Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [noun] [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Without knocking or hesitation he entered the left-hand door , drew up a chair and , with full and accurate expectation that he was awaited , opened his document case , threw the photographs on the desk and said , ‘ That 's the proof then . |
| 2 | Scobie is surely right when , with regard to Let Us Compare Mythologies he says that the title ‘ seems to indicate that Cohen himself regarded the religious sense as the primary one ’ — which in The Spice-Box Of Earth becomes completely explicit and even urgent . |
| 3 | Research shows that games which encourage the recognition and naming of letters are a useful learning tool . |
| 4 | Kidder 's fieldwork , carried out after independence , shows that litigants who approached the courts honestly were unlikely to gain any benefit . |
| 5 | Secondly , we are told that David I gave the town the muir in 1128 , whereas to the best of our knowledge he did nothing of the sort . |
| 6 | Experiments have shown that males which perform the zigzag display at a higher rate ( more swims back and forth per minute ) are more likely to be successful at courtship : a female is more likely to mate with a male whose zigzagging is more energetic . |
| 7 | Recent research has shown that people who list the consequences of dieting , positive and negative , and remind themselves of them regularly during the day , do twice as well on their diets as those people who just have routine dietary advice . |
| 8 | But I would suggest that runners who have the vision to step off line can by-pass him , such is his commitment to a frontal assault . |
| 9 | Another way in which Highlander operates is illustrated by the example of the Appalachian Land Ownership Study , the bulk of which was undertaken from 1978 to 1980 , though it is very important to stress that events which promoted the survey , and events leading from the survey , are still matters of community activity . |
| 10 | The chapters fall into four sections : in Teaching and Learning we review the conflicts between various demands on educational institutions , conflicts that have become more clearly defined in recent years . |
| 11 | It is widely conjectured that Stalin himself planned the murder of Kirov . |
| 12 | It 's already known that women who take the contraceptive pill are much less likely to develop it . |
| 13 | The Government could be taking many measures to ensure that refugees who have the right to stay in this country are assimilated and given equal opportunities . |
| 14 | Vocabulary and structures are constantly revised throughout the course to reinforce the language learning process and to ensure that children who join the class late do not find themselves struggling . |
| 15 | Evidently those who make the suggestion hold that things which promote the survival of the species are good , and that no others are , and that it is important to recognize this . |
| 16 | The relegation of less frequently used books to remote storage should eventually increase the overall relevance of the stock to users ' needs and therefore lead to a more efficient use of resources ( assuming that books which replace the neglected material issue more frequently ) . |
| 17 | Waste Reduction , Reclaiming and Recycling We recognise the benefits both financially and environmentally that can be gained from reducing waste streams at source and from recycling and reclaiming any waste generated . |
| 18 | This means that customers who like the retailer 's own brand goods can quickly identify them on the shelves . |
| 19 | On Nov. 13 Moi had warned foreign diplomats to stay away from the rally , and a Foreign Ministry official said that diplomats who attended the rally " would be violating international conventions on diplomacy " . |
| 20 | Today we see that women who have the right qualities can exercise authority equally with men , but we are also coming to a fresh recognition that Christian leadership should always be seen as service . |
| 21 | It might have been difficult to prove that librarians themselves took the initiative for the censorship , although many would have been pleased to make that claim . |