Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [adv] [art] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I must explain that I do not like combined heater stats ; in general I find that the heater part packs up within a year , as , regrettably do modern heaters , and I would rather throw away a £5 heater than a £10 plus heater stat .
2 It is improbable that any of them will be healing up yet if they have ulcers and it is certainly too early to do any pond treatment , as this will only slow up the filter maturation process .
3 One can not suddenly scale up a laboratory procedure by a thousandfold .
4 Mike [ Foot ] said wryly that if , as Harold Lever said , we had only a 50 per cent chance of avoiding catastrophe , we had better work out a contingency plan in case that chance did not come off .
5 One can only wonder where the base Safety Officers were while this was going on !
6 In many companies the normal management accounting system will only pick up a currency exposure when the sales entry has been made and by that time adverse currency fluctuations could have eroded or wiped out the profit margin .
7 She could conceivably be denied by Kitrina Douglas , the winner of this season 's St Moritz Classic and European Masters , although even if she were to win each of the last four tournaments , she still might not make up the £30,000 deficit on De Lorenzi .
8 Trim the nozzle tip to give the required sealant width , making the cut at 45° ( do not throw away the nozzle tip )
9 Er I think that , that my recollection of the last meeting was that if we could just knock together a Northumberland newsletter a unison newsletter that 's quite clearly coming from the three organizations that represent the membership in Northumberland it would be better than th this national stuff has one union on it , as I see it at the moment .
10 A British expert , David Taylor , who attended the conference as a member of the International Zoo Veterinary Group , did not rule out the virus theory despite tests which show that 25 per cent of the dolphins appeared not to have been affected .
11 At that point he becomes marginally important to my future , and I might just make out a client sheet for him .
12 He could just make out the railway embankment from here , but not the station or the building that used to be the Turk 's Head .
13 The moon was not yet up and in the darkness we could only just make out the rock face of the west bank above us , a cliff some thirty feet high .
14 There are few examples of the last two phases , primarily because we can not specify unambiguously the user problem to be solved — beyond very simple situations .
15 We will not give up the US customer base to anyone unless it 's done in a partnership .
16 PR counsellors are people who advise , but do not carry out the PR work .
17 This would enable a tough general manager to ensure that medical audit did not become simply a talk shop or token activity .
18 I was about to say that , looking back at his record , I could not understand why the Home Secretary wanted to relive his time as Conservative party chairman , because that was hardly his finest hour .
19 Moreover , we can not understand why the 10% contribution estimated to have been made from this source to total aggregates provision in the past was added to , rather than subtracted from , projected future demand ( PIP 2.7 ) .
20 Moreover , we can not understand why the 10% contribution estimated to have been made from this source to total aggregates provision in the past was added to , rather than subtracted from , projected future demand ( PIP 2.7 ) .
21 Unlike everybody else , however , the hard man did not look up the neighbourhood exorcist in Thompson 's Local Directory .
22 We shall shortly see how the tax system , in this case a tax on cigarettes , may be used to offset externalities that individuals fail to take into account .
23 That we do not see clearly the value system which gives meaning to our orthodox construction of the subject is in part because of the method of this orthodoxy .
24 For my part , I do not see why the trial judge should not at that stage state in open court what that advice will be .
25 If , in a Rorschach test , I show you a symmetrical ink blot , you do not see merely an ink blot , but a bat , a witch , a face , or a dragon .
26 The Supreme Court ruled that the limit on non-economic damages did not violate either the US Constitution 's guarantee of equal protection or the due-process requirement of the Missouri constitution .
27 Use balloon ripstop on a 110-degree narrow Delta steerable kite , and you will soon discover why the spinnaker nylon is best .
28 ‘ They might not set up a road block , ’ said Jean , biting her lip .
29 Smoking a cigarette will not normally set off a smoke alarm .
30 And for regular savings we can easily set up a standing order .
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