Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] manage [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The outcome is that an industry which has skilfully managed to convert a chemical with meagre medical justification and considerable potential for harm ( Grinspoon and Hedblom 1975 ) into a legitimate drug , remained free from federal control to go on manufacturing , distributing , and advertising it . |
| 2 | Yet the government has long managed to appear as though it was teaching Pythagoras to four-year-olds . |
| 3 | So far , she has only managed to sell around 600 tickets for tomorrow 's charity concert by the Royal Marines at the 1000-capacity Liverpool Philharmonic Hall . |
| 4 | The object of this sort of servants ' hall talk is invariably some butler who has come to the fore quite suddenly through having been appointed by a prominent house , and who has perhaps managed to pull off two or three large occasions with some success . |
| 5 | Producer for both the new single and October-scheduled album was Craig Leon — he of numerous Fall credits — who has finally managed to capture the beefy FADS live sound on tape . |
| 6 | The trust , which attracts 30,000 visitors each year to its exhibition of pictures illustrating Whitby 's past , has just managed to scrape through with a surplus of £75 . |
| 7 | ‘ Its concentration on domestic mortgages makes it more like a building society than a bank and , although it has been making losses with the rest of them , it has just managed to climb back into profitability . ’ |
| 8 | She has just managed to scuttle out of its way as it slammed down next to her , but the tip of one of her legs had been trapped and she had been forced to sever it and leave it behind . |
| 9 | But the biggest scam of all is run by the Government , which has somehow managed to harness young energy , ambition and initiative without ever giving it a real chance to shine through . |
| 10 | Despite his avowed slobdom , Peter FitzSimons has somehow managed to play seven rugby union Tests for Australia . |
| 11 | The simple-mindedness of their consideration makes the object of it complex in comparison — so complex that it becomes difficult to understand how mere mortal man has ever managed to enjoy anything . |
| 12 | ‘ No one has ever managed to get through to me . ’ |
| 13 | It is a wonder that no Flemish or Francophone equivalent of the Corrective Party — or Screaming Comte Ghent — has ever managed to slip through the net . |
| 14 | Taking over as she did at very short notice when our last Treasurer became ill , she has always managed to administer the Society 's finances in an extremely capable way despite the fact that the last six years has been a period of considerable change and economic difficulty . |
| 15 | The centre has been in financial trouble before , but has always managed to find further sources of funding at times of apparent crisis . |
| 16 | In a Soviet Union where getting a film developed is not a simple matter Aleksandras Macijauskas has still managed to document the people , and lifestyle , of his native Lithuania . |
| 17 | I like Malham because , in spite of the hammering it takes from visitors , it has still managed to keep its character . |
| 18 | In that interesting contribution , my hon. Friend has probably managed to offend two distinct groups . |
| 19 | Alwyn has also managed to publish a book Watercolour Painting Course , a step-by-step guide to success , that has already sold thousands of copies in Britain . |
| 20 | It has also managed to improve political prisoners ' living conditions . |
| 21 | He has also managed to win seven cups . |
| 22 | Although this literature has now grown to gargantuan proportions , Owens has also managed to discern a number of themes and trends . |
| 23 | ‘ The Government has now managed to make working for the Post Office an insecure occupation . ’ |
| 24 | The Leader of the Opposition has complained that that was an unfair tax , but has now managed to stand on his head and support the current proposal . |
| 25 | He talks about the look of plants and has even managed to find some advantages to being blind . |
| 26 | In the past the National Front has sometimes managed to enter into local pacts with the two mainstream right-wing parties . |
| 27 | So far Summerchild has evidently managed to keep everything under control . |
| 28 | None has yet managed to deal decisively with two , and still less with all three of the problems . |
| 29 | No-one has yet managed to get ICE CUBE to sup on the drink , but hopefully Paraquat can be added to the mixture . |
| 30 | But no country has yet managed to achieve a low birth rate while infant deaths rates remain high . |