Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] [pron] [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When they were n't , we rafting rookies would leave the boats and watch the guides skilfully manoeuvre their way through the thundering foam . |
| 2 | These burrowing earthworms literally eat their way through the soil forming deep , vertical , permanent burrows with smooth walls cemented together with mucus secretions . |
| 3 | And in Moscow you 'll get more roubles for dollars so change your sterling for the US currency before you leave Britain . |
| 4 | Indeed , the very property of being conscious might undo the force of these arrangements since it is the characteristic of conscious thought to change , work-over and constantly review its operations against the datum of the senses and the inner needs of the organism . |
| 5 | When the various occult organisations get wind of the non-existent secret 's existence , of course , they take it in deadly earnest and will stop at nothing to discover it and so make themselves Masters of the World . |
| 6 | Then you search to establish that the borrower is not bankrupt , so make your search on the special form limited to bankruptcy ; thereby you will help the Registry and speed the reply . |
| 7 | As one top London restaurant chef said , ‘ you have to stick rigidly to the basics of hygiene and constantly motivate your staff to the highest standard . |
| 8 | So put your cursor on the I . |
| 9 | Although I welcome the way in which my right hon. Friend has responded to pressure from those of us who are concerned about the future of the volunteers in the Territorial army and elsewhere , and I especially welcome his statement about the future of the Army Cadet Force and the support it receives from the reserves , what are his particular plans for the three reserve battalions of the Royal Anglians ? |
| 10 | When the sail is out of the water the uphaul has served its purpose , so transfer your hands to the comfort of the solid mast . |
| 11 | Its social cohesion was no stronger than that of an isolated nineteenth-century English village , and in the long run its solidarity against the outside world could neither defeat class conflict nor evade the power of the centralizing state . |
| 12 | It was probable that he had not , and best in any case not to go near ; soon he would miss her , want her back , and perhaps give his permission for the marriage despite all he had said to the contrary . |
| 13 | They could do this by ‘ numbering ’ from the two ends and so know their position in the line . |
| 14 | They carry quasi-symbolic meaning : bears , cats and forest fires are objects of fear to the people and so convey their recognition of the power and danger of the new people . |
| 15 | In the centuries preceding the scientific renaissance in the West , Muslim scholars did far more than merely reproduce their heritage from the Greeks . |
| 16 | However , as you thrust out your lower leg , you suddenly turn your hips to the side and the technique changes to a roundhouse kick . |
| 17 | The ‘ regional specialists ’ gently remind their colleagues about the non-economic factors which affect economic reform : hostility towards western investment , popular reactions to price rises , the difficulty of changing management behaviour overnight . |
| 18 | You 'll probably need to wash your hands , so start your survey on the upper floor , in the bathroom ; as you wash , check the water pressure in the taps , examine the fittings , lift the carpet in the corners and check the floorboards for damp and woodworm — and inspect the plumbing and heating as far as you are able ( see Chapter 6 ) . |
| 19 | As the moving convection cell carries basaltic crust away from the ridge , slowly but continuously , the magnetic reversals taking place every few hundred thousand years or so leave their imprints on the newly-formed rocks emerging from the ridge ; as every reversal occurs , so it is recorded in the formation of reversely-magnetized strips on each side of the ridge . |
| 20 | Draw up a list of 20 things you have never done that are silly but do n't cost much money and work your way down the list by doing one each day ( eg leave your car in the garage and hitch a lift , turn the daily newspaper into papier mâché , go to the shops wearing a funny hat , shake hands with the next 10 people you meet ) . |
| 21 | Remember that there is no shame in failing in the short-term provided you learn from that failure and so assist your progress in the long-term . |
| 22 | Gently slide your hands up the back of the skull as you allow his or head to come back down gently . |
| 23 | If you continue to eat the same kind of foods , and only increase your intake to the normal 2,000 mark by eating a little bit more of the same , life and the measuring tape should hold no terrors for you . |
| 24 | But it had a promenade deck , like the Hindenburg , and carried its passengers in considerable luxury even allowing for the natural exaggeration of the Imperial Airways Gazette : ‘ passengers making air journeys in the new Empire type flying boats of Imperial Airways not only express their admiration for the speed and quietness in flight of these air liners , and for the spaciousness of their saloons , but they also pay warm tributes to the efficiency of their catering arrangement ’ . |
| 25 | The distance derived from parallax , together with the dispersion measure , could also be used to measure the local interstellar electron density and so enhance our knowledge of the pulsar distance scale based on dispersion measure and the space density of pulsars . |
| 26 | Now we only need his description on the ‘ Wanted ’ notices . ’ |
| 27 | The standards acceptable during such an assessment may be considerably different from those required of the final system , so adjust your assessment to the fitness for purpose of the results . |
| 28 | As , like Pontius Pilate , the ancestors gladly wash their hands of the sordid business of administering justice , witchcraft readily steps forward to take the necessary action , acquiring in the process an even more clearly defined moralizing character . |
| 29 | The public sector auditors ' mandate therefore extends beyond that of their private sector counterparts who generally confine their energies to the attest/fiscal compliance role . |
| 30 | For LDCs , economic growth should reduce their reliance on foreign aid and assistance and thus raise their self-esteem in the world community . |