Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [prep] [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah , I mean , the kids how they can be so agile in jumping off the barge |
| 2 | Its predecessor was extremely clear in dealing with the fundamental concepts of special relativity and although Rindler 's new book is more discursive and modern in its approach ( for example , its treatment of space time ) it does lose out in succinctness . |
| 3 | We had quite a simple shot to make the green , and Lee says to me , ‘ Willie , I 'm only interested in getting to the middle of the green . ’ |
| 4 | It was as if he had blocked out that part of his life and was only interested in talking about the future . |
| 5 | If all can be made relatively understandable to newcomers , then they will be better disposed to listening to the word of God preached with conviction , which the Bible says contains the seed of life to those who are otherwise perishing . |
| 6 | So , when issues of equal opportunity were raised in the organization where we also work together , I was naturally interested in participating in the debates and in the attempts to change the things around me . |
| 7 | ‘ Anyway , what 's so wrong with going to the lavatory ? |
| 8 | Thanks so much for sending on the extra questionnaire ; it was such a conscientiously answered one , too . |
| 9 | ‘ Where do you live ? ’ she asked , feeling a little less nervous about talking with the young man . |
| 10 | I also got so sick at waiting for the bits that happen after you get through setup |
| 11 | With this aid to identification , the prairie dogs were much better at distinguishing between the four biologists . |
| 12 | Please try to understand : I 'm so tired of living with the dead . ’ |
| 13 | This never worked because he was always so tired from running about the library all day he fell straight to sleep . |
| 14 | Women were especially involved in looking after the sick animals where their patience and ‘ mothering instinct ’ were valuable . |
| 15 | The tapetum is so useful for seeing in the dark that some reptiles , moths and deep-sea fish also have one . |
| 16 | Informants have a great deal more liberty to range as they wish and to develop their ideas , and this ‘ freedom to roam ’ can be extremely useful in getting to the bottom of complex social situations and events . |
| 17 | However , as we ex-Service members are constantly involved in appealing to the genral public for financial donations to our appeals , would it not be prudent to keep the expense of any such memorial to the minimum ? |
| 18 | He is held personally responsible for complying with the many rules and regulations that govern its use . |
| 19 | I advise him and others to be extremely reticent in proceeding to the supposedly automatic system of introducing guillotine motions , especially after our experience of the past few years under the Government . |
| 20 | Perhaps the person experiences an overwhelming sense of injustice which renders them less capable of dealing with the problem a second time . |
| 21 | ‘ I have never been so close to resigning from the force , ’ Morton said slowly . |
| 22 | I 'd worked on it as the slide projectionist One of the reasons we were all so keen on going to the party was that Faustus was a joint production with the local girls school . |
| 23 | In N 2 , is raised in energy and becomes less bonding through mixing with of the same symmetry , which is filled and lies below it : is lowered in energy and becomes less anti-bonding by mixing with the empty which lies above it [ see Fig. 6.16(b) ] . |
| 24 | John Batstone , secretary of the Teesside-based North-East Coast Pension Campaign Committee , said : ‘ We hope the weight of pressure will make British Steel realise that they are being rather immoral in disposing of the surplus , which they inherited from the days of nationalisation . |
| 25 | The institutions and banks had been immensely supportive in helping save the company . |
| 26 | Beaten again : Martina Navratilova lost in two straight sets at Flushing Meadow yesterday but she in not definite about retiring from the game . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm sorry , C.W. , I 'm just not used to confiding in the people around here . |
| 28 | ‘ We hope you do n't mind our saying this , but do you think it wise to let Mrs Ross go out alone at her age when she is not used to living in the country ? |
| 29 | Three of the ‘ Dainty Dozen ’ ( as the 482nd christened them ) who had been MT drivers during the war drove the party around in a 12-seater minibus that flew Union Jacks to warn the unsuspecting American public that they were not used to driving on the wrong side of the road . |
| 30 | It appeared that the majority shared in the assessment , voiced by Prime Minister Nikolai Ryzhkov , that a " strong presidency is essential to prevent a vacuum in authority " , given that " the power of the Communist Party is waning , while the government executive is not used to working with the new system " . |