Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] [prep] [adj] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Proximal and distal ends may include up to half the length of the shaft without any separate count being made for the shaft . |
| 2 | So let's catch up with all the action as we go spinning the globe . |
| 3 | It 's the Maastricht approach to holidays — you can opt out of all the bits you do n't like , such as having to tackle foreign languages or eat strange food . |
| 4 | All the known laws of science would break down at such a point . |
| 5 | They can dance together at all the weddings . ’ |
| 6 | Well — the man is old and can no longer show off in such an aria as that in Act II — ‘ Fuor del mar ho un mar nel seno ’ . |
| 7 | The ferret may , therefore , finish up in such a fix that it can go neither forwards nor backwards . |
| 8 | Erm and so you can watch out for those the traps . |
| 9 | Which he could n't do now for all the tea in China . |
| 10 | Opinion is divided over whether it would benefit financially from such an arrangement . |
| 11 | Local and national Health of the Nation initiatives would benefit considerably from such an approach . |
| 12 | If he cracks down on you , London would crack down on all the fringe people who go in and out of the Soviet network there . |
| 13 | Michael himself was now in the choir balcony beside Jock Lennox letting Maria look down on all the heads below them . |
| 14 | She could run off with all the stock ! |
| 15 | Oh , please do n't let him be a thief , she prayed ; please do n't let him run off with all the woman 's stock . |
| 16 | However , we can by no means stick slavishly to such a rule , for good harmonic flow needs variety in spacing intervals , and in any case we may wish to avoid smooth harmony and have something pungent , harsh , and bitter . |
| 17 | The most popular period for BES investment occurs in the last three months of the tax year as investors begin to think about reducing tax liabilities ; the early autumn sees a second surge as investors can claim up to half the tax relief for the previous year on investments made before 6 October ( subject to a maximum of £5,000 ) . |
| 18 | Nobody could keep up with all the chemists nowadays , for example ; though someone might from time to time attend enormous congresses of chemists , he or she would go to papers devoted to his or her special branch of the subject . |
| 19 | ‘ We told the public meeting a fortnight ago that we would report back with all the facts and this is what we shall do , ’ said committee spokesman John Daley yesterday . |
| 20 | Why does her brother Hindley let her run around with such a companion ? ’ wondered Mr Linton . |
| 21 | The money ca n't make up for all the misery I went through . ’ |
| 22 | It made up for all the poverty and hardship they had suffered , and planted a new , fierce determination in her to make her way in the world , to marry well and make up for all the injustice they had suffered because of her Uncle Harry . |
| 23 | The opposition of Scipio Nasica to the destruction of Carthage figures so prominently in this account by Diodorus — and therefore by Posidonius — because he was thought to have foreseen the possibility of civil war in Rome if Carthage were to be eliminated : " but once the rival city was destroyed , it was only too evident that there would be civil war at home and that hatred for the governing power would spring up among all the allies because of the rapacity and lawlessness to which the Roman magistrates would subject them " ( 34.33.5 transl . |
| 24 | Three , how will it fit in with all the locality planning and all the work that 's already been done in joint planning between the voluntary sector and the local authority and the health authority . |
| 25 | But this kind of retrofitting can cost up to half the value of a building , and owners are not likely to make the investment . |
| 26 | Nevertheless some form of discretionary adjustment may still be required , especially for deficit countries , since there is no guarantee that the exchange rate will adjust smoothly in such a manner as to ensure an equilibrium in the balance of payments . |
| 27 | Here , they use the common-sense idea of sabotage as a ‘ spanner in the works ’ , yet several of their own examples do not fit readily into such a definition . |
| 28 | The question that should be asked at this point is not whether the West should intervene militarily , but what does it want out of such an exploit ? |
| 29 | It was obviously made to stand up with its foot on something which at first I could not make out for all the dust and dirt but eventually realised was a skull . |
| 30 | On his arrival Jones received new , and even more congenial orders to use the Ranger ‘ In the manner you shall judge best for distressing the enemies of the United States ’ . |