Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [prep] the [noun] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The invasion , additionally justified by the US as necessary to defend the Panama Canal , was showing signs of turning into an occupation — and , what was more , an occupation facing potential guerrilla resistance . |
| 2 | The three volcanoes concerned are about as widely scattered around the world as possible — Vesuvius in the Mediterranean , Krakatoa in Indonesia , and Mt Pelee in the Caribbean . |
| 3 | Jack and Richard Hannon keep on banging in the winners while others are rushing about like headless chickens in the belief that the sky is falling down . |
| 4 | The result is almost despotic power for the central government and this is as much resented by the colonials as by the natives themselves . ’ |
| 5 | I believe we are better placed in the BBC than anyone to do it . |
| 6 | Apart from quinine for malaria and arsenicals for syphilis and sleeping sickness , chemotherapy was unpromising , usually because the ‘ chemical ’ did as much damage to the patient as to the microbe . |
| 7 | However , there are systems , notably in the public sector and non-profit sector in general , where revenue is only recognized in the accounts when the cash is received . |
| 8 | The wrecks are less exposed to the weather than they might be , lying in the lee of a hill called , improbably , Mount Sutlej . |
| 9 | But the major problem is that the sites which we have at the present moment are not controlled , and if we could get proper sites , properly managed , I think you would find that the whole erm picture of a gipsy site in an area would be much better received by the public than it is at the present . |
| 10 | Corbett merely toyed with the food though Ranulf , hungry enough , munched away . |
| 11 | Just altogether less demanding on the child as well as on the mother . |
| 12 | It is important to bear in mind the fundamental rule of agency law , that the acts of an agent are only binding on the principal if the agent had actual or apparent authority to perform those acts . |
| 13 | I 've only come for the afternoon because Sheila 's off sick . |
| 14 | Remember that the weaving yarn is only trapped into the fabric when the needle selection changes , so floats are formed when there are long blocks of both selected and unselected needles . |
| 15 | ‘ If you did n't die yourself , that only added to the spice because it was so heightened , it was so endlessly dramatic and exciting . |
| 16 | They had more Catholics than Protestants , and so voted for the Republic when Ireland was partitioned . |
| 17 | Erm it 's only decorated on the front cos it when it folds it folds flat along the back edge . |
| 18 | They were not much respected in the village because of John 's laziness . |
| 19 | As a translator he was modest , exhorting and beseeching those of his readers ‘ who are better seen in the Scriptures than I , and have higher gifts of grace to interpret the Scripture ’ to correct his work . |
| 20 | If a car suddenly swerves round the corner while I am standing in the middle of the road , the right thing for me to do is to jump for the pavement as spontaneously as a cat . |
| 21 | The actual arranging of transactions with a counterparty in the UK is also not covered ; however , the better view is that arrangements are only made in the UK if the overseas person physically comes into the UK and , if he does not , the overseas person exemption is , therefore , not needed . |
| 22 | In some ways , however , Alexander was better prepared for the throne than either of his immediate predecessors . |
| 23 | He only came to the forefront as ‘ governer and ruler of the kingdom ’ , to use Walsingham 's words , ’ after the Good Parliament of 1376 . |
| 24 | Section 8 only came into the argument because it was contended on behalf of Mrs. Gillick that , but for section 8 , no minor could ever consent to medical treatment and that section 8 was designed only to lower the age of consent to such treatment from 18 to 16 : see [ 1986 ] A.C. 112 , 123 , per Parker L.J. , and at p. 144D , per Fox L.J . |
| 25 | The important points to remember are that pipe runs from the hot water cylinder should be kept as short and as direct as possible to avoid heat loss — and a long wait at the tap before hot water arrives . |
| 26 | Fiery pace bowler Hughes seems certain to escape punishment after it appeared he spat at Greatbatch and then obscenely gestured to the crowd when the Kiwi batsman was dismissed . |
| 27 | ‘ Oh , God help him , poor gentleman , ’ Kate laughed , pleased at male incompetence , ‘ he was only looking for the oven when I got in . |
| 28 | She will be greatly missed by the Society though her daughter Debbie will be staying on in England and will carry on the Langford teaching tradition . |
| 29 | The ‘ Ritz Bedroom ’ , for example , ‘ so named by the Ashleys because the bath in the adjoining bathroom was exactly like those in their favourite hotel , the Paris Ritz ’ , was furnished with some choice pieces of Louis XV vintage . |
| 30 | There they had clung together shivering in the dark while Angel One had stood on the ladder , watching through the slit of the partly open trapdoor until the advancing enemy cordon had safely passed , driving the fugitive sect heavies before them . |