Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reasoning , however , is that problem determination is not a ‘ core competency ’ and so IBM is happy to relinquish its responsibility and concentrate on further CICS development . |
| 2 | To identify a new chairperson for the board , or to derive full value from bringing on those trustees , five years is too short . |
| 3 | A strip of electrician 's tape stuck round both sides of the base to make them waterproof and they 're ideal for bringing on any bulbs destined for the windowsill . |
| 4 | Morrow laughed , bringing on another attack of smoker 's cough . |
| 5 | Andrew Holden , joint secretary of the Northern Examining Association , said : ‘ We will be looking at the position and seeing whether we think it is worthwhile to offer a similar scheme or whether we would prefer to cut the general level of fees so that we are competing on even terms . ’ |
| 6 | On the contrary , the molecules involved are so small — remember all those New Testaments fitting on a pin 's head — that they are under constant assault from the ordinary jostling of molecules that goes on due to heat . |
| 7 | A mother 's agony goes on 20 years after her son 's death |
| 8 | Rushing , rushing , traffic from morning to night : it goes on twenty-four hours a day . |
| 9 | None the less , the consensus in the General Assembly will give Mr Perez de Cuellar scope to carry on behind-the-scenes negotiations with all sides in the conflict , to agree to a UN peace plan . |
| 10 | I 've gradually learned how to carry on casual yet animated extended greetings , including weather and work comments and the odd joke , even respectful clapping ( hand to shoulder ) while pedalling past . |
| 11 | KPMG has authorisation from the ICAEW to carry on all investment business except discretionary management . |
| 12 | The European Court further ruled in this case that Arts 48 and 59 of the EC Treaty do not prevent a member state from requiring that the exercise of the profession of auditor in that state by a person qualified to carry on that profession in another member state be subject to conditions which are objectively necessary to guarantee observation of professional rules concerning the permanence of the infrastructure in place for the completion of the work , the effective presence in the member state and assurance of the observation of professional ethics , unless respect for such rules and conditions is already guaranteed by a reviseur d'entreprises , whether a natural person or a firm , established and recognised in the state , and in whose service is placed , for the duration of the work , the person who intends to exercise the profession of auditor . |
| 13 | Would he like to carry on that legacy in cinema ? |
| 14 | This is because s. 81(2) of the Employment Protection ( Consolidation ) Act 1978 states that a dismissal is by reason of redundancy if it is ‘ wholly or mainly attributable to … the fact that his ( i.e. the employee 's ) employer … has ceased or intends to cease , to carry on that business in the place where the employee was so employed … ’ . |
| 15 | And this government wants it to carry on that way . ’ |
| 16 | It affects us directly — a balanced diet means we have the necessary energy to carry on living life to the full . |
| 17 | As for the branches , it is perhaps invidious to focus upon a chosen few since in some places merely to carry on unheralded was a considerable triumph . |
| 18 | He is dependent on the permission of others for every step he takes , and if they so wish they can make it impossible for him to carry on any concrete activity . |
| 19 | A statement in its memorandum of association that the company 's object shall be to carry on business as a general commercial company shall mean that its object is to carry on any trade or business whatsoever , and in such a case the company has power to do all such things as are incidental or conducive to the carrying on of any trade or business by it . |
| 20 | He sat in silence as she worked , and for that , at least , she was grateful , knowing it would be well-nigh impossible to carry on any kind of sane conversation right now . |
| 21 | ( ‘ Statutory undertakers ' are defined as ‘ persons authorized by any enactment to carry on any railway , light railway , road transport , water transport , canal , inland navigation , dock , harbour , pier or lighthouse undertaking , or any undertaking for the supply of electricity , gas , hydraulic power or water ’ . ) |
| 22 | Lord Denning MR said : Every member of the community is entitled to carry on any trade or business he chooses and in such manner as he thinks most desirable in his own interests , so long as he does nothing unlawful : with the consequence that any contract which interferes with the free exercise of his trade or business , by restricting him in the work he may do for others , or the arrangements which he may make with others , is a contract in restraint of trade . |
| 23 | I 'm fine , ’ Laura mumbled , so used to silence first thing in the morning that she was finding it incredibly difficult to carry on any form of conversation . |
| 24 | Talks on the future of Northern Ireland are to carry on next week . |
| 25 | The pressure of work , the need to earn , the pressure of family and children , the disappointment of new partners are only too real but do not say , ‘ I only have strength to carry on this path I am treading . |
| 26 | My wife and children have felt that their vocation in life was to carry on this early training so that I have had a lifetime 's pressure towards humility , reinforced by the effect of biblical meditation and involvement in the worship of the Church . |
| 27 | She was too drained to carry on this impossible , futile war any longer . |
| 28 | ‘ He 'll need sons to carry on this place . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ You ca n't possibly expect me to carry on this sort of charade — not for that length of time ? ’ |
| 30 | I find it difficult to understand how they are going to carry on experimental work at other depots that are n't really equipped to carry out experimental work , and so for that reason , I mean , there 's a great deal of concern that these cuts are n't rather more cosmetic that they 've been made out to be . |