Example sentences of "[conj] [vb -s] [adv] the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | It is only the slow pace of human speech and human reactions that slows down the electronic processes that come into play when national security appears to be at risk . |
2 | thank you , now we 're going to bind this up , you take the long edge , sorry that goes down the long edge comes first of all over the two fingers and round the base of the thumb |
3 | Sexuality lies emblazoned across the surface of pop culture in the careless whispers of countless love songs , yet this apparent confirmation of dominant sex codes — heterosexual , same-age , monogamous relationships — cloaks a far more ambiguous relationship to sex and gender that illustrates well the ambiguous standing that pop culture has within our society . |
4 | The force of repression is like a great dam that holds back the raging torrents of the instincts of the unconscious and allows er some of them through , but others break through in holes , and holes and cracks appear which are the unconscious returning as one |
5 | A sound that conjures up the balmy shores of the Carribean . |
6 | This point once again reinforces the assumption of the ‘ naturalness ’ of deviant motivations that underpins both the classical and the postclassical perspectives . |
7 | It therefore seems that Crohn 's disease should be regarded as a multisystem disorder that affects maximally the gastrointestinal tract . |
8 | On the face of it , this seems like a happy ending that ties up the loose ends . |
9 | She saw the only viable feminist film practice to be one that breaks up the familiar structures of visual pleasure , thus exposing and problematising the habitual violence which is the male gaze . |
10 | Conventional wisdom tells us that it is the lure of civilization that breaks up the old life , Tromø 's video games and bars pulling the Lappish kids down out of the forest into the town . |
11 | From the management 's point of view , any technology that breaks down the old lines of demarcation ( and reduces the number of employees ) is a good investment . |
12 | The solution is to divide the entire maturity spectrum into grid dates ( denoted ) and to allocate coupon payments between two grid dates in a way that preserves either the present value of the bond 's cash flows or the duration of the bond ( duration is defined in the next section ) . |
13 | Look look that helps out the rich |
14 | Right , and if the slope of that average product curve , right is negative that implies the marginal product of labour is less than it 's average product hence if the slope of the average product curve is zero that implies therefore the marginal product equals the average product of labour . |
15 | To others , it relates to the ‘ quintessence ’ , the luminous and invisible fifth element that binds together the normal four elements of earth , air , fire and water . |
16 | It seems to be referring to a document that that that sets out the whole total quality process as far as the commission is concerned . |
17 | The er the county council came forward with these policies as a result of comments that er districts made a number of years ago and perhaps er over a passage of time erm makes at least validity your point but I I remain of the the view that there is in the there is nothing in the county structure plan that sets out the basic objective of protecting the countryside and still feel that 's a valid objective within the structure plan erm within the structure plan er context . |
18 | ( a ) Roads If access is gained by a road that serves only the demised property , the draftsman should include the road in the demise . |
19 | Onstage are a set of eccentric instruments , a bank of valve-powered electric equipment and a clumsily daubed monolith that blocks out the familiar Marquee logo on the stage back-drop . |
20 | What is it about kitchens at parties that brings out the homing pigeon in everybody ? |
21 | He was a bit bird-like , a picky eater ( especially when he was paying ) , fast in his movements and very thin in the sort of way that brings out the motherly best in women . |
22 | There must be something about sporting events that brings out the unexpected in live radio and television commentaries . |
23 | Adding a line that works out the total amount paid in and the interest received at least puts it in perspective . |
24 | The cold truth is that such captures are all too rare and it is a daily influx of petty offenders and successfully detected trivia that makes up the major part of the detective 's world . |
25 | Many of us have long thought that anyone who could lead the Labour Party out of the darkness of 1983 would find leading the country relatively easy — and a task for which , despite all the sneering of the snobbish clique that makes up the political élite in this country , it is not necessary to possess a double first from Oxbridge . |
26 | ‘ What is true , ’ writes mason investigator Stephen Knight , ‘ is that the philosophic , religious and ritualistic concoction that makes up the speculative element in freemasonry is drawn from many sources — some of them , like the Isis-Osiris myth , dating back to the dawn of history . |
27 | We have focused on the evidence that demonstrates how the so-called Fox — jailed for life earlier in the year — continued to emerge in different guises during the rest of the year . |
28 | When a drifting particle of food touches an arm , tube feet fasten on to it and pass it on from one to another until it reaches the gutter that runs down the upper surface of the arm to the mouth at the centre . |
29 | When we get up , the weight of our bodies compresses these discs and squeezes out the extra fluid . |
30 | A computer chip checks voltage levels within the battery , and slows down the recharging process if this increases too rapidly , thereby , according to Innovations , avoiding the danger of explosive gases building up . |