Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [to-vb] [adv] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Necessary jobs are helping to clear up the smaller branches and making a start on repointing the bridge itself . |
| 2 | Enhancement in this context means the carrying out of works which are intended to lengthen substantially the useful life of the asset , to increase substantially its open market value , or to increase substantially the extent to which the asset will serve the purposes of the local authority concerned . |
| 3 | They are designed to cut out the reflective glare that can be potentially harmful to someone spending long hours working in front of a computer screen . |
| 4 | They are designed to cut out the reflective glare that can be potentially harmful to someone spending long hours working in front of a computer screen . |
| 5 | Supplements therefore are designed to make up the basic food ingredients and balance them to keep the horse healthy . |
| 6 | The two local favourites , Claire Waddell , who currently leads the Grand Prix , and Julie Nicol are expected to make up the semi-final line-up . |
| 7 | They are itching to hold up the red card to an establishment that does n't believe that ex-pros have the right pedigree to control top matches . |
| 8 | In this final stage of the diet we are looking to put together the best diet for your own metabolism and make-up , based on your findings . |
| 9 | There 's a bloody riot going on , the town is crammed with nigs , er blacks , and they are looking to sort out the Young Conservatives . |
| 10 | For our purposes , however , enough has been said to describe how the institutional setting can cause expenditure patterns of local authorities to deviate in the direction indicated by empirical work of Gramlich . |
| 11 | We 're going to put on the Olympic Games in ‘ 96 , we 're going to make everybody including Athens proud . |
| 12 | er I do n't know how to answer that question , all I can say is we 're going to put on the Olympic Games in ‘ 96 and we 're going to make everybody , including Athens I hope , proud . |
| 13 | In fact , we 've stolen some nuclear weapons and we 're going to tell the government we 're going to blow up the whole country unless they let us play Wembley . ’ |
| 14 | And I think we 're going to have exactly the same thing with this opting out system . |
| 15 | If you 're going to keep up the same pattern of commitments the answer is that the army is already stretched as it clan be and so are the other two services and this is putting a terrific strain on the individual servicemen and their families . |
| 16 | You are requested to set out the different theories of the purposes of criminal punishment ( general and particular deterrence , incapacitation , reformation , ethical retribution ) and to consider whether any of these theories can be used to support the conviction in R . |
| 17 | And obviously not one to hide the light of his firm — or the cause of the chartered surveyor — under a bushel with regard to the property audit , he said : ‘ We see this as further endorsement of the quality and range of services which we are equipped to offer both the private and public sectors . ’ |
| 18 | He had obviously been waiting to see how the first got on . |
| 19 | Lower levels are used to retain successively the primary silhouettes , specific sectional silhouettes , surfaces and internal details . |
| 20 | The design we are going to talk about is a DIY design in that , apart from a 555 timer and 4001 NOR gate chip , discretes are used to carry out the various circuit operations and the system is capable of being modified for those who like a starting point and then like to experiment . |
| 21 | Peter Hunter , secretary of the NALGO Pro-Life Group , at a recent meeting of NALGO supporters told of the disgraceful waste of union resources which are used to prop up the national Abortion Campaign , to which NALGO is affiliated . |
| 22 | One of the most fascinating features of linguistic use in these works is the way in which words or syllables are used to enhance either the sensual atmosphere of the tales or the sense of scatological exposure within them . |
| 23 | Another problem which electric fish have circumvented is that very sensitive receptors are needed to pick up the weak signals of other fish , and such receptors would be swamped by the fish 's own field . |
| 24 | At the same time , the bladder becomes less able to sterilise urine and the urine is less concentrated , so more fluids are needed to take away the same amount of waste ( see incontinence , pages 70 to 76 ) . |
| 25 | The 16 tonne lorry depositing a load is one of the 7,500 that are needed to make up the specified contours . |
| 26 | There were tracks in the cooled fat where chunks of bread had been used to mop up the tasty juices of the meal . |
| 27 | The herd tends to flee together and the stripes are thought to jumble up the individual shapes and make the fleeing herd look like one great mass of black and white patterning . |
| 28 | Once get your heroine into one of those confrontations that are going to make up the greater part of her adventure , once have her facing another person and the words will flow . |
| 29 | How can we achieve a new look when some things are going to stay exactly the same ? |
| 30 | We are beginning to see how the whole thing fits together and again , I think , we are beginning to see a somewhat " catastrophic " picture . |