Example sentences of "[to-vb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Was he planning to restage the battle of Lepanto ? |
| 2 | Rutherford hoped that he spoke with sufficient polite force to nail the message home . |
| 3 | As Bishop Empey argued to the synod : ‘ Somehow we have to nail the lie that permissiveness flows from the Church of Ireland and that morality is the sole possession of but one Church in this land ’ ( Irish Times , 22 May 1986 ) . |
| 4 | I would also like to nail the lie that the Conservatives do n't care about nursery education as put forward by Chris as Mrs already said this morning , Hertfordshire County Council has one of the best records of nursery education in the whole of the country , something like seventy five per cent of the client group currently have part time nursery places . |
| 5 | So I really wanted to nail the bastard — preferably with the cooperation of my team-mates just to prove the point — but the fucking technology let me down and the gun jammed and he had me pinned , firing shot after shot at me , and finally I gave up trying to un-jam the gun and made to throw it at him though I could hardly see because there was yellow paint all over my visor , but he ducked and tripped and sat down on a trunk , holding his stomach , and the bastard was laughing his socks off because I looked like a giant dripping banana , only I 'd just realised the gun was n't jammed after all , the safety catch was on . |
| 6 | Will my hon. Friend do everything he possibly can firmly to nail the blame on Bruce Millan for the delay in these funds coming to the coalfield areas ? |
| 7 | RACE TO NAIL THE BUTCHER |
| 8 | ‘ So we are going to bring all the plants that they do n't want over here more rushes and sedges and aquatic plants to diversify the habitat . ’ |
| 9 | Subsequent attempts to diversify the economy have foundered not only on corruption and inefficiency , though these have played a part , but because Zambia could not mobilize the funds for new investment , since the growing debt burden took a larger and larger share of the national cake . |
| 10 | The new 21-month programme envisaged public spending cuts , strict budgetary controls and measures to diversify the economy away from its dependence on oil . |
| 11 | And there is the factor that there is a need to diversify the economy of York generally erm and also erm to ensure that the new settlement has an employment component . |
| 12 | Notwithstanding attempts to diversify the production of commodities , Vietnam 's state-owned enterprises faced strong competition from private companies after losing their subsidy and monopoly rights . |
| 13 | It becomes easy to picture himself and Boswell here , their servant outside holding the horse 's head , while Johnson 's taxi , his post-chaise , waited : ‘ The arch of one of the gates is entire , and another only so far dilapidated as to diversify the appearance , ; Sam himself with his famous stick prodding in the weeds , gauging the cut of the stone as he might examine the shoulders of a friend 's new frock-coat , measuring distances , tracing nave , crossing , choir , transept — inhaling meaning and implication , and converting it into judgment and knowledge . |
| 14 | It is difficult to categorize the team alongside the previously mentioned sportsmen simply because it was more a comedy outfit than a competitive unit . |
| 15 | This only seemed to exasperate the situation and it was some time before order was restored . |
| 16 | Such greed can drive people to sacrifice the well-being of others . |
| 17 | It 's clear now , if it was n't clear then , that they were willing to sacrifice the well-being of schools , of their staff and pupils , for the glory of their leader and for national recognition of the then Councillor , as the most ardent of Thatcher disciples and ensuring for him another step towards that coveted safe Tory seat |
| 18 | Just as in their trade policy the Federalists are prepared to sacrifice the Member States ' economic prosperity for the political goal of a United Europe , so does the establishment of a Common Foreign and Security policy sacrifice their military and strategic needs to that same political end . |
| 19 | Wasps are prepared to sacrifice the mobility which Gary Holmes and Paddy Dunston provided when Rendall and Probyn , the England props , made a delayed start to the season after taking part in the World XV tour to South Africa . |
| 20 | In this case it 's a very , very minority group : all you guitarists out there prepared to sacrifice the price of an exceedingly tasty automobile on a place to store your guitar collection . |
| 21 | ‘ What we are being asked to do now is to sacrifice the development of these areas [ of particular value to wildlife ] in order to protect the environment . |
| 22 | What we are being asked to do now is to sacrifice the development of these areas in order to protect the environment . |
| 23 | His decision to sacrifice the newspaper to MacQuillan rather than sacrifice the estate to the newspaper had not met with universal approval , but he did not let that trouble him . |
| 24 | Are you going to sacrifice the chance to help Chester 's on the altar of your pride and independence , Virginia ? ’ |
| 25 | The six month run there will be costly for Jenny , who had to sacrifice the opportunity of a starring role in a film to stay with the play . |
| 26 | It would be in order , for example , as Gandhi shows , to sacrifice the happiness of 49 per cent of mankind in order that the good of 51 per cent might be promoted . |
| 27 | Thus the law continues to sacrifice the principle of maximum certainty ( see Chapter 3.3 ( i ) ) to the supposed dictates of practicality . |
| 28 | Furthermore , if such an event occurred , everyone recognized that the PLO would be under intense external pressure to sacrifice the refugee right of return . |
| 29 | They wanted to sacrifice the wage so that they could feel they had personally taken part in the humiliation of the local landlords . |
| 30 | You need a four base width formation to get your rank bonuses , but it is better to sacrifice the bonus in favour of avoiding being dragged into a broader combat . |