Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [v-ing] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 6 Light Full right of liberty at any time after the date of this Lease to alter or to erect new structures within or adjoining the Centre ( such expression here excluding the Premises ) in such manner as the Landlord shall think fit notwithstanding the fact that the same may obstruct affect or interfere with the amenity of or access to the Premises or the passage of light and air to the Premises It may be as well to include the words in parenthesis to remove any suggestion that the landlord may have the right to alter the premises . |
| 2 | ‘ We practise lying on a bouncing ball and reading aloud or singing the words in the book . |
| 3 | Yet the judge left as alternative verdicts open to the jury , guilty of causing grievous bodily harm , contrary to section 20 or guilty of assault occasioning actual bodily harm , contrary to section 47 , without indicating to counsel his intention of doing so or giving the defence the opportunity to deal with such alternatives . |
| 4 | It was better than walking , better than fighting the tangle of woodland , but whether it was better than lying in the clearing , I could n't decide . |
| 5 | But changes in attitude go a lot deeper than watching the pennies . |
| 6 | It is this too which causes me personally to be deeply resentful of the practice so prevalent in the mass of fiscal and planning legislation of relegating provisions of real substance to Schedules which are sometimes cross-referenced between one another , so that construing the statute becomes a sort of verbal jigsaw puzzle that can only be solved by laying out numerous copies of the Act open at different pages or by the judicious use of more fingers than the number with which nature has been pleased to endow us . |
| 7 | Over three-quarters of the taxable imports into England came through the port of London , so that collecting the London duties provided a chance to become very rich ; this was how Sir Thomas 's father had gained his fortune and his title of ‘ Customer ’ Smith . |
| 8 | Thus , writing C for the capacitance of C 1 in parallel with C 2 and eliminating between the two equations or where , and In terms of partial fractions it is convenient to express the Laplace transform of I 2 as so that taking the inverse Laplace transformation where Note that and are both positive and real since and The latter result follows because From equation ( 11.51 ) the time dependence of the output voltage is given by But when assuming capacitor C 2 is uncharged initially . |
| 9 | There 's almost no time left to play with the aircraft — and no need , because the flying program is devised so that getting the feel of this big personal fighter/business aircraft comes naturally . |
| 10 | We shall here use adjectival position to mean any construction which has the function of realizing some distinct pattern of intensional relations , and which meets the following criteria : ( a ) It contains an adjective as one of its elements ; ( b ) It is minimally extended for that adjective , i.e. there are no further elements dependent on the adjective ( since all such phrases will reduce in their structural effect to a single occurrence of adjective anyway ) ; ( c ) It is minimally complete for that adjective ; that is , the adjective achieves its structural effect within the construction , so that setting the whole pattern into a larger construction can not change the effective value of the adjective . |
| 11 | Then he took the right fork of the track , following it for a hundred yards , and blocked it so that clearing the barricade in a hurry would require a bulldozer . |
| 12 | The processing of applications takes four to six months , or more , so that missing the deadline or failing to be appointed means wasting an entire year . |
| 13 | Perhaps if colouring the fish does not sell them , this cruelty will stop . |
| 14 | I had located the dreaded Carol easily enough and reclaiming the pendant had been a piece of cake , well , a piece of more than cake , actually . |
| 15 | Slipping inside and closing the door , he switched on the light and examined his surroundings . |
| 16 | He urged her forward , turning her towards the passenger door of the sleek Jaguar before handing her inside and closing the door . |
| 17 | Also they are arrows , pointing outwards and confirming the concavity of each side . |
| 18 | I lay there , half crying and pretending not to be hurt , as Charlie continued to pace , flinging flowered clothes into the street below and discussing the possibility of a police force being set up to arrest and imprison rock guitarists who bent their knees while they played . |
| 19 | The 6,020 square-metre terrace is capped by three unequal cones , admitting light to the areas below and symbolising the classic triad of the visual arts : architecture , painting and sculpture . |
| 20 | But , when you do check , make certain that you have maintained straight and level flight just previously , and that you continue to do so if re-setting the DI . |
| 21 | So if increasing the speed of a computer 's components is limited by the speed of light , how will one ever build increasingly faster computers ? |
| 22 | I understand that one of the frontagers is considering removing the cobbles entirely and tarmacing the area in front of his house . |
| 23 | One further adopted measure thus was to offset the carriageway or create a chicane by using planting on one side only and switching the right-angle parking from one side to the other ( Figure 6.50 ) . |
| 24 | It is advisable to give reasons for the decision , especially if rejecting the DC , so that those concerned know why the proposed change has been blocked . |
| 25 | In no time at all , the fire was blazing cheerfully , the curtains were drawn against the night , and Beth was pouring the water from the kettle into the bath ; a spill of cold water from the ewer , then another drop from the kettle , and the water was just the right temperature , the warm steam rising nicely and filling the room with a comfortable warm smell . |
| 26 | Another day a gang of convicts , chained together and bearing the mark of the broad arrow , clank along the platform en route for Portland , Dartmoor or Warwick … |
| 27 | Lily was proudly going through her steak and kidney pie recipe and they were both working together and preparing the meal . |
| 28 | ACET believes that specialist and volunteer home care is a vital factor in helping to keep families together and lessening the trauma involved when family members are diagnosed HIV positive . |
| 29 | This , however , only reflects the complexity of the area and the difficulties of bringing together and understanding the diverse responses of individuals . |
| 30 | Teachers taught pupils how to make use of this environment by structuring collaborative work , supporting pupils in working together and demonstrating the purposes and processes of collaboration . |