Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [noun sg] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pilots had little faith in the system and kept their heads and height down , preferring to risk prosecution by the CAA for low-flying rather than run the risk of killing themselves and another crew . |
| 2 | The tsar turned down Miliutin 's general principles on the same day he instructed Nazimov to continue canvassing opinion in the north-western provinces . |
| 3 | We have seen that recognised SROs are not expressly given rulemaking power by the FSA . |
| 4 | This view has also received support from the Joint Nature Conservation Committee and from the environmental directorate of the European Commission , although in the UK government itself the Department of the Environment failed to acknowledge receipt of the FoE reports . |
| 5 | They tend to treat language as an unproblematic expression of women 's experience , and they are too directed by the need for feminist change to do justice to the unconscious . |
| 6 | Although moral philosophers tend to treat aesthetics as a poor relation of their own discipline , it is in aesthetics that we arrive at the central problem of evaluating the activities which we pursue without thought of serving a purpose , in particular the one traditionally regarded as not merely good in itself but in some mysterious way improving to the agent , the contemplation of beauty . |
| 7 | Veritas has arranged to support Destiny with a cut-down version of its file system dubbed the Journaling File System and aimed at the desktop : the full product will come along later as a server upgrade . |
| 8 | However , it is important for him and the Opposition Front-Bench team to understand that when we replaced the old supplementary benefit scheme we sought to target help on the people who needed it most . |
| 9 | Demonstrators on a march in Hong Kong on April 5 , organized by the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of the Democracy Movement in China , were urged by leading liberal Yeung Sum to cherish freedom of speech while they could , and to continue drawing attention to the denial of such freedom in China . |
| 10 | The Asians will not want to lose ground in the mixed doubles in the build-up to Atlanta and the Belfast match will provide them with an opportunity to test the best in Europe . |
| 11 | And I did n't want to go work for the Bank . |
| 12 | I did n't ever want to see Phantom of the Opera , no of course I have n't have n't |
| 13 | But I still think I 'd prefer to see justice in the hands of what the Americans call the law enforcement agencies . |
| 14 | I still think I 'd prefer to see justice in the hands of what the Americans call the law enforcement agencies . |
| 15 | Competition The proposals included a number of reforms which were intended to stimulate competition in the financial system and also to remove some of the discriminatory aspects of the previous methods of regulation : |
| 16 | Now their pension money has been frozen while trustees investigate certain deals made using money from the fund . |
| 17 | Excitement fades to disillusionment , and so another piece of technology goes to gather dust on a storeroom shelf . |
| 18 | They therefore rarely see ‘ the complete picture ’ and tend to lose track of an issue once discussion of it has been concluded . |
| 19 | With 100 $500 grants already on their way to scientists working in Russia , the International Science Foundation ( ISF ) has taken the first step towards meeting its goal of helping to preserve research in the former Soviet Union . |
| 20 | Organizations that adopt the marketing concept also tend to see marketing as a very diffuse activity , shared by many , and not just the preserve of a specialist group called Marketing & sales . |
| 21 | Finance houses sought to promote business in a responsible manner , recognizing that only in that way would they be promoting profitable business . |
| 22 | Indeed , some of his contemporaries were highly critical of his preoccupation with the technical side of verse ; even friends like Herbert Read placed emphasis on the Wordsworthian ‘ spontaneous overflowing of powerful feelings ’ . |
| 23 | In reading , lexical access involves using information from a printed word to gain access to that word 's entry in the mental lexicon . |
| 24 | Even this further devaluation failed to restore confidence as the US treasury secretary announced that the United States would not intervene to support the dollar and intended to remove all controls on capital exports . |
| 25 | An offer made to acquire control of a public company . |
| 26 | The company is due to unveil its high-end SparcStation 10 models tomorrow , and will bring them out at substantially reduced price points to stimulate growth of a high-powered multitasking and multiprocessing desktop marketplace . |
| 27 | During the political unrest of Edward II 's reign , Eastry sought to restore tranquillity to the realm . |
| 28 | The meeting agreed to increase pressure on the UN to take action to enforce Resolution 799 . |
| 29 | When assessing the needs of a disabled person ( including an elderly person with disabilities ) who receives a substantial amount of care regularly from someone not employed by the local authority , the authority is required to : ‘ have regard to the ability of that person to continue to provide help on a regular basis ’ . |
| 30 | It is our intention to continue to provide cover for the making good of nipple joints on sectional boilers , although unlike many companies , the following clause which normally appears in brackets after defective joints has been omitted ( ‘ other than joints between the sections of the sectional heating or hot water supply boilers ’ ) . |