Which preposition to use with objectives

of Occurrences 62%

Those Americans who, for the reasons stated, are not in sympathy with the structural form and political objectives of the League, are not lacking in sympathy for its admirable administrative work in co-ordinating the activities of civilized nations for the common good.

in Occurrences 22%

Descending from the ridge the brigade gave the Turk little chance to stand, and with a bayonet charge they reached the day's objective in the dark.

by Occurrences 10%

The 157th Brigade in the early evening attacked the ridge and gained the whole of their objectives by eight o'clock.

for Occurrences 10%

The centre group had been delayed by the opposition encountered by the left, but they took Skyan at six o'clock and all of the objectives for one day were in our hands by the early evening.

to Occurrences 9%

"And in this, suddenly I saw the red blood trickling down from under the garland;"and so she passes from objective to subjective vision; and the first fifteen revelations follow, as she tells us later, one after another in unbroken succession, lasting in all some few hours.

after Occurrences 6%

It was from Mrs. Lascelles that I also had heard of the dismal spot to which we were come, as her own ultimate objective after Switzerland.

than Occurrences 4%

All 'truths' must be tested by something more objective than their own self-assertiveness, and this testing by their working and the consequences to which they lead may go on indefinitely.

before Occurrences 3%

In Greek and Latin, it is certainly no uncommon thing for a verb to govern two cases at once; and even the accusative before the infinitive is sometimes governed by the preceding verb, as the objective before the infinitive naturally is in English.

without Occurrences 3%

The 74th Division reached its objective without violent opposition, and its line ran from north of Nebi Samwil to the height of Beit Hannina and out towards Tel el Ful.

by Occurrences 3%

Of Objectives by verbs, in Rule 5th; (3.)

in Occurrences 2%

VIETH, PAUL H. Objectives in religious education; with an introd.

at Occurrences 2%

The position held by these troops was vital to the entire advance, and it required rapid action on the first day to reach the objective at the same time as the other units.

on Occurrences 2%

They say that the unremitting and desperate firing of these four days and nights puts anything else in modern warfare into the shade, that river crossings are as great an objective on one side to take and keep as on the other to destroy.

with Occurrences 2%

It may be nominative to a verb afar off, or it may be objective with a verb immediately following; as, "Which I do not find that there ever was.

after Occurrences 2%

Of Possessives Observations on Rule IV Notes to Rule IV; 5 of them False Syntax under Notes to Rule IV Rule V. Of Objectives after Verbs Observations on Rule V Notes to Rule V; 8 of them False Syntax under Rule V Rule VI.

FOR Occurrences 2%

SEE Work, Milton C. GRADED OBJECTIVES FOR TEACHING GOOD AMERICAN SPEECH.

as Occurrences 1%

This he tells over and over again, without monotony, because the story gains in significance as the lover gains in experience, because each time he finds for it a new set of symbols, and because the symbols become more and more objective as the poet's horizon broadens.

from Occurrences 1%

Arras, that town so famous now in British history and in the annals of this war, had been one of our principal objectives from the outset, but we had not known when we were to see it.

against Occurrences 1%

Our left, or attacking sector, had gained all their objectives against strong opposition in a most difficult country, and had drawn against them the very troops held in reserve for the main attack on Jerusalem.

through Occurrences 1%

But despite the most unfavourable conditions, calling for heroic measures on the part of officers and men alike to gain their objectives through mud and water and over ground that was as bad as it could be, the movements of the troops worked to the clock.

into Occurrences 1%

I applied my eye to the instrument and brought the objective into focus.

up Occurrences 1%

The application of the chromatoscope is almost unlimited, as it can be used with all objectives up to the 1/8.

Which preposition to use with  objectives