Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [vb pp] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ludwig is also the Emperor 's bodyguard and his mere presence has so far proven enough to discourage any attempts on the Emperor 's life . |
| 2 | Consequently , these refugees are not merely attracted emotionally to return to Palestine but live under the pressure of a hostile environment which will continue to encourage them to leave Lebanon . |
| 3 | In 1965 Anthony Crossland , the Labour Secretary of State for Education , issued Circular 10/65 which requested those local authorities which had not already done so to submit to him their proposals for the reorganisation of their secondary schools along comprehensive lines . |
| 4 | It required those LEAs who had not already done so to submit to the Secretaries of State , by the end of the year , information about their plans for making their schools comprehensive . |
| 5 | They do not control the party ; they are not well organised enough to do so . |
| 6 | The ‘ Nepmen ’ had not yet prospered sufficiently to replace the ‘ bagmen ’ , those petty speculators of War Communism . |
| 7 | Legislation , however , is a dangerous invention : ‘ It gave into the hands of men an instrument of great power which they needed to achieve some good , but which they have not yet learned so to control that it may not produce great evil ’ . |
| 8 | Leakey added that elephant populations had not yet recovered sufficiently to allow trade to resume , but predicted that talks with pro-trading states would continue . |
| 9 | Thus , for eurobond firms London has offered a pool of suitably trained labour ; in recent years , low levels of personal and corporate taxation ; a reasonable tax regime for financial instruments ( e.g. ability to issue bearer eurobonds that effectively pay interest gross and absence of turnover taxes — a particular handicap for the Swiss ) ; a supply of suitable premises ; the absence , since 1979 , of exchange controls ( although initially exchange controls were seen as an advantage , since eurobonds did not interfere with onshore sterling markets ) ; prudential and monetary regulations that have not historically tended significantly to raise the cost of funds , distort or prevent competition among domestic or international intermediaries ; English law ( widely accepted as a basis for international financial business ) ; the English language ; and political stability . |
| 10 | This is illustrated in Fig. 5 , where the first few pixels are more widely spaced simply to fit everything into the diagram . |
| 11 | In 1966 fewer television programmes were being broadcast live , but equipment was still not advanced enough to avoid shooting each scene in one complete go . |
| 12 | Because so many people in the West eat such a large proportion of their daily calories in the form of refined sugary and starchy foods , it was found that , when these foods were strictly rationed , daily calorie intake usually automatically dropped sufficiently to achieve weight loss . |
| 13 | There was a general recognition that throughout the cooperative movement and the trades union movement they had got to become more closely welded together to safeguard their common interests . |
| 14 | The NRA says the fish have probably just moved away to find somewhere better to spawn . |
| 15 | Whereas the intellectual , ‘ mathematical ’ polyphony of the Middle Ages had , as John XXII complained , treated sacred texts as mere subjects for music , music was now often composed expressly to project words especially secular ones . |
| 16 | Our amateurs were simply not dedicated enough to win at a world level . |
| 17 | Supporters were even more taken aback to learn that he was calling himself James , rather that the long-familiar Jimmy . |
| 18 | With a wide , delighted smile , because she had n't really expected ever to see him again , she teased , ‘ Are you following me ? ’ |
| 19 | He was n't really equipped mentally to handle this . |
| 20 | The term " gonapophysis " is sometimes also used loosely to denote any genital appendage . |
| 21 | What follows from that is that the last thing we should do is to introduce policies that are almost specifically designed simply to increase unemployment . |
| 22 | Therefore , the small amounts of copper were almost certainly added deliberately to harden the alloy without significantly debasing the silver . |
| 23 | Reports from Jordan indicated that Iraqi businessmen fearful of incurring penalties were no longer prepared even to transport food and essential humanitarian supplies to Iraq . |
| 24 | She gazed up at him , genuinely astounded by his anger , yet equally taken aback to discover just how desperately she wanted to hurl herself into his arms . |
| 25 | To every invitation or suggestion Ivy returned the heartbreaking phrase ‘ I should enjoy that later ’ , and evidently never expected again to enjoy anything at all . |
| 26 | The words people use are too often interpreted literally to signify little more than their immediate and most rational translation . |