Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv prt] [prep] [adv] the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All popular kinds of decorative pond fish can survive for several months during the winter without feeding , as their body processes slow down in much the same manner as a tree or shrub in the garden becomes dormant . |
| 2 | Restating it , so , the max value of that product is N minus one Now , if you wan na know what the maximum value and negat if the score 's are negatively correlated rather than positive , you end up with exactly the same expression , N minus one , but lo and behold it 's negative . |
| 3 | I end up in exactly the same spot as if I had first walked four paces due east ( which is one sort of displacement , an easterly sort ) and then three paces due north ( which is another sort of displacement , a northerly sort ) . |
| 4 | They live their first few months in the river , then migrate downstream to the sea ; they spend two or three years in feeding and growing out at sea , during which they cover thousands of miles ; and when mature , they migrate back to exactly the same river , and same tributary , as they were born in . |
| 5 | The two essential points are that fewer than one in three had considered paying cash as a real alternative ; and that half said they bought on credit because they did n't have the cash , while about another quarter gave answers ( like ‘ needed it right away ’ ) which boil down to much the same . |
| 6 | a government but all insurance companies really come up with much the same thing so I mean that 's , that 's purely for your technical information rather than anything else . |