Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [vb infin] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The engineering emphasis will be on the search for mechanisms which can most effectively perform the required functions with the human operator in a support role undertaking functions which are not readily mechanised . |
| 2 | Smith favours the view that decisive policing will most effectively quell the rioting , but concedes that premature intervention may well generate uncontrollable panic . |
| 3 | They are the most powerful because they can most effectively expose the discipline for what it is . |
| 4 | But suppose that the creditor accepts the debtor 's old car in satisfaction of a debt of £2,000 , protesting that he would much rather have the cash and eventually taking the car only because there seems to be no hope of anything better . |
| 5 | One of my constituents that I read in the newspaper about the erm , the green way in which the party should be moving , and said that erm , he would like me to express my disquiet to and I thought this , perhaps this would be quite a useful place to his disquiet , but Council tax money is being spend on this sort of erm , work when there are far more urgent erm , services needed in the County , and he would much rather have the highways , er , money from , which is now going into the Environment to go into highways , erm , so as er , Chairman council , I 'm passing his comments on to you , through this committee . |
| 6 | As American supplies could only effectively reach the British , the American economy became heavily involved with that of the Allies , benefiting them and at the same time making considerable profits for American businessmen . |
| 7 | From Oakeshott we can perhaps better appreciate the concepts of authority , liberty , and law which pervade normativist thought . |
| 8 | Now , for pride , she would not crop it , she would not so much mark the occasion , but instead wore it always inside some sort of covering , hidden away . |
| 9 | The new terms will give sponsoring trade associations and chambers of commerce greater freedom of choice in how DTI trade fair support is spent , and so better match the needs of exhibitors . |
| 10 | In expressing that objection , other contemporaries were undoubtedly swayed by the realization that Lyell 's axiom would so greatly increase the age of the earth that it might threaten even a generous reading of Genesis . |
| 11 | It should be a close , hard game but Cushendall may perhaps just have the edge . |
| 12 | The contract will somewhat quaintly oblige the seller to unfasten as many assets as possible to make them movable . |
| 13 | Emil , laying tablecloths , said that wine alone was included in the fare , all other cocktails having to be paid for , and perhaps I 'd better just serve the wine ; he and Oliver and Cathy would do the rest . |
| 14 | On temporarily sober reflection , I think I 'd better just stay the way I am , and settle for the occasional bursts of adulation down the pub . |
| 15 | Yes , we 'd better just approve the minutes of the meeting process , of the last meeting first of all , had n't we lads ? |
| 16 | He could only just reach the handle to close the door behind him . |
| 17 | ‘ I was so cold I could only just press the stop button . |
| 18 | The sound was deep , electronically slick and fluid , but feathered with a tremolo so fine you could only just distinguish the individual notes . |
| 19 | John 's fee was his first professional one and would only just cover the expenses of presenting the act . |
| 20 | You 'd only just multiply the thing , you 'd spill petrol on an already burning flame . |
| 21 | Patrick and Jim could only just overhear the conversation that ensued , in quick-fire French . |
| 22 | Because of the remarkable contours of the ground , a fielder in the deep can only just see the tops of the heads of his teammates . |
| 23 | His head turned , and although she could only just see the shadow of his eyes she knew he was looking at her . |
| 24 | They will not so easily recognise the lives that you have saved . |
| 25 | There can be no reliable estimate that — ’ 10 per cent of the homes built in 1980 in New Mexico were made from adobe ’ , because Spanish Americans and Anglo Americans far from rich , can so easily convert the soil from beneath their feet into walls around new rooms , and they do this regularly with their own hands in enlarging their houses . |
| 26 | Without professional help we can so easily aggravate the problem . |
| 27 | Much nearer to the intense spirit of the original staging is Christine Bunning 's Marenka , taking her tone from the opening duet with Jenik , which can so easily project the character as a social and emotional misfit . |
| 28 | Furious that a rare kind word from Nathan Bryce could so easily demolish the façade of efficiency and confidence she had worked so desperately hard to maintain , she blinked hard and sucked in a deep breath . |
| 29 | And suddenly Morse knew where the body had been launched into the river and into eternity ; knew , too , that if Lucy Downes could so quickly arouse the rather sluggish libido of a Lewis , then it was hardly difficult to guess her effect upon the lively carnality of a Kemp . |
| 30 | Besides , with this creed I can so clearly distinguish between the criminal and his crime , I can so sincerely forgive the first , while I abhor the last with this creed revenge never worries my heart , degradation never too deeply disgusts me , injustice never crushes me too low , I live in calm looking to the end . |