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 | Why ‘ psychic detective ’ Nella wo n't track down vanished peer |
| 5 | Whilst hand planes require careful honing , setting and adjustment of blade , the electric version can shave off excess wood quickly and easily . |
| 6 | Shall we pack up supporting Palace and go to Woking Paulie ? |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Physical exertion was dangerous , sexuality inappropriate and obscene , and even overworking the mind ‘ might bring on mental exhaustion . ’ |
| 10 | Do we carry on burning fossil fuels at rapid rates ? |
| 11 | We can not carry on increasing water service charges by ten to fifteen percent , year in and year out . |
| 12 | This helps break down heavy soil and enables free-draining soil to hold water . |
| 13 | Thus , the development of the angiosperm flora of the Palaeocene was paralleled by an extensive radiation of specialised herbivorous mammals with the capacity to ferment and break down tough plant material . |
| 14 | A frail old dear enquired of us , with trembling voice , whether ‘ it is true that if Labour get in they 'll bring in compulsory euthanasia ? ’ |
| 15 | They felt they should either bring in new blood or sell the company . |
| 16 | It was riddled , in his opinion , with old and stupid men , most of whom had been recruited by word of mouth or by membership of a certain club or school society , but to give Menzies his due , he did bring in new blood of a different order . |
| 17 | And secondly we do recognize the quality of the countryside South of Cleveland and need to retain its character and the lit the character of its villages which erm in fact do add to the attractions of the area when you 're trying to e erm bring in new industry . |
| 18 | Although such ploys help to boost banks ' capital ratios , they do not bring in new cash . |
| 19 | SEL 's two managers , Patrick Murphy and Graeme McLeish , themselves Salford graduates , are always glad to hear from former Salford students in commerce who can bring in new business in translation or language training either through their own companies or through their business contacts . |
| 20 | This will also bring in useful revenue to promote the railway . |
| 21 | The abolition on stamp duty for house purchases was n't made permanent , as I thought it might be , but inheritance tax was ameliorated and he did bring in transferable tax allowances between spouses . |
| 22 | Secondly , the speech that I shall be making tomorrow will give in great detail the marvellous progress made under the valleys initiative . |
| 23 | That was an answer I could give in medical detail , and so I did . |
| 24 | Such applications were prefigured by Michael Frayn some 20 years ago in his novel The Tin Men which features a computer programmed to pray , so that its orisons might bring down divine favour in accordance with Christian teaching : the computer having no selfish motives , its disinterested sincerity can not be doubted . |
| 25 | In a public demonstration of his fidelity to the alliance he invited the Queen and Prince Albert to visit France , hoping once again that a meeting between sovereigns would dampen down public hostility on both sides of the Channel . |
| 26 | In the ninth century , one poet praised its beauty , while another drowned in it ; salt-traders and vintners plied it as a matter of routine ; nobles and religious communities with estates on both sides of it had boats ready for regular crossings and landing-stages where their men could send off surplus produce for sale and unload imports for their masters ' consumption ; Vikings contemplated arduous upstream journeys , but quick getaways ; Charles the Bald , worried over strategic problems , planned the river 's blocking , and policing , and also exploited the symbolic possibilities of meetings at Orléans , Fleury , Cosne , Meung , Pouilly to which nobles must come from Aquitaine by crossing the river while Charles himself received his visitors on the Frankish side . |
| 27 | An indoor basket will show off trailing Asparagus sprengeri |
| 28 | You can soak off old glue in water , but you may have to chisel or sand away modern adhesives and you 'll have to use a chisel to clean out the mortise . |
| 29 | On 18 September , Environment Minister Chris Patten flew to Brussels for talks with Environment Commissioner Carlo Ripa di Meana , according to The Times still ‘ optimistic that he could head off threatened prosecution of Britain by the European Court ’ by showing that ‘ Britain was doing everything it could to comply with the European drinking water legislation . ’ |
| 30 | Journalists could whip up public indignation but cricket and football authorities were singularly unresponsive to press influence apart from The Times . |