Example sentences of "[adv] [vb mod] [be] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Note that the 100µ capacitor is of the electrolytic type so must be connected the correct way round — the body is marked with a ‘ - ’ sign and this identifies the orientation . |
| 2 | One solution perhaps would be to give the best company car to the driver who has an accident free record or clean driving licence . |
| 3 | Bukharin rejected this since he argued that to do so would be to disregard the historical character of the dictatorship of the proletariat . |
| 4 | Not to do so would be to infringe the essential autonomy of the student and objectivity of the activity . |
| 5 | To do so would be to broaden the potential range of literature to most of sociology and much philosophy and history besides . |
| 6 | The exertions of all the different kinds of labour that are directly or indirectly involved in making it ; together with the abstinences or rather the waitings required for saving the capital used in making it : all these efforts and sacrifices together will be called the real cost of production of the commodity . |
| 7 | When the paper introduced direct input in 1986 it was clear that articles created electronically could be stored the same way . |
| 8 | ‘ I know you 're tight , Woody , ’ Finlayson said , ‘ but the only thing you could do for us now would be to shoot the old man . |
| 9 | Through the glass and the vines overhead could be seen the blue sky and the white clouds , so that it was like being both indoors and out at the same time . |
| 10 | A complete review of what is now a vast , varied — and sometimes idiosyncratic — literature would take us well beyond our available space and our aim here will be to summarise the main approaches to the topic , in order to try to disentangle some arguments in the debate and draw some general conclusions from it . |
| 11 | Here can be found the largest crag in the district : Pillar Rock ; the dirtiest : Boat Howe Crag ; the remotest : Haskett Buttress , and the sunniest : Buckbarrow . |
| 12 | Every day , wherever tummies are tickled and muzzles scratched , some owner somewhere will be pondering the Big Question . |
| 13 | But the question is not abstract in real life , so to the interesting questions of how must be added the urgent question of what . |
| 14 | Peter Rogers , however , is adamant that neither of then could be called the real star of the ‘ Carry Ons ’ . |
| 15 | To do otherwise would be to break the long-established political tradition of allowing people to hold whatever views they liked , so long as they did not break the law or urge others to do so . |
| 16 | Unfortunately everyone else will be doing the same thing and if one end is blatantly favoured then it is likely to be crowded . |
| 17 | Beyond can be seen the outside world of ‘ Natures endless treasurie ’ , with a telescope trained on the heavens . |