Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [adv prt] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 If you do so , you will not only build up more savings for your retirement but you also enjoy full tax relief on these contributions .
2 And can we entirely rule out topless by-laws , or the topless watchdog committee ( with the function of monitoring the behavioural effects of toplessness ) ?
3 At first the simple machines available could only detect down a few inches , and — amongst other operating difficulties — encounters with tufts of grass caused them to constantly give off false signals .
4 But there are still worries that rising credit will only suck in more imports , as shoppers rush to buy computers , camcorders and other foreign goods .
5 You know I , I , I mean I have n't written this one and it makes it quite difficult for me to see some of the questions , but I actually write I think that 's the most important thing in training is asking questions er and I 'll perhaps bring down some examples to show you .
6 ‘ I stopped to make a phone call , and I thought I 'd better drop off some clothes at the dry-cleaner 's . ’
7 Do these all go up two squares at a time ?
8 The guides will naturally point out such things as where children hang their coats and where children are collected at the end of the day .
9 Catalysts can also greatly speed up chemical reactions , as is illustrated by the familiar oxidation of iron .
10 This is the notion of the constituent power ( ‘ pouvoir constituant ’ — because we do not think along these lines , the English translation sounds strange ) .
11 Riven could not make out individual animals , only the shape of the pack .
12 It does not rule out specific industries , but looks for companies in the £l0m to £100m area that are well-established operations with a strong market position ; big enough to support a sensible market structure ; small enough to offer a reasonable growth opportunity ; and where there are likely to be attractive opportunities for exit .
13 A spokesman for IBM France said it had already earmarked 1,500 job cuts for 1993 through voluntary redundancies , but did not rule out further measures if the market deteriorated .
14 However , they apparently did not rule out eventual increases , although these would have to be met exclusively from the company 's own funds .
15 However , they apparently did not rule out eventual increases , although these would have to be met exclusively from the company 's own funds .
16 Kulishov does not rule out some complications in the talks with Germany and Hungary caused by relations between the former republics of the USSR .
17 There were open sliding glass windows at the side of the house and in the dim interior I could just make out two figures standing .
18 About a hundred and fifty yards away I could just make out three figures crossing at the corner of the field and approaching the road in our direction .
19 Unlike other tourists , we must not linger over these delights .
20 For example , he does not seek out chic restaurants that are the haunt of the artistic set .
21 Without any hesitation he said , ‘ Let's not beat around any bushes .
22 This plan was first suggested in a radio forum about three years ago , but unfortunately the subsequent reports did not bring out these points .
23 The disadvantage from the British point of view is that Albert Woods , Chairman of the ICF Slalom & WWR Committee , would no longer head up both disciplines in the event of a split .
24 As ESM equipment does not send out any signals of its own , an enemy does not know that its radar emissions have been detected .
25 His father told him he had never come closer to disobeying an order in his life , but he was finally persuaded to do so because it was pointed out to him that if the British Army did not send back the Cossacks , the Soviets would not send back British POWs .
26 I would say in employment yes , or people that want to get employment example would be yeah at M D secretary suddenly shot into the job of producing the company newspaper now I mean somebody like very quickly has to get to grips with this obviously can not give up six months to go and do it so you do it on a half day release basis .
27 The company does not break down divisional figures , but m.d .
28 The Finance Ministry announced in May 1989 that women would be eligible to enter the Swiss Border Guard from 1990 as a move towards greater sexual equality , although they would not carry out paramilitary duties .
29 As the pain became more intense there was less and less space for his mind to wander over things , undone things that suddenly took on ridiculous and unrealistic urgency , but his thoughts were still churning with his innards and he could not keep out stray fragments of enacted scenes any more than he could stop the brilliant black fish from swimming in the air past his eyes .
30 First , I recall that when I was a theological student , having come from a fairly conservative church , I could not square up I Kings with I Chronicles .
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