Example sentences of "[vb base] the [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are two aspects that distinguish the fully optimal dynamic strategy from this inferior myopic strategy : ( i ) the use of a reservation sales strategy ; and ( ii ) the use of a declining output strategy and ( associatedly ) the use of a declining reservation price on the reservation sales strategy . |
| 2 | These then are the main characteristics which distinguish the early retired from other older workers who remained actually or potentially in the labour market : the former were more likely to have been close to pension age , to report ill health , to be better off financially and to have non-manual occupations . |
| 3 | If you 're looking for a beach style holiday Playa Del Ingles must be on your short list — it has over four miles of sandy beach stretching from the centre of town to the high sand dunes at Mas Palomas , with plenty of seclusion for those who favour the all over tanning method . |
| 4 | In all three cases there has been a marked increase in the proportion who favour the more liberal status quo . |
| 5 | Resist the temptation to climb onto the ledge , for this is one of those red herrings which prove difficult to retreat from , and make haste with the short traverse , after which a few moves on rounded layaways gain the surprisingly airy belay . |
| 6 | Of the potential beneficiaries of enterprise zones — occupiers , developers , landowners and investors — it is the investors who gain the most . |
| 7 | While mass-bred imports often lose the more difficult traits of the natural fish , she has mixed species that prefer hard water with those that prefer acid . |
| 8 | In the next few months , Washington is going to try to transform the economic and regulatory environment of health care ( 13% of the economy ) , enact the most sweeping changes in the tax code since 1986 , lock into place a substantial reduction of the deficit and enact a five-year $165 billion ‘ investment ’ package in education , health care and infrastructure . |
| 9 | A quick trip to stock the fridge , the larder and the wine rack and everything is set for a fantastic holiday , with the freedom to come and go when you choose , eat the very best available in the shops , try out the local wines and generally ‘ go native ! ’ |
| 10 | Recent experiments using chicks as ‘ predators ’ , and coloured , distasteful crumbs as prey , indicate that although the chicks at first eat the brightly coloured , aposematic , crumbs more quickly than cryptic ( inconspicuous ) crumbs , they also learn to avoid distasteful crumbs more quickly when they are brightly coloured than when they are cryptic ( Figure 1 ) . |
| 11 | All over Paris people queued to buy a small bagful to heat their homes , and in the Rue de la Paix the most fashionable jeweller in Paris placed a lump of coal , surrounded by diamonds , in his window . |
| 12 | In fact almost all the variables quantified display the sharply differentiated pattern most clearly in Ballymacarrett . |
| 13 | Others have drawn attention to the weak political culture : ‘ I perceive the most significant structural defect of our democracy in the lethargy and apathy which are increasingly to be found within our parties and other groups … |
| 14 | I would like to finish by saying that Davis Cup matches always bring the best out of John McEnroe , whether in singles or doubles , and he must not be judged by his present tournament form . |
| 15 | During the normal differentiation of an antibody-producing cell , each of these chromosomes undergoes drastic internal reorganisations that bring the widely separated segments of the antibody gene together . |
| 16 | The two most common rootstocks used nowadays are known as ‘ Quince A ’ and ‘ Quince C ’ , the latter being the more dwarfing stock , but ‘ Quince A ’ bring the most used by fruit growers . |
| 17 | And , what is more , I would have instructed the ministers , as far as the Prime Minister can instruct another minister , to take the decisions in their committees and only bring the really most controversial aspects of particular bills to Cabinet . |
| 18 | Once again Transend Services and Practical PC bring the very best of Shareware products direct to your home or office . |
| 19 | Bring the very best reason you can against why you should not accept Christ and once you put it under the ga , under the scrutiny it just disintegrates . |
| 20 | Apologists wishing to exploit a revisionist history of science invariably stress the profoundly religious orientation of many prominent scientists . |
| 21 | The former , in so far as he considers explanations at all , inclines to those that stress the purely mechanical relations between events . |
| 22 | They stress the often fragmented and piecemeal character of the racial hostility expressed by some white people in their survey : some of them blamed black settlers for housing shortages but not the loss of employment opportunities , for example . |
| 23 | On the basis of a literature review the most recent Effective Health Care bulletin questions such frequent intervention . |
| 24 | Whether this is a form of unfairness specific to the take-over process , however , or whether control changes merely highlight the more general vulnerability of employees within the corporate framework , is debatable . |
| 25 | Chemists now know this is untrue , but they remain the most unreactive substances . |
| 26 | Despite its limitations , alumina is a valuable clinical bioceramic , although metal prostheses remain the most popular choice . |
| 27 | A Undergravel filters still remain the most popular form of biological filtration for marine aquaria , and while they do it is important that the hobbyist gets it right from the outset . |
| 28 | His dustjackets for John Lehmann remain the most impressive , chiefly because in most cases Minton designed not only the image but also the lettering , the title , author 's name and publisher 's imprint appearing in his own seemingly casual but richly decorative script . |
| 29 | Kin ties remain the most important source of informal care for the majority of the population … |
| 30 | The most prominent orienting devices remain the symbolically defined frames of reference of social roles , which are integrated by the constant process of the individual 's or the group 's construction of his own identity in the context of the world as he or they know it . |