Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] [subord] [adj] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are generally operated on a fixed cycle , so that , when a known volume of water has passed through the plant , a valve is turned so as first to backwash the bed to cleanse the zeolite , and then to pass in brine for a fixed time to regenerate the material . |
| 2 | ROBERT JONES has done more than enough to eclipse the new Moon that is rising in Welsh rugby . |
| 3 | The irony is that Dr Oliver has done more than most to document the real reasons why conductive education is attractive to parents from Britain and many other Western countries . |
| 4 | There have been frequent demands for a single system and investigations of its possibility ; for after the introduction and spread of comprehensive schools it was clearly both inconvenient and divisive that pupils within the same school should be classified either as fit to take the GCE or fit only for the CSE . |
| 5 | This distance is important since it relates to the size of the ferret 's head ; it can be adjusted slightly if necessary to fit the head of the particular ferret to be used . |
| 6 | The other committees are convened only when necessary to conduct the special business for which they are appointed . |