Example sentences of "[adv] [vb -s] [adv prt] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the aggregate , however , the community can not reduce its bond holdings and the attempt to do so only drives down bond prices and , therefore , leads to an increase in interest rates . |
| 2 | Other SmartMath features include symbolic/numeric optimisation which simplifies expressions before they are calculated and so speeds up calculations , and live symbolics which trigger the program to evaluate expressions symbolically , using all previous definitions in the document . |
| 3 | I do n't want to go religious on you , but the approach of April naturally conjures up images of Easter , and hence , the Lamb of God , lamb on the table , and all of that . |
| 4 | The sound of laughter apparently conjures up starlings for the people . |
| 5 | Be warned , though — AdPro needs a minimum of 4Mb of RAM to run properly , although it 's quite gentle on the hard disk space ( it only takes up 4Mb ) . |
| 6 | I , personally , do not think it a very good idea to have carpet in the dining room where it only picks up smells and gets dirtier more quickly than in most places since people do , without fail , drop things . |
| 7 | ‘ He obviously picks up Diana 's refusal to comply . ’ |
| 8 | Burundi , a wretchedly poor country , manages to service almost all its debt , but doing so gobbles up 30% of its budget each year . |
| 9 | Said waitress promptly decamps to the vacant love nest where she swiftly sets up home , insisting to the locals that she is Newton 's new spouse . |
| 10 | There are also worries that increased public spending not only pushes up government borrowing to fund a high PSBR , but also leads to higher taxes , thereby reducing the incentives to work , save and take risks . |
| 11 | The approach is extremely alarming to first-time passengers as the aircraft constantly swoops over ridges and precipices . |
| 12 | Indeed , their everyday life constantly brings about reminders of the metropolitan life . |
| 13 | The decision effectively kills off plans for an open-pit copper and gold mine , the US$430 million Windy Craggy project . |
| 14 | It induces euphoria , numbs concentration and generally slows down reactions , increasing the likelihood of a bumpy return to earth . |
| 15 | Mrs Purry generally turns up trumps , ’ he added , surprised at the rather strange effect Penelope seemed to be having on his conversation . |
| 16 | In a secular society , where death no longer holds out hope of an after-life and heaven , the quality of the life we know we have has assumed an importance previously given to the life of the soul . |
| 17 | Goggled officials hunched over consoles around tiers of cantilevered wrought-iron galleries , listening to data , whispering orders . |
| 18 | Feeding the culture presents no problem — he just rinses out yoghurt pots and dog food tins into the water . |
| 19 | Talk of lightning strikes in rugby bars normally conjures up pictures of a nifty piece of front-row footwork , usually attributable to the troglodyte located in the middle of the dark tunnel . |
| 20 | ACROSS 1 Give bad reviews to dumb show — he might be in this ( 9 ) 6 Old-time US lawyer and rocker ( 5 ) 9 Reversing of French vehicle went quickly ( 5 ) 10 Dynamic object contains fungus ( 9 ) 11 Main entrance where he went Up the third time ? ( 3,5 ) 12 Baldwin shortly takes on church position ( 6 ) 14 The man himself ( 7,6 ) 16 New sandpit from E. Europe used to treat shoes ( 4,3,6 ) 21 Gauges placing a thousand rows ( 6 ) 22 Seller hears another way to say in other words ( 8 ) 25 Phone round Esquire readers with article on things observed ( 9 ) 26 One lady posed as the one with tattoos ( 5 ) 27 Equipment in ship for sketches he 's appeared in ( 5 ) 28 One put her away immediately ( 9 ) |
| 21 | Michael finally plucks up courage to ask a question . |
| 22 | THE Grand National generally throws up triumph and disaster in equal measure and yesterday 's first Martell-sponsored edition of the great race was no exception . |
| 23 | Despite his praise for the achievements of the whole squad , Haguellar nevertheless singles out Henri Leconte for special comment . |
| 24 | A chimney slowly hangs out smoke . |
| 25 | Which rather rules out Walter as a father for Desmond , since he was born in ‘ thirty-seven . |
| 26 | This eventually leads up steps and reaches signpost before bridge down on left ( do not cross ) 3 . |
| 27 | Whereas spending on goods and services directly uses up factors of production that could otherwise have been employed in the private sector , transfer payments do not directly pre-empt society 's scarce resources . |
| 28 | Material is continually arriving deep within the mass of dead-looking rock , however , and the pressure of this imperceptibly forces up spines of solid lava which rise in jagged battlements along the crest of the dome . |
| 29 | Lawrence usually rules out players who do not train on the day before a game . |
| 30 | The name remains a legend and mention Bugatti still conjures up moments of sheer magic in those inter-war years on the racing circuits . |