Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The families sit through a trial and feel short-changed by the sentence handed down . ’ |
| 2 | Maybe I 'm just being traditional in my tastes ; it is probably important to watch the compilation in small doses and not sit through the whole three hours as I did . |
| 3 | Local volunteer schemes may be able to arrange a regular visitor or you could contact an employment agency or advertise for a kindly ‘ sitter ’ . |
| 4 | It was the kingdom of the Franks which was to exercise most influence for the longest period of time . |
| 5 | Mostly it is a Monday that slimmers pick for a new health regime , a new diet . |
| 6 | Hate for a man . |
| 7 | Turn the dough onto a floured surface and knead for a minute before adding the cooked onion , extra oil and chopped olives . |
| 8 | This was ( F t +1 ; - F t ) /F t , plus the interest at the risk-free rate ( r ) on the average price of the futures contract during the period , that is , r ( F t +1 ; + F t ) /2F t , to give [ F t +1 ; ( 2 + r ) - F t ( 2 - r ) ] /2F t as the measure of return on a future . |
| 9 | Sir Denys would then take the role of chairman , while Mr Hampel would become chief executive — and push through a radical restructuring plan ? |
| 10 | Heat to boiling , then push through a sieve . |
| 11 | Put the soup in a food processor or blender , or push through a fine sieve , and return to the pan . |
| 12 | The sun must only be a rare visitor to this mysterious landscape where spring flowers push through the slowly melting ice . |
| 13 | It looks an exquisite mess , but push through the vegetation bordering the path and the undergrowth clears . |
| 14 | Later , true haustorial cells push through the prehaustorial cells , grow through the host and eventually establish contact with the host 's food-conducting tubes . |
| 15 | As I push through the dancers towards Tamsin , the boy sinks helpless to the deck . |
| 16 | I push through the tourists and into the Horse Guards . |
| 17 | oh and I 've made a big rug at the centre , which I shall have home before Christmas , a big woollen rug I 've made , yes so , oh it 's a beautiful rug it 's with those er silver thing you push through the hole on the canvas |
| 18 | The small professional garden design team offers an attractive range , called Tropical Shades , to keep you cool during the summer months . |
| 19 | But Mr Pialat 's feeling for la vie quotidienne and languid afternoons on river banks , contrasted with the bustle and frenzy of the Paris scenes , amply compensate for a lack of historical detail . |
| 20 | In later years a boy may continue to look unconsciously for a mother with whom to relate , or a girl for a father to take the place of a loved parent or compensate for a lack of satisfaction in that direction . |
| 21 | During night missions inside Iraq , the laser shines from the belly of the bomber , and is kept on target by the pilot or the weapons officer , with the help of electronics that compensate for the aircraft 's movements . |
| 22 | My horse is kept at a lovely yard 13 miles away : too far for many people 's choice , but the facilities and the people compensate for the 20 minute drive . |
| 23 | A successful team blends these different roles together so that the strengths of one compensate for the weaknesses of another . |
| 24 | Wimbledon manager Joe Kinnear knows his club must keep producing youngsters like two-goal Neill Ardley to enable him to sell big name men and compensate for the low income produced by attendances like the pathetic 3,386 for this game . |
| 25 | However , most people who join the industry feel that the interesting nature of the work and career opportunities more than compensate for the unusual hours they are expected to work . |
| 26 | As a consequence , greater virulence should be favoured if enough offspring of other wasps can be infected to more than compensate for the subsequent loss of extra offspring from the current host . |
| 27 | In what follows I will argue that there are specific financial advantages for Japanese firms which compensate for the presumed loss of efficiency that accompanied the shift away from the model of atomistic competition proposed in the reforms of the US Occupation . |
| 28 | In what follows I will argue that there are specific financial advantages for Japanese firms which compensate for the presumed loss of efficiency that accompanied the shift away from the model of atomistic competition proposed in the reforms of the US Occupation . |
| 29 | In many cases the large size of a company , which is the source of its market power , may enable it to make cost savings which , although not fully passed on , more than compensate for the distorting effects of an uncompetitive market structure . |
| 30 | The popularity of arbitrage portfolios suggests that the advantages more than compensate for the risk that the value of the arbitrage portfolio will deviate from the index at delivery . |