Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] [coord] [adv] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Documentation involved will be completed sensitively and swiftly to minimise the later recurrence of stress and anxiety . |
| 2 | In the last 200 years the irrigation system has been extended to increase the number of crops grown annually and especially to increase the cultivation of cotton which is a major export crop . |
| 3 | One of Ken 's aunts had come up in the world and arrived at the cemetery wearing a fur coat which was donned purely and simply to impress the other members of the family . |
| 4 | ( j ) To apply for , promote , and obtain any Act of Parliament , order or licence of the Department of Trade and Industry or other authority for enabling the Company to carry any of its objects into effect , or for effecting any modification of the Company 's constitution , or for any other purpose which may seem calculated directly or indirectly to promote the Company 's interests , and to oppose any proceedings or applications which may seem calculated directly or indirectly to prejudice the Company 's interests . |
| 5 | ( j ) To apply for , promote , and obtain any Act of Parliament , order or licence of the Department of Trade and Industry or other authority for enabling the Company to carry any of its objects into effect , or for effecting any modification of the Company 's constitution , or for any other purpose which may seem calculated directly or indirectly to promote the Company 's interests , and to oppose any proceedings or applications which may seem calculated directly or indirectly to prejudice the Company 's interests . |
| 6 | ( j ) To apply for , promote , and obtain any Act of Parliament , order or licence of the Department of Trade and Industry or other authority for enabling the Company to carry any of its objects into effect , or for effecting any modification of the Company 's constitution , or for any other purpose which may seem calculated directly or indirectly to promote the Company 's interests , and to oppose any proceedings or applications which may seem calculated directly or indirectly to prejudice the Company 's interests . |
| 7 | ( j ) To apply for , promote , and obtain any Act of Parliament , order or licence of the Department of Trade and Industry or other authority for enabling the Company to carry any of its objects into effect , or for effecting any modification of the Company 's constitution , or for any other purpose which may seem calculated directly or indirectly to promote the Company 's interests , and to oppose any proceedings or applications which may seem calculated directly or indirectly to prejudice the Company 's interests . |
| 8 | Budgets are important because they are used indirectly and directly to fix the levels and distribution of taxes . |
| 9 | Undoubtedly Kingston 's favourite verb , it is used again and again to describe the alacrity with which his heroes rush into adventure : by contrast , their enemies often scamper as well , but away from danger rather than towards it , thus implying the superiority of the British race which is taken for granted in the yarns of the last century . |
| 10 | Some of them have been invited again and again to meet the London ambulance service for a briefing other than that which they get from the trade union . |
| 11 | Dashes of the dark emerald colour , called night green , No. 155 , and a lighter apple green No. 170 , were then placed here and there to represent the few remaining leaves . |
| 12 | Delicately Louisa had tried again and again to create the opportunity , but she had been allowed no room . |
| 13 | You may choose to use initials for something which is mentioned frequently or simply to write the first half of the word . |