Example sentences of "[vb infin] the [noun sg] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 It is through the ‘ windows ’ that survive that we can glean the evidence necessary to permit environmental reconstruction and , necessarily , the amount of evidence surviving in a particular area will depend upon the age of the landscape and the subsequent changes to which the landscape has been subjected .
2 As the pair of cichlids dig and move the gravel about the aquarium to suit themselves , they will expose the gravel tidy and be satisfied to use this as a spawning surface .
3 I would emphasize the word partial .
4 Working time , including overtime , should be decided by local voluntary agreement and I do emphasize the word voluntary .
5 It can capture the nuances of soft and sensitive voices ; it alone can convey the rapport five singers achieve in the bonded intimacy of chamber music-making .
6 The newest breed of newspaper ‘ proprietor ’ — Whittam-Smith of the Independent — would probably abhor the prospect either of alignment with a political party or of dictating demands to a political party .
7 What is actually er the boy is , could eat the boy next to him erm
8 Her larva when it hatches will eat the grub alive .
9 He was invited to get up and conduct the band half way through the evening which , according to eyewitnesses , he did with gusto .
10 It is certainly desirable that relationships between geomorphological processes and climatic parameters are established using the results of process studies and then extended towards the global scale , and such relationships could enhance the understanding involved in climatic geomorphology .
11 On April 9 Sihanouk proposed a new nine-point peace plan involving the creation of a joint council which , together with a partial UN administration , would govern the country prior to the holding of elections .
12 The first implication to draw from these models is that diversification within a national market can not eliminate the risk due to the market .
13 The use of UHF rather than VHF will further restrict the coverage possible .
14 The cost of the programme had exceeded government expectations , and the new funds , repayable over 10 years with a five-year grace period , were granted to help cover the period 1992-94 .
15 Volume V11 will cover the period 1850-1914 .
16 To provide an even higher level of protection for our customers we will double the amount payable on death after an accident , if both husband and wife die as the result of the same accident .
17 ‘ And yet , he does not experience the situation full-time , he has only one view of it .
18 The greatest rock'n'roll band tag may have been uncomfortable to live with in the past , but this album will not make the title any easier to shift .
19 Unless the context specifically demands it , regular reference to information normally left unspecified in a given language will only make the translation awkward and unnatural because it will not reflect normal ways of reporting experience in the target language .
20 Iranian premier Moussavi 's response was to say that Iran was only too ready to help make the referendum possible .
21 There was no definable shape to the bulge yet — in fact , I could make the bulge nonexistent by drawing in my muscles .
22 Patients who had experienced such treatment reported , on average , that small improvements in survival would make the treatment worthwhile .
23 Try a wooden board and , again , use as little water as possible to moisten the gum strip ; too much will make the operation slippery and difficult .
24 The crossing of Alpine passes was frequently accomplished only at night or blindfolded , as if ignoring the view would somehow make the journey safer .
25 Such is the pulling power of Europe 's richest race , the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe , that up to 10,000 Britons will make the journey this weekend , making a considerable impact in a total crowd of 35,000 .
26 But cash carrots alone could not make the system successful .
27 Miller picks out data backup and integrity enhancements as areas System 10 can make the system easier to manage .
28 Miller picks out data back-up and integrity enhancements as areas where System 10 can make the system easier to manage .
29 Flyda claims that the extremely light construction of the track , which will be only 1½ to 2 metres wide , will make the system unobtrusive and environmentally acceptable .
30 But that does n't make the Horde some mutant version of the unthinking stadium bombast brigade ; they 've too much wit and self-awareness to get caught in those traps of emotional formlessness .
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