Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [vb infin] [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are the most powerful because they can most effectively expose the discipline for what it is . |
| 2 | Last year there were some , so the Liberal Democrats took the view that we could only properly set a budget at the capping level and that is a level at which we set our budget and it was a level at which we set our budget back in December and right through to this date . |
| 3 | I would much rather see a return to the carefree approach by the like of Ballesteros and Lyle . |
| 4 | This , however , need not so much reflect a decline of the village as a social centre ( its past vitality has often been greatly exaggerated ) as the extension of a wider range of choice to those sections of the rural population whose ownership of a car or a motorcycle has granted them easier access to urban amenities . |
| 5 | Understood in this way a duty to serve the interests of the enterprise can sensibly only mean a duty to further the commercial success of the business . |
| 6 | In expressing that objection , other contemporaries were undoubtedly swayed by the realization that Lyell 's axiom would so greatly increase the age of the earth that it might threaten even a generous reading of Genesis . |
| 7 | His head turned , and although she could only just see the shadow of his eyes she knew he was looking at her . |
| 8 | Our Lord is teaching in these parables and encounters that the pursuit of wealth can so easily become an obstacle to entering the Kingdom . |
| 9 | There can be no reliable estimate that — ’ 10 per cent of the homes built in 1980 in New Mexico were made from adobe ’ , because Spanish Americans and Anglo Americans far from rich , can so easily convert the soil from beneath their feet into walls around new rooms , and they do this regularly with their own hands in enlarging their houses . |
| 10 | Much nearer to the intense spirit of the original staging is Christine Bunning 's Marenka , taking her tone from the opening duet with Jenik , which can so easily project the character as a social and emotional misfit . |
| 11 | Furious that a rare kind word from Nathan Bryce could so easily demolish the façade of efficiency and confidence she had worked so desperately hard to maintain , she blinked hard and sucked in a deep breath . |
| 12 | How sad that the FA should so unashamedly cheapen the wearing of an England shirt in the blatant pursuit of commercial gain , thus following the examples of teams like Arsenal and Manchester United who , on occasions , manage to achieve the appearance of circus clowns . |
| 13 | The extra cash , however , will only partly soften the impact of the introduction of the poll tax next year . |
| 14 | She made it sound very simple , as young people do ; and she had n't yet considered the implications for herself , Mr Stanforth reflected cynically , or she would not so blithely dismiss the matter of the inheritance . |
| 15 | The tippee need not only knowingly obtain the information from an individual connected with a company ( as defined above ) who he knows or has reasonable cause to believe holds the information by being so connected , he must also know or have reasonable cause to expect that individual not to disclose that information save for the proper performance of that individuals duties . |
| 16 | If I had to make a comparison , I can only really compare an Aeronca to some of the latest two-seat side-by-side kitplanes like the Avid Flyer . |
| 17 | No doubt one can only really understand a discipline from the inside . |
| 18 | If past experience is any guide , the present engines of administration and leadership will only sluggishly meet the pressure of the occasion . |
| 19 | Strange , ’ Benjamin mused , ‘ this drunk who can so cleverly bolt the door after him , now finds it impossible to repeat the action to escape from an angry war horse . ’ |
| 20 | We may most easily reveal the power of these influences on Dicey 's thought by posing what from a contemporary perspective seems to be a major difficulty with Dicey 's theory : how do we reconcile the twin principles of parliamentary sovereignty and the rule of law ? |
| 21 | That Sri Lankans were involved in much litigation and that the judicial system was based on alien principles can not be denied , but contemporaries did not successfully explain the link between these two facts . |
| 22 | She did not altogether like the sound of this . |
| 23 | Where the lease itself does not expressly fix the lessor with notice of the partnership 's interest , the individual named lessee may be liable as principal . |
| 24 | Even if the courts do not wholly embrace the theory of extensive review , the way is now open for review of the evidence supporting the decision-maker 's findings . |
| 25 | If Churchill , even at the end of 1951 , did not wholly discount the possibility of a pre-emptive attack by the USSR , he was beginning to see American impulsiveness as a more likely cause of conflict . |
| 26 | Cooking , particularly boiling , reduces but does not wholly remove the firmness of food . |
| 27 | The other major weakness of the proposals is that they do not properly identify the nature of the problem . |
| 28 | Record-breaking and the alleged mania for quantification can not properly explain the appeal of sport . |
| 29 | In our view this directive does not properly tackle the cruelty of the veal crate and we voted against it . |
| 30 | The problem arises where a debtor is required by a creditor to provide security for his indebtedness ; the debtor and creditor agree that the security will be provided by some third party ; the relationship between the debtor and the third party , typically husband and wife , makes it likely that the third party 's assistance will be forthcoming ; the debtor procures the third party 's consent by some material misrepresentation or by exerting undue pressure or influence of some kind ; the third party signs the necessary security documents without any independent advice and without any explanation from the creditor of the true effect of the documents ; the third party subsequently , as a defence to the creditor 's attempt to enforce the security documents , contends that he or she was induced to sign by the debtor 's material misrepresentation , or did not properly understand the import of the documents , or that his or her consent was not a true consent having regard to influence or pressure exerted by the debtor . |