Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are some way from the context of the debate , but if the Minister really wants evidence of how appallingly badly the service is being delivered , I shall be extremely glad to send him the 20-page Tower Watch survey of Archway Tower social security office . |
| 2 | My mum 'cos it 's so much cheaper to buy them the more . |
| 3 | Naturally , when the seedlings are planted out , you will be all agog to see what the blooms will be like . |
| 4 | It is no good complaining about militants running everything if we have not spotted what is happening because we 're so busy doing it the way ‘ we always do ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ It was so Irish to call it the Half House . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ It seemed only fair to give her the chance to opt out , but I do n't think the Palace had much say in the matter . |
| 7 | In the circumstances the degree of kinship was sufficiently close to secure him the support he required . |
| 8 | I am extremely surprised to hear what the hon. Gentleman says , for opthalmology waiting lists between March 1990 and March 1991 almost halved for long waiters . |
| 9 | Seumas Ban the steward whiles comes down special to give me the word , so that I can tell the bees . ’ |
| 10 | That raises the question of whether or not that gives him the sort of ‘ job security ’ necessary to experiment with the new players coming through in the hope of building a side capable of beating All Blacks , Wallabies and Springboks . |
| 11 | Unfortunately , it is not possible to state what the overall dependency total is , as most supplementary benefit claimants will also be drawing housing benefit . |
| 12 | She was such a heroine in her own way because it was not possible to give her the attention and comfort she deserved yet she never complained . |
| 13 | In view of the plan to get rid of a large chunk of the assets , it was not possible to say what the net cost of the investment would be , he added . |
| 14 | It was not possible to indicate what the premium would be if cover were to be provided automatically , because the BMIF was a separate body and was not prepared to consider this . |
| 15 | He was not free to give her the untrammelled life that she deserved . |
| 16 | Erm quite rightly the director said that predictions in terms of residential admissions and nursing home admissions would be easier to make this year than last year and I accept it was very difficult then year but I 'd just like to know how close the actual outcome is likely to be to the original prediction , really for information , not because I think you could have got it any closer than did but it would be just interesting to know what the s the gap was . |
| 17 | that is the hardest objection you can get , right , we 're not prepared to give you the decision on the night , I wan na think it over , it 's the same objection , right |
| 18 | It 's not easy to say what the narrating ‘ I ’ is doing at such a scene . |
| 19 | This is not straightforward , It is not easy to say what the permanent " employment relationship is with which the " temporary " one is to be contrasted ? |
| 20 | Thus it is not easy to predict what the law is either where the occupier of the land commits conversion by his refusal or where he is blameless . |
| 21 | If teachers do not believe that their pupils are able to be more responsible for their own mathematical learning , then they are not likely to give them the opportunity to be so . |
| 22 | The multi-millionaire Greek playboy , who spent three months in a British jail for possessing cocaine , wrote in the New York Observer : ‘ It is not hard to guess what the secret is . ’ |
| 23 | And the Greek playboy , who spent three months in a British jail for possessing cocaine , wrote in the upmarket New York Observer : ‘ It is not hard to guess what the secret is . ’ |
| 24 | Erm I 'm in I 'm in some difficulty because this is this is a matter that 's arisen since the original matters er matters for discussion were drawn up so I 'm not able to give you the formal views of the council in that respect . |
| 25 | If you know what a life mine is , in ways I was not able to tell you the other day , and what a terrible story mine has been , you would pray for me much . ’ |
| 26 | I 'm still prepared to give him the benefit of the doubt because he is a decent manager who knows the ropes and who has been there before . |
| 27 | It is not always easy to follow what the poet is trying to tell us , even when we understand the words on the page : he was conscious of the problem himself , as in the famous ( and , dare I say , quite charming lines ) — |
| 28 | She was used enough to being left behind while Gloria went off , but it seemed more dangerous to do it the other way around , for her to leave Gloria behind . |
| 29 | My not being there is hardly likely to lose us the account if Ru — ’ She stopped herself just in time . |
| 30 | However , it 's more important to consider what the adventurers say next . |