Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] the [noun sg] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is as though Lawrence was acknowledging that it is hard for human beings to say what they feel and that we often have to search for the form of words before we can find the words themselves . |
| 2 | However , it is still very difficult to search for the sequence of transformations which produced any given tree . |
| 3 | Anna turned , saw me waving , and began to amble through the line of cars with her nose n the air , looking entirely unconcerned about her own and everyone else 's safety . |
| 4 | It may be easier to plan for the future in stages and to adapt to one change at a time . |
| 5 | In The Future of Socialism — and in a classic revisionist sentence — Anthony Crosland argued that democratic socialists , instead of fussing about ‘ glaring and conspicuous evils , squalor and injustice and distressed areas … have to fuss about the balance of payments , and incentives , and higher productivity ’ . |
| 6 | As soon as she started to go through the bundle of letters , all Moran 's attention was fixed on the sorting . |
| 7 | The Privy Council is then found referring to arbitration a dispute between two foreigners , hearing the submission and apology of a merchant for speaking offensively about the Queen , instructing sheriffs to send up a note of the number of prisoners in their gaols , ordering mayors of seaports to prepare private ships to serve in the navy against the expected Spanish invasion , telling its agents at the Hague to arrange for the purchase of matches for guns , sending off various warrants , organizing the acquisition of copper for the Queen 's service , delegating the decision in a legal action to the J.P.s of Bedfordshire , permitting the taking of a collection on behalf of a Cornish village despoiled by Spaniards , and writing to the Lord Mayor of London about a complaint against his predecessor . |
| 8 | So we do have a problem to address but the I I like Mr would certainly want some explanation from the director of social services if erm the report that we have before us at the planning sub-committee is incorrect because I deal with it said it it be noted that the capacity now exists to arrange for the transfer of residents from four homes to other res residential units as part of the rationalisation programme . |
| 9 | As some of the various meetings , especially the progress meetings , are likely to be attended by all parties it is necessary to arrange for the booking of boardrooms and associated facilities as early as possible as the availability of rooms of sufficient size will be restricted . |
| 10 | ‘ If , for administrative reasons , you are unable to arrange for the completion of formalities to designate a separate deposit account in the name of the purchaser , I/we confirm that I/we hold the abovementioned sum on trust for the purchaser . |
| 11 | A bald statement that the exercise of public functions may be challenged by judicial review does not , however , tell us all there is to know about the sort of decisions which are amenable to judicial review ; and so now we must consider a number of distinctions which can be drawn between types of public functions . |
| 12 | In the later stages pupils need to know about the use of references , and in their own work should be encouraged to keep a record of the sources they have consulted . |
| 13 | Although the number of suicides by other methods rose , this was not sufficient to compensate for the fall in deaths due to coal gas poisoning — indeed , a reduction in suicide of over 30% was observed . |
| 14 | To compensate for the lack of seats two new Sprinter services are being proposed , at 0930 ex Aberystwyth , and at 1130 . |
| 15 | It has been a fashion among Opposition Members — indeed , this was reported by the hon. Gentleman tonight — to suggest that the access funds alone are intended to compensate for the withdrawal of benefits generally and that the £25 million , which he correctly quoted , must , therefore , be inadequate . |
| 16 | To compensate for the absence of transitions Jelinek used backing off formulae to account for missing transitions . |
| 17 | Neither services nor any other sector increased sufficiently to compensate for the loss of jobs in manufacturing . |
| 18 | This Invention relates to lifts for transferring barges and other vessels from one level to another on canals and other waterways in lieu of an ordinary lock or flight of locks , the object of the invention being to obviate the loss of water from the higher to the lower level by lockage inseparable from the ordinary system and to provide for the passage of vessels simultaneously in both directions and at a single life and between levels of widely different altitude where by the loss of time incidental to the passage through a flight of locks is in great measure avoided . |
| 19 | 2.1 PSD modules are designed to provide for the development of skills and behaviours identified in the aims of the Action Plan ( Chapter 2 ) . |
| 20 | They included measures to limit working hours for women and children , to improve housing and public health , to make education for children compulsory , to provide for the safety of workers ( including the payment of compensation by employers in the event of accidents at work ) , and even to extend the right to strike . |
| 21 | Neither Scorton Village Hall , the local cafe nor the local police have been contacted by your organisation and I am puzzled about what arrangements have been made to provide for the arrival of scores of riders . |
| 22 | The so-called citizenship campaign was launched in 1894 when members were urged to work for the return of women as poor law guardians . |
| 23 | Not only did they need access to the non-arable resources controlled by the nobility , but their ever-growing land shortage compelled them to work for the nobility on conditions which had much in common with those of serfdom . |
| 24 | It is suggested that pupils choose a person whose Christian commitment has led him/her to work for the good of others , thus making a link with the Christian vocation to alleviate suffering and/or the work of Christians in relation to respect for human life ( both indicated in L.0.2 ) . |
| 25 | If true , we might expect male peeking rates to increase as the number of females in the flock increase . |
| 26 | But the Collector had no time to worry about the locomotion of corpses ; this doorway had to be held until the defenders on the other side of the staircase had made good their retreat . |
| 27 | Scientists and science educators might do well to worry about the attractiveness of computers and the sense of power they unlock for brilliant young people today . |
| 28 | Certainly Frank Graham , managing director of Kainos Software , a joint venture between ICL and Queens University , does not have to worry about the supply of graduates he gets . |
| 29 | You no longer have to worry about the length of floats . |
| 30 | Parents will be interested to know of the sort of records that will be kept on their children . |