Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [vb infin] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it 's the regular Tuesday morning meeting in your home , you 'll probably just all go into the office for half an hour . |
| 2 | Traditionally bureaucracy has been described as a role culture , but there is no reason to suppose that the different cultures can not all exist within the same organisation particularly if the organisation is as large and diverse as a government department or a local authority . |
| 3 | Naturally , the distinction is not as clear-cut as these simple definitions imply : current items do not all disappear on the initial day of consumption ; and neither do all capital items last for generations . |
| 4 | Heating systems have to be balanced so that water does not all flow through the radiators closest to the pump . |
| 5 | And they do not all rotate in the same mode . |
| 6 | Unfortunately , the sources of information do not all appear at the same time . |
| 7 | Organizations do not all subscribe to the marketing concept . |
| 8 | With most sentences , particularly non-observational sentences , no clear answer will emerge because the natives will not all behave in the same way in the same conditions . |
| 9 | A number of possible causes have been advanced to explain stratospheric O 3 reductions following large volcanic eruptions ( although these may not all apply to the tropics ) . |
| 10 | Learners do not all develop at the same speed in the same way . |
| 11 | So selective breeding has played havoc with the natural coat of the cat , producing types of animal that would not all thrive in the wild today . |
| 12 | She exposed the soles of her feet at the mouth of the oven … she drank gall and rubbed her eyes therewith … in her ardent desire for suffering she made herself a silver circlet in which she fixed three rows of sharp points in honour of the thirty-three years that the Son of God lived upon earth … she wore it underneath her veil to make it the more painful as these points being unequally long did not all pierce at the same time … so that with the least agitation these iron thorns tore her flesh in ninety-nine places … |
| 13 | They do not all live on the savannah , of course ; hippos prefer rivers and many of the antelope ( bongo , duikers ) prefer forest , as do elephants when it is available . |
| 14 | They do not all live in the same place , but in any one place there may be more than one , and perhaps half a dozen , species . |
| 15 | Ahead of them , as was fitting , were the menfolk , more soberly-clad save for the bright kerchiefs round their necks . |
| 16 | The lobster salads were temptingly ready save for the cucumber garnish ; kidneys and sauce awaited his last minute cooking ; the quails and cutlets awaited their ovens , the geese were browning nicely , the entremets , the dessert , cheeses , the prepared savouries — Auguste 's practised eye ran over them all in expert fashion . |
| 17 | It was a large room , totally silent save for the voice of one Sister perched up on a pulpit in the end wall , reading portions of the scriptures . |
| 18 | Even though the specific predictions of Engels might not be endorsed by modern anthropologists they would nearly all subscribe to the general thesis that as political and economic conditions change , so will marriage and the family change , and this conclusion is apparently still seen as shocking . |
| 19 | ‘ Does n't that … does n't that lead to the dungeons ? ’ |
| 20 | Of course the younger user is unlikely to continually switch between the three , but continuity of product and of interface is still very important — my six year old expects to find certain controls linked to certain keys — how do you answer the question ‘ why does n't this key to the same as in the other Fun School ones ? ? ? ’ . |
| 21 | Does n't this conflict with the basic aim of emotion , and action , of reaching a general stance in and towards the world with which one can be content , just as inconsistency in belief conflicts with the basic aim of belief , namely truth ? |
| 22 | Hamish should remember that we do n't all live on the doorstep . |
| 23 | We do n't all work in the same way to spread the good News . |
| 24 | The party may well last long into the night , so get in lots of sparkling water and wine — and do n't forget the coffee . |