Example sentences of "[verb] [det] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The female has a colour pattern which almost fits that given for the Threadfin Goldie . |
| 2 | We intend that to apply to the Navy and to the Air Force as well . |
| 3 | And , again , if it is functioning well , it is possible to see this reflected in the bearing and in the expressions of the players whilst they are making music . |
| 4 | We could have used a different host mother — using ova from one woman , and allowing another to act as the incubator for the conception — but we preferred to use the donor of the egg cell as the incubator , mainly to avoid any risk of rejection . |
| 5 | The current culture at British Rail seems to be — and I have heard this said by the chief executive — that freight is not time-sensitive . |
| 6 | We expect that to happen in the autumn . ’ |
| 7 | Their friendship had always been tinged with rivalry , something which helped each to bounce off the other 's character in the movie . |
| 8 | It fits perfectly the charm and naivety of the early to mid-fifties ; it has little to do with the self conscious posturings of the later period that Scobie wishes to impute to it ; most of all that of the ‘ Beat generation ’ , for most of the book had been written before Howl howled and junkie commenced the near-universal junketings . |
| 9 | It has little to do with the quality of his jokes or the televisual cut of his suiting , although adequate performance here is important . |
| 10 | It also can isolate one action from another , so that the total sequence is not relevant ( concentration on washing one 's neck has little to do with the subsequent ‘ sea-side ’ actions — the action of washing one 's neck is but an arbitrary item in a string of actions ) ; |
| 11 | It is just possible that this is a master stroke on the part of the CEGB : focus attention on a topic that really has little to do with the inspector . |
| 12 | Throughout his lifetime he had been regarded as an excellently scientific psychologist who had shown that the level of a child 's intelligence has little to do with the child 's home environment ; instead it is a product of the intelligences of the child 's parents . |
| 13 | The sort of ‘ sweeping , wrenching change in national economic govern-ance ’ that Stockman yearned for is the stuff of utopian dreams and has little to do with the realities of American politics . |
| 14 | Obviously mean sea level has little to do with the height of the nip , which is more closely related to high tide level , but high tide level is in itself a variable level . |
| 15 | Identification and interpretation of conventions has little to do with the courts . |
| 16 | Backed by a comfortable working majority , which successive Conservative Administrations enjoyed between 1979–92 , any competent Home Secretary has little to fear from the party opposite . |
| 17 | If this is tomorrow 's generation , Britain has little to fear in the years to come . ’ |
| 18 | ( d ) Standing orders Beyond the requirement that the Houses shall ‘ pass ’ Bills before they receive the Royal Assent , the common law has little to say about the Houses of Parliament . |
| 19 | Pareto does not consider politics or government as subjects separate from sociology , and he has little to say about the concept of power as such . |
| 20 | That said , you may be wondering what sort of effect this has on the Polo 's performance . |
| 21 | Only one person at a time may speak , and he must confine this remarks to the motion before the meeting . |
| 22 | Stockbrokers W I Carr are aiming the Helmsman Self-Managed Personal Pension at controlling directors , partners , self-employed and senior executives who want some say in the control of their investments . |
| 23 | Spalding and Theakston designed this to fit in the Hallam Hall , the work was executed by Mr. J. L. Taylor , then woodwork master at the School , and the Old Boys ' Association paid for it . |
| 24 | Dickens , writing in 1850 , has this to say about the district around Watney Street : |
| 25 | The Select Committee ( 1987 ) examin-ing the working of the 1981 Education Act has this to say about the under-fives and special educational needs : |
| 26 | What , it may be asked , has this to do with the law ? |
| 27 | Has this led to the existence of " overseas dialects " of the Caribbean Creoles , in the same way that migration has led to the American , Canadian , Australian and other overseas dialects of English ? |
| 28 | How has this changed since the last local elections , if at all ? |
| 29 | Has this occurred within the EC and if so does it reflect failure of the peer review system ? |
| 30 | As might be expected this resulted in the reduction rather than the elimination of disparities between the samples , some of the problems being discussed below . |