Example sentences of "[conj] [vb mod] [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is the ‘ one every few years ’ , and Alfieri knows , or can predict what the outcome will be . |
| 2 | ‘ But it should not be used as a pretext to exclude 12- or 13-year-old girls from school when it is precisely these secular schools that should offer them the opportunity to learn , grow and make their own choices . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ We do n't like anything that might give someone the idea to stick a poor fish in beer . |
| 4 | ‘ Christ that used to give me the shits , ’ said the New Zealander . |
| 5 | The Rover closed right up , blatantly harassing him into making one mistake that would give them the excuse to stop him . |
| 6 | Aye , that , it 'd be the Voltarol that would give her the , the black stuff coming through . |
| 7 | But our concern was to find a church in Scotland that would give us the love and teaching that our family needed . |
| 8 | Hewlett-Packard Co is crossing itself to ward off any demons that would give it the same misery Sun Microsystems Inc is going through moving from Solaris 1.0 to Solaris 2.0 . |
| 9 | But clearly it is another factor that would make it the less satisfactory for us simply to refuse the application without more . |
| 10 | A Belgian cycling union official confirmed that an unnamed rider had tested positive and said that if it were Yates , he would receive a 10-minute penalty that would lose him the race . |
| 11 | Before setting off I had a thought that just possibly there might be such a tool at the surgery that would save me the extra journey . |
| 12 | The method of advertising used will depend largely on the ‘ advertising or marketing budget ’ , but the product can be advertised using several different types of media and the hotel or hotel group will select the method that will give them the best coverage within their financial means . |
| 13 | If St Pancras can in fact be rehabilitated then that will give me the greatest pleasure , ’ he said . |
| 14 | Will my right hon. Friend join me in congratulating the chairman , trustees and staff of the Aintree national health service hospital trust on the establishment of a new £7 million project that will give it the largest accident and emergency unit in Europe ? |
| 15 | There is no one that will give you the keys to paradise . |
| 16 | This is because the bottom sheet of your bed will be floating on a deep cushion of fleecy lambswool that will give you the most restful , satisfying and sound sleep of your life . |
| 17 | Ultimately it is the development that your competitors will make that will give you the opportunity — or the problem . |
| 18 | Once you 've exhausted the variations that will give you the step height you need , try different materials , as cutting bricks or walling slabs to give the desired height is not easy . |
| 19 | I 'd like you to think if I say building that will give you the idea . |
| 20 | We 've had a couple of stoppages in the first half , not the sort that will give us the nine minutes of added time we had at Highbury on Saturday , but certainly a minute or two this evening . |
| 21 | The models he works with may be shot by all the big name photographers , but it is the pictures that they do with Steven Meisel that will make them the icons of our times . |
| 22 | I do n't know what it is , I think I 've got a book upstairs that will tell you the price of them . |
| 23 | Nobody in this much bull-shitted century has achieved anything that can outlast what the men who laid out these stones did here . |
| 24 | There 's only one source that can give you the answer and it might be pointed our that their refusal to divulge this information might put the whole future of NATO at risk and that the individual ultimately responsible for the negative decision would be answerable directly to the president of the United States . |
| 25 | Er , I dare n't give away Rosemary and John , 'cos they 're the only two that can understand what the hell I 'm talking about . |
| 26 | While doing housework they are responsible for children and must know what the children are doing : while looking after children they are almost always involved in housework activities . |
| 27 | Most rowing clubs do n't insist on immediate payment of an annual membership fe ( usually between £80 and £100 ) and should give you the opportunity to train with other club members before making a commitment . |
| 28 | The career support scheme , which would be voluntary , would put people seeking advice in touch with others who had already experienced their particular problem and could give them the benefit of their knowledge . |
| 29 | little bits , little bits and I 'll buy you your tobacco Neil nothing much but little bits of something now if he were working and could give me the full sixty that is thirty for his room and thirty for his food so that I did n't have to worry about th actually paying for him but he was paying me Paul is going to pay me fifty that 's thirty pounds in , I made a rule to Paul that he is going to eat thirty pounds worth of food and there are only twenty pounds in my profit and then the other rule , a man called Alan this window cleaner he wants the room that I 'm in at the moment |
| 30 | Could it be he understood them too well , and would know what the discrepancy meant ? |