Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [adv] the [adj] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our perception of spermatozoa was changed forever by Woody Allen 's impersonation of one in Everything You Wanted to Know About Sex , and University of Pennsylvania are giving substance to his fantasies , putting the poor little tadpoles through an arduous obstacle course to step up the process of survival of the fittest : according to Prodigy Services Co , the mad scientists have created a new class of silicon chip that can be used for analyzing sperm samples and providing a venue for fertilisation ; the technology uses microscopic obstacle courses inside a silicon wafer to weed out unhealthy sperm , and has been used successfully to fertilise a mouse egg ; the chips are etched with a virtual theme park of twisting channels , forests of columns , and other features designed to ensure only the strongest of sperm reach their goal , with some passages so small that only a single cell can pass ; the researchers have not yet applied for approval to test human fertilisation using the chip , but say that could happen within the next 12 months — Brave New World , or the embodiment of virtual sex . |
| 2 | The man had his back to her until he stopped to lift up the smaller of the two girls . |
| 3 | If people know we met because my parents fostered you when you were a teenager , they are n't going to think any the less of you , ’ she said , her voice gentle because this was an old hang-up , one which her family had spent years trying to dispel . |
| 4 | It seems to me that very few staff are addressing themselves to the kinds of things ( e.g. resources , teaching style , subject content , and attitudes and the hidden curriculum ) that can be used to bring out the best of the pupils ' cultures and backgrounds . |
| 5 | Leaving the heat and the nearly finished bridehouse , I returned to soak up the last of a cool , green English summer . |
| 6 | Frau Trauffer and her daughter began to bring in the first of six bountiful courses . |
| 7 | Patients were asked to write down the highest of three blows for the paper and pencil diary and to enter the values of all three blows into the computer . |
| 8 | Occasionally the Imperial forces try to clear out the worst of these foes , but the area remains wild and dangerous . |
| 9 | An internal well-maintained will tend to suck out the worst of the loose detritus before it clogs the undergravel . |
| 10 | She thought of Jonathan , but decided that she must have been too angry and hurt , because she could only manage to summon up the blurriest of images of him . |
| 11 | But there 's enough left to discombobulate even the biggest of predictive computers . ’ |
| 12 | Corbett stopped his horse to watch some labourers in the fields below working to bring in the last of the crops . |