Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv prt] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Requests for assistance or consultation lead to a fairly high level of interruption and noise in the office , which may slow down other work and even make holding a telephone conversation difficult . |
| 2 | The survey found that half the people questioned believe that catalytic converters would be the most effective means of reducing carbon dioxide emissions , and another 20 per cent believe that using lead free petrol will slow down global warming . |
| 3 | Second , because of the asymmetrical nature of the economies of Europe , a Single Currency would slow down economic growth in Europe . |
| 4 | Oh erm let me slow down this bit , erm no it 's twen , oh it is twenty six ninety nine anywhere else , I 've seen it but in Argos , Wi , well William looked in the catalogue on Tuesday for me , but he said it was nineteen ninety nine in Argos |
| 5 | Such structural changes are inevitable with the international division of labour but Northern protectionism will , undoubtedly , slow down this process . |
| 6 | Why ‘ psychic detective ’ Nella wo n't track down vanished peer |
| 7 | Does my right hon. Friend accept what is becoming obvious by now — that many of his hon. Friends , and Members in all parts of the House , have no wish or even thought that he should resign over this issue , or that my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister should see fit to accept his resignation ? |
| 8 | So far , the ministry has chosen not to explain why it did not act over this matter , to admit that it made a mistake , and to fully compensate all those who have suffered trauma and considerable financial losses as a result of its negligence . |
| 9 | The fishing is not only good , but fair : obviously there are good areas but on the whole a good team can win off any draw . |
| 10 | Whilst hand planes require careful honing , setting and adjustment of blade , the electric version can shave off excess wood quickly and easily . |
| 11 | We have also set up a couple of microphones in the real of the hall to break up the echoes which would otherwise bounce off that wall . ’ |
| 12 | If you do n't fall off that thing . " |
| 13 | I could buy up this hotel tomorrow . |
| 14 | A merger between Chase Manhattan and its New York neighbour , Chemical Bank , could free up more money than the two banks ' combined net profit over the past five years . |
| 15 | In fact we can tie up this lending for house purchase with the personal sector 's purchase of ‘ real ’ capital goods in column 8/line 3 . |
| 16 | ‘ Gah ! ’ said the filthy creature worming along her bones and veins , ‘ you thought you 'd chat up that woman , did n't you ? ’ |
| 17 | It should also drum up more work for a profession that has been badly hit by the recession . |
| 18 | Did they just pack up one day and go back to Germany ? |
| 19 | Shall we pack up supporting Palace and go to Woking Paulie ? |
| 20 | So we 'd wait up all night , follow the delivery van around and survive on the bread and milk we could swipe . |
| 21 | Gookey , 21 , has made rapid progress at 200 metres this year but will line up second favourite for that event and for the 100 metres , which he won last year , if Sale 's European junior champion attempts a sprint double at Blackpool . |
| 22 | He speculated on the bevy of beauties his mother would line up next time . |
| 23 | For a small fee , usually a week 's tuck allowance , she would duff up any victim selected . |
| 24 | This time the paragraph will jump up one line , but there will be no indent . |
| 25 | And what happened in practice was simply the Turkish government made representations to the State Department and said hey , you know , these bases , they provide a lot of work , you know , we have to provide empl alternative employment for these people so could we phase out this withdrawal over say a three year programme ? |
| 26 | Ah I just wondered , I mean I do n't know out that way . |
| 27 | We will supply and buy back foreign currency and Thomas Cook US dollar and sterling travellers cheques FREE of our normal commission charges ; and you will be offered a FREE eurocheque card . |
| 28 | We have a tremendous skill base at doing good due diligence work when all said and done due diligence work is really just a focussed audit approach and if we 've good auditors , we should jolly well and good er new diligence er provides and we to react to new diligence opportunities rather than seek out new diligence opportunities . |
| 29 | They would hang around all day , bored stiff , while the menfolk sported , would provide the statutory feminine presence in the evenings — be brought on , as it were , as the dancing girls — and as a reward would be permitted to waste money on the sheepskin rugs , the ( fairly ) local pottery and all the other objects of tourism that Mrs Molesworth purveyed . |
| 30 | I CA N'T HANG AROUND ALL DAY . |