Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [subord] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | As the chief location of tin mining , conditions confirm that an abundance of cheap labour tended to stimulate industrial growth , although naturally mineral extraction has to be carried on where the workable reserves happen to be located , using imported labour if necessary , as , it would seem , was precisely what was done in Penwith . |
2 | That little girl had to struggle on because the flat rent had to be paid , she had to struggle on because she had a car , kids had to go to school , until she died . |
3 | Charles sat among Charity 's glossy acquaintances , the only uniform in the whole peculiar set of imbibers , perhaps not so peculiar as the last time he 'd dropped in when the Aleister Crowley entourage gave sinister overtones to the entire pub , the ‘ Black Magician ’ himself in his wide black hat sat surrounded by his followers in equally curious clothes . |
4 | Passengers were still climbing off while the second load of passengers were scrambling on . |
5 | In early April the excitement built up as the first shoals of mackerel were expected . |
6 | If the policy was successful , its effects would be picked up when the next analysis was undertaken , and projected into the future . |
7 | I ended up going over the falls and being held under for a long time , and thinking there was no way I was going to come up before the next wave came across . |
8 | It was n't torn up when the other ones went to school . |
9 | He 'd noted that Howard had clammed up as the new arrival appeared . |
10 | Walking out after the first act was becoming an addiction . |
11 | I spoke to a number of women who started their working lives in the grant-aided film and video sector , to find out whether the personal choices they had made could be given any wider significance . |
12 | If we really wanted to find out whether the unwesternised Wolof were capable of expressing different points of view , we could do worse than to look for instance at their political activities and see whether , in factional disputes , the lobbying that takes place indicates such an awareness . |
13 | When in the future later recaptured the tab will help scientists piece together the life history of these ice age relics Doctor is to find out whether the migrating salmon are actually producing young in the upper reaches of the river Nantpose . |
14 | The government 's gathered together knowledgable bodies like the trust into the Ruddy duck Working Group to find out if the two species can be kept apart . |
15 | It is like turning to the end of the story before you begin reading it , to find out if the bad dies got their just deserts , or the good guys won . |
16 | It was easy to pin-point the period of time within which the theft must have occurred , and not too difficult — was it ? — to find out where the great majority of you had been during the crucial forty-five minutes . |
17 | Pupils with little or no sight need the opportunity to explore the classroom , not only for reasons of access and safety but also to find out where the key activities take place and where the objects needed for their work and play are kept . |
18 | I think I 'll devote my spare time to some sleuthing , to find out where the handsome Miguel really comes from . ’ |
19 | Simply take the precaution of having a structural survey carried out before the 10-year guarantee expires , and at 10-yearly intervals thereafter . |
20 | Endosonography was systematically carried out when the endoscopic lesion had resolved , and when biopsy specimens were negative . |
21 | In SPAR , as we saw earlier , no common sense inference is carried out until the focusing rules ( with sortal constraints ) have been applied to all anaphors , and configurational constraints have been applied . |
22 | Huddersfield were caught out as the red-haired centre-half rushed forward to meet the cross from a comer , and headed Arsenal into the semi-final . |
23 | The Budget Planner ( pages 120–25 ) may help you to work out whether the various luxuries and plans of which nearly all of us dream could be affordable or are destined to remain as fantasies . |
24 | Fears of a revival of the Cultural Revolution were borne out in some local areas where over-zealous and ‘ leftist ’ oriented cadres interpreted the words of the Party directives too literally , trying to eliminate anything new which had come about since the open-door policy was introduced . |
25 | The most rapid decline in employment among elderly people has come about since the Second World War , with the proportion of men over 65 in employment falling from 30 per cent to 10 per cent between 1951 and 1981 , although , because of a rise in married women 's employment , the proportion of the female population over 60 in employment was about the same in 1981 ( 8 per cent ) as in 1951 . |
26 | Yes , there 's the relief of knowing you do n't have to worry about where the next question is coming from , but that 's simply replaced by the worry of where the first answer is coming from . |
27 | ‘ You 'll never have to worry about where the next assignment 's coming from . ’ |
28 | Tell him that you do love him , but you will have very little time and energy to show that love while you are forced to worry about where the next meal is coming from . |
29 | However , there seems to be no reason why it should break down until the gravitational field becomes strong enough that quantum gravitational effects are important . |
30 | My father and Diggs came along after the young man passed word along the line of people beating their way along the dunes , but I did n't take any notice of those two , either . |