Example sentences of "[to-vb] the [noun] [adv] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's a theory being nurtured in certain quarters that Microsoft Corp Windows NT is less a strategic product than it is a dike against Unix and that Microsoft is trying to freeze the marketplace long enough to bring on Cairo , the Taligent Inc/Sun Microsystems Inc Project Distributed Objects Everywhere-like object-oriented environment it 's working on . |
| 2 | Above all he knew little more about Matthew Glynn than might reasonably appear in his obituary , but he needed to know the man well enough to see him going about his daily life against the background of his home and shop and in the context of his family , friends , and acquaintances . |
| 3 | At low altitudes , it is necessary not only to use the height most effectively to search , but also to retreat gradually to your position , off to one side of the landing area for a good base leg and an easy landing . |
| 4 | France , in an early state of development , were unable to exert any degree of authority up front and had to spin the ball wide just to survive . |
| 5 | If IBM 's domestic operations have finally been pared down far enough to permit the company once again to grow and prosper , it should be able to export its success , ameliorating its problems in key foreign markets . |
| 6 | Failure to have that person will almost always mean that there is an inability to build the business sufficiently quickly to attract new high-quality people or retain existing staff , and build a profit base . |
| 7 | He had taken the full force of the fall but had managed to control the descent well enough to make a controlled crash landing . |
| 8 | Get a friend to raise the blade vertically upwards to simulate crashing into a hidden rock in the stopper . |
| 9 | If this happens , it is important to move the stick forwards sufficiently to ensure that the glider does not re-stall . |
| 10 | The only reason for a backswing is to take the club far enough to gather sufficient speed to hit the ball an appreciable distance . |
| 11 | There are plans to enlarge the runway yet again to enable jumbo jets to land , but at present all this remains on the drawing board . |
| 12 | Pip is initially horrified and recoils from the man but gradually comes to understand , and respond to , Magwitch 's love for him , and tries , with Herbert 's assistance , to smuggle the ex-convict abroad again to save him from the death-sentence he would face as an illegally returned transported criminal . |