Example sentences of "[adj] and [adv] [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The story tells us , at a literal level , how Hartleap Well received its name ; the curious prose preface emphasizes this and also conveys the idea of commemorating and preserving a tradition for posterity . |
| 2 | We must be aware of this and constantly compare the copy with the real thing to see if it is still valid . |
| 3 | Ballymoney got the game back on levels terms just two minutes into the second half when an accurate throughball from Michael Neill allowed Willie McNeill to race clear and neatly tuck the ball into the bottom corner of the Cookstown net . |
| 4 | Instead they relied on forcing dry wedges of wood into existing cracks in the stone and pouring water on the wood to make it swell and eventually crack the stone . |
| 5 | This is a condition in which managements become excessively concerned with short-term profits with a view to keeping share price high and thus avoiding the attention of bidders . |
| 6 | The ball then waits at the bowler 's end of the pitch until the reset button switch , S3 , on pin 4 of the IC3 is operated ; taking pin 4 high and then resets the flipflop and pin 13 of IC2 goes low , enabling the clock again to run the wicket sequence from D1 to D10 . |
| 7 | He was barely 20 years old and already working the nightclub circuit when he wed for the first time . |
| 8 | My plea was wholly contained in the events barely a day old and swiftly took the Bench and the entire Court through the squirt of 174 cannon shells , the wounded , the flight engineer 's heroic effort in repairing the devastated controls twice , his treatment of the wounded and his immediate award of a DFM , which he had been celebrating . |
| 9 | AUSTRALIAN Mutual Provident , the Australian insurance company bidding £1.1bn for Pearl Group , yesterday reiterated that its 605p per share cash offer was generous and fully valued the company . |
| 10 | Sharpe urged the black stallion on , but the footing under the rye was treacherous ; the soil was damp and still held the shape of the plough furrows , and the stallion could not match the Frenchman 's speed on the paved road . |
| 11 | She tried again , unconvinced and so pulling the blow . |
| 12 | The blank spaces become wet and therefore reject the printing ink . |
| 13 | Therefore SO 2 has the potential to reduce the transmission of the solar flux , reducing the photolysis rates of key species such as O 2 and hence reducing the rate of ozone production . |
| 14 | First raise interest rates to r 2 and then manipulate the money supply to reduce it to Q 2 . |
| 15 | It is empty and therefore requires the user to input data . |
| 16 | This Act aims to make public and thereby to control the use of personal data held on all types of computerised equipment . |
| 17 | Today a car manufacturer might make engines in one country , steering wheels in another and then assemble the car in a third . |
| 18 | The teacher working with this pupil tells how children would ‘ … exchange one mistake for another and incidentally change the syntax so that an appalling mess developed ’ ( Meek et al. , 1984:189 ) . |
| 19 | Troops loyal to President Gnassingbe Eyadema again disrupted the transition period [ see also p. 39041 ] when a 100-strong force occupied the National Assembly building on Oct. 22 and successfully demanded the unfreezing of the assets of the Rassemblement du peuple togolais ( RPT ) , formerly the sole legal party , led by Eyadema , which had been dissolved in August 1991 [ see p. 38379 ] . |
| 20 | Start with arms outstretched and gently curve the body sideways . |
| 21 | Now , as to ‘ The History of the product , ’ an ability to retroscend in this fashion will be of inestimable value to you , it will mean that when you are engaged in assessing the demand for a particular product you can look at similar and instantly unpack the portfolio of its genesis . |
| 22 | It would be easier to plant the tuber first , in a pot consisting of the above mentioned medium and then to place the pot in a shallow tank . |
| 23 | As already stated , the reason for the retention is the exquisite pain associated with passing urine , and the best way of solving the problem is to apply some local anaesthetic ointment until the vulva and external genitalia are completely numb and then sit the patient in a warm bath until urine has been passed . |
| 24 | What I 'll do is I 'll read you the first paragraph of rule six and actually bend the rule and put those words in and it really does n't make any sense at all , so listen carefully on this one and do n't be surprised if you do n't understand me . |
| 25 | He warned : ‘ In politics you should decide what is right and then decide the presentation not the other way around . |
| 26 | This general duty of the doctor , to control symptoms as much as possible and otherwise make the patient as comfortable as possible , has implicit in it two propositions worth noticing . |
| 27 | She 'd have let him get in as deep as possible and then started the pressure … |
| 28 | One branch of the molluscs , very early in the group 's history , found a way of becoming highly mobile and yet retaining the protection of a large and heavy shell — they developed gas-filled flotation tanks . |
| 29 | Parents are generally supportive and regularly visit the school both as adult helpers or to talk to staff . |
| 30 | KPMG warrants and undertakes that it has full power and authority under the Financial Services Act 1986 and otherwise to make the Offer on behalf of Client . |