Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [verb] [adv prt] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then the it goes on about setting up the single but dynamic standards a setting system it 's called , divided into local level groups like a tier system , you get the Managing Director on the top and the ones at the bottom . |
| 2 | In between carousing down the powdery slopes , Branson and his colleagues could take stock of an empire that had grown almost beyond recognition in the last six years . |
| 3 | They then move a little further down before taking up the major part of their trip , largely unbroken to the Gulf of Mexico except for stopovers to explore the towns and recover from incidents , including loss of their canoe on one occasion . |
| 4 | Switzerland stood down from taking on the rotating EFTA presidency in the first six months of 1993 , taking up instead the vice-presidency ( in charge of negotiations with third countries , including eastern Europe ) ; the presidency passed instead to Sweden . |
| 5 | On neither occasion were the media at all interested in covering the good news ; they were interested only in hyping up the bad news . |
| 6 | It has to work through the agency of its possessors , and especially by picking out the weak points of their characters — possessiveness in Bilbo , fear in Frodo , patriotism in Boromir , pity in Gandalf . |
| 7 | You do n't get to the tax bracket Manny Jackson was in by shouting out the first thing that comes into your head . |
| 8 | CHEERS actor George Wendt lashed out at co-star Ted Danson yesterday for killing off the top rated show . |
| 9 | But , because the scope for personal development within Sainsbury 's is on a par with the very best , the risk factor comes nowhere close to cancelling out the enormous and lasting advantages . |
| 10 | Until we know who is going to stage the event , we can not get on with working out the qualifying format for 1995 . |
| 11 | However the map does require more intellectual effort than does the routine not only in making decisions about how to proceed but also in filtering out the required information from the massive irrelevance ( for a particular task ) which is equally available . |
| 12 | The government , indeed , had made careful preparations , both in conserving fuel stocks and protecting the power network with the aid of other European nations , and also in building up the co-ordinating powers of the police nationally to deal with mass picketing . |
| 13 | In 1972 the Heath Government promoted a major Local Government Act designed to strengthen local councils , partly by weeding out the smaller and weaker local units and partly by helping the whole system to become more efficient . |
| 14 | The threatened revolt fizzled out as Conservative critics decided to draw back from voting down the whole Budget , keeping their powder dry for future votes when the issue comes before the Commons in detail . |
| 15 | It 's simple to do this now by filling in the direct debit and covenant on the back of the donation form . |
| 16 | Should he not turn his attention vigorously to sorting out the common agricultural policy , which is endangering the Uruguay round and remains a serious blot which is totally inconsistent with the sort of policies that are embodied in the new treaty ? |
| 17 | The question at the time , in May 1941 , when the Vietminh was founded and Ho was talking bravely about taking on the combined French and Japanese armies in Vietnam was , of course , anachronistic : the two principal Allied powers had not yet entered the war . |
| 18 | Now they have finally agreed to an Ulster Branch request for an evening fixture and will fly into the province immediately after wrapping up the English part of their trip on the previous Wednesday . |
| 19 | Because of the difference between Asynchronous Transfer Mode and other technology introductions , AT&T is placing heavy emphasis on the Customer Advisory Council 's role , particularly in working out the best tariffing regime . |
| 20 | No-one should think twice about blurting out the whole story . |
| 21 | Goalkeeper Bolder off his line , punched away only to Andy Melville on the edge of the penalty area ; Melville ran forward after picking up the loose ball , hammered it forward , Martin Foyle getting the last touch of the ball into the corner of the net , and United now seemingly pushing forward towards three points . |
| 22 | Instead of taking up the normal position from which to look at Los Angeles — which would be that of a driver — Adams adopts the role of a botanist , or perhaps a botanical historian looking for traces of the Eden that Southern California is well attested to have been 80 years ago : " live oaks on the hills , orchards across the valleys , and ornamental cypress , palms , and eucalyptus lining the roads " . |
| 23 | When you next indulge in self-stimulation , instead of summoning up the prone and panting form of some nymph of your fervid fancy , at the moment of climax I want you to contemplate your own dappled visage . |
| 24 | That way she 'd be more in command of the situation instead of turning up the next morning knowing all eyes were going to be fixed on her . |
| 25 | Sometimes this can be converted back to a single compartment when bulky items have to be carried , either by zipping out the dividing panel or by loosening a drawcord . |
| 26 | The only people who had trouble in adjusting to work were those who for some reason deviated from this model — either by going up the social scale or by going down it ( social mobility is more fully discussed by Geoff Payne in this volume ) . |
| 27 | In a story from Cynthia Ozick 's Levitation , the dialogue is made to move faster by leaving out the explanatory tail-pieces . |