Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] [adv prt] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First , do we really accept that a man in the act of undressing suddenly decides halfway through that he will hang himself and goes up to the garret without his boots on to carry out the terrible act ? |
| 2 | It would be misleading therefore , effectively to write off the outer circle of kin as significant sources of support in British society . |
| 3 | WHEN it comes to munching mince pies , there is only one expert in the world robust enough to carry out the definitive taste test — Father Christmas . |
| 4 | It is essentially a melodic instrument and , though holding-notes in music of light calibre are charming in effect ( especially from or thereabouts with the exception — save in the hands of first-class players — of C ) it can not efface itself sufficiently to carry out the menial task of ‘ filling in notes of the harmony ’ in block writing . |
| 5 | Whereas a traditional craftsman would decide what should be done , how it should be done , when it should be done , and to what level of quality , as well as actually executing the task itself , modern management within capitalism takes on all these former conceptual functions , leaving labour merely to carry out the mechanical aspects of performing the manual task . |
| 6 | ‘ After 10 years of employment legislation focused on what unions and their members may not do , the Government would do better to spell out the positive rights it believes trade union members are entitled to at the workplace . ’ |
| 7 | For all the talk of Welsh rebirth , Scotland 's performance ought to be good enough to set up the Triple Crown chance at Twickenham next month . |
| 8 | Gordon Ellis of the Vectis Flyers , Isle of Wight , uses marker pens to apply his Dragon decor , though not always enough to ward off the evil intent of competitors ! |
| 9 | Er now we , the pensioners , had no choice , we were picked up and put into the new scheme having paid our contributions appropriately to the old scheme rules which were the higher contributions , but only to pick up the new scheme rules that were against our interest . |
| 10 | When she had looked in to clean up the following day the meal was still on the table , untouched . |
| 11 | Chilled though she was by the bleakness of his voice , it was not enough to damp down the new life in her head . |
| 12 | These jelly-filled tubes have electroreceptor cells at their ends , delicate enough to pick up the tiny discharges of the prey 's body . |
| 13 | She took a deep breath , made the effort to be mature enough to pick up the olive branch . |
| 14 | More might have tuned in to hear him but their radio sets were not powerful enough to pick up the German stations broadcasting in English . |
| 15 | ‘ They sent them in , ’ says Wright , ‘ so I went along to check out the Roedean girls ’ cricket last summer . |
| 16 | She had promised Julie that she would be well enough to get up the following day and they would take a trip in the pony and trap to visit friends in the area who Julie had not seen for years . |
| 17 | It 's hard enough to break down the old prejudices — I know that from experience . |
| 18 | Betelgeux is a vast red supergiant , large enough to swallow up the whole orbit of the Earth round the Sun , while the pure white Rigel is a cosmic searchlight with 60000 times the Sun 's luminosity . |
| 19 | Meanwhile , assistant manager Terry McDermott claimed Newcastle are good enough to take on the Premier League now and still be winners . |
| 20 | There were some excellent investigative programmes from Panorama , World in Action , This Week , First Tuesday and Twenty-Twenty Vision , which probed government scandals in the 1980s , but no journalist was bold enough to take on the Prime Minister herself . |
| 21 | Since the birth of their sons , Felix ( now aged four ) and Max ( one ) , the Roberts were lucky enough to take over the raised ground floor which not only gave them more space but also allowed them vital access to the garden . |
| 22 | This group then went on to set up the Teifi Valley Economic and Social Regeneration Project ( TVESRP ) , the aim of which was to undertake more projects which would create employment in that part of Dyfed . |
| 23 | One of them reached over to search out the right tape and handed it to his Sheikh . |
| 24 | The Russians , fighting desperately to hold back the German invaders , called on the Allies to set up a " second front " in Western Europe by invading France . |
| 25 | Have you ever been tempted to put a couple of booby trap techniques in there on purpose , just to screw up the poor guy transcribing it ? |
| 26 | Where the adjuster feels there is likely to be a valid subsidence claim he should appoint a Consulting Engineer promptly to carry out the necessary investigations . |
| 27 | Ironically , that made England more determined than ever to pull off the stirring victory at Headingley which levelled the series . |
| 28 | Close by a couple were kissing , holding each other close to ward off the cold wind that had sprung up . |
| 29 | I 'm afraid sir , I have no knowledge , I have n't certainly myself spoken to anybody with regard to that , I would of thought the normal procedure would be for him to be committed to Preston Crown Court and for the Crown Courts thereafter to sort out the final venue . |
| 30 | I would have thought the normal procedure would be for him to be committed to Preston Crown Court and for the Crown Courts thereafter to sort out the final venue . |