Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [to-vb] [conj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whitlock tried to explain but the policeman 's grip tightened on the revolver and he repeated the order . |
| 2 | According to Pedro de Cieza 's account of 1554 : If Pedro failed to appreciate that the Indians were motivated by emulation as well as by piety in accumulating gold and then sacrificing it in burials , he was well aware of what the practice meant for his fellow countrymen . |
| 3 | No wonder no-one at Siemens Nixdorf wants to hazard when the company might return to profit . |
| 4 | Meredith endeavoured to explain that the play had been written long before the carnage of the First World War , let alone the Second . |
| 5 | Only thirty-seven were full-scale royal commissions , although Harold Wilson splashed out on them so liberally that even the Great and Good began to complain that the currency had been devalued . |
| 6 | Slowly Michael Ramsey began to realize that the eternal verities were more important to him than the political excitements . |
| 7 | Hounslow had to wait until the second-half before England 's Martyn Grimley scored their first goal in a 3-0 win over Lyons , the Poundstretcher Second Division side . |
| 8 | When writing on a less metaphysical level , and in face of the paintings themselves , even Apollinaire had to admit that the subject played an important part , and that the realism of the movement lay in its attempt to make a totally new but nevertheless very concrete statement about the visual world . |
| 9 | Faldo had to wait until the ‘ 89 Masters before he could catch up with Lyle and maybe the picture of him on the 11th green , the second hole of a sudden-death play-off with Scott Hoch , encapsulates Europe 's men in the majors in the Eighties . |
| 10 | Them 's Germans , Dot wanted to say but the words would n't come out . |
| 11 | A plaque erected by the Israeli Ministry of Defence pays tribute to Ben-Ami Pachter , the Israeli commando leader who died in the ambush ; which is one reason why the name Um Al-Farajh ceased to exist and the name of Ben Ami took its place . |
| 12 | Kenneth has a list of questions to ask as a result of his reading , but the Dr has to admit that the subject is a highly complex one and that his knowledge is limited as he is a G.P. and not a specialist on the subject . |
| 13 | Moreover , discreet intervention by the Bank of England helped to ensure that the pound 's losses were slight . |
| 14 | Mrs Browning began to laugh but the laugh brought on a coughing fit and , when Wilson rushed to her aid and raised her higher on the pillow , her face took on an ugly blue tinge , which she had never seen before . |
| 15 | — Mr. Eames seems to imagine that the fox population will regulate its numbers naturally and painlessly if hunting stops . |
| 16 | A RARE SHOT OF LAURA AT THE HELM OF THEIR BOAT , QUAESO , WHILE JANE TRIES TO READ AND THE SEA IS CLAM . |
| 17 | Sebastian appeared to believe that the world was a place full of sunshine and enjoyment . |
| 18 | The UDF continued to insist that the only solution to Bulgaria 's present crisis was a UDF-led coalition , and to argue that because of its communist past the BSP lacked the moral credibility to govern . |
| 19 | Colleagues , G M B Scotland subscribe to review that the benefits from the future amalgamation between the two great general unions within the United Kingdom would by far any possible deficits . |
| 20 | Taking up evidence from Greenpeace which simply drew figures from the national forest surveys coordinated by the UN ECE and EC , Sir Hugh wanted to know if the Forestry Commission accepted that ‘ the beech forests of Britain are among the worst affected in Europe ’ . |
| 21 | However , the fact that the Bank of England refused to intervene when the pound came under pressure left some analysts speculating that predictions of an October shortfall of upwards of £1.8billion were too pessimistic . |
| 22 | BP geoscientists and their colleagues from Statoil wanted to establish whether the mud volcano region might offer clues to the hydrocarbon source rocks and fluid flow patterns . |
| 23 | Maggie wanted to say that the way she felt she doubted she 'd ever want to eat again , but did n't . |
| 24 | Robert tried to remember whether the Egyptians had a cricket team and , if so , whether they were any good . |
| 25 | Painfully — for no work cost him more or perhaps as much as this one — Dostoevsky came to see that The Possessed was n't a sideshow . |
| 26 | After receiving my version of the working drawing , Mr. phoned to say that the drawing did not have sufficient detail , and that another Mr. from the Glasgow office would be in touch to ask for a clarified drawing . |
| 27 | This is all logical enough given Fforde 's conviction that collectivism comes from ‘ areas other than the British Conservative party ’ , but Fforde seems to forget that the Conservatives were in power for fifty-five of the 100 years from the dawn of collectivism to the edge of Thatcherism , and must , therefore , have been at least partly responsible for some of Keith Joseph 's ‘ detritus ’ . |
| 28 | Astra likes to believe that the quality of its management , blessed with the IFC seal of approval , sets it apart in Indonesia . |
| 29 | Likert attempted to show that the effective manager is one who uses the participative style of management , although the ideal manager must be able to use the right leadership style for any given situation . |
| 30 | Tandem declined to say whether the new operating system will come out on current or future Tandem Integrity machines , all based on MIPS chips . |