Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [vb infin] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Abolitionists did not expect immediate conversion by slaveholders ; it was not necessary in so far as they were sure planters could not for long resist the economic imperatives . |
| 2 | The black girl bent suggestively forward to slowly slide the lighted candle into her backside , and as she held it in her back passage , the whip effortlessly flicked out the flame . |
| 3 | Underlying the mental health movement in the USA was ‘ widespread faith in the ability of mental health experts to effectively manipulate the social environment ’ . |
| 4 | Of course he is still er going to presumably appoint the regional panels , the professional recruitment consultant and the two people who themselves will be independent of government . |
| 5 | Your best bet then is to loosely coil the excess cable , secure with a plastic-covered wire tie , and concealed behind the tank , still use the cable tidy . |
| 6 | If client experience did not change , it was important to know whether this was a result of the failure of the experimental service to work , or a failure to properly create the experimental service . |
| 7 | The Milanese took great pains over its reconstruction in order to properly reinstate the great courtyard that formed the heart of Il Filarete 's dream . |
| 8 | There were persistent complaints that the rates system was complicated and inequitable , for instance because it was difficult to properly assess the rentable value of any property . |
| 9 | She sighed as she felt his mouth gently touching hers , before the sweet warmth of his tongue parted her lips to avidly savour the inner softness of her mouth . |
| 10 | In Fig. 5 shoot ( a ) has been allowed to grow and is being trained to eventually replace the main branch ( b ) , while another replacement shoot ( c ) has again been encouraged but cut back . |
| 11 | Young otters do not like the water and quite often , mum has to forcibly shove the reluctant infant into the river for its first lesson ! |
| 12 | The research first aims to empirically model the resulting adjustments in the economy ( such as the savings rate , housing demand and employment ) . |
| 13 | Cooling water pumps were incapacitated , and even though the twin reactors were shut down , it took many hours for the operators to successfully control the residual heat in their cores . |
| 14 | He is the first doctor in Britain to successfully attempt the three-step microsurgery . |
| 15 | But the figures are quite clear that there are benefits of having in-house erm erm , fields that can compete against the private sector for county council work , and the fear , and the reason why they were set up in the first place , to make sure that you could n't have outside erm , er or private organisations setting up cartels to basically screw the local government down , and charge whatever price they want and con us through and through . |
| 16 | Laura glanced through her eyelashes at the thick dark hair curling over the edge of his collar , the relaxed set of his broad-shouldered figure as he continued to idly watch the passing scenery , while he talked so calmly and dismissively about a marriage which , it was quite clear , had never been of any major importance in his life . |
| 17 | The interaction between risk rating and accident estimate across the ten junctions suggests that subjects were able to sensibly dissociate the two judgment tasks in the laboratory setting . |
| 18 | Consideration should be given to modifying the composition of National Park Committees to increase nominated member representation ( to better reflect the national interest ) and to eliminate any significant single interest group domination . |
| 19 | Consideration should be given by government to modifying the composition of National Park Committees in order to increase nominated member representation ( to better reflect the national interest ) and to eliminate any single interest group domination . |
| 20 | TO BETTER serve the growing North American market , Rolls Wood Group [ Repair and Overhauls ] Ltd opened an American sales and customer liaison office in 1991. was appointed as sales manager for the Americas . |
| 21 | Mahmoud , sitting behind the Chief 's desk to better express the awful power of the state , had them brought in . |
| 22 | There have been occasions this season when Quakers have taken the lead and then sloppily folded ; but this time the players rolled up their sleeves to jealously protect the three points . |
| 23 | The intended effect , within the province , must be to so terrify the nationalist population that more will turn their backs on Sinn Fein and the IRA . |
| 24 | He was the only MP to so oppose the new Clause in Standing Committee A on 8th December 1987 . |
| 25 | Her small hand slipped under the heavy scrotum to manipulate his two delicate round balls with her supple fingers , and to gently scratch the wrinkled flesh of that hairy pouch with her fingernails . |
| 26 | On the ( implicit ) assumption that market prices for land would rise , the time would inevitably come when the charge would begin to greatly exceed the corresponding claim on the 300 million fund . |
| 27 | With weights , the routine can be used to greatly increase the muscular endurance of the legs and the stomach muscles . |
| 28 | So we wanted this systematic question to go right through Whitehall and to greatly reduce the functional load on departments . |
| 29 | Their response has been to greatly enlarge the present building but they still feel they must plan to plant churches . |
| 30 | We expected it to somehow embrace the undisputed magic of the band . |