Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [v-ing] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The real problem is that if solicitors prepare the written brief , there is much less of a case for denying them the right of audience to argue that brief before the court . |
| 2 | The thoroughness of its marketing approach placed it so far ahead of its short-leet rivals — Scottish Amicable and Britannia Life — that the judges had no doubts about awarding it the top accolade in the category for Large Service companies . |
| 3 | The common denominator of this type of use is not therefore non-entailment but rather viewing knowledge of the referent denoted by the direct object of know as a condition for attributing what the infinitive denotes to this referent . |
| 4 | Nor had Innocent any intention of allowing himself the humiliation of Lateran I where the council defeated the pope . |
| 5 | I promise you I have every intention of releasing you the moment the eighteen months are up . ’ |
| 6 | She was standing straight , looking in his direction but seemingly through him , and the strange look on her face brought him around fully , and he was about to speak , not with the intention of giving her the true version of why he wanted to volunteer , for it was n't in him to hurt her to that extent , but she turned from him and , quietly opening the door , went out . |
| 7 | THE organiser of a big karate competition in Whitby says he has no intention of giving it the chop after casualties kept the town 's hospital at full stretch . |
| 8 | v. Lindley Lord Reid said , ‘ A case where a defendant presents to the plaintiff the alternative of doing what the defendant wants him to do or suffering loss which the defendant can cause him to incur is not necessarily in pari casu and may involve questions which can not arise where there is intimidation of a third person . ’ |
| 9 | Pickering had nurtured Davies since his days as a schoolboy triple jumper , and Davies has frequently credited Pickering with giving him the confidence to compete at top level . |
| 10 | Political analysts said Tuesday 's outspoken comments by Mr Chirac — like Mr Giscard d'Estaing a candidate for the presidency — seemed to be a tactic to dissuade Mr Mitterrand from offering him the premiership rather than an attempt to force the president out immediately . |
| 11 | ‘ They 'll know because I shall take great pleasure in telling everyone the truth ! ’ |
| 12 | I have pleasure in sending you the Programme for the 1982–83 Q.T. days . |
| 13 | I hoped my action in sending him the book would place him under a sense of obligation . |
| 14 | No harm in telling you the story , I guess . |
| 15 | Later , as the Shah began to get news of his own , repaid their kindness by giving them the stop press himself . |
| 16 | It would be a tragic error to buy this man out of Kuwait by awarding him the starring role in Arab dealings with Israel . |
| 17 | But I just hope Rugby League bosses will help the rest of the British talent by giving them the right set-up in which to play and train . ’ |
| 18 | After Dan Salmon 's funeral , Charlie tried to read the Daily Chronicle every morning in the hope of discovering what the second battalion , Royal Fusiliers , were up to and where his father might be . |
| 19 | In the legislature , the people are a check upon the nobility , and the nobility a check upon the people ; by the mutual privilege of rejecting what the other has resolved : while the King is a check upon both , which preserves the executive power from any encroachments . |
| 20 | In fact , the whole vexed question of Guy Sterne , her mixed-up feelings about him , and his true motives for offering her the design job , occupied her mind throughout her journey . |
| 21 | Lastly , I would like to thank my parents for making me the Judaeo-Christian hybrid that I am ; and my husband Timothy Boon for his support and ( not always welcome ) criticism . |
| 22 | I am very grateful to the Accademia Bartolomeo Cristofori in Florence for giving me the opportunity to give this paper as a lecture at the Accademia on 1 May 1992 . |
| 23 | Annabelle 's father , George , and her mother , Martha , have done me the honour of offering me the opportunity to make a speech on this wonderful occasion and propose a toast to Annabelle and Steven . |
| 24 | Since the teacher has already used a stick as a sign of Beowulf 's authority he decides to give this additional prominence by making it the object to be retrieved from under the chair . |
| 25 | Mr Clarke and Mr Hunt told MPs the decision to break the law by dispensing with a 90-day consultation period was taken because of ‘ special circumstances ’ and in order to help the miners by giving them the best redundancy terms . |
| 26 | Lucille diverted the old lady by showing her the supper room which , like the ballroom , had been draped with the Belgian colours of black , gold and scarlet . |
| 27 | But what , precisely , is the theoretical basis for denying it the honorific title of " democracy " ? |
| 28 | ‘ Myself , I am thankful to finish second and thank Williams for giving me the car to do the job . ’ |
| 29 | CELTIC boss Liam Brady has offered Derry boy Nigel Melly a one year extension to his contract — just weeks after showing him the door . |
| 30 | I 'm still sort of puzzling what the best thing , best thing to do for that hedge down there . |