Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [adv] [to-vb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To his embarrassment , the lawyer at the hearings then obliged him to go through a whole code-sheet to get the names into the record , or perhaps just to entertain the audience . |
| 2 | Accordingly one of the objectives of government may be to achieve stable prices , or more realistica-lly to reduce the rate at which prices are rising . |
| 3 | However , it does pay to provide some care and attention when growing herbs in the mass , to ensure their greater decorativeness and well-being , or even simply to curtail the activity of the lustier wild plants . |
| 4 | NAFTA , if and when it comes , will boost the Mexican economy , but not quickly or strongly enough to stem the tide . |
| 5 | Dealers at one licensed dealer would habitually sell a stock whose price would rise for a couple of weeks or so although not enough to cover the spread — before reverting . |
| 6 | If she had stopped to think , she would have remembered that Brown Owl had told the Pack more than once always to seek the help of a grown-up they knew in any case of emergency . |
| 7 | The effect of the order of Waite J. , had it not been immediately stayed by this court , might have been to require the health authority to put J. on a ventilator in an intensive care unit , and thereby possibly to deny the benefit of those limited resources to a child who was much more likely than J. to benefit from them . |
| 8 | To be a professional is to exercise ( and most importantly to have the ability to exercise ) one 's professional skills and to make professional decisions , without deference to moral , religious or political beliefs and points of view . |
| 9 | Every year the total amount of pollutants emitted by vehicles in the UK would fill a tunnel 10 metres wide and long enough to encircle the earth . |
| 10 | And not just to take the phetam , either — not now . |
| 11 | It should always be remembered that amplification is there to serve , not to dominate the congregation , and to enhance and not simply to magnify the artistry of musicians . |
| 12 | One of the reasons for referring a question to an expert is that the expert should be sufficiently qualified , if not actually to know the answer , at least to know where to look for it . |
| 13 | My poetic image of the Lady of the Hearth was grounded sharply on one particular occasion when , suffering from raging au , and having to cope with the demands of two small children in a freezing house , I struggled over and over again to make the wood catch fire . |
| 14 | Go through the reservoir gates , down left across a gully and up again to follow the path across the dam . |
| 15 | And now just to spend the rest of the lecture elaborating on what I just said . |
| 16 | Dig a hole wide and deep enough to accommodate the root system without undue bending and fill it with water . |
| 17 | However , one alternative way in which central government may play a role is to collect the tax revenue on behalf of local governments and then simply to turn the revenue over to them . |
| 18 | Because Peter was already an experienced golfer he knew just how he should stand , how he should hold the club , what sort of swing was required and how hard to hit the ball . |
| 19 | I said that I was willing to see him and his colleagues to consult on how best and how quickly to abolish the poll tax and on how best and how quickly to introduce a new and fairer system . |
| 20 | Ghia trim heralds a huge list of goodies , but perhaps only to turn the attention away from the lacklustre dynamics . |
| 21 | ‘ But long enough to fetch the pole ? ’ |
| 22 | He attracted new customers but not enough to save the company . |
| 23 | In general , there are many situations without a check in which enough of the energy of the returning hammer will be absorbed to prevent the hammer reaching the string for a second time , but not enough to stop the hammer bouncing up some way towards the string . |
| 24 | There is no space here , central though it is to Callinicos ' argument as a whole , to do other than note how this perspective is then deployed not only to counter poststructuralism but also significantly to modify the position of its main critic , Habermas . |
| 25 | For insects to have evolved , by chance , not only the ability to emit these chemicals on sight of danger , but also simultaneously to interpret the chemical as a messenger of alarm , would seem to be an impossibility . |
| 26 | In my opinion we should be tampering with language not to tell the truth , but quite openly to shame the devil . |
| 27 | The advantages were that local judges could be used , first of all to enquire on the pope 's behalf , but quite soon to decide the case as well . |
| 28 | It is easy enough to halve the quantities and use only the yolk of the egg , but easier still to remember the recipe in its original formula . |
| 29 | Nick said , but very gently to take the sting out of the words , " You 're not his mother . " |