Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] [verb] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Vines can be lifted high off the ground to avoid frost ; dropped as low as possible to benefit from heat reflected by stony ground at night ; generously spaced along the rows to attract the sun and avoid humidity ; or intensively cultivated into a canopy of foliage to avoid too much sun and encourage humidity in dry areas . |
| 2 | The agitation section of the town 's Communist Party committee decided , or rather passed on a directive probably originating in Moscow , that the Paris Commune of 1871 should be celebrated on 18 March . |
| 3 | HAVING REACHED the point of flying your model around in circuits , rather like a fixed-wing model , you will sooner or later-probably sooner-arrive at a point where you are unsure of the model 's exact position or attitude . |
| 4 | They had more or less drifted into a relationship , meeting at lectures , having the occasional meal together . |
| 5 | American troops were deployed more or less according to a plan , Operation 90–1002 , developed in the early-1980s to contain a southward thrust by the Soviet Union . |
| 6 | Shiseido has increased the proportion of the moisturising ingredient hyaluronic acid in the Matte Red Lipstick to give a velvety texture , and the three-sided Black Variations Shadow Liner is as soft as charcoal so that it can be blended all over the eyelid or gently smudged as a liner . |
| 7 | The potentially harmful beings may be described by the adjective yabud ( bad , harmful , ugly ) , but whenever thus designated , the speaker will invariably qualify this by saying that they are not ‘ truly bad ’ because they only cause harm if a person breaks a rule , or inadvertently falls into a trap . |
| 8 | Not the sexually played-out kelt , nor a fish that has undergone an exhausting twenty minutes or so battling with a master angler . |
| 9 | They usually manage to survive a day or so buried in a snowdrift . |
| 10 | Launched from ML 102 , the two raiders had a mile or so to paddle on a compass course through choppy water into the harbour where , as the canoe surged on the swell alongside a large ship , they reached down underwater to fix their eight limpet mines . |
| 11 | Before I knew what I desired , the desire itself was gone , the whole glimpse withdrawn , the world turned commonplace again , or only stirred by a longing that had just ceased . |
| 12 | Historians will want to examine whether Mr Clinton was really the first choice of those new Democrats , or merely stepped into a breach when others , such as Sam Nunn , a senator from Georgia , or Al Gore , now the vice-president , were measured and found wanting . |
| 13 | The section provides that the Secretary of State may make provisions by regulations in relation to revised accounts and reports which , in particular , may : — make different provisions according to whether the previous documents are replaced or merely supplemented by a statement of corrections ; deal with the functions of the auditors ; require the directors to take specified steps in relation to circulation to members and others entitled under section 238 ; laying before a general meeting and delivery to the Registrar ; and the application of provisions of the Act ( including penalties ) . |
| 14 | Clause 11(b) is so far-ranging that an alert professional insurance adviser would probably need some explanation of the likely liability of the haulier ‘ howsoever or whensoever caused as a result of or arising out of the supply to the client by the company of drivers ’ . |
| 15 | It should also be stressed that the decision whether or not to proceed with a deal at any stage rests with yourselves . |
| 16 | The losses involved in retirement are often either not foreseen , or not recognized as a problem . |
| 17 | As George loomed over her , she was planning in her mind when to take the sheets to the launderette , and whether or not to pay for a service wash . |
| 18 | This entails the right to choose whether or not to belong to a trade union and the right to strike . |
| 19 | Thoughtfully , Andrée said , ‘ Do you think your mother cares two hoots about being married or not married to a man ? |
| 20 | Secondly , it is of course up to the individual credit granter to decide whether or not to enter into a transaction requested by an individual customer . |
| 21 | It is possible to book alarm calls , make transferred charge calls , telephone for travel information , for the time , the weather , or just to listen to a story or some music ! |
| 22 | I felt scared that I would be seen as crazy — that I might even go crazy : that I would begin to see little green men , jump off a tower in the belief I could fly , or just sit in a corner humming ‘ Om ’ . |
| 23 | They are large nearly as wide as long , contiguous distally or just separated by a wedge of plates . |
| 24 | From swimming in one of many pools or boating on the lakes , to riding , tennis , hiking or just soaking up a mountain dark tan . |
| 25 | Deardrie , should I give her a rocket , or just wait for a postcard ? |
| 26 | ‘ I do n't know whether I 'm in shock or just suffering from a hangover . ’ |
| 27 | Such consensus was originally explained as the product of a distinct personality which members of the police either possessed before coming to the force or quickly develop as a result of the job ( for a survey of the literature on this see Adlam 1981 ) . |
| 28 | Third night free for stays of 3 nights or more arriving on a Sunday , Monday or Tuesday . |
| 29 | Third night free for stays of 3 nights or more arriving on a Saturday . |
| 30 | Third night free for stays of 3 nights or more arriving on a Saturday . |