Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [adj] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | direct aids only where essential to bring about specific objectives ; and |
| 2 | The flues can be erected inside or outside to house , but indoors there is a lot of extra work necessary — trimming floor joists and providing fire resistance , for instance . |
| 3 | Obviously some models will move further than others , and the average roll is 7 , so you have to do slightly better than average to hit your target . |
| 4 | The Skin Tonique comes in its own compact and stylish vanity case and would normally cost £19.95 but we have no less than TWELVE to give away ! |
| 5 | Though not strictly competitive , the selection of schools inevitably involves comparisons according to a range of formal and informal criteria , and since funds have until recently always been less than sufficient to serve all deserving cases , an element of competition is inescapable . |
| 6 | Humiliated enough and ready to dig in her heels , Flavia said , ‘ What 's bad about it ? |
| 7 | Although the blockading squadrons very rarely saw the French they had daily and hourly to struggle with rope and canvas and timber which stretched and broke and rotted . |
| 8 | wellies Sings out loud and proud to tell us The heuchter |
| 9 | Colonel Bowers was in his flying-suit by three o'clock and ready to go , when the long black limousine from the Pentagon 's New York bureau came through the main gate . |
| 10 | is to be indicated , especially if inclined to get worse after midnight or in the morning hours , and the less it is likely Spongia will be the remedy . |
| 11 | Campaigners who 've fought long and hard to save the Lugg Meadows were jubilant today . |
| 12 | Management and employees at Waterford Crystal have tried long and hard to turn around a company in severe difficulties but everyone realises that the process will not be complete until we generate an adequate return on investment . |
| 13 | He was n't going to come charging back , forcing her to remember things she had worked long and hard to forget , turning her entire world upside down for a second time . |
| 14 | It will undoubtedly be somewhat unpleasant if they refuse , but you may have fought long and hard to gain acceptance and this should not be too jeopardised by people who seek to undo your good work . |
| 15 | I have worked long and hard to ensure that my children want for nothing . " |
| 16 | These are some of the reasons that women are often happier working together and reluctant to fight their way into senior management . |
| 17 | An hour 's rehearsal was n't much but sufficient to ensure an almost trouble free , if distinctly unrefined performance . |
| 18 | So powerless was I to control the evolution that , even when I very much wanted to retrace a particular evolutionary pathway it proved all but impossible to do so . |
| 19 | Another major enemy said , with ostentatious sadness , that he feared once the public decided a Prime Minister was not up to the job , he 'd find it all but impossible to eradicate that impression . |
| 20 | The truth of the matter is that it 's difficult enough to see the difference between a 32k colour rendition of a picture and a 24 bit one ( 16 million colours ) , so it 's all but impossible to see any difference between a 32k and a 64k colour image . |
| 21 | Their epoxy , Kevlar , carbon and foam construction is virtually bullet-proof ; it floats and is all but impossible to dispose of . |
| 22 | ‘ Look — ’ now she was finding it all but impossible to get back to her feet , and the embarrassment of having him witness her futile struggles was fast becoming unbearable ‘ — I 'm quite happy just to potter about by myself here ; you really do n't have to hang around me . ’ |
| 23 | The recent fixed-rate mortgage offers , such as those from the Halifax ( fixed rate at 10.80% for five years ) and National Westminster Bank ( 10.95% for two years ) may look attractive if one was paying 15.75% in 1989 and found it all but impossible to make ends meet . |
| 24 | In Britain a party 's first-category candidates somehow find themselves adopted for seats they are all but certain to win , second-category candidates for marginals and third-category candidates for seats they have no hope of winning . |
| 25 | The Ministry of propaganda did what it could to play down such disasters and tried for as long as possible to preserve the illusion that they were not important , but Fascism now began to lose a lot of its popular support . |
| 26 | Cavity treatment should be delayed for as long as possible to allow the injected solution to remain in contact with blood and other body fluids and care to avoid spillage should be exercised when carrying out drainage . |
| 27 | It 's thought the pilots stayed in the plane as long as possible to steer it away from a row of houses . |
| 28 | The level of the basic retirement pension is such that those who rely on it must either live a frugal existence ( Holman , 1986 ) , take part time jobs for as long as possible to make ends meet or claim income support . |
| 29 | To hold weekly Union meetings for as long as necessary to monitor the progress of the campaign . |
| 30 | The Queen 's quiet and consistently efficient carrying out of her royal duties is not perhaps as easy to relate to as the more relaxed and smiling image of the ‘ Queen Mum ’ . |