Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | Certainly until John got sick his Dad more or less avoided the bedroom . |
| 32 | ‘ Then I more or less let the whole thing drop , ’ he said . |
| 33 | On being asked about the condition of the front door and windows , he admitted they had n't been painted for many years and that the door had more or less reached the end of its life , and showed it . |
| 34 | ‘ David more or less said the same , but I really do n't know what to think . |
| 35 | Erm we more or less know the young the young thug element as such . |
| 36 | The second theme that I 'd like to deal with which more or less incorporates the third is the theme of people changing as well as how appearances can be deceiving . |
| 37 | Particularly where you 've more or less got the idea of it but you think you just want to sort of tidy up a few details an |
| 38 | And for those reasons and for the fact that I , more or less enjoyed the journey and had to come anyway as a chauffeur ! |
| 39 | And I think in terms of justifying that , if we had that you know , if you 're saying people have to justify why they 're going , I think they 'd all more or less say the same . |
| 40 | This refers to the decision of the NATO countries in December 1979 , when Europe more or less begged the US to act as its protector . |
| 41 | So that , no matter what they do , they are more or less giving the same performance each time . |
| 42 | Faldo 's putter was ice-cool in the 90 degree heat , with at least 10 birdie putts of 18ft or less missing the target . |
| 43 | ‘ Basically what we did was occupy the airport and set up positions more or less to keep the locals , cattle and goats off the runway , ’ said Captain Dave Hall . |
| 44 | He more or less started the Gloucester County Youth Orchestra , which he conducted for 13 years , as well as running the County Music Summer Schools . |
| 45 | A score of seven or less suggests the need for a substantial revision of Goal 3 . |
| 46 | You could more or less see the daylight . |
| 47 | I believed at the time that I more or less grasped the metaphorical implications of this , but after I had put the phone down I found I was not as clear as I should have hoped to be about exactly what was required of me in concrete practical terms . |
| 48 | I am not one who believes that extra resources necessarily solve problems or necessarily smooth the way to their solution . |
| 49 | This is conceptually similar but not identical to the phenomena described by Matza ( 1964 : 33–68 ) as the subculture of delinquency : both consist of ‘ precepts and customs that are delicately balanced between convention and crime ’ ; both ‘ posit objectives that may be attained through ( crime ) but also other means ’ ; both ‘ allow ( crime ) but it is not demanded or necessarily considered the preferred path ’ ; and both consist of ‘ norms and sentiments ’ which are ‘ beliefs that function as the extenuating conditions under which ( crime ) is permissible ’ . |
| 50 | In 1935 the maximum production for Champagne was set at 50 hectolitres per hectare which could be annually modified by a special commission up or down to suit the specific conditions of the harvest . |
| 51 | If there is more information than can be displayed on the page at any one time , the lines can be ‘ scrolled ’ up or down to access the hidden information . |
| 52 | In cell cultures , while EGF strongly stimulated DNA synthesis and started EGF receptor down regulation , TAGH had only a minor effect ( 1.5×basal ) on DNA synthesis and did not interact with or down regulate the EGF receptor . |
| 53 | IN THE first science debate in the House of Commons for two years , Jack Straw , Labour 's shadow education secretary , accused the government of ‘ failing properly or sufficiently to fund the science base ’ . |
| 54 | Or so says the North Korean delegation leader , Li Han Bok . |
| 55 | Or so says The Official Politically Correct Dictionary and Handbook ( Grafton Books , £4.99 ) . |
| 56 | Others , mainly the girls , spent the next hour or so exercising the jaw muscles — until the great white chief shouted , ‘ OK ; time to get together ’ . |
| 57 | Journalists then get their hands on the beasts , spend an hour or so flying the aeroplane and give their readers and potential customers a definitive report on the aeroplane . |
| 58 | It depends , however , … entirely on the attitude which we as conquerors adopt towards the conquered , whether we stop the free circulation in the body politic by our institutions or so organise the dependent races as to leave open opportunities for a proper exercise of the social ambitious instinct [ defined previously as the desire to exercise power over others for their own good ] on the part of the individual native leaders so endowed . |
| 59 | The instep must travel two metres or so to reach the opponent 's head . |
| 60 | I can remember quite vividly the old tramcars running there er day and night , with the last service leaving the outskirts of Edinburgh around about er twelve er eleven thirty and you g have about ten minutes or so to reach the depots which there were many and varied at this particular time . |