Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] the central [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The face , divided down the central axis , is a crude combination of a three-quarter and profile view , and the elongation of the mouth suggests even a purely frontal viewpoint . |
| 2 | ( For details on how to drain down the central heating system , see Chapter 13 . ) |
| 3 | A small , thin tabby , she spent her life trying to work out the central dilemmas of her life — how to get in and out of the house , and why the fat man called Henry tried to kick her every time the two other people in the house were out of the way . |
| 4 | ‘ They wanted a dramatic ending where I kill off the central character and they also did n't like me making fun of the audience . |
| 5 | Customers dial up the central computer , effectively making a telephone link via a modem between their terminal and the computer housing the databases . |
| 6 | But to handle them directly , that is , to open up the central issue that arouses the pain , sensationalism or the controversy is not necessarily the best way of protecting children into emotion . |
| 7 | drawn down the central spine , |
| 8 | The German environmental authorities have closed down the Central Institute for Isotope and Radiation Research , a nuclear research centre based in East Berlin after officials discovered massive contamination of the soil on the premises during routine tests . |
| 9 | Cheaper alternatives to turning up the central heating are to do a brief bout of gentle exercise , which increases body heat from the inside , or to wrap up well , which reduces loss to the outside . |
| 10 | Historically , though , it was mountaineers from Britain who opened up the central part of the range in the heyday of Victorian adventure . |
| 11 | This Fifties comedy was set in a ‘ flea pit ’ cinema called the Bijou where staff turned up the central heating to boiling point in a desert picture to boost ice cream sales . |
| 12 | She had reached the place where the Dalek Killer had entered one of the six squat buildings that made up the central complex . |
| 13 | The man now walked down the central aisle and halted beside the projector , where he turned and spoke . |
| 14 | The calendar , with dates of school holidays clearly marked , takes up the central panel of the sheet , around the edge are further panels containing information about staff , governors , PTA , emergency contacts , useful phone numbers and how long children should be kept off school for mumps , measles and other common childhood illnesses . |
| 15 | The hall takes up the central bay through the two storeys ; the dining- and drawing-rooms are on either side . |
| 16 | When you have finished — it might take five minutes or five hours — look through your notes and pick out the central themes . |
| 17 | Secondly , two in-depth case studies ( probably of Birmingham and Manchester ) will take up the central question of why some women 's initiatives are effective while others , with initially similar aims are not . |
| 18 | She was coming up the central passage between the rows of tables . |
| 19 | Sunday best pale and awkward teenagers , unsure and toughly giggly , sit around the central dance floor waiting for the first two or three to start dancing so that the rush can begin . |
| 20 | It makes a change that the burden of more want is put on the central government instead of local authorities , because too often in the past , central government has said , in many issues , oh , we think you should have that , but the responsibility for paying for it comes from the local authority . |
| 21 | Christianson and Loftus ( 1987 ) had subjects write down the central detail from each slide and Christianson and Loftus ( 1991 ) had them evaluate the affective quality of each slide , both these studies showed results which appeared to be consistent with Easterbrook 's hypothesis . |
| 22 | Across Britain , Tory associations have enough to pay off the Central Office deficit and still spend plenty on local campaigning . |
| 23 | She made for the fires and the sudden yellow flashes that lit up the central complex of buildings . |
| 24 | In mediaeval times , Stephen Harding 's phrase Laborare est orare ( ‘ to work is to pray ’ ) sums up the central role which labour played in people 's lives . |
| 25 | In the case of Russia , revisionist research has underlined the manner in which the specific nature of the tsarist regime conditioned the decision to take on the Central Powers . |
| 26 | The Government Commission , set up by Labour in 1965 to circumvent the rest of the Civil Service , has been quietly declining under the Conservatives ; Heath has made his own arrangements to the same end , by setting up the Central Policy Review Staff , which has been housed by the Cabinet Office next door . |
| 27 | Harry Truman summed up the central dilemma of presidential power when , in reference to his successor , he said , ‘ He 'll sit here , and he 'll say , ‘ Do this ! |
| 28 | The instruments are logically placed , with flight instruments in front of you , warning lights above , radios and navigation aids in the centre , switches on the central console between the pilot and the passenger , and the engine instrumentation on the right of the panel . |
| 29 | Er it 's no good saying you 'll turn down the central heating and you 'll only take one holiday instead of two , that 's not really the purpose of retirement , and I think you 've got to be objective about what you 're doing with this . |
| 30 | More experimental work in oils runs down the central spine of the exhibition including as it does both the ring form Sea and Rocks ( 534 ) and the hessian Collage in Brown of Trees ( 34 ) . |