Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | That little faith went on to go right round the world and it 's here today . |
2 | More and more armies were becoming reliable though still very cumbersome machines , mechanisms which could be relied on to perform competently on the battlefield the evolutions in which they had been trained , and to stand enemy fire without flinching . |
3 | Having studied painting at St Martin 's School of Art , London , 1951–55 she went on to work variously as a consultant designer , art teacher , illustrator , Joint Board Examiner and raiser of her four children . |
4 | Seals have almost spherical lenses and can not flatten them enough to see far through the air . |
5 | He found it and obviously felt at ease enough to go ahead with the appointment , ’ said Mr King . |
6 | If this is the case the end of the U-wire is broad enough to sit comfortably in the palm of the hand . |
7 | But no one else could sustain Ambrose 's pressure , stomach cramps that forced Patterson to leave the field after seven overs was a further handicap and Wessels and Kirsten , the two most experience batsmen , dug in to remain together till the close , their stand then worth 95 . |
8 | He prophesied that there was no man or woman big enough to stand forever in the way of the Labour Party achieving their aims . |
9 | With some misgivings , Wolfgang settled down to work steadily at a stream of compositions , beginning with the Italian serenata Il sogno di Scipione ( Scipio 's Dream ) for the ceremonial enthronement of the new archbishop on 14 March 1772 . |
10 | The President-elect got straight down to work yesterday with a meeting with the team responsible for easing his passage into power on January 20 . |
11 | She glimpsed again that girlish figure momentarily outlined against the walls of the abbey only to slip away like a wraith and be lost among the shadows of the beach . |
12 | In workplace after workplace we find exploited workers , frightened workers , vulnerable workers , but little chance of recognition no hope of check-off and no one brave enough to come forward as a steward . |
13 | All you need for each one is a piece of knitting beginning with a hem at the wrist , wide enough to go round the hand and long enough to reach easily to the base of the fingers . |
14 | Bending forward , she trailed her mouth delicately across the bridge of his nose to his cheek , then down to hover tantalisingly at the corner of his mouth . |
15 | Again I had to resort to cutting down her weight , so that she 'd be hungry enough to focus more on the food . |
16 | It should be small enough to be an effective policy , or decision-making group , but large enough to function effectively as a forum where the views and objectives of significant participants can be acknowledged . |
17 | This is near to 1.5mm , and it is soft enough to wrap tightly around the dowel , and accepts soft soldering for a neat fix . |
18 | In Wales , the ‘ derwyn corp ’ , is the name given to a large , ghostly bird which flies around a house where there is sickness , stopping only to tap loudly at a window if the patient is to die . |
19 | Fairfax 's plane circles once and then comes down to land bumpily on a piece of gazelle-inhabited ground . |
20 | Steelworker hero Jeremy , 25 , said : ‘ I could n't believe he was daft enough to run straight into a castle . |
21 | If your tactics are basically to run straight towards the enemy and hit him hard then a bolt thrower is n't really going to do you any good . |
22 | She needs only to run close to the form which saw her finish second to multiple scorer Kassab over course and distance last month to turn this contest into a procession . |
23 | A barn owl is n't strong enough to hold tight to a glove in a strong wind . |
24 | First , Charles was highly-educated ( and here he seems to have benefited from his mother 's personal concern ) , not only sharing the interest of ecclesiastical contemporaries in theology and political ideas , but learned enough to pose convincingly as a philosopher-ruler and knowledgeable enough about Roman Law to attempt self-conscious emulation of Theodosius and Justinian in his own capitularies . |
25 | Some aspects of shared planning are valuable enough to survive regardless of the competition for school admissions . |
26 | Moon walked this section as if it were HVS , only to fail just below the top . |
27 | You need constantly to think actively of the meaning of what you are drilling . |
28 | There is then some evidence to show that Japanese workers do indeed work for longer periods with each employer , but only 20 per cent of labour in the private sector stay long enough to get close to the peak of the wages profile . |
29 | The youth moved in to stay temporarily at the manse but a crisis occurred and he committed suicide . |
30 | Do n't press it down to get more in the scoop or add an extra scoop for luck — it 's not necessary . |