Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The evidence , however , would suggest that in general schools either make little attempt to develop this ability in their pupils , or if they do , it is done very ineffectively . |
| 2 | Tunic knits elegantly complement chiffon trousers and ass interesting contrast in texture |
| 3 | I was using mostly open G , A or E tunings around this time — mostly E , in fact , the old Vastopol tuning . |
| 4 | While the figures given presumably refer to the state of play in 953/1546–7 , the note in the summary that the original salary for teaching was 15 akce and the reference to teaching in the section concerned with the stipulation(s) laid down by the founder sart-i vakif ) suggest that the medrese figured in the original . |
| 5 | When it came to actually making policy , however , and actually using ‘ the power we had to try to secure self-government in Indo-China ’ , not only would the problems of intervention against US allies presumably have been more difficult than against her enemies , but there was always the risk as well that circumstances might prejudice ideal or even optimum solutions . |
| 6 | The fourth section of the screen was scanning a wrecked enemy orbital battle station that was tumbling slowly end over end , locked together with the ruptured Imperial cruiser which had finally rammed it to neutralise it . |
| 7 | That way at least , the ultimate prize should remain within reach whatever happens inside the polling booths -always provided , of course , that he has not ‘ peaked ’ too soon . |
| 8 | Those advocating embalming lose little love for doctors who ask relations for permission to do a post-mortem examination and get it . |
| 9 | The ceasefire mediated by Kazakhstan on Aug. 28 between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the disputed region of Nagorny Karabkah [ see p. 39059 ] produced little respite in the fighting . |
| 10 | People who eat properly feel good about themselves . |
| 11 | The international dimension throws out a challenge never confronted by Porter before : how will colours developed locally work in other markets , other countries , other climates ? |
| 12 | If you suffer badly form these symptoms , go and see your doctor who should be able to help . |
| 13 | But that is not the end of the story ; networks will not only serve the interests of the market ; they bring within reach the possibility of the surveillance of whole populations , with serious implications for personal privacy . |
| 14 | ‘ We 'll try again next — ’ Then he broke off , made a tiny adjustment of the device , and suddenly there it was — a rapid , fluttering little beat that was lost again for several seconds as Faye tensed and moved . |
| 15 | Richard was still not allowed to speak — he was not recovering quite so fast as had been expected — and he could make little reply when Laura told him that this was exactly the kind of thing she had expected all along , and that she would see about disposing of Lord Jim immediately . |
| 16 | With her track record , attitude and given right support she has the potential of seeing the reality of her aspirations bearing fruit . |
| 17 | Porto Heli and Cannigione additionally offer catamaran coaching . |
| 18 | After which , his empty sledge on his back , he would walk and clamber slowly back up the steepness to enter once more into the dripping slate shaft and repeat the exhausting process . |
| 19 | True , Shearer got little change from the skirmish with Neil Ruddock , his pal from Southampton days . |
| 20 | Unfortunately the outbreak of the War restricted their entry into service , and the new sun saloons which were delivered between August and October , got little use in their first season . |
| 21 | Instead she sipped her coffee slowly , a small smile on her lips as she saw his expectation of the scene he was sure she would make slowly die . |
| 22 | The area that offers most promise for chemical theory is in the understanding of reaction mechanisms . |
| 23 | The plenum , in the event , made little influence upon the continuing discussion , and by the early 1990s it was clear that only a reconsideration of the very bases of Soviet statehood would be likely to satisfy the aspirations of the various republics and nationalities . |
| 24 | Advocates of the popular front made little attempt to build a single co-ordinated organization . |
| 25 | Negotiations between the Republic and the Vatican languished ; many Spanish bishops , including the primate , Cardinal-Archbishop Segura of Toledo , made little attempt to conceal their hostility to the Republic , Segura himself being eventually declared persona non grata by the government ; and in May 1931 Catholic sensibilities were outraged when the Provisional Government appeared unwilling to crush an outburst of church-burning and anticlerical violence in Madrid and several southern cities . |
| 26 | Thus , for all the vast growth in the range of government activities — which has meant that civil servants have effectively been making major business decisions on the allocation of resources — the Treasury made little attempt to devise fundamentally new and appropriate methods of training and re-training [ Fulton Report , 1968 ; Chapman and Greenaway , 1980 ] . |
| 27 | Here classical elite theorists proved hard to pin down , specifying the ruling elite in different ways which they made little attempt to operationalize in empirical work . |
| 28 | He recognized his limitations , but he made little attempt to develop another technique . |
| 29 | Only last year , on the instructions of Luther Reynolds , David had brought the boy out of the mines and begun to teach him the way of business ; Matthew often accompanied him on his rounds , and though he made little attempt to befriend David , the boy worked , and learned , and spent so many hours closeted in the ‘ den ’ with the old man , that Beth was obliged to voice her concern . |
| 30 | Early models , for example , made little attempt to show the dynamic forces at play between the elements , while it has always been necessary to question the basis of the model construction in order to avoid the perpetuation of a flawed assumption . |