Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] [adv] the [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | More importantly , both groups wittily peel back the scabs of modern pop until they form into mottled bruises . |
| 2 | It has more than fulfilled its founding fathers ' two objectives : to rebuild the economy of a shattered Europe , and to bury the hatchet between France and Germany and so bind together the nations of Europe that they would never go to war again . |
| 3 | If the risk-free hedge is seen to produce a greater return than the risk-free rate then arbitrage will take place as investors offer to write more calls and so bring down the price of the option . |
| 4 | If we could precisely specify and conclusively verify every member of the set of observation statements which together make up the meaning of a non-observation statement , that non-observation statement would , in accordance with the verification principle , have its own determinate meaning and in certain circumstances be determinately true or determinately false . |
| 5 | All these examples show the wide range of forces — economic , competitive and political — that together shape both the balance of sectoral bargaining power and the basis of government choice about the form of desired control . |
| 6 | However the emergence of anti-heroes like Billy Bunter , the demotion of romance to children 's literature , are obvious consequences of the Western world 's fifteen-hundred-year long climb down the ladder of literary modes . |
| 7 | The Financial Times commented that the accounts ‘ perhaps demonstrate why the remuneration of its auditors jumped 20% this year ’ . |
| 8 | It is not entirely clear why the end of such features grows for a period and then is recurved back towards the coast . |
| 9 | As a matter of policy , the tutors seldom intervene , so pass up the opportunity of helping the students learn ; also ( critics say ) much time is wasted in interminable discussion over semantic niceties . |
| 10 | Rather than face up to change , however , politicians , especially in the Conservative Party , campaigned for the use of the tariff to keep out foreign goods and to provide subsidies to British industry and so slow down the process of adjustment . |
| 11 | If you use drugs , you will need to consider that drugs can deplete your immune system and so speed up the progression of the illness . |
| 12 | If the forecasts are believed , they will affect the actions of agents and so take on the role of expectations . |
| 13 | ‘ And you are afraid of the dark ? ’ he murmured , tightening his hold on her , smoothing a long caress down the length of her spine and skimming the high curve of her buttocks with a possessive movement which sent her heart into skittering panic . |
| 14 | Highlander provided an educational forum where those who were interested in pursuing the idea of a ‘ participatory research ’ project on land ownership could swap experiences and ideas and together hammer out the details of what was known , what was wanted and how to collect the facts . |
| 15 | We just put down the size of the ad the advertiser the practice the town . |
| 16 | safety candle , but it was very pretty , it 's from Marks & Spencers and she said er your candle has , has just give up the rights of last night . |
| 17 | We have some 20 copies of these promos for disposal , so if you feel life wo n't be the same without one , just jot down the title of Moz 's latest solo album on a postcard and wing it to : Maybe one of the first 20 correct entries to be drawn from the office Christmas sock will be yours ! |
| 18 | When development communicators ignore women , they consciously or unconsciously slow down the pace of development and perpetuate the vicious cycles of poverty , illiteracy , starvation and human suffering . |
| 19 | When development communicators ignore women , they consciously or unconsciously slow down the pace of development and perpetuate the vicious cycles of poverty , illiteracy , starvation , and human suffering . |
| 20 | State administrative agencies thus feed off the results of interest-group pressure , and interest groups find in the administration multiple points of access through which they can influence the formulation of government policy . |
| 21 | I think you 'd really have to you 'd probably need to look at the booklet and then speak to erm one of the Prudential people about you know the amount of time you were considering paying contributions and the probably just weigh up the benefits of of each scheme . |
| 22 | Yet when the rich who largely live off the proceeds of other people 's labour are marginally threatened we are supposed to feel concern at the loss of ‘ incentive ’ this might entail . |
| 23 | Every so often , rational pursuits need to be ‘ seen through ’ ; and their practices and concepts , which all too easily take on the form of rituals , need to be demystified . |
| 24 | At the other extreme , Andy Cohen , president of Beverley Hills Motoring Accessories , says that firms now make so many hot-rod components that would-be hot-rodders no longer need even the skeleton of a Studebaker to begin work . |
| 25 | And then er just work out the length of this and then the length of that and then subtract these two lengths . |
| 26 | Seasonal variations , of course , normally occur over the period of one year : annual unemployment figures , therefore , can not be seasonally adjusted . |
| 27 | In the West , we women usually give over the responsibility of cutting the umbilical cord to the midwife or doctor , and I think it would require considerable courage and will to do this ourselves . |
| 28 | External filters usually hang on the side of the tank — or more commonly these days sit underneath it . |
| 29 | While some paint packages provide fairly crude brushstyles , Fractal Design Painter lets you go into far greater detail ; it gives you more control over the effects of pen or brush and you can create and record your own styles . |
| 30 | If the year of our folly 1990 had started inauspiciously for me , then the Fates , Lady Luck , Lord Chance , God , Life , Evolution — whoever or whatever — immediately thereafter set about the business of proving that the entangled disasters distinguishing the year 's first few days were but a mild and modest prelude to the more thorough-going catastrophes planned for the weeks and months ahead … and this with a rapidity and even an apparent relish which was impressive — if also bowel-looseningly terrifying — to behold . |