Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [verb] [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 While climbing Britomartis Instead , it is worth noting that the second sentence of the description to pitch one should be deleted if the climber is not to pass the correct line and attempt a new route somewhere further along the wall .
2 The British Press habitually looks for an opportunity eventually to knock down the heroes they have created and placed on pedestals , if only to do something new .
3 And when Parliament eventually turned back the tide of opposition to Eyre and voted financial support to the former Governor , it was poetically appropriate that those who had been most vocal in their support for the Garotter 's Act — such as Mr Adderley and the rampant Colonel North — should be in the thick of it again , shouting their praise for Eyre 's loyalty to the Crown and his firm action that had saved a colony .
4 It is obvious from these figures that the BDDA in its early days did not represent the deaf and dumb population , but that the Association merely brought together the elite of educated deaf-mutes with some hearing people — mainly missioners and a few others with personal interest in the spiritual and social welfare of the deaf and dumb .
5 The wind only blew out the candles but not the enthusiasm in our hearts as we prayed and sang in honour of Our Lady .
6 So are you gon na have to restrict training in er operational flights jaguar at a stretch just to stretch out the hours ?
7 I used to play football just to get out the aggression .
8 With one last defiant surge of power the jeep finally gave up the ghost .
9 The hurricane would never blow itself out ; and at its eye was a figure already taking on the lineaments of a familiar enough twentieth-century ‘ type ’ , the male-dominated , passion-ridden female so well-known to the readers of the novels of Barbara Cartland .
10 There are other methods of storing food such as preserving , drying , or bottling , but these are of limited value if you live on your own , since , even if you entertain a lot , you would probably waste a lot of preserves or bottled food , as their condition quickly deteriorates once the jar or bottle is opened .
11 Like a lot of Lord Beaverbrook 's phrases , that was probably more colourful than accurate — but if such a frontier ever existed then the imperatives of current affairs television have certainly modified and adjusted it .
12 Last week 's win on Richard Hannon 's Swing Low at Goodwood was vintage stuff from the Dromore man and his weekend excursions to the Continent usually bring back the bacon .
13 Last week 's win on Richard Hannon 's Swing Low at Goodwood was vintage stuff from the Dromore man and his weekend excursions to the Continent usually bring back the bacon .
14 The agent usually starts off the party with a few games , to help people get to know each other .
15 A misfire result automatically cancels out the shot even if you also roll a HIT .
16 The pound also shook off the jitters and held its own against the mark and the dollar .
17 The same advert also told how the inventor of FM radio , Edwin Armstrong , had committed suicide .
18 Her exhaust also set off the colliery 's underground fire alarm after simmering near the down-shaft ventilation screens !
19 On the other hand , the psychologist also recognised how the scope for his own intervention was restricted by the school 's actions .
20 Also , it was argued that the ‘ relaxation ’ of the criminal process for juveniles in practice often means simply the abandonment of the safeguards guaranteed by the ‘ due process ’ of law , and a slipshod approach to , for example , the vital matter of guilt determination .
21 The absence of the category of consciousness inevitably plays down the role of individual subjects and thus of individual agency and resistance as a result of specific acts of will .
22 Moreover , it took twice as long to cook outside , with the wind often blowing out the light .
23 It is noteworthy , then , that the recipient often writes down the details that he is told .
24 And there is a good account of the infamous Nixon/Kennedy TV debate when Kennedy 's aide even turned up the heat in Nixon 's dressing-room to make him sweat more .
25 As the car then goes down the line , past various work stations , all the components are fitted to the car in turn .
26 Planes ca n't take off without the rigger there to pull away the chocks .
27 The ferric-chloride side of the cell then picks up the electron from the quinone reduction while the ascorbic-acid side donates an electron to the porphyrin ( oxidation ) .
28 Similarly , the suppressed sadist who exercises the inclination by verbal humiliation might be thought of as needing to dominate , while the one who by word and action emotionally breaks down the victim as a person might be destructive .
29 But if Herrnstein believes that there is a conspiracy afoot to discount totally the influences of inheritance on intelligence , this is nonsense .
30 The certificate of search conveniently gives both the date at which the search was made , and the date on which the period of priority will expire — and note , again , that to have the protection of that priority you must not only complete your purchase or mortgage , but also lodge the application to register the transaction ( LR form A4 or A5 ) within the priority period — hence the virtue of the procedure for effecting registration when there is unavoidable delay mentioned above .
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