Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] [vb base] the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | I could no more return to that house alone than face the devil . |
| 2 | I could do no better than use the graphic terms in which my hon. Friend described Labour 's position . |
| 3 | ‘ I do n't think you can do better than follow the great masters , even if you ca n't hope to emulate them . |
| 4 | Apart from Ireland it would seem that the smaller European countries have contained the situation better than have the larger ones , but this is an artefact since other small countries such as Belgium , Netherlands and Denmark follow the same trend as the larger countries . |
| 5 | Oh yes , erm I think it was generally , er , they had to match the colouring of the rooms that they 'd got , the furniture they 'd got really because as far as the room was concerned er when , when the , new houses came onto the erm , ready for occupation , er they were all cream coloured inside and anyway and pale cream so they , they 'd got er any choice they wanted there it , really it was just to match their curtains , match their carpets , all their furnishings and erm , of course I suppose they , the rose coloured ones er went better than say the lemon coloured one and that because er people just er liked the idea of moving into a place that 's got a nice cosy glow in it , place sort of thing , but we never sell any at all , there 's , none of that type of fitting in , sold now . |
| 6 | Twenty two , but that 's only cos use the keys |
| 7 | right so if press the letter Q to quit from the data processing environment and press the return key , head towards the action menu , right , when you are in the action menu , go to option two , which is the estimate option , right , and you should then be given a dialog box . |
| 8 | While France hesitated , Britain acted decisively by sending an army to crush Arabi 's men at Tel-el-Kebir in 1882 , and imposing what was to be in all but name the British occupation of Egypt . |
| 9 | If a large number of As have been observed under a wide variety of conditions , and if all those observed As without exception possessed the property B , then all As have the property B. |
| 10 | And it 's so much easier to put some reeves on than use the clutch . |
| 11 | So rather than use the other terms which have been suggested to describe this variety , such as " black Cockney " , " black London English " , " British Black English " , which suggest a specifically black " ethnolect " , Hewitt prefers to talk of the " local multi-racial vernacular " . |
| 12 | If — as appears to be the case — detected offenders typically start from a position of social disadvantage ( which means that the obligation to obey the law weighs more heavily upon them than on others ) then punishment will tend to increase inequality rather than do the opposite . |
| 13 | The stimulus in the 1930s was , again , the cinema ; for patent reasons , some studios preferred to distribute their films with separate disc soundtracks , rather than have the sound printed optically on the film itself . |
| 14 | I think perhaps the most important thing is that voluntary agencies should do what they believe is right , and not allow their own objectives to be distorted , simply because a , of particular flavours , which is why I 'm saying let us grab the agenda and write the agenda , rather than have the agenda set for us by other people . |
| 15 | Will you agree that we do that , rather than have the same thing coming up time after time . |
| 16 | The young man lying there was short of stature , blond , and though he had been in the ground much longer than Erceldoun the body , though swollen and green-tinged , had hardly begun to decompose . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'd rather turn people away than ruin the atmosphere . ’ |
| 18 | I would rather give half my country away than know the secret of this powder . |
| 19 | Had Brien fitzCount 's aim been to appease Matilda by killing Guy while he was apparently escaping , sooner than allow the Empress to murder her guest out of hand ? |
| 20 | In this work he needed to know that these numbers factorised uniquely into primes ( 3.7.13 ) just as do the ordinary integers . |
| 21 | Even if all meat and dairy products were produced by intensive husbandry and the alleged abuses were rife it would nonetheless be perfectly fair to argue that the possible catastrophic consequences of widespread vegetarianism for human beings , which have been pointed out , would more than outweigh the continued suffering of the animals . |
| 22 | Extra costs for abortions or maternity care would more than outweigh the savings . |
| 23 | It is doubtful whether , given his premises and the situation in which he found himself , he could have done more than convey the expression of widespread discontent and indicate at the same time that something had changed in the Roman governing class . |
| 24 | Meanwhile , however , Anselm had chosen a permanent companion from among the English monks , who could more than fill the gap left by Osbern . |
| 25 | The beauty about the Causeway Coast Masters , which will more than fill the gap left by the sudden demise of the Bushmills Irish Masters two years ago , is that each game is of the 21 shot duration , and not three sets of seven up . |
| 26 | The beauty about the Causeway Coast Masters , which will more than fill the gap left by the sudden demise of the Bushmills Irish Masters two years ago , is that each game is of the 21 shot duration , and not three sets of seven up . |
| 27 | Assets more than cover the price and the balance sheet is almost ungeared so there is limited downside . |
| 28 | A high level of gearing ( relative to others in the same industry ) means more risk for shareholders because the possibility of their receiving dividends depends , first of all , upon earning operating profits which will more than cover the interest payments on the debt . |
| 29 | The recent planning consent ( 22 July 1992 ) for 110 dwellings on the Liberton Gardens site and the clear potential for housing on the Moredun Institute site more than cover the March 1991 perceived shortfall of 119–140 units in the land supply to meet the 2300 HP4 requirement ( the Straiton site was promoted by the SEELPI Reporter in the knowledge |
| 30 | The combined projects could produce a total of 457MW by the end of 1998 , and will more than triple the amount of renewable energy financed through the Non-Fossil Fuel Obligation levy . |