Example sentences of "[adv] [coord] [adv] [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like Mr Lyle at St Genevieve , Lord Valentine clearly wishes the people ‘ constantly and visibly to comprehend that Property is their protector and their friend ’ . |
| 2 | When you get back tonight or tomorrow to include this in your time and prayer in one of your services tomorrow . |
| 3 | This is a fibre which takes dye so easily and well to produce all these lovely vibrant colours . |
| 4 | There was usually a good deal of flexibility in the organisation of these political departments : their number and scope altered easily and often to meet changing demands . |
| 5 | Unleaded petrol is now widely available and it makes sense environmentally and financially to take this easy opportunity to clean up the atmosphere , and make our cities safer places for our children . |
| 6 | Taking the germ of an idea from the exotic blend of shapes and colours and textures she 'd absorbed during their day out , she worked slowly and painstakingly to create several tiny , intricate designs . |
| 7 | A system that connects a single vendor 's range of products — and which can be adapted more or less to handle other vendors ' offerings . |
| 8 | The formulation of a course for validation placed a greater burden on college resources than offering a centrally devised course but he felt that this was offset by the ability which a college now had to react quickly and flexibly to meet local demands . |
| 9 | Greater security is attained because if a keycard is lost or stolen , the lock code can be changed very quickly and simply to prevent unauthorised access . |
| 10 | This was in spite of the fact that , among the four victorious powers , the United States was the only one unequivocally and immediately to support German reunification . |
| 11 | The Circular considered that it should be possible to introduce the Report 's recommendations for induction training gradually and also to make some progress towards in-service training , but with a target of 3 per cent of staff released at any one time , rather than the recommended 5 per cent . |
| 12 | And it is a growth industry because its products , such as plastics , are being used more and more to replace raw materials such as wood , steel or natural fibres . |
| 13 | The modern science of militarism renders wars between ‘ civilised ’ Powers too costly , and the rapid growth of effective internationalism in the financial and great industrial magnates [ sic ] , who seem destined more and more to control national politics , may in future render such wars impossible . |
| 14 | Family and proprietary considerations still loomed so large that the Kaiser could in 1891 give orders for a mobilization to be carried out if his mother was insulted in Paris , yet it was also an age in which monarchs had more and more to personify national and even democratic causes . |
| 15 | Having thus grasped the important principle that kinship terms reflect social usage , Morgan was able to go further and indeed to anticipate later research in his perceptive assessment of the social advantages of the classificatory system . |
| 16 | It should also be appreciated that activity between market participants is used by the Bank of England , directly and indirectly to implement monetary policy via interest rate changes . |
| 17 | We 've got a two hundred and thirty million pound gap to make up and just to put this into some sort of context , the fares will give us slightly less than fifty million . |
| 18 | In Switzerland the drug is used legally and openly to treat psychological disorders , especially depression . |
| 19 | The Dutch were probably right , to judge from a handwritten note de Gaulle gave Chancellor Konrad Adenauer at that time : ‘ The supernational organisms of the six , which tend inevitably and abusively to become irresponsible superstates , will be reformed , subordinated to governments and used for the normal tasks of the council and technical business . ’ |
| 20 | Addictive use of any substance or behaviour is seen when the individual uses it in appropriately and compulsively to suppress uncomfortable emotions Or to gain a sense of elation in order to change a disordered mood rather than simply using it for its own sake . |
| 21 | There was the glance over the shoulder now and again to make sure they kept some distance between them and the white proletariat which erupted in new housing estates , bringing property values down . |
| 22 | The trees had grown up beside it in the twenty-five years since the railway had closed , and the boy stopped every now and then to watch small birds hopping around the top branches . |
| 23 | ‘ Sovereignty is not something that you either have or do not have , like a family heirloom which you take out and dust every now and then to make sure that it is still in your possession and still intact , ’ Sir Leon said . |
| 24 | ‘ I see you more as a sailboat , skimming freely across the ocean , responding naturally to the winds and the currents — but with a light hand on the tiller now and then to make sure you make the most of your capabilities . ’ |
| 25 | He pops down to the shop every now and then to make sure things are ticking over . ’ |
| 26 | Hot sport , heavy drink , the aphrodisiac of leisure and the compulsion to press into the very gut of pleasure combined now and then to threaten choppy waters , even a storm . |
| 27 | You may view yourself as a ‘ straight talker ’ — someone who uses words sparingly and appropriately to convey significant messages . |
| 28 | As the world population grows , our limited resources , particularly of land , will have to be used efficiently and frugally to achieve this paramount aim . |
| 29 | Even with careful design , the time taken to wind tape back and forth to locate required information , makes it laborious and frustrating to use , even in the simplest applications . |
| 30 | She sank down to the ground , hugging her knees and rocking herself back and forth to keep warm . |