Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Pausing only to pull on the lightweight wrap that lay across the foot of the bunk , she grasped the torch more firmly and peered cautiously around the curtain . |
| 32 | The adults are viviparous , producing active microfilariae that rest in the lungs during the day only to appear in the peripheral blood at night when the culex mosquito host is active . |
| 33 | There were the people coming in to shuffle through the little magazines , Zen Buddhism , Burroughs , Ginsberg , Nuttall , New Departures , Circuit , four letter words , and Indian music . |
| 34 | The Livingstones and Crichtons did this in 1439 , when they seized James II and then settled down to squabble for the next decade ; the Boyds did the same thing with James III ; and Angus found time , despite his matrimonial problems with Margaret Tudor , to get possession of James V in 1526 and dominate politics for the last two years of the minority . |
| 35 | A panel made up of a small group of SCOTVEC 's senior committee members was brought together to sift through the many college 's nominees . |
| 36 | The Great Powers thus pressed their territorial control outwards to encompass for the first time virtually the whole surface of the globe , to centralize the world on a few centres of power . |
| 37 | Those 35 were good enough to come through the pre-qualifying system . |
| 38 | With the help of the ESRC , the Yorkshire Dales National Park hope to transform countryside interpretation into an active and creative means of bringing landowners , policymakers and the public together to work on the best way to manage one of the great scenic treasures of northern England , yet maintain a healthy rural economy . |
| 39 | Emily was being handed down to stand before the light-filled doorway of the Assembly Rooms and she took a deep breath of anticipation , this was her night , the night she was to be accepted as an adult and she would make the most of it . |
| 40 | French masons were brought in to work on the glorified hunting lodge of Falkland in Fife until it came to resemble a French Renaissance palace in miniature , with the courtyard 's south range richly decorated with Scots thistles , French fleurs-de-lis and pictorial medallions . |
| 41 | The brush is handy for vacuuming stubborn dust and dirt which may be lodged in a carpet and the crevice tool will reach into awkward corners such as under kitchen units , although it is n't long enough to reach to the very back . |
| 42 | There had been little enough to choose between the two killings , yet all the difference in the world between the fates of those responsible : the one retired with honours , the other shot by firing squad at the age of twenty-eight . |
| 43 | However , as before , No 7819 started in spectacular fashion only to falter on the latter part of the climb . |
| 44 | He was hard enough to resist at the best times . |
| 45 | One has only to look at the economic forecasts . |
| 46 | One has only to look at the new jobs created and investment . |
| 47 | We have only to look at the disciplinary background of vice-chancellors over the past 30 years to see evidence of the modern superior position of science and technology . |
| 48 | If this all sounds a bit old-fashioned and too good to be true , you have only to look at the happy faces of these children who thoroughly enjoy spending their weekends mucking out , cleaning tack and grooming , while waiting their turn to ride . |
| 49 | It is grosser than in any European country and you have only to look down the nearest street to see it . |
| 50 | Er many members of the public took advantage of the offer of the more detailed appraisal er and indeed came in to look at the detailed consultants reports . |
| 51 | I 've sent my sister in to look after the other lads . ’ |
| 52 | Michael Hughes — bright new star Nigel Worthington believes the developing Northern Ireland side is good enough to challenge in the next World Cup |
| 53 | Better to stick to the direct action and public protests we knew and could control , and leave the inquiry to people like the local authorities . |
| 54 | When Helen came in to help with the spaying operation she looked rather nervous . |
| 55 | It served , however only to churn up the sodden land , whose drainage system had long since been destroyed by years of artillery fire , into a vast morass of craters filled with water , through which the British were expected to advance . |
| 56 | It was designed merely to fit within the minimal requirements of the European Convention and it hardly revolutionises the data privacy scene . |
| 57 | Six UK cable television operators , Comcast Ltd , General Cable Ltd , Diamond Cable Ltd and three of the Baby Bells , Nynex Corp , Pacific Telesis Group Inc and Southwestern Bell Corp are coming together to apply for the Personal Communications Network frequencies freed up by the merger of the Unitel consortium with Mercury Personal Communications Ltd : the companies want licences to offer the cellular service within their franchise areas , CommunicationsWeek International says . |
| 58 | as if the jungle and the heat and the blasted " yellows " were not enough to endure in the godforsaken tropics ! |
| 59 | The new line ranges from the 99/711 , 721 and 731 with one , two and three processors , available next quarter , through the dyadic and two-plus-one 822 and 832 for the fourth quarter to the 941 , with four processors in single image configuration , and the 99/982 doubled-up version of that , plus two-plus-two , three-plus-two , three-plus-three and four-plus-three variants , the 942 , 952 , 962 , 972 and 982 , all to ship in the third quarter . |
| 60 | First , the notion of ‘ usability ’ leads us not only to focus on the eventual users of the information for whom , presumably , companies are investing significant amounts of money on more or less elaborate information-processing systems and structures . |