Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [vb infin] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As she grew up , a few of these technological marvels began to slowly percolate into the Dales . |
| 2 | Three major divisions can be recognized ( Fig. 3.11 ) ( 1 ) the Southern ( Patagonian ) Andes , extending from Tierra del Fuego northwards to the Gulf of Penas at latitude 47°S where the actively spreading Chile Ridge extends westwards into the Pacific ; ( 2 ) the Central ( Chilean-Peruvian ) Andes reaching from the Gulf of Penas northwards to the Amotape cross structure at the Peru-Ecuador border where the northwestern trend of the mountain belt changes to a northeasterly orientation ; and ( 3 ) the northern ( Colombian-Venezuelan ) Andes , extending from the Amotape cross structure northwards and then eastwards to eventually link with the Caribbean Arc . |
| 3 | One might remark that the working-class child considered it redundant to constantly refer to the presence of a picture since he knew that the researcher was present and could see it for himself . |
| 4 | If I had to personally choose from the combos available in this price range then I really ca n't think of anything that offers better solid state and valve sounds than this , with such an obvious stamp of credibility into the bargain . |
| 5 | As Lawler shone the torch outside Maggie listened to the protesting groan of timbers and prayed the hotel was n't going to suddenly collapse as the McPhersons ' house had done . |
| 6 | We did have committees and we began to coordinate activities and er careers conventions suddenly sprouted engineering council 's banners and the people all got together again under these banners and we went to these careers conventions and tried to obviously put across the image of engineering itself . |
| 7 | However in apportioning the cost Lothian Regional Council 's share is based on our desire to only contribute to the operation of buses between the regional boundary and Penicuik . |
| 8 | For one , the researcher did not have Roget 's on-line and needed to manually enter into the computer the relevant relations from Roget 's . |
| 9 | Left back Ray Daniel 's cross was expertly controlled by Alan McCloughlin and he fed Walsh , who had all the time he needed to coolly slot in the ball . |
| 10 | Well , my Lord , the plaintiff 's case would be that had the solicitor ascertained from the plaintiff that it was alright for him to just check with the bank this could easily have been done , and if the bank had given authority by the plaintiff for . |
| 11 | I thought how nice it would be to just stroll across the road and look at the river , and it appears to be quite simple until you get there and meet I do n't know how many lanes of traffic . |
| 12 | There had been times , especially after a long busy night at the club , when she had been severely tempted to just throw in the towel and thumb through the Yellow Pages to find the nearest painter and decorator to hand . |
| 13 | I wanted to talk to you about the things that er you 've got from the meetings and to just think about the pricing issues . |
| 14 | From June to mid-September there is a piano bar , or you may simply prefer to just sit on the terrace with a cocktail at sunset . |
| 15 | She seemed distressed , ‘ I mean Balbinder , he used to just sit by the telly , even now he still … he wants toys … he does n't want to do the things , he wants to do all the time what he wants to do … ’ |
| 16 | It was not possible to just sit in the car and wait . |
| 17 | I went and to just walk around the town . |
| 18 | Turn turning then to just touch on the issues that I 've , we did n't cover yesterday for York , erm you 'll notice from our H One submission we have a slight difference of opinion with the County Council on the technical side of the er the calculation , we believe that the calculation , we believe that the calculation for York 's need rather than three three should be a four thousand figure , taking into account the the issue of concealed households and involuntary sharing . |
| 19 | But the easy way , as I say , is to just concentrate on the man hours . |
| 20 | I would say to you that the history of North Yorkshire County is that the house house builders have built , more or less the building rate of planning policy , whatever that has been , and that is a matter of fact , and if and if and if we are in a situation where the market is being fettered , as is the policy , and it 's not a policy which we are seeking to go away from specifically , and it is inevitable that the house builders will build to whatever the policy building rate is , and comparisons of one building rate with another are simply telling you what 's happened in the past , not what needs to happen in the future er in terms of meeting the housing requirement , and quite clearly in any area where you are introducing a new settlement , if indeed that 's the conclusion we come to , er late later on , erm and I hope we do , but if we are introducing a new settlement you are bound to skew the building rates , and the more and more you reduce the area in which you consider what the building rate effect is the more and more that it actually gets skewed , er and erm you know , quite frankly , when the developers built a new estate at the end of my particular street the building rate went up alarmingly in my area , er and er you know , we can go on forever like that , I just think it 's very misleading to just deal with the judgement of building rates . |
| 21 | because he can read the first two books , now how they 'll do it with him , he 'll have to just look at the pictures and he 'll go back to square one , and I 've had him actually writing his words , doing letter formation , A , B , C , D |
| 22 | My Lord I 'm more than happy to for your Lordship not to not look at the details of the accountant 's evidence at this stage a and concentrate on the witness statements and the documentation which which deals with liability matters . |
| 23 | A c.c.d. delay line provides a delay because it takes a certain amount of time for each input sample to be passed along the chain of capacitors and to finally emerge at the output . |
| 24 | Again a mobile unit will be important so as to be able to gradually move through the woodland . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'd hate anything to ever happen on the terracings that would spoil that . ’ |
| 26 | If British tennis is to ever rise above the mediocrity that it has wallowed in for decades , then juniors have to be given greater access to courts and coaching . |
| 27 | One of McLaren 's favourite ploys was to deliberately fly in the face of convention and logic . |
| 28 | You cook the moules as for marinière : moules marinières is prepared by scrubbing the mussels , rejecting any that do not close when knocked against the sink , whilst allowing the finely chopped onion and garlic to thoroughly soften in the wine in a large pan for which you have a close-fitting lid . |
| 29 | The final connections into the East German telephone cables were made by John Wyke , MI6 's top technical expert , who had to carefully splice in the connections so that the East German operators would not notice any change in line quality or impedance . |
| 30 | There has been an artificial element to such ‘ restraint ’ by Soviet leaders since the USSR has remained poorly placed to openly compete with the West in forming coalitions or alliances in the Third World . |