Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [adv] the [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In February 1960 , the Cabinet agreed to write off the £60 million already spent so far on Blue Streak , and to seek an alternative delivery system for British nuclear warheads . |
| 2 | They are unique among the deer family in that both the males and females have antlers which are eaten when shed to build up the reindeer 's calcium stocks . |
| 3 | At this stage management needs to determine how the data will be stored and who is to co-ordinate the process . |
| 4 | In today 's world he would probably choose to run only the 200m and not the 200m and 400m as Eric Liddell did . |
| 5 | The hijackers , who had threatened to blow up the aircraft , surrendered to Thai authorities in the early hours of Oct. 7 ; none of the 79 passengers or four crew was injured . |
| 6 | People began to discuss where the aircraft were going to . |
| 7 | I began to reckon up the people whom I knew to be prisoners . |
| 8 | As Gedanken peered into the bubble she began to make out the spacecraft . |
| 9 | The detailed studies are useful in helping to build up the data necessary for a wider picture , but a full explanation requires a broader view . |
| 10 | The Commission aims to open up the £60billion telecoms industry as part of the 1992 single European market . |
| 11 | No matter what we did we caught carp but still we found that 17lb was about the ceiling and with the bait situation looking very low and the prospect of the homeward journey the following morning we both decided to pack up the carp rods and fish all out for the cats . |
| 12 | On arrival Rick and I walked around the lake and chose two likely looking swims towards the bottom end near the dam where we proceeded to set up the carp rods . |
| 13 | The full extent of the pollution was , however , less than had initially been feared , with gale force winds helping to break up the 40km long slick . |
| 14 | The sales conference , held just before the all-important Christmas run-up began , was meant to psych up the sales force for the new line . |
| 15 | In June residents of Sacramento , California , voted to shut down the $342,000,000 Rancho Seco nuclear plant , and the Sacramento Municipal Utility District , which had agreed to abide by the vote , immediately began to implement its closure . |
| 16 | Just like Sir Anthony Hopkins can afford to turn down the £1 million reputedly offered to make a sequel to Silence of The Lambs . |
| 17 | At the time he expected to touch down the aircraft suddenly ‘ pulled down to his left ’ , he felt the back of the aircraft buckle and was aware of debris coming through the canopy . |
| 18 | Waving his men into a pincer formation , Mortimer surprised the small group of machete-wielding rebels who were trying to wear down the staff of the building . |
| 19 | There 's no real reason why you , say , should n't start to build up the data on that . |
| 20 | Any one of them would love to take away the £1,000 winner 's cheque , won last year by Bristol Amalgamation , but first they 'll have to beat the other hopefuls on what could be a bumper match . |
| 21 | 2.9 If on one or more occasion the carrying out of the Works is delayed in consequence of any circumstance beyond the control of the Landlord which the Landlord could not [ reasonably ] have prevented or avoided then on each such occasion the Landlord shall be allowed such extension of time for carrying out the Works as may be certified by the Architect as being reasonable having regard to the delay in question and the date by which the Landlord is required to carry out the Works as provided in clause 2.8 shall be postponed accordingly The problem here is the uncertainty from the tenant 's point of view , hence the suggestion that there be inserted a long stop date ( see clause 2.8 ) . |
| 22 | If there are any storylines it surely does n't help to wipe out the people who make them — . |
| 23 | Having selected your water and turned up for a day 's fishing you then have to decide where the fish will be on the day in question . |
| 24 | Almost all of the remaining capital required to make up the £1551 millions invested came from borrowing . |
| 25 | Finland also attempted to shore up the markka with the appointment of a new woman central bank governor , Sirkka Haemaelaeinen , described by one banker as a ‘ market orientated tough egg ’ . |