Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [conj] [pron] [vb -s] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile we , and God too , must wait to see if he passes the test or not . |
| 2 | ( 21 ) John has two PhDs +> I believe he has , and have adequate evidence that he has ( 22 ) Does your farm contain 400 acres ? +> I do n't know that it does , and I want to know if it does The first of these provides an explanation for " Moore 's paradox " , namely the unacceptability of utterances like ( 23 ) : ( 23 ) ? ? |
| 3 | As I write , I make assumptions about what my reader already knows about language and language learning , about the common ground of knowledge , and what he or she can not be expected to know since it concerns the idiosyncrasies of my own view of these matters . |
| 4 | According to a recent report in the New York Times , Castelli has said that he wishes the archives to be fully accessible to the public and that if this were in any doubt he would donate them without charge to the Smithsonian Institute 's Archives of American Art . |
| 5 | The Spirit has shown that he validates the Christian mission among Jews , proselytes , ‘ Godfearers ’ ( as Gentile adherents on the fringe of the synagogue were called ) , and even outsiders like eunuchs and Samaritans . |
| 6 | Now I want to suggest that what makes the difference — what transmutes overload and pressure into full-blown stress — are what I shall call injunctions . |
| 7 | If Iran , weary and broke after its war with Iraq , has waved goodbye to its proselytising days , this is a valid reason for easing it out of its isolation and back to the position in Gulf politics which , from the shah on , it has craved and which reflects the size of its population and length of its coastline . |
| 8 | These are precisely the questions that the peace movement has to address when it contemplates the use of law and many of these aspects are discussed in Part III of the book . |
| 9 | At 32 , the actor turned producer-director has proved that he has the clout to raise money for stage and screen and the artistic talent to ensure that it 's well spent . |
| 10 | Your husband needs to relax before he hits the sack . |
| 11 | I think Chancellor Kohl has indicated that he knows the risk to the Government 's chances of re-election if interest rates have to be raised in Britain . |
| 12 | It is also a rather different exhibition conceptually : Alfonso Perez Sanchez , former Director of the Prado and co-organiser of the show , has declared that he wants the Spanish to get to know ‘ the real Ribera ’ , which means that he has whittled down the number of works . |
| 13 | A definition , along the right lines but too broad , is that an animal has signalled when it changes the behaviour of another animal . |
| 14 | Once the robot has confirmed that it has the right kind of plastic by its reading of an identifying bar code , it shreds the material ready for collection . |
| 15 | I think he goes training because he knows the police can never find an Athletico training session . |
| 16 | He can already foresee the day when sales begin to fall and he wants the group to readjust their stringent stance , mainly for their own survival . |
| 17 | In spite of all this secrecy , I happen to know that it takes the form of a humorous catalogue of my supposed states of mind , arranged from one to ten like the Beaufort Scale . |
| 18 | Cats usually begin spraying when something upsets the fine balance of their day-to-day life . |
| 19 | One particular regulatory structure , namely the Chinese Wall , will be analyzed to see whether it provides the most attractive regulatory solution for governments and regulatory authorities reviewing this area . |
| 20 | Is it to be given to ensure that everyone has the correct drawing or to save time ? |
| 21 | He might also have added that he plays the game rather well . |
| 22 | Mr Cook pledged Labour would try to help if it wins the election . |
| 23 | So vague , indeed , is Mustakimzade that one is led to suspect that he doubts the validity of Abdulkerim 's claim to the Muftilik . |
| 24 | ‘ We keep hearing that it costs the health service more than £400 million to treat smoking-related illnesses each year , but we provide £7.5 billion in duty . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ We keep hearing that it costs the health service more than £400 million to treat smoking-related illnesses each year , but we provide £7.5 billion in duty . ’ |
| 26 | We suppose that not just This is not in fact necessary for salt fingering to occur but it simplifies the presentation . |
| 27 | ‘ A lot of people like to get worked because it knocks the fear out of them . |
| 28 | While he could provide no time scale for this , he did say that he expects the business to grow at 20% per annum . |
| 29 | To send a player streaking across the pitch ( do n't get excited , Lucy — I did n't mean literally ! ) , push the joystick in the direction you wish to go until he reaches the required speed . |
| 30 | Printed on the back of the letter there will be forms enabling the allottee to renounce , and the person to whom they are ultimately renounced to confirm that he accepts the renunciation and agrees to be entered on the register . |