Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [pron] [noun] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is the sort of agreement that you have let others know that your agent has the power to make on your behalf . |
| 2 | I am very pleased to be part of the same family and to know that my parents feel the same . |
| 3 | Test that your niche fits the hole . |
| 4 | You can easily enough slip in a clue in two quick words somewhere , but when at the end of a book you say that your detective solved the case from noticing that one briefly-stated fact , the reader will experience a sense of let-down . |
| 5 | Park specifically recommended that his team followed the methods pioneered by the anthropologists : |
| 6 | A woman at last night 's councillors ' gathering lamented that her nephew reached the age of three before seeing one . |
| 7 | ‘ Looks like your lover-boy has the same idea . ’ |
| 8 | All you can do is wait until your stepfather gets the will admitted to probate . |
| 9 | ‘ The most disturbing feature of the underground repository is not simply that an accident might occur , ’ he said at the time , ‘ but that if it did , we might never know until its consequences reached the surface — maybe decades later . ’ |
| 10 | Keegan has even been promised a taxi ride anywhere he wants if his players deliver the goods . |
| 11 | A stockbroker will qualify provided his business includes the management of trusts and any remuneration as trustee is included in his firm 's trading profits . |
| 12 | We have , of course , stressed to our friends in the Baltic states that their membership of the CSCE — Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe — process and their aspirations to join the Council of Europe will naturally depend to a great extent upon their ability to meet international standards in such matters . |
| 13 | Zelaya was exonerated after his son married the daughter of the then president of Honduras . |
| 14 | I encountered the reality of a penitential pilgrimage the moment I woke and levered my stiff limbs off the hard school-room floor where we slept last night , and winced as my blister contacted the floor . |
| 15 | This has as its main thrust the idea that regulation itself is subject to economic laws . |
| 16 | He was still fuming when his mother entered the room . |
| 17 | We insist that our forces have the modern , effective equipment that they need . |
| 18 | ‘ Still , we were only just beaten here , ’ said Hastings , bitterly upset that his team had the match stolen from them when Fox landed his 47-yard penalty with only 35 seconds of normal time left . |
| 19 | Again there was silence between them , but as Mr Beecham stared at this young man , he remembered Martin hinting that his aunt kept the young boy on a tight rein ; and he also went further back and recalled Arthur 's confidence and how he had once described his sister-in-law as a frantic leech . |
| 20 | To a great extent she has to act as referee — she might prefer ‘ umpire ’ — to see that her ministers play the game according to her rules . |
| 21 | Here he accepts that his own grammatical categories may be questionable , but insists that his study confirms the belief that there exists a grammar of narrative , and moreover that there is a fundamental similarity between language and narrative which is mutually illuminating . |
| 22 | It is no cheaper per yard than permanent cattle-mesh fencing , but is so light and easy to erect that its versatility outweighs the cost . |
| 23 | We hope we have n't inadvertently breached any existing copyright and we trust that our attempts to ensure the wider distribution of this material will not cause loss to anyone concerned with the advancement of Homœopathy . |
| 24 | Since Picasso and Braque had not exhibited for some time , and since they had not taken part in the manifestations at the Salon des Indépendants and the Salon d'Automne , the public were not in a position to realize that their abstention deprived the Section d'Or of much of its meaning . |
| 25 | The hon. Gentleman may have noticed that my proposals increase the independence of Her Majesty 's chief inspector . |
| 26 | The development of such further educational and training opportunities is encouraged and engineering employers should ensure that their staff have the time to keep up–to–date in this way . |
| 27 | They were also asked to think about how they would ensure that their pupils understood the new forms and used them appropriately . |
| 28 | Companies should also ensure that their employees have the skills and knowledge to play their part in the export drive , for example , by being aware of the standards set by competitors which we have to beat . |
| 29 | We shall , therefore , ensure that our country has the defence capacity , the strength of alliance and the peace-making commitment necessary to safeguard the United Kingdom , to participate in international negotiations for disarmament , to deter aggression and to contribute to constructing a New World Order , now feasible through the strengthened United Nations . |
| 30 | Brook added that his analysis confirmed the importance of the proposal to submit twice-yearly forecasts to the Cabinet on the trend of future spending . |