Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] their [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shafts of piercing sunlight slowly push their curious fingers through the dusty waters as far down as they will go . |
| 2 | ‘ The middle , ’ Reyce continues , ‘ although enjoying much meddow and pasture , yett far more tillage doe from thence raise their cheifest maintenance . ’ |
| 3 | To date almost 100 graduates have participated in the GEP and the majority have gone on to successfully launch their own businesses . |
| 4 | Additionally , all manufactured foods — that is , foods which go through a factory process and end up in a packet , tin or bottle — not only lose their vital vitamins , minerals and trace elements in the manufacturing process but also lose much of their colour , flavour and texture . |
| 5 | Newry , for whom the next step in their evolution is to make an impression on the park as well as off it , proudly and quite rightly tout their immaculate facility as one of the major sporting successes in the district . |
| 6 | In the sphere of aesthetics , Lessing , Herder , and , a generation later , Friedrich Schlegel not only base their diverse theories on material or formulations put into currency by Winckelmann , but might be said to owe to him , as Schlegel put it , " the very idea of a history of art " , conceived as the development of a series of individual works towards a perfect beauty . |
| 7 | These are important questions for people who want to monitor the amount of alcohol they consume on a regular basis and perhaps replace their standard consumption with products that are reduced in alcohol . |
| 8 | However , the collectable aspect of the genre is also a factor : fans not only want their favourite author 's books in hardback , they want the paperback , the graphic novel and the T-shirt as well . |
| 9 | If they merely project their ski-slope profile membership and attendance graphs , they will plan for continuing decline . |
| 10 | Attempts to further the degree of contact between field and headquarters staff through more extensive reporting , and efforts to make their job more ‘ scientific ’ in their view merely restrict their occupational freedom . |
| 11 | Women , by contrast , not only support their own kin but their husband 's as well in some cases . |
| 12 | Some of them are capable and sensible drivers , but as the records show there are those who not only put their own lives at risk , but that of others as well . |
| 13 | These warts are no danger to a human being because they only exude their poisonous fluid if the toad is being injured . |
| 14 | As multimedia systems are able to create and deliver increasingly complex and rich information environments , it becomes ever more difficult for users to manipulate the environments in simple , comprehensible ways and so enjoy their full benefits . |
| 15 | Very often PR consultancies only give their own executives ' names , but there are times when a journalist will want to " go straight to the horse 's mouth " and a contact within the client company can be very important . |
| 16 | Such thoughts are usually considered to be unnecessarily morbid , although the subject is probably more painful for younger people than those who more closely and personally face their own decline and death . |
| 17 | Toads are poisonous , too , but like the cobra they prefer not to use their poison except as a last resort , although for a different reason — their poison glands only secrete their lethal dose when the toad is bitten hard by an attacker , and for the toad this is leaving matters far too late , with serious injury a strong possibility . |
| 18 | Yet Offred and Serena ( Faye Dunaway , who was more threatening in the terrible costume bash The Wicked Lady ) not only discuss their bizarre way of life , they argue about it . |
| 19 | Local Ecumenical Projects ( LEPs ) naturally produce their own kind of mix , but in the looser association of different churches and denominations there is the continuing need to share , as well as to preserve , our treasures . |
| 20 | The descriptions , far from gesturing to an external or subjective reality , merely affirm their own status as verbally constructed artefacts . |
| 21 | He says that they more or less go their separate ways , Felicity and this green fellow she 's married to . |
| 22 | As languages disappear , so do their particular views of the world . |
| 23 | They continue to fall away alarmingly when it comes to formal examinations and so decrease their own chances of gaining stimulating and challenging employment . |
| 24 | They much prefer their annual holiday away from the throngs of spectators on the riverbanks . |
| 25 | THE cold wind of technology could soon be blowing through Britain 's pig sties — helping farmers to reduce animal mortality and so increase their commercial fortunes . |
| 26 | This is seen in the way the Faroese people fiercely defend their traditional rights to hunt birds and animals for food , and their resentment of the people who come from more ‘ enlightened ’ countries to try and point out the ‘ error of their ways ’ to the islanders . |
| 27 | The coordination of these two features of manpower management can produce an even deployment of staff and thus greatly improve their effective use . |
| 28 | The information on them is confidential and therefore it ensures that guests only see their own forms . |
| 29 | ‘ They obviously have their own marketing strategy and who can argue against that . |
| 30 | For example , it might be that all the relevant facts have already been ascertained and the findings of the High Court only concern their legal significance . |