Example sentences of "[adv] realise [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This reflected the view that the uncertainties then facing financial markets were such that it would be better for the chips to be cashed in — thereby realising a useful profit — rather than to bank on better times in the ensuing two to three months . |
| 2 | As between the two heavyweights , Reed and Pearson , Reed has been added to at the start of the period ( financed from the sale of Pearson shares ) ; the additional Reed shares were sold off in the autumn of 1991 , thereby realising a tidy profit for the Portfolio . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's a question of horses for courses , finding the best route forward and adopting the practices to fit that rather than bulldozing your way through without perhaps realising the wider environment in which this needs to work , ’ says John Catford , director of the Health Promotion Authority for Wales and professor of health promotion at the University of Wales . |
| 4 | Seb suddenly realised the full import of her words , ‘ You mean … you 're going ahead and marrying Nahum ? ’ |
| 5 | Not realising the long-term strategy behind the offer , Haslam turned it down , regarding it as an inferior job for someone with his mining engineering skills . |
| 6 | So that is what he did in the Commons yesterday as he launched the Maastricht debate , not realising the only relevant list was the one to starboard as his Government had been holed below the waterline . |
| 7 | We could kick ourselves for not realising the obvious distinction . |
| 8 | But the Japanese soon realised the commercial potential of whaling and , adopting steamships and the newly invented harpoon gun , their fleets grew . |
| 9 | Governments and the EC , he argues , have not realised the inherent threats to manufacturing in the West . |
| 10 | While I have great sympathy for the doctors of twenty years or more ago who did not realise the addictive effect of such tablets when they began to prescribe them , I do not feel equal sympathy for those doctors ( fortunately their number is growing less ) who still hand out similar prescriptions to their patients and then fail to monitor their progress or to help them give up the medication as soon as possible . |
| 11 | Mr McMullin said many parents would be unaware that their children were regularly using Ecstasy , LSD or speed and young people did not realise the long-term harmful effects of the substances they were taking . |
| 12 | He felt blood on his face but still did not realise the full extent of the wound . |
| 13 | The person giving it may not realise the full legal consequences of it as regards the release of a co-debtor ; but that is not , in my opinion , a sufficient ground for reading into the document something that is not expressed in it ; and unless you find in it something qualifying the general words , it appears to me that the legal consequences of the general words of discharge must follow , notwithstanding that those consequences may go beyond what the person giving the document would have intended if they had been pointed out to him at the time , and he had had an opportunity of addressing his mind to them . |
| 14 | The FAOR team noted these differences , but unfortunately did not realise the true significance in terms of the detailed user requirement that would eventually be needed to progress the IPS proposals . |
| 15 | He quickly realised a ten year old in swimming trunks can run a good deal faster than a twenty eight year old clad in hip high waders with a bloody great salmon on his back . |
| 16 | Depending on when property was charged , its value may be over-inflated , so a sale in the future could still realise a substantial loss , while , in the meantime , this area of the balance sheet is dead . |
| 17 | Forster stood before the row of suits , hanging like a lie of petrified robots , and immediately recognised them for what they were ; instantly realised the enormous risk they might all be running , at least below decks . |
| 18 | An exception was Miss Evelyn Shire of the Westminster Quaker Meeting who clearly realised the underlying implications of the Black case and endeavoured to interest others . |
| 19 | It is difficult now to realise the scandalised horror with which not only the critics , but the general public in the 1920s and 1930s , greeted the fact that he could have used Victorian magazine illustrations fro producing the series of paintings called Echoes , or make portraits from press or publicity portraits of people such as the Prince of Wales , or public events such as Miss Earhart 's Arrival of 1932 . |
| 20 | It is believed Sun and USL , which reportedly realise the potential hiccups with WABI , may try an advanced game of one-upmanship with Microsoft , putting AT&T 's patent portfolio containing such things as Backing Store in the balance up against Windows . |
| 21 | But too often they do n't realise the possible dangers … anything from AIDS and alcohol , to broken bones and robbery . |
| 22 | ‘ Often you do n't realise the sheer range of functions of a good company secretary or administrator until they leave , because they 've been so efficient , ’ said Mr Sheppard . |
| 23 | Yes indeed , he said , the problem is that people just do n't realise the incredible temperature of the sun , and how hot a body can get inside one of these things . |
| 24 | Many parents still do n't realise the hidden dangers in household goods . |
| 25 | One of the teachers there was her aunt Nuala O'Connor who did not immediately realise the quiet , intense girl was a relative . |
| 26 | Thus , in October of 1154 , Barbarossa mounted his first expedition , with the aim of restoring papal authority where it had been challenged , and fully realising the imperial crown . |
| 27 | I imagine you came here with the intention of doing it up and then realised the enormous extent of the work needed to put it right . ’ |
| 28 | He need n't be in such a hurry to disclaim her , Robbie thought indignantly , then realised the little clergyman was expecting her to shake hands . |
| 29 | ‘ I briefed them again until they fully realised the one-shot nature of the exercise . |
| 30 | If the asset then realises a higher value , the surplus is then brought into the general ‘ pot ’ . |