Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | Throughout the 1980s , it battled to achieve two crucial , strategic shifts : to reduce its dependence on bulk , low-margin , commodity chemicals which tend to swing wildly with the economic cycle — in favour of high value-added , high-margin ‘ effect ’ chemicals ; and to cut the share of sales accounted for by the UK . |
2 | Although today these vital units of the railway system are being phased out by the modern fully automated control centres , there still remains the lonely , isolated signal box , often miles from anywhere , that on a dark winter 's night can conjure up strange happenings and instil fear even in the heart of the most level-headed signalman . |
3 | It 's quite usual to pay a deposit to show that you intend to go ahead with the deal and if you back out the repairer is entitled to keep the money . |
4 | WHEREAS MOST brands view a live performance as an excuse to caress their inflated egos , The Shamen prefer to remain tucked away in the background — visible yet vulnerable . |
5 | WHEREAS MOST brands view a live performance as an excuse to caress their inflated egos , The Shamen prefer to remain tucked away in the background — visible yet vulnerable . |
6 | Yet saying aloud to each other 's face , ‘ We do n't want to remain together in the next life ’ would amount to saying , ‘ No love ever existed between us , and no love exists between us now . ’ |
7 | As the puppy gets older , he will want to go outside to the soiled piece of paper that you have positioned in a place that you may want him to use . |
8 | Do you want to go ahead with the Tuesday stall ? |
9 | Do you want to go ahead on the lines which have brought prosperity at home ? |
10 | Beyond the door , Mother Bombie 's feet in soft felt slippers could be heard slapping angrily down the stairs . |
11 | Such a world view is the product of a perception conceptualized to contend dramatically with the instant experience of dealing with highly emotive , personal conflicts at street level , or the tensions of ritual ‘ battles with criminals ’ . |
12 | HEAVYWEIGHTS , it is said , take a while to mature but tend to remain longer in the sport . |
13 | The fish tend to spawn all around the same time and pay attention to their own broods — equally the parents will see off any attempt by another pair to eat their brood . |
14 | However , district councillors felt that none of the objections justified any changes to the proposed order and agreed to go ahead with the scheme . |
15 | I used to discuss with my brother ways and means of becoming martyrs , and we agreed to go together to the land of the Moors , begging our way for the love of God , so that we might be beheaded there … . |
16 | They tend to go always to the top of the |
17 | The negotiators agreed to meet again before the end of November , and although no date was arranged for the holding of full normalization talks , it was suggested that these might begin before the end of 1990 . |
18 | Senior Ukraine officials held heated talks in Sevastopol yesterday with fleet leaders and agreed to meet again in the future . |
19 | He does not want to fade away from the scene . |
20 | Someone literally got carried away towards the end of the game cos he fell over the front of his seat and banged his head . |
21 | Experts feared yesterday that an over-excited crewman aboard the US carrier Saratoga got carried away during the war games — and launched two Sea Sparrows by mistake . |
22 | Following news that the SQL Access Group is slowing down work on Phases 3 of its SQL Specification ( UX No 385 ) , the group now says it is changing direction to focus on market demands , and admits it got carried away with the academics of development . |
23 | It may therefore be proposed that BRAC 's programme failed to communicate properly with the practitioners and consequently alienated them with regard to the concept of the lobon-gur mixture . |
24 | Can you tell me something about the crowd itself , erm did particular age groups tend to stand together around the ground or were the young |
25 | One morning , he got caught short in the bathroom and was too weak to clean it up . |
26 | The therapist also suggested that Pamela should tell her parents more about what she was doing ; for example , what time she planned to come home in the evening . |
27 | In addition , the food expert would want to know more about the local conditions and the alternative sources of nourishment available . |
28 | Insurance defence lawyers , however , tend to concentrate more on the legal process and procedure . |
29 | 10.7.6 In respect of the due exercise of any right or licence ( i ) confirmed or granted or ( ii ) agreed to be granted under the provisions of Clauses 10.7.2 , 10.7.3 and 10.7.4 , each Party ( i ) grants or ( ii ) agrees to grant respectively a licence under any intellectual property rights in respect of results and ( i ) grants or ( ii ) agrees to grant respectively to the extent reasonably necessary for such due exercise a licence under any background intellectual property right , and undertakes to procure like grants or agreements to grant from its Related companies . |
30 | It was his intention to aid Larsen in evacuating the kids from the upper levels , before they became trapped there by the fire . |