Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [adv] [adv] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ASSESSMENT/ — indicates whether the given user has accepted , rejected or has not yet assessed the DC . |
| 2 | They say that although sulphur dioxide may play a role in climate change , its effect is unlikely to be sufficiently widespread or to last long enough to offset the influence of the greenhouse gases . |
| 3 | In general the causes could be : — the teacher was inadequately aware of the point — he concentrated on some other equally important point — the documentation was either misleading or did not adequately stress the point — the program presentation did not adequately support it . |
| 4 | The problem arises where a debtor is required by a creditor to provide security for his indebtedness ; the debtor and creditor agree that the security will be provided by some third party ; the relationship between the debtor and the third party , typically husband and wife , makes it likely that the third party 's assistance will be forthcoming ; the debtor procures the third party 's consent by some material misrepresentation or by exerting undue pressure or influence of some kind ; the third party signs the necessary security documents without any independent advice and without any explanation from the creditor of the true effect of the documents ; the third party subsequently , as a defence to the creditor 's attempt to enforce the security documents , contends that he or she was induced to sign by the debtor 's material misrepresentation , or did not properly understand the import of the documents , or that his or her consent was not a true consent having regard to influence or pressure exerted by the debtor . |
| 5 | Misunderstandings about the nature of the recordings contributed to some confusion in the early 1960s about whether the eye movements of dreaming sleep did or did not actually follow the action of the dream . |
| 6 | He described the Budget package aimed at the unemployed as ‘ desperately disappointing ’ , and attacked as totally appalling the decision to increase VAT on domestic fuel . |
| 7 | Four years later , Greenpeace returned with another ship and succeeded in properly blocking the pipeline using special rubber balls . |
| 8 | He nodded and crept forward carefully to examine the driver . |
| 9 | Let us hope and pray that we have faith strong enough and trust deep enough to bring the love that our world so desperately needs . |
| 10 | I stayed up late to clear things up , and got up early to do the same thing . |
| 11 | And now we have Sliver which was the subject of much wrangling and has n't exactly set the world on fire . |
| 12 | Now the publication of examination results has become routine , and has not apparently delivered the goods ( we look at this in Chapter 4 ) . |
| 13 | So a world-war type of war is now underway in the Gulf and has apparently already overpowered the clear and limited UN objectives . |
| 14 | His work remains largely in the hands of private collectors , and has so far escaped the reassessment and appreciation give to fellow Cubists Picasso , Braque and Leger in recent years . |
| 15 | The ‘ Compact Digital Disc ’ ( CD ) came on the market in 1982 , and has now practically replaced the LP as a distribution medium . |
| 16 | Mr Foot took a principled but electorally disastrous stand against nuclear weapons in the 1983 election , and has always vehemently rejected the charge that he or Labour are unpatriotic . |
| 17 | In Britain , Ford Motor Credit has a banking licence , and has therefore already cleared the Bank of England 's ‘ fit and proper ’ hurdle . |
| 18 | At least Dr Neil and Miss Mates were sitting ; McAllister was standing at the kitchen door , and moved sedately forward to answer the urgent bell . |
| 19 | Then she raised her head and shouted loud enough to make the man on the other side of the river glance towards them , ‘ With every day they waste , ’ before adding in a murmur : ‘ The thread Sam 's life hangs by grows thinner and thinner . ’ |
| 20 | The mixture was heated to 90°C and cooled down slowly to form the hybrids . |
| 21 | He picked up an electric guitar at the Newport Folk Festival , assembled a band behind him and played loud enough to raise the roofbeams — just like he had done in his high-school days . |
| 22 | The tow was made fast , and paid out enough to keep the casualty synchronised on the second wave astern of the lifeboat , before a course was set to clear The Lizard . |
| 23 | The same is true of most Islamic coins , both of the modern and the medieval period , for Islamic rulers and states nearly always included the name of the mint and the date of manufacture as part of the design . |
| 24 | Erm so what I 'm saying is that there is a partnership between the states and the federal government , there is no single fixed correct relationship between the central government and the state government , it changes from time to time er more and more of the cards are coming to the hands of the central government but you would , you would be wise not to underestimate the independence and the diversity of the American states which have a , a genuine er sense of , of local er democracy and difference er and states very frequently resist the federal government . |
| 25 | Poor old Turkey Lurkie saw it all and rushed round here to warn the rest of us . ’ |
| 26 | As a low voice spoke behind her Lisa jumped , startled , and swung round quickly to face the speaker . |
| 27 | When we 're alone , you and I will leave and ride back here to fetch the King . |
| 28 | The Kings rule is undermined by the lively and intelligent Nail , whose thirst for justice and learning not only topples the dictatorship , but helps to convince the King that this was no way to run a country . |
| 29 | And do n't just target the obvious bugbears ( remember , ‘ positive ’ things like money , possessions , and opportunity can be stressful in excess ) . |
| 30 | ‘ Pay back when possible , boychik , and do n't ever tell the missus or we both end up in big trouble . ’ |