Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As for those localised unions with no such connections , it was not an uncommon experience for the organiser to decamp with the members ' subscriptions . |
| 2 | e.g. tenant has installed a fitted kitchen — this would be covered for the perils listed under the ‘ Insurance for your liability as a tenant ’ section of the policy . |
| 3 | The UN is also being asked to garner Iraq 's oil revenues and use a portion to pay compensation for the damage done during the occupation of Kuwait and the war that followed . |
| 4 | Please accept my apologies for the damage done to one of your photos . |
| 5 | People charged with taking a car could also be punished for the damage done to it . |
| 6 | ( a ) Irresponsible firms discharge toxic waste with no thought for the damage inflicted on others . |
| 7 | In the absence of such a clause the buyer would have to prove for the damage suffered under the normal common law rules . |
| 8 | The House found that the defendant had not fulfilled such a duty to take reasonable care and was thus liable to the plaintiff for the damage caused to her health . |
| 9 | Israel felt emboldened to ask America for massive extra economic aid to pay for the damage caused by the state of emergency , the prolonged military alert — and the arrival of hundreds of thousands of new Soviet Jewish immigrants . |
| 10 | This is not entirely correct , as the only compensation would have been for the damage caused by the armed robbery . |
| 11 | The question was whether the defendants were liable for the damage caused by the squatters or whether the squatters ' actions amounted to a novus actus interveniens . |
| 12 | Moreover , although a great cult may have brought in more than enough wealth to compensate for the damage caused by those fleeing from the king 's anger , that wealth could still attract the attention of would-be thieves . |
| 13 | The tax on fossil fuels proposed by the European Commission would be less costly than paying for the damage caused by acid rain , according to a report by Greenpeace . |
| 14 | When Lalage , neat as a Nannie 's child in her blue Viyella dressing-gown , had darted off to the bathroom , Nicandra , for the present absolved from her duties as friend and hostess , wound up her gramophone and , as she undressed , surged and swooned pleasantly to the heart-breaking cadences of the Caprice Viennois . |
| 15 | As for the proposals contained in ’ Escaping the Debt Trap ’ — the hon. Gentleman kindly sent me a copy — it will not surprise him if I do not agree with all of them . |
| 16 | This allows time for the patient to settle in hospital , for nursing and medical staff to complete their respective ( psychological and physical ) assessments of the patient and for investigations and special preparations to be carried out . |
| 17 | There are many memories which are too painful , or too wicked , for the patient to remember without the aid of psychoanalysis , and these are said to be repressed . |
| 18 | If it is warm enough for the patient to sit in the garden , he may enjoy just watching all the garden life . |
| 19 | The regression alone will probably have raised enough points for the patient to consider during the ensuing period without him having any other work to do . |
| 20 | We had heard from Werner Meyer that the Toraja custom of burying their dead in high vaults began only a few hundred years ago when Bugis raiding parties from the lowlands began pillaging their burial sites for the booty interred with the corpses , and as recently as 1964 an army general stationed on the island had led his army on similar raids . |
| 21 | While Archbishop Reynolds and some other bishops and royal clerks colluded with the king , the lower clergy presented stout resistance , precisely as they had done in 1294 when they were also invited to pay for the tune played by the prelates . |
| 22 | The doctor explained to her how hard it sometimes was for the sperm to coincide with the eggs ; she just had to continue to keep the Shah interested . |
| 23 | It would certainly be improper for the governors to go into the medical or educational case history on which the call for provision had been based . |
| 24 | If the creditor knew that the surety , whilst understanding the nature of the liability he or she was accepting , was in fact acting under the influence of the debtor , then it would not be safe for the creditor to rely upon a document executed in these circumstances , unless it believed on reasonable grounds that the surety had in fact received independent advice . |
| 25 | At the end of 1067 there had been a great fire which had made nearly all the buildings unusable except the dormitory , the refectory , and enough of the cloister to make it possible for the monks to walk from one building to another without getting wet . |
| 26 | Polish-born Tomasz Starzewski , one of Diana 's favourite designers , was also responsible for the gown worn by Victoria Lockwood for her marriage to Viscount Althorp . |
| 27 | The invariant for the while-loop consists of two parts : |
| 28 | The agreement was clearly intended to be of short duration and could have been secured by a lease for a fixed term , say five or ten years with power for the landlord to determine before the expiry of that period for the purposes of the road widening . |
| 29 | 11.1 Save as provided in clause 11.2 no agent adviser or other person acting for the Landlord has at any time prior to the making of this agreement been authorised by the Landlord to make to the Tenant or to any agent adviser or other person acting for the Tenant any representation whatever ( whether written oral or implied ) in relation to the Site or the Premises or to any matter contained or referred to in this agreement |
| 30 | That if the rent hereby reserved or any part thereof shall remain unpaid for twenty-one days after the same shall have become due ( whether formally demanded or not ) or if any covenant on the part of the Tenant herein contained shall not be performed or observed or if the Tenant shall become bankrupt or enter into any composition with his creditors it shall be lawful for the Landlord to re-enter upon the premises or any point thereof in the name of the whole and thereupon this demise shall absolutely determine . |