Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] [adv] [to-vb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If necessary rescheduling should be carried out either to give a new completion date or to increase resources ( or reduce time allocated ) in order to get back on schedule . |
| 2 | " They have a first class officer who has leant over backwards to establish a low profile in dealing with immigrants . " |
| 3 | When the four remaining parts of the lower dome have been built high enough to form a complete circle within the walls of the square , this circle provides the basis for supporting the actual dome . |
| 4 | But , to return one final time to Bakhtin , in case he is appropriated yet again to legitimate a selective and ludicrously ahistorical celebration of ‘ carnival ’ : |
| 5 | The hands should be pre-set slightly forward to encourage a descending strike . |
| 6 | It was tolerated well enough to become a useful drug , but it had a very brief period of action ; 6-MP is attacked by the enzyme xanthine oxidase , a normal constituent of the human body ( and of widespread occurrence elsewhere ) and is converted to a substance , thio-uric acid , which is not active against tumours . |
| 7 | The ommatidia are packed closely together to form a multi-faceted compound eye . |
| 8 | I think he was brought in just to do a good production job . ’ |
| 9 | She had gone along once to pay a casual visit and found one of Nenna 's youngsters , the little one , cooking some kind of mess for him in Dreadnought 's galley . |
| 10 | ‘ You 've taken long enough to do a simple errand , I must say . |
| 11 | The photosetter churned out the columns of type as a film , which had to be pasted up manually to form a complete page for the printing plate cameras . |
| 12 | It is difficult to get the bottom strained tight enough to prevent a small lamb from burrowing underneath , and the lengths are not easy to roll up neatly after use . |
| 13 | Budding classicists amongst you will quickly realise that Intel has managed rather clumsily to match a Greek prefix to a Latin suffix . |