra , the seventh of which is ] the unendurable noise of the baton which covers and deadens the whole effect of the ensemble . |
| 9 | software for computer systems with disk drives which supervises and controls the running of programs . |
| 10 | Amongst the Nyakyusa of Tanzania this power is known literally as ‘ the breath of men ’ and is clearly conceived of as a ‘ murmuring ’ afflatus , which marshals and expresses the public opinion of the community . |
| 11 | EXECUTIVES of the Corporation of Lloyd 's , which regulates and manages the insurance market , are to brief staff at ‘ business forums ’ next week on the background to the organisation 's latest cost-cutting strategy . |
| 12 | The concept of a Universal Field presupposes the existence of a pre-physical body made of fine degrees of matter not yet recognised by orthodox science , which regulates and controls the creature , whatever it may be . |
| 13 | The underlying theory suggests that action and decision are controlled in the mind by a multi-level process , each level of which regulates and modifies the one below . |
| 14 | ( See the annual reports of the Equal Opportunities Commission , the body responsible for promoting equality between the sexes , which monitors and analyses the proportion of men and women entering higher and further education courses . ) |
| 15 | If , as a designer , Prowse has adhered to aesthetic standards , his adaptation has a multi-layered seriousness , or even a spiritual dimension , which alters and enhances the original . |
| 16 | Such beliefs are slow to change , a fact which underlines that identifying the source is important in persuasive communication . |
| 17 | To make it easier still , some have been fitted with a Hubmatic system , which raises and lowers the rear of the vehicle . |
| 18 | Metaphysics — the white mythology which reassembles and reflects the culture of the West : the white man takes his own mythology , Indo-European mythology , his own logos , that is , the mythos of his idiom , for the universal form of that he must still wish to call Reason . |
| 19 | ‘ The court may grant the application if — ( a ) the debtor appears to have a counterclaim , set-off or cross demand which equals or exceeds the amount of the debt or debts specified in the statutory demand ; or ( b ) the debt is disputed on grounds which appear to the court to be substantial ; or … ( d ) the court is satisfied , on other grounds , that the demand ought to be set aside . |
| 20 | In its inaugural declaration the DLP promised to achieve a " new national history of democracy , prosperity and national reunification " , and to operate as a " reform-oriented democratic party which protects and promotes the liberal democratic political system and free market system " . |
| 21 | This is the padded collar of the boot which protects and supports the ankle . |
| 22 | Safer sex is any kind of sex which reduces or eliminates the risk of blood , semen or vaginal juices getting from one person into the other 's body . |
| 23 | On Tuesday 27 April , at 3.30pm , Nick Scadding , British Gas Bristol South District General Manager , is presenting the donation to Hartcliffe Leisure Ltd , the organisation which promotes and develops the community use of Hartcliffe School 's facilities . |
| 24 | Previous chapters have emphasised how the mass media may contribute indirectly to the potential for public disorder , first , by helping to create an ideological climate which justifies and encourages the use of repressive control tactics against dissenting groups ; and second , by ‘ sensitising ’ the police and public to the possibility that disorder might occur . |
| 25 | The social relations of production under which land is used is a key and pervasive element in the explanation of soil erosion ; it also goes some way to explaining the nature of the state — which intervenes and influences the use of land in all sorts of ways . |
| 26 | An exemption clause is one which excludes or restricts the liability of a party who is in breach of contract . |
| 27 | His own view of the way this field is structured posits two contradictory tendencies — on the one hand , music which affirms or accepts the social status quo ; on the other , music ( of the avant garde ) which refuses such affirmation . |
| 28 | The difference between a living organism and one just newly dead is that something which we call life has departed , something which we can neither see , hear , smell , touch , weigh or in any physical sense quantify , but which animates and directs the physical organism while it is alive , and gives it the power to counteract the forces of disintegration and decay . |
| 29 | It is the subjective consciousness of the individual learner which perceives and construes the world , and this includes all those parts of the world which are presented for the learner to experience through the curriculum . |
| 30 | Proposals by Merseyside Passenger Transport Authority will have to be endorsed by Merseytravel , which owns and operates the ferries . |