Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It took me two hours to paint out the damage that Sweetman had caused to our hull . |
| 2 | Profit taking among construction groups wiped out the gains made in the wake of the Chancellor 's speech . |
| 3 | He had called in a local firm of builders to carry out the essential brickwork , plastering and re-tiling on the roof ; after that , he took a hand in the redecoration personally , splashing on new paint and putting up wallpaper . |
| 4 | The sketch for the Upper Pond , part of Brown 's great natural parkland at Petworth , was discovered in the Petworth archives some years ago but the backlog of work on the estate and the disastrous storm of 1987 which destroyed thousands of trees delayed plans to carry out the design . |
| 5 | If you have any views pick up the phone and call me now . |
| 6 | Only after years of dogged activity by tenants backing up their own experiences with systematic surveys , did local authorities bring in the experts , and the tenants were right all along : they were living in leaking , sweating , unstable structures . |
| 7 | In both cases too , those private choices in some cases bring about the tragedy of the commons ( Hardin 1972 ) . |
| 8 | Only migratory birds sought out the marshes — in late summer on the way south to warmer climes and in early spring on the way north to breeding grounds . |
| 9 | Yet exactly the same trait , if too high , can disrupt and disable , in some cases bringing about the symptoms of anxiety neurosis . |
| 10 | Some theorize that income distribution is mainly a result of government action ( wage policy , taxation , etc. ) while per capita income is mainly a result of transnational forces ( for example , the price that exports bring on the world market ) . |
| 11 | ‘ By this time I had waited about 15 minutes hanging on the phone and the clerk had not confirmed any booking . ’ |
| 12 | The Norman Towers — Entering through these it is easy to imagine the Knights of the Middle Ages setting off for battle , banners flying and a host of bowmen and falconers bringing up the rear . |
| 13 | Legislation created a host of unemployed bureaucrats , municipal and seigniorial officials , who exhibited what liberals called ‘ passive ’ opposition to the constitution — the refusal of local authorities to carry out the administrative changes and apply the laws of the Cortes . |
| 14 | I am careful not to leave even the smallest scrap of yarn lying around as mother birds pick up the pieces and use them for lining their nests . |
| 15 | Although there are plans to scale down the additional pension , this will not affect anyone retiring before 1998 and will only marginally affect those retiring by 2009 . |
| 16 | With singer Bradley acting out his Mozzer fantasies by lurching around on top of the monitors — only lacking a bunch of daffs stuffed down the back of his pants — their arrogance level has been hoisted a welcome couple of notches . |
| 17 | Not surprisingly , for a country which is second only to Russia for the scale of its distances ( and second to no country but Norway on a per capita energy consumption basis ) motor fuels make up the largest element of oil consumption . |
| 18 | Both the bid for Channel Five and plans for the new Teleport to be operated at South Gyle , carrying signals for both Television and Telecommunications via satellite , cable and fibre optic lines , are well advanced and require the continued integration of technologies to carry on the task of promoting Edinburgh as a centre of excellence in the new media . |
| 19 | His running tore QPR to shreds and he took a Waddle ball after 30 minutes to go down the left and set up Bright for a virtual tap in , his eighth goal in 14 games . |
| 20 | Notwithstanding the former grandeur of the Cathedral , Johnson wrote no more than a page on Elgin , concluding with an attractive clue to a traveller in his wake : ‘ In the chief street of Elgin , the houses jut over the lowest story , like the old buildings of timber in London , but with greater prominence : so that there is sometimes a walk for a considerable length under a cloister , or portico . ’ |
| 21 | When I do that , it 's like summat inside of me is pulled out and streaks back up the street , under all the lights , right round the corner to where I ca n't see . |
| 22 | Personnel to carry out the Quality Auditor role are currently being identified : it is intended that they will be trained to IQA Lead Assessor standards . |
| 23 | And where they are legal , the operations require sophisticated equipment and highly-trained personnel to carry out the switch within 24 hours . |
| 24 | Selecting the right personnel to carry out the PR function . |
| 25 | I am not sure about the precise details , but I do believe than when Great-Grandfather Tallentire became old and decided to retire he refused to allow his sons to carry on the licence . |
| 26 | She hesitated momentarily before she said , ‘ I hope it will be someone with sons to carry on the property . |
| 27 | The following quotation from Norman Conway , a grammar school chemistry teacher interviewed by Brian Jackson and Dennis Marsden ( 1962 ) , shows how the competition for scarce university places ( and ultimately for a better job for the teacher ) , especially in the context of bureaucratic mass-assessment can allow the instrumental pursuit of extrinsic rewards to drive out the expensive ‘ educational side ’ : |
| 28 | Police procedures change , and even police attitudes change over the years . |
| 29 | While crackling flames eat up the beams |
| 30 | It took some time to reassemble their people , so much so that presently Douglas , growing impatient , left some of his lesser commanders to round up the stragglers , attend to the wounded and collect the booty from the camp . |