Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pron] [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 This encourages them to listen to the responses and to each other .
2 In addition , work which has been prepared on a word-processor and presented to teachers or assessors encourages them to concentrate on the content without being prejudiced by the presentation .
3 Even at its simplest your intervention — supports the children in their role-play introduces the idea that you , the teacher , can play a role yourself creates the possibility of formalising their language creates the possibility of introducing some simple work in other curriculum areas ( e.g. counting ) encourages them to think beyond the immediate , maybe introducing simple notions of cause and effect narrative gives you the opportunity to introduce simple signals indicating when you are in and out of role , thereby accustoming them to this strategy for when you use it later in a whole group drama .
4 At the end of this necessarily lengthy examination of the decided cases I have found nothing which causes me to depart from the view I expressed before embarking on that examination as to the appropriate procedure to be followed under section 7(3) and section 8(2) considered simply on the basis of the statutory language .
5 He wants ideas , new possibilities , experiments , and he wants me to talk to the actors .
6 She wants me to go to the theatre though , I do n't think she 'll enjoy Chekhov very much .
7 Anna wants me to know about the birthday party she had in July .
8 She wants me to forget about the civil service and to go to university , ’ she said as soon as she got home .
9 I sha n't be sorry to get home to Blackstone Rd , it worries me to think of the damp and the dirt , I hope you did what I said and aired all the rooms and linen like I said and got a good cleaning woman in like I said the same as with you , I hope .
10 ‘ Yes , even in Minnie , who 's so unlikely that she 's probably true — there probably has been someone who grew up as she did , saloon-wise and card-sharping yet quite sure that she wants nothing to do with the kind of messing around she 's seen under her parents ’ roof .
11 He wants them to share in the excitement of an excellent revenue week .
12 " My little boy has nothing to wear for the cold weather . "
13 A further and very different way in which Figure 9 is incomplete is that it deals only with the processing of words and has nothing to say about the processing of non-words .
14 Gregory has nothing to say about the Thuringians in Clovis 's reign .
15 The specialist architectural press ignores this amorphous school of design , while even the Prince of Wales has nothing to say on the subject , reserving his spleen for imaginative buildings that he and so many of his future subjects profess to hate .
16 I suppose all this henthusiasm has nothing to do with the fact that he 's a very handsome young man , has it ? ’
17 The agent takes 15 per cent of the band 's earnings which has nothing to do with the band 's costs .
18 The difference has nothing to do with the presence or absence of powerchords .
19 Yet I think there is a difference between the control of living systems and the stability of physical ones , which has nothing to do with the presence or absence of a controlling intelligence .
20 The Social Charter , for instance , has nothing to do with the single market .
21 Yet on any interpretation , the ‘ peoples of Europe ’ can never be restricted to the peoples of the European Community , and therefore the ‘ ever closer union ’ has nothing to do with the EC itself .
22 The second part of the mind is the parent — this has nothing to do with the child 's actual parents rather , it is to do with all the rules and prejudices that a child absorbs from its parents .
23 Parents may jump to the conclusion that the fact of being adopted is the root of the trouble when that has nothing to do with the case .
24 Unfortunately , a doctor or psychologist may sometimes reinforce parents ' concern by remarking , ‘ Well , of course , he 's adopted , ’ when this has nothing to do with the matter in question .
25 Perhaps chemical-sensitive patients are affected by pine resins — which contain a lot of natural toxins to protect the tree — but it has nothing to do with the origins of coal and oil .
26 This has nothing to do with the chemicals all being derived from oil and coal ( see p 166 ) as is often suggested .
27 This figure of £1 has nothing to do with the market value of the share , but is the legal benchmark for the determination of individual liability .
28 One thing that I always wanted not to happen to me was to become like a TV cameraman who goes home to watch TV and says , ‘ Aw , look at that lighting , ’ or something trivial that really has nothing to do with the actual story .
29 This , of course , has nothing to do with the featherlight pop of the Brighton trio .
30 See , in America they 're being touted as ( cough , splutter ) ‘ The New Smiths ’ , which presumably has nothing to do with The New Seekers and a lot to do with , ‘ Hey , these guys are grreaat ! ’
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