Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv prt] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | Fill in separately the three categories of activity , lighting and food . |
| 32 | The same general advice holds good : concentrate on following the flow of the argument and jot down just the key points within a coherent structure . |
| 33 | Since comparative studies from Africa seem to reinforce the evidence from all over that children pass through much the same stages , we can confidently predict that they mean as little to the children of Kenya or Zambia . |
| 34 | At the same time , cars were numbered in accordance with the time they set off so the thousands of spectators that lined the route could get some indication who was leading . |
| 35 | Draw out particularly the messages on selected main themes in the report . |
| 36 | Draw out particularly the messages on selected main themes in the report . |
| 37 | At the Conservative Party Conference two weeks later I set out both the Government 's position and my own feelings . |
| 38 | I set out early the next morning and travelled all day . |
| 39 | The Regulations themselves set out only the main performance criteria with the technical detail set out in supporting documents . |
| 40 | Perhaps , most important , they spell out clearly the situation with regard to benefits and tax and offer help with legal problems . |
| 41 | Conrad ( 1965 , pp. 12–13 ) , in his interesting study of penal practice in nine different European countries , was able to come up with five postulates shared by penal administrators in all of them ; and they spell out precisely the rehabilitative programme : |
| 42 | For the period before 1984 our analyses rely on much the same evidence as the Black report , though more complete registration data are now available . |
| 43 | Weaving looms differ considerably in size and sophistication , but all operate on exactly the same principle , which requires a secure frame on which to tie the warp strands . |
| 44 | There are other probes that operate on exactly the same principle but are geometrically different : an important one is the hot-film anemometer ; the heated element consists of a thin metallic film on the surface of a wedge-shaped thermally and electrically insulating base . |
| 45 | Thus closed stratification systems operate in exactly the opposite way to Davis and Moore 's theory . |
| 46 | They operate in basically the same way , but VITC coding has to be recorded onto the tape ( of course without being visible in the picture ) , at the time of shooting or while being copied onto a second tape ; RCTC coding on the other hand can be carried out at any stage of the editing process , and so is the more flexible of the two systems . |
| 47 | The latest variants on royalty structures use branches of a Dutch company , which operate in much the same way as finance branches , and rely on exemptions to avoid tax at full rates in the Netherlands . |
| 48 | Electronically both types of printer operate in much the same way as a conventional impact matrix printer with the pattern of dots being taken from a ROM . |
| 49 | Whispering Robert Wyatt drifts in and out of ‘ Saratoga ’ , as the Marine boys continue in much the same vein as their splendid LP . |
| 50 | The Arguments continue along much the same agile lines with singer Juliette bounding around as if she 's been plugged into the national grid . |
| 51 | The Arguments continue along much the same agile lines with singer Juliette bounding around as if she 's been plugged into the national grid . |
| 52 | Just go on Just the one . |
| 53 | I regret I am not likely to lose weight in China , as their habit , at least in Peking , is to give us at least twice as much food as we need , and however much we gently suggest that three platefuls rather than six would be sufficient , they still go on just the same . |
| 54 | There are infrared-sensing security lights on the wall of the house and if they go on then the whole thing 's off ; I 'm up and over the wall and back into the woods and away . |
| 55 | No rudder , no turn , it 's as simple as that , and in the approach phase this can be particularly disconcerting , as an aileron deflection into a cross wind will in fact produce a yaw and turn in entirely the opposite direction unless rudder is used . |
| 56 | WHILE the rest of the country is still trying to grapple with the effects of the recession , Las Vegas , the desert oasis created by gambling , continues to boom and prosper in much the same way as it has always done . |
| 57 | Guests stay in either the main building ( with lift ) , where bedrooms are traditionally furnished and have a balcony , or in the newly renovated , more modern , villa annexe ( nearer the road ) . |
| 58 | He exhibits a number of adjectives which differ in precisely the way required while maintaining the same or essentially the same lexical value ( we modify his examples slightly where it is possible to do so without damage to his case , so as to make the distinction sharper ) : ( 19 ) visible stars vs stars visible the only navigable rivers vs the only rivers navigable a handy tool vs are your tools handy ? guilty people vs people guilty As it happens , the examples which Bolinger uses employ words which can make the distinction a rather subtle one , with perhaps the exception of visible stars ( a group recognized astronomically ) beside stars visible ; but it is quite easy to produce further instances which seem to confirm his view : ( 20 ) a complaining visitor vs a visitor complaining the eligible bachelor vs the bachelor eligible In other cases , the divergence of lexical value between the two positions may be greater but still with the characteristic value for the former , and the occasion value for the latter : ( 21 ) the responsible man vs the man responsible a sorry sight vs the girl is sorry He notes that the acceptability of an adjective in pre-adjunct position may apparently depend on whether or not it can be regarded as indicating a relatively enduring characteristic of what is expressed by the noun , as in : ( 22 ) the faint girl vs the girl is faint an asleep man vs a man asleep This possibility of course depends not only on the adjective itself but also on the nature of the noun being qualified , so that " when one scratches one 's head the result is not *a scratched head but when one scores a glass surface the result is a scratched surface " . |
| 59 | ‘ If we go in high the Jerry planes will get us . |
| 60 | Nor should they be put off by roads which have signposts that are positively misleading , or which some naughty boys have turned round so that they point in totally the wrong direction . |