Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] [adv] [adv] [conj] [art] " in BNC.

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1 In practice , this situation will arise only very rarely if a regime of symptom control and no more has been adopted .
2 That gives him the space to make long-term bets , but also deprives him of advice against short-sightedness : borrowing sums that he can service only so long as the good times roll .
3 ‘ I know I can direct just as badly as the people who made all those clinkers with me , ’ he joked .
4 Jack 's house will fall over very easily because the walls are not vertical .
5 He writes that , having ‘ grabbed ’ Bosnia at the Congress of Berlin in 1878 , the Habsburgs ‘ soon demonstrated that they could rule just as viciously as the Turks . ’
6 Erm but that you know that that did n't carry on much more than a few days after the the initial disturbances .
7 That is why Rugby Union nowadays would probably do just as well if the game built a system of scouting such as Rugby League has had for 100 years .
8 The weakening effect of the scratch has very little to do with the amount of material removed , a shallow scratch will do nearly as well as a deep one , it is the sharpness of the re-entrant that increases the stress .
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10 If the grid lines are printed in blue they will not show up so clearly when the plot is photocopied ( which is usually an advantage ) .
11 It could date back as far as the middle of the ninth century and was closely associated with the later castle .
12 If you choose a wallmounted fitting , make sure the arm does n't jut out so far that the light is in front of you as this will throw your book into shadow .
13 They can calculate all too clearly that the average value of sterling has fallen 17.5 per cent , ( and over 25 per cent against the dollar ) since September , and the price of fuel and raw materials for industry has so far risen by just over 10 per cent , while retail prices have actually fallen .
14 It has been found that this form of conditioning can occur much more rapidly if the response prevents unpleasant stimuli occurring or stops them once they have started .
15 In the vast majority of cases the 6th potency will work just as well as the 30th and does not require such accuracy .
16 We can see more clearly now that the ultimate end of such a process — the flood entirely tamed — is both impossible and undesirable .
17 It wo n't always work out as tidily as the Grid suggests !
18 Cruising along the crest , we could see almost as far as the coast to one side and over Bilsdale mast to the Cleveland Hills on the other .
19 We could slide together as easily as a train halts by the platform .
20 The system can function only so long as the financial stability of LCH 's position is preserved so that the risks normally inherent in futures and options trading are effectively balanced .
21 There was one kid , however , who did n't move back as far as the rest of his row , so I politely asked him to get in line .
22 At the moment , however , as she stood outside the door she had intended trying before , one trembling hand hesitating over the latch , Isabel could only think as far ahead as the next few minutes .
23 This leads the staff into some contortions since logic would suggest that those who ‘ consume ’ more than their fair share of ‘ teacher time ’ should lose some in the future rather than take up still more as the monitoring of the punishment will entail .
24 It ca n't go on for ever because characters such as the Fat Slags ( right ) can only go on so long before the joke starts to wear thin .
25 The people that live in the village could go home straight away but the buses could only get to some of the villages .
26 By the time they had sat through two party political broadcasts and Chris Patten in TV evangelist mode , they could not stand up fast enough when the Prime Minister finally appeared .
27 Teddy refuses to be drawn on his early life and will only go as far back as the Biggin Hill Air Fair of June this year when Anita and Bob Armstrong ‘ adopted ’ him .
28 Then if you want blue to go the other side of the hoop and black to go here say , to the black wo n't go quite so far and the blue will .
29 Although having worked as a contract systems analyst for ICI , Matthew believes that a small company can operate much more efficiently than a large one .
30 There were , the wedding would come off right enough but the reception would linger on night after night
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