Example sentences of "[adv] [noun] and [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Does he agree that one of the best ways of breaking down violence and lessening the sectarian divide is to encourage enterprise and initiative ? |
| 2 | Several attempted to draw SO squares and count the unshaded squares . |
| 3 | The LMS secretary not only monitors and administers the various budgets , she also sees her own costs and those of her colleagues displayed on the VDU that she operates . |
| 4 | Hold down Alt and tap the appropriate key(s) as in step 1 of' … |
| 5 | Hold down Alt and tap the appropriate key(s) as in ‘ . |
| 6 | The first phases of the campaign were exclusively naval operations , since it had been assumed by the British War Cabinet and the French that a naval force could not only bombard and destroy the Turkish forts on the peninsula but in some way occupy Constantinople . |
| 7 | They smashed pictures of the Duce , tore down posters and obliterated the boastful slogans painted on the sides of houses . |
| 8 | Helicopters were bringing in supplies and evacuating the wounded from the blockaded city . |
| 9 | Some Tory MPs are also hoping that Chancellor Kenneth Clarke will decide to limit the VAT levy to just 8pc and ditch the second stage rise to 17.5pc . |
| 10 | In Peru , where uncuttable contacts were made to plants of Triplaris americana ( Polygonaceae ) , Crematogaster ants invaded more frequently than otherwise , even carrying off larvae and usurping the resident Pseudomyrex dendroicus . |
| 11 | And he said nothing and she did nothing until Geoffroy , the tough son , took exception to his brother Fromont taking refuge in a monastery , and when he would n't come out , he piled up brushwood and burned the whole thing down , monks and Fromont and all . |
| 12 | ‘ I am fasting because I see no other way to express my protest against the ways in which our politicians brazenly keep up appearances and celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the state as their victory . |
| 13 | There is a third option : close both bases and ship the whole lot to San Diego , which has a fine base , great weather , superb ocean access , and enough room to swallow any number of ships . |
| 14 | Now he has called on British Rail for a second time to step up safety and end the easy access to the East Coast main line . |
| 15 | It is often asserted that the First World War rescued the Unionist Party from an impossible position and left it poised to become the dominating force ; the war broke up Liberalism and destroyed the Liberal-Labour alliance , so opening the way for Unionism ; Lloyd George carried the party to victory in 1918 , incurred the odium for the post-war slump and was cast aside ungratefully in 1922 . |
| 16 | For both TNC and ISS the suggested time allocations have been a source of controversy . |
| 17 | Do not turn your centre-line away from the opponent , because this both delays and weakens the follow-up attack |
| 18 | These days , I only play rock to keep up friendships and meet the new generation . |
| 19 | Jarvis did n't much want to do any of these things , but he did want to go up north and admire the old Glasgow PIE , not to mention going back to ride once more San Francisco 's BART , which tunnels deeply through the rock under the Bay . |
| 20 | My immediate neighbours were miners ; and in my walks on the hills , eating up time and taking the free air , I had often met groups of miners going along the old Roman road that ran along the spine of the hill above my home . |
| 21 | Respective coaches Lynn Evans and Tony Rodgers were in total agreement on one point — their dislike of the new ruck and maul law which both men insisted ‘ deprives the game of shape , creates offside situations around the edges which spoil back play and denies the attacking side the right to establish and sustain pressure ’ . |
| 22 | Gulls gather in flocks to peck out eyes and strip the yellowing flesh . |
| 23 | He sought out Caratacus and stormed the strong defensive position he had chosen , but the British commander escaped , as did many of the British warriors , and attempted to win Cartimandua to his cause . |
| 24 | On average , a 10% increase in the unemployment benefits in the first three months increases reservation wages by 2.3% , reduces the conditional probability of leaving unemployment by about 12% and increases the expected duration of the spell by about 1.2% . |
| 25 | He was a young lad and he used to go out Wednesdays and do the other rounds and then she used to go out Fridays and do down the Piste and Barway and come back and then up to Dowfield , then home again and she 'd be home by lunchtime then on a Friday . |
| 26 | But contrary to the popular belief that mink have been wiping out waterfowl and outcompeting the native otter , detailed studies have shown that over much of Britain the animal was either sharing abundant food resources with other predators or exploiting a niche which was previously unoccupied . |
| 27 | The BBC Providing Our Services : Staff could be cut by up to 10,000 by 1996 through contracting out services and introducing the new internal market system called Producer Choice — under which producers choose between using individual BBC departments or buying in services from outside . |
| 28 | Now he spends his days writing his memoirs 60,000 words so far gardening and reading the Daily Telegraph to see what the enemy says ’ . |
| 29 | Nance Rashleigh ripped out entrails and flung the gutted fish accurately into a barrel four feet away . |
| 30 | By arranging them in dense rows with a settlement area below them , its possible to remove and collect much of the mulm that would otherwise build-up and clog the main media . |