Example sentences of "of [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He seemed greatly recovered , and resigned to the idea of using what the church so obligingly had offered . |
| 2 | The court gave effect to this clause , stating that the parties should have considered the potential difficulties of using what the court called " a single alternative dispute resolution process " for all disputes under the contract before making their contract . |
| 3 | And finally Mr chairman on this point , we did in fact do some checking to see the sense of using what the county planning committee had recommended to the H er Highways and Transport Committee that they should regard the six five eight , A five nine one as the correct link to the A one . |
| 4 | Nor had Innocent any intention of allowing himself the humiliation of Lateran I where the council defeated the pope . |
| 5 | No costs are allowed after receipt of such notice of proving anything the admission renders it unnecessary to prove ( Ord 9 , r 16 ) . |
| 6 | I 'm still sort of puzzling what the best thing , best thing to do for that hedge down there . |
| 7 | Anyway , this somebody must of given her the idea , I think it was our local doctor oh you 'll be alright you know , you have to have to have them in forty eight hours you see so |
| 8 | He met her incredulous stare blandly , for all the world as if he had no recollection whatsoever of bringing her the Palmer & Pearson file outside the office , of discussing the Norwood & Chambers contract outside the office , of his threats in relation to her job outside the office . |
| 9 | In the absence of marketing and production systems capable of producing what the consumer wants , both have had to engage in a ‘ hard sell ’ of that range of rather standardized services actually on offer . |
| 10 | What kind of citizens charter is introduced on the back of denying you the right to even challenge the people who are providing the services , or could restrict the right of your family to be together , or the right for you to travel to the country where you 've been living ? |
| 11 | For one way of denying someone the respect to which he is entitled is by failing to treat him as an autonomous agent , for example , by unreasonably restricting the range of alternative courses of action from which he can choose . |
| 12 | She gulped , barely capable of denying herself the inevitable . |
| 13 | The Epitome or Gaius ' Institutes still distinguishes between legacies and trusts , and even goes to the trouble of explaining what the difference is . |
| 14 | Individuals have a right to some independence , and areas of choice in their style of living whatever the degree of their eventual infirmity . |
| 15 | After the fight with the beggars he had left the sack with Allen and Marian because it had seemed to him an ingenious way of saving himself the trouble of carrying it to Simon 's hut and back again while at the same time it was a guarantee that the children would remain until he returned . |
| 16 | and er obviously I want to sort of give you the best possible price |
| 17 | on that to sort of show you the power of the system we were just using to erm The obvious thing to do is to label every area of the diagram , and do n't forget they do sometimes say , Seven were not interested in |
| 18 | Oh yeah , what oh yes , oh without a doubt Joan , er you can do it , you could have the name and you could have who talked to them and , and then I can tell 'em that what , I 've done this you see and that 'd be the end of it it does suggest that you do n't tell them before you tell them after and then you sort of give them the opp the opportunity of me knocking , not recording it you see , wiping it off the tape , because it stunts the conversation . |
| 19 | Instead of paying everybody the same state pension , the state should protect those in need adequately , and leave the rest to look after themselves . |
| 20 | Insufficient because it does not provide what law has to offer , which is first , an authoritative means of deciding what the rules to be applied are : second , an impartial method of applying those rules to particular circumstances , and third , a way of marking that the rules and resultant decisions are binding or non-optional on the parties . |
| 21 | The increasing reliance on managers ' reports as a means of deciding what the shops should carry infuriated Laura and complicated her ambivalent feelings towards her shop staff . |
| 22 | Strategic planning is the business of deciding what the main goals of the organization are and what policies should be adopted in pursuing them . |
| 23 | I promise you I have every intention of releasing you the moment the eighteen months are up . ’ |
| 24 | I 'll work out some way of sending you the money for the return postage . |
| 25 | The thought of facing her the next day was quite terrifying , but not an obligation Meryl intended to shirk . |
| 26 | The idea of marching them the length of the British Isles , to Plymouth , as a propaganda exercise , was not pursued . |
| 27 | Charles took on the job of improving Diana 's geography and also of teaching her the tricks of the trade — how to handle the different sorts of engagements , how to remember names and avoid missing or offending anyone , how to pace herself , how to address people , what sort of questions to ask and how to steer clear of banana skins . |
| 28 | The answer is to develop the habit of asking yourself the question ‘ What went well ? ’ |
| 29 | Theists grow impatient with what they see as the reductionist behaviour of atheists , whom they accuse of disproving something the theists never claimed to believe in . |
| 30 | The ethics of bargaining are debatable ; there is scope for unjustifiable coercion ; and equal treatment as between applicants can be abandoned in favour of charging what the market will bear at any particular time . |