Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] [verb] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It goes on flouting the popular will by refusing a referendum on the Maastricht treaty . |
| 2 | Some of that money goes on convincing the local community . |
| 3 | Valeriy Kulishov goes on to describe the legal vacuum in which Russia currently finds itself . |
| 4 | Simonds goes on to describe the general layout in some detail , including ‘ a long stable , well lighted ( by windows and oil lamps ) and ventilated . |
| 5 | When Lok acquires this tool , he goes on to compare the new people to things he is familiar with , noting their menace , power , and sheer attractiveness by comparing them to a famished wolf , the waterfall , honey and Oa . |
| 6 | He goes on to connect the semantic change with ‘ the general tendency of the Enlightenment not to accept any authority and to decide everything before the judgement seat of reason ’ ( p. 241 ) . |
| 7 | The chapter goes on to outline the main purchase types , and looks at the importance of contract markets in many industrial buying situations . |
| 8 | The report goes on to repudiate the whole idea of a ‘ no first use ’ pledge , which might enable ‘ the Soviets ’ to ‘ gain a unilateral conventional advantage ’ , would be ‘ unenforceable and unverifiable ’ , and could ‘ increase the chances of war and thus increase the chances of nuclear conflict ’ . |
| 9 | Strephon goes on to recount the various features which once inspired his love , but now leave him cold : |
| 10 | From Drumlone Cross , the trail goes on to join the main Lisnaskea-Newtonbutler Road . |
| 11 | He goes on to explore the dynamic nature of excellence and to suggest that quality is really about training and unlocking the potential of the workforce . |
| 12 | Because then the P P G seven then goes on to make the implicit point about other things that in the countryside such as the small villages and towns and other development opportunities , do occur which provide the rural diversification and employment development that is that is required by the P P G. |
| 13 | Detailing the design features that gave the Connie its unique shape the film goes on to show the various changes and marks of the Connie that enabled it to become a flying legend in civil and military use . |
| 14 | Tim , from Darlington , a member of the five-piece band The Scarecrows , has high hopes of becoming a professional footballer but his future may be decided if the band goes on to win the national final in London . |
| 15 | The chemistry behind the formation of zeolites is still not clearly understood as Barrer shows , but he goes on to elucidate the physical processes of nucleation and crystal growth . |
| 16 | Todorov then goes on to establish the primary categories of his narrative grammar , and they are proper noun , adjective and verb . |
| 17 | The southern equatorial current is diverted south , past the Solomon Islands , and goes on to bathe the Great Barrier Reef — and , indeed , much of the Australian coastline down past Sydney — in the tropical water of the east Australian current . |
| 18 | Redford , looking craggy and bemused , has thankfully jettisoned the po-faced sermonising of such bloomers as Havana and returned to what he does best : sprinkling an intelligent script with finely tuned , anarchic quips and exhibiting twinkling vulnerability to the ladies . |
| 19 | There is no doubt that the middle-class exodus from the towns to the countryside has vastly improved the physical fabric of the housing in rural areas . |
| 20 | San Antonio has since joined the small number of US museums which are now active on the antiquities market . |
| 21 | The engine has since visited the Great Show at Harrogate during July , and is now back at the NRM . |
| 22 | It has since become the dreaded archetype of business bureaucracy : the £10 letter . |
| 23 | Piper , 26 , has been beaten only once in his 18-fight career , when he strayed 7lb above the super-middleweight limit and conceded an additional 10lb to Manchester 's Karl Thompson , who has since won the British cruiserweight title . |
| 24 | But that was many years ago when they were still juveniles and one day she disappeared and none of the eagles there has since had the full power of a Callanish eagle . |
| 25 | Another generation of artists has emerged ( many from Goldsmiths ' College in London ) , which has successfully developed the rival approach . |
| 26 | The establishment has successfully monopolised the major positions within the state and the social institutions allied to the state , and it has exercised a pervasive influence over those outside its own ranks . |
| 27 | Made famous by her Vampire Chronicles ( Interview With The Vampire [ 1976 ] , The Vampire Lestat [ 1985 ] and The Queen Of The Damned [ 1988 ] ) she has successfully reinvented the tired myth of the vampire . |
| 28 | And while he has successfully offended the doctrinaire Protestants , he does not seem to have pleased the Pope . |
| 29 | But what has most disturbed the professional archaeologists is the increasing decentralisation of decision-making in their field , reducing the CSRA to figurehead status . |
| 30 | You can see that VMS has effectively concatenated the logical name , so that you have in effect typed DUA0 : [ SOFTWARE_LIBRARY . ] |