Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] part [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But colour terms frequently qualify only part of the object their head noun denotes ; furthermore , different colour terms may typically apply to different parts , so that , for instance , Mary 's eyes are blue and Mary 's eyes are red are not contraries ( N.B. there is no lexical ambiguity in these sentences ) . |
| 2 | A year later , having received only part of the sum owed to him , Edward III demanded and got more : all that he had been ceded in 1358 , to which were added Normandy , Maine , Anjou , and Touraine , also in full sovereignty . |
| 3 | Again , therefore , Truman had to be satisfied with pursuing only parts of his reform programme . |
| 4 | Voters are given only part of the story when making their decisions . |
| 5 | B&C shares recovered only part of their losses , closing 16p down at 92p , because the rumours coincided with downgradings of the company by three analysts . |
| 6 | All the corporation has suggested so far is a vague road and landscaping scheme that would affect only part of the pub garden and car park . |
| 7 | Or tearing down part of the prison ? |
| 8 | Otherwise , the DC must be aborted and replaced by a number of other DCs , each of which covers only part of the original work required . |
| 9 | Otherwise , the DC must be aborted ( using option 2.7.0 ) and replaced by a number of other DCs , each of which covers only part of the original work required . |
| 10 | Otherwise , the DC must be aborted and replaced by a number of other DCs , each of which covers only part of the original work required . |
| 11 | If the practice had not done the efficient thing and had installed only part of the structure , to a value of £8,000 , it would have received 50 per cent . |
| 12 | and Imperial , it does so with the clear intention of keeping only part of the business for its own portfolio and selling the rest to the highest bidder . |
| 13 | But the storms smashed away parts of the coastline , pushed back the shore by up to eight feet in places and hurled rocks and boulders on to some of the sites and the path walked by visitors . |
| 14 | Two formulae are suggested : one ( Formula A ) where one solicitor holds both parts of the contract ; the other ( Formula B ) where conveyancers hold their own client 's signed part of the contract . |
| 15 | British Rail could win back part of the record damages paid to a widow after her husband died from an asbestos-related disease . |
| 16 | ‘ Do you know why part of the flame goes green ? ’ asks Tony , who has been hovering nearby . |
| 17 | The Philistines were a people organised into a federation of five city states , who ruled over parts of Palestine from about BC 1175 . |
| 18 | If you needed a non-urgent operation say a hip replacement or something , and you did n't want to go into your own savings er you know then you 've obviously given away part of your assets . |
| 19 | 4.34 Where a plaintiff loses only part of his earnings , this part will always be " the top slice " for the purposes of taking tax into account ( Lyndale Fashion Manufacturers v Rich [ 1973 ] 1 All ER 33 at p37g-h ) . |
| 20 | On April 2 hundreds of protesters in Tripoli succeeded in entering the Venezuelan embassy and burned down part of it ( the Venezuelan permanent representative at the UN , Diego Arria , having been president of the Security Council for the month of March ) . |
| 21 | The ‘ glass shot ’ was originally painted on glass — and often still is — so that it fills only part of the frame , the rest of which is occupied by a built set and/or action . |
| 22 | Does the analogy still hold when the magnetic material fills only part of the space ? |
| 23 | The man who listened into an alleged conversation between the Princess of Wales and a male friend says only parts of his tape have been made public , and that far more damaging sections may soon be revealed . |
| 24 | On the face of it , Louis VI 's claim to be lord of all bishops not already under effective protection looks a modest attempt to regain only part of the Carolingian inheritance . |
| 25 | Am I right , for any of these er nominations , you have to set aside part of the pension you would normally receive so that you actually receive a lower pension because you are making this provision . |
| 26 | The Burtons let off part of the house and lived in the rest . |
| 27 | I suppose if he jibbed at five hundred he 'd hardly part with four thousand , not at a rate of interest we could afford . |
| 28 | He is also facing an inquiry over the taxpayer picking up part of his £24,000 bill to evict a self-styled sex therapist from his home and was embarrassed by revelations about his Access card . |
| 29 | Some sixty-five million years ago this seemingly endless sedate marine activity was abruptly halted when earth movements lifted up part of the sea-bed to form the continental land mass . |
| 30 | Example 2:16 Exceptions and reservations Excepting and reserving to the landlord : ( 1 ) Easement rights and privileges over the demised property corresponding to those expressly granted to the tenant over the other parts of the building ( 2 ) The right to build on develop deal with use any adjoining or neighbouring property retained by the landlord in such manner as he thinks fit even though the amenity of the demised property or the access of light or air thereto may be lessened thereby and without making any compensation to the tenant ( 3 ) The right at reasonable times and on reasonable notice ( except in emergency ) to enter the demised property for the purposes of ( i ) inspecting the condition and state of repair thereof ; ( ii ) carrying out any works ( whether of repair or otherwise ) for which the landlord or the tenant is liable under this lease ( iii ) carrying out any works ( whether of repair or otherwise ) to any property adjoining the demised property or to any party structure sewer drain or other thing used by the tenant in common with others ( iv ) measuring testing or valuing the demised property ( including the right to take samples of materials and to open up parts of the demised property which would otherwise be inaccessible ) but making good any damage caused by such an entry ( 4 ) The right for the landlord and the other tenants of the building to pass through the demised property in case of fire or other emergency Example 2:17 Definition of service pipes ' " service pipe " means any pipe , drain , sewer , flue , duct , gutter , wire , cable , optic fibre , conduit , channel or other means of passage or transmission of water , soil , gas , air , smoke , electricity , light , information or other matter and all ancillary equipment or structures |