Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [noun sg] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Property : Do n't let yourself in for trouble Choosing the right agent is essential if you want to rent your property . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , Yon reiterated his government 's oft-stated demand for negotiations with the USA alone in order to replace the current armistice agreement , in force since the ending of hostilities in 1953 , with a full peace treaty to end the Korean war . |
| 3 | This case covers perhaps in classic form the problematic use of a woman 's previous sexual history in determining the outcome of a rape trial . |
| 4 | In order to win an election , a party would make extravagant promises , doing so in order to outbid the other party . |
| 5 | Traditionally they had looked to the Reich to trade their lumber , wheat , furs and amber , and they had every intention of continuing to do so in order to spite the Polish state . |
| 6 | Lip tricks were less intricate then of late and were really only in order to achieve the main goals of big airs and hands plants . |
| 7 | Determined that such a calamity never be repeated , several of the survivors had banded together in order to cleanse the Fifth of all magical knowledge . |
| 8 | Evolution as a ladder of progression , where the tiny and simple aggregate together over time to become the large and complex . |
| 9 | They scarcely noticed the occasional ravine and were careful to avoid the mires and blanket bogs laid down by Nature to trap the unwary . |
| 10 | Some of the passengers must have been up just after dawn to watch the huge liner ease its way gently alongside the dock , and those who were n't were beginning gradually to emerge on the upper decks , or to enjoy breakfast by one of the pools . |
| 11 | The suggestion that the typical science enthusiast was Anglican and not politically radical does not of course affect the wider generalization that Protestant cultures were more amenable to freedom of thought . |
| 12 | The most general account of vegetation so far published is that of Wilmott ( 1945 ) for Uig , but that does not of course use the modern methods for vegetation description . |
| 13 | Variables such as the degree of ‘ distance ’ between state enterprises and central state agencies , the internal coherence of management and unions , the ability to inflict costs on government , and conversely of government to bear the political costs of disruption , will affect the way objectives are transmitted ; as will wider relationships between social classes and the state . |
| 14 | But you 're not there you 're not in parliament to represent the Conservative party , you 're in parliament to represent your constituents . |
| 15 | Establish that , and you can not in fairness deny the same right to wives at home with children , be their husbands company directors or on the dole themselves . |
| 16 | Yet the statute did not in practice provide the absolute ban which it seemed to promise , nor did it deprive the church of acquisitions . |
| 17 | They do not in fact share the same context . |
| 18 | Although the new term was only days old , the youngsters at Fowey Community School were soon in action supporting the local community . |
| 19 | Two other unlikely ‘ coolies ’ were already in make-up having the final touches applied ; one was Bert Weedon , the other Duncan Goodhew — both good-natured souls . |
| 20 | Bookchin responded , just in order to rescue the new environmental consciousness from itself , with the notion of Social Ecology , aiming at advancing ‘ a serious challenge to society with its vast , hierarchical , sexist , class-ruled , status appa-ratus and militaristic history ’ . |
| 21 | ‘ You have arrived just in time to witness the final stage of the experiment . |
| 22 | We arrived just in time to see the first members of the brass band — a trombone and a tuba — come round the corner of the lane . |
| 23 | Gus Hambro wheeled about with unexpectedly authoritative aplomb , just in time to see the well-groomed young head duck out of sight . |
| 24 | He looked up just in time to see the two red tail-lights drop behind the hill . |
| 25 | To their dismay , they arrived at the departure platform just in time to see the express pulling out . |
| 26 | Just in time to preserve the high quality of sport and curtail poaching and illegal fishing . |
| 27 | Riled by the peremptory note of command in his voice , Rory opened her mouth to give him a scathing reply , but just in time caught the sideways glance slid her way by Candy and bit her tongue . |
| 28 | She was just in time to catch the overnight Red Eye for Heathrow . |
| 29 | Photographer Bill Roberton started industrial photography in 1971 just in time to catch the final act by the workhorse of the Scots mining industry . |
| 30 | Cheryl stepped forward to deliver another blow — just in time to catch the dead body of her husband as it fell from the locker . |