Example sentences of "[verb] managed [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hugh Keevins finds out how Danny McGrain has managed to reach the Scottish Cup quarter-finals |
| 2 | You can hardly believe that a few stretchsuits and some nappies can possibly cost as much as they say , but nine months and a lot of shopping trips later , you will have been forced to accept that your new addition has managed to tip the scales severely in the debit direction . |
| 3 | Paul Bodin says he 's been lucky … he 's been in the right place at the right time and has managed to take the chances … |
| 4 | Since then , unlike the Shah , he has managed to remain the spiritual leader of his people . |
| 5 | For a small market town , Shrewsbury has managed to give the world a very motley crew , from Charles Darwin to Private Eye magazine — the Eye 's begetters first started working together on the Shrewsbury School magazine . |
| 6 | A strong supporter and patron of new art , Paley has managed to bridge the gap between the fringe and the centre of the art world . |
| 7 | But an aid worker who has daily contact with camp inmates does not believe this means that the Hong Kong government has managed to persuade the Vietnamese to quietly accept their fate . |
| 8 | By ridding her home of aerosols , solvents , chipboard and most cleaning materials ( see p 173 ) , Sheila has managed to reduce the severity and frequency of her headaches , and her nausea has gradually subsided . |
| 9 | Like fibre pile before it , fleece has managed to cross the line between specialist and general leisure use . |
| 10 | Because these cycles predate by centuries the era of realism , Barth has managed to side-step the issue of narrative truth and retain some notion of the marvellous . |
| 11 | Polly Harvey may record for a small label called Too Pure , but she has managed to become the rising star of the indie world by tackling issues of sexuality head on . |
| 12 | Here , despite all of the external constraints the Course has managed to maintain the principle that every student should be allowed to take any module for which he or she is ( qualified and which can be timetabled . |
| 13 | But Father John McCullagh has managed to convey the same sentiment in a very different way . |
| 14 | ‘ But unlike me , he has managed to land the type of player my teams always lacked — a 25-goals a season striker . |
| 15 | For the time being at least , she has managed to change the attitude of a significant proportion of the population towards the legitimacy of crucial parts of normal trade union practice , although opinion polls now show a growing esteem for trade unions shorn of some of the pre-1979 powers . |
| 16 | For most of its history the Conservative party has managed to avoid the factionalism of the Labour party . |
| 17 | None the less , while it has managed to avoid the dramatic slashing of budgets , the government is operating in an economic straitjacket and development on all fronts is dogged by a stagnant economy with inadequate investment levels , lack of foreign exchange and high defence expenditure . |
| 18 | The union has managed to keep the strike going even though Siberian miners are pressing for political changes only , while miners in the Ukraine , where living conditions are particularly wretched , also want large wage rises . |
| 19 | Trainer Kim Bailey has managed to keep the strapping chaser away from the coughing that is affecting some of his stable companions . |
| 20 | John Gorman has managed to balance the books … three players out … three players in … |
| 21 | Since then the firm has managed to bring the amount of zinc in the effluent down to about 20 p.p.m. , but the agency has made it clear that it has to go below that . |
| 22 | Muriel really ca n't abide the sound of pop music , and she has managed to get the club to agree that the music must finish at 10 p.m . |
| 23 | Despite her long-standing affair and rumoured pending marriage to Commander Tim Laurence , Anne has managed to escape the sort of publicity that has dogged other female members of The Firm . |
| 24 | The hon. Gentleman should give some credit to that health board and every other health board in Scotland that has managed to increase the numbers of patients treated . |
| 25 | In my view , no recording made in the past 20 years has managed to emulate the vigour and thrust of Paray and Münch in this piece , though I know Barenboim , Levin ( both DG ) and Dutoit ( Decca ) have their committed admirers and these are undoubtedly impressive in their own way . |
| 26 | Notebooks out plagiarists while I reveal the secret of NME 's enduring success : some music papers have been good at treating Rock as An Art Form , others have been great at capturing the essential triviality , sensuality and sheer stupidity of pop ; NME , when it 's been at its best , has managed to combine the two things without going stark staring schizo-bonkers . |
| 27 | This Government has managed to combine the worst qualities of scrooge , Shylock and Genghis khan . |
| 28 | Hewlett-Packard Co has managed to beat the clock on delivering its new single-chip 7100-based workstations . |
| 29 | But this is exceptional , as only one other fund has managed to beat the five-year average for the sector — the Friends Provident Stewardship North American fund , which is now worth £951.47 . |
| 30 | So far Mr Balladur has managed to pin the blame for France 's current malaise squarely on the Socialists ' legacy ( see page 49 ) . |