Example sentences of "[coord] [adv prt] [prep] the [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | it creates extra communication problems , since top management is more remote from the work done at the bottom end of the organisation , and information tends to get distorted or blocked on its way up or down through the organisation hierarchy ; |
| 2 | In prisons , in the trenches , in the factory canteen or down at the dole office , it helps to cushion the harshness of life . |
| 3 | The feeling is that no amount of legislative safeguards can entirely eliminate the risk of a chemical spill , wreaking havoc in this watery landscape where a network of mountain streams fed by high rainfall could quickly wash the damage into the drinking water , or down to the mussel farm and salmon fishery at the mouth of Killary harbour . |
| 4 | ‘ Not unpleasant , perhaps , ’ he said thoughtfully , ‘ but you have n't exactly gone out of your way to make me feel welcome — either here or back at the television studio . ’ |
| 5 | Tennis is a pretty dumb game , I 'm finding : the fuzzy ball jumps out of the net , or out of the chicken wire at the back of the court , and the four of us bat it around until it is pocketed — quite arbitrarily , it seems to me — by the server . |
| 6 | Sally confesses : ‘ We realized , after we 'd had the dividing wall rebuilt between the front room and the back parlour , that it was impossible to get in or out of the back parlour , since we 'd also had the doorway closed off and made into a display case for the tortoiseshell medical implements Peter collects . |
| 7 | And none of this would matter Chairman I do n't think er whether E two whether E two was in or out of the structure plan only matters in so far as it bears a part of the making of local plans and the making of planning applications in the county . |
| 8 | in or out of the ivy hedge |
| 9 | The In/Out switch does what it suggests , placing the gate circuitry in or out of the signal path ; when this is selected to Out , the signal passes through unaffected . |
| 10 | Or or out of the reject box . |
| 11 | LIFESPAN networking includes network error recovery features which allows it to proceed automatically with the transfers into or out of the LIFESPAN database after the network link between the user 's VAX and the LIFESPAN VAX has been broken and restored . |
| 12 | These are frequently used to bring goats on heat , either in or out of the breeding season . |
| 13 | At the start of the year , several firms were steeling themselves for the tough , face-losing decision to pull out of some markets — or out of the securities business altogether . |
| 14 | Thus a field can influence another field and nothing is transferred into or out through the cell membrane . |
| 15 | Labour said it was stepping up the pressure for an urgent Commons statement from the Chancellor to clarify which areas of spending were ruled in or out from the Treasury review . |
| 16 | From Cardiff the route snakes up through the valleys south of Caerphilly , over the Ebbw River , through the Ebbw Forest and on via the mining town of Risca to Pontypool . |
| 17 | Away from the prying eyes of the world , the newlyweds sailed the Aegean and Ionian Seas and on through the Suez Canal . |
| 18 | An invisible line ran past the corner , left at the second gas-lamp , straight as truth across the grass beside the upright sleepers that lined the railway track , and on towards the enemy territory of the Baltic Fleet . |
| 19 | I made my way down into the tube station and on towards the Circle Line . |
| 20 | Pepper and Jack carried Bunty through the doors into the wings and on into the Property Room , a cavern of furniture and baskets of props , rich with the smell of dust and old beer . |
| 21 | I worked on faithfully through the Summer holidays , and on into the Autumn Term . |
| 22 | At the first change over it 's off with the shoes and on with the safety helmet . |
| 23 | Steve Hinton , flying the T-33 Red Baron pace aircraft , led the racers down the ‘ chute ’ and on to the race course at about 400mph . |
| 24 | Bella was very old now and would probably be glad of a rest , George considered , so he drew the pony to a halt and walked her off the road and on to the quarry floor . |
| 25 | We headed back to the dockyards and on to the approach road for the Blackwall tunnel . |
| 26 | At six , after their beds had been made and inspected , they all trudged out into the dark cold air and on to the parade ground , its surface covered in a thin film of snow . |
| 27 | A better working position results from arranging the seating with light from the window coming from behind the pupils and on to the work surface . |
| 28 | Did Pauline break a speed record for getting a pattern off the page and on to the ski slope ? |
| 29 | As the racers flew down the ‘ chute ’ and on to the course Tiger Destefani and Strega jumped to the front of the pack as the pace lap began . |
| 30 | On leaving the gallery , turn right through the passage and on to the Powder Bridge from where there is a wonderful view of the 15C fortifications built by the architect Benedikt Ried of Piesting and of the towering cathedral . |