Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [verb] [adv] the " in BNC.

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1 For example , if you spell " existence " as the incorrect " existance " , you could try to understand why — in this case , because there are two suffixes , one " -ence " and another " -ance " , and you have chosen to add the wrong one to " exist " ( the two suffixes are confusingly pronounced basically the same ) .
2 Proceedings may be instituted before a national court , and such proceedings have been successfully brought in the UK .
3 He said : ‘ She appears when I am alone clearing up the bar .
4 When they are so realized then the attitude-holder may draw upon , and develop , these implicit argumentative aspects of belief .
5 I am merely pointing out the disadvantages of a romantic trip without romance . ’
6 And a lot of people of course do n't go into our shops , so we feel that there are a lot of people out there who have a lot of sympathy for Oxfam 's aims and objectives , but are only lacking just the opportunity to give , and that 's what we hope to provide them with .
7 In compulsory competitive tendering the Government are merely bringing up the rear and ensuring that local authorities that have not yet taken advantage of those techniques are brought up to the level of the best .
8 By examining social processes , I am not throwing out the baby with the bath water : I do concede that inherited properties play a part .
9 I am just filling in the days , she thought — until Edmund returns .
10 At the moment I am just making up the numbers .
11 Word is coming in that rival hamlets are already filling in the forms as fast as they can put pen to paper .
12 His eyes are already lining up the entry point as he begins to ease off the front brake and apply handlebar and footrest pressure to steer the bike .
13 I am concerned that many young people with learning difficulties are not taking up the assessment offered in their final year of education .
14 At present , the acquisition , development , and dissemination of computer methods and the creation of useful machine-readable data are not given anywhere the same credit or standing as traditional forms of research and publication despite the fact that the latter have no greater claim on scholarship and far less a claim on relevance .
15 Tenants and their staff are not carried on the company payroll .
16 Where certain skills and knowledge are not valued then the profession will have little status .
17 We are not told why the lepers were wandering around when it was normal , at that time , for lepers to be separated from the rest of society .
18 But the point is that we are not told why the distinction between particular and species-identity makes sense at all .
19 They are not investigating why the company wishes to move from Barrhead .
20 I am happy to give my hon. Friend the assurance that we are not going down the route of a federal Europe .
21 At this point we 're only bringing in the Cherokee and the Viper , but ultimately we 'll bring in the Grand Cherokee and the minivan [ MPV ] , although we wo n't do those until we have right-hand drive versions , which may come before the next generation models .
22 You 're soon drive round the bend by slippery blocks that wo n't let you stand still on them , electrical blocks that can only be crossed when the current 's off , blocks that crumble when you stand on ‘ em , others with gaping holes which you must fix by flicking a switch before you can cross …
23 So they are they 're being harsher on landlords but on the rich peasants they 're just taking back the land instead of
24 We 're just running out the material that we 've got here .
25 Because we 're massively speeding up the evolutionary process , we may well create destabilisation within the ecosystem .
26 Perhaps you 're not picking up the tone .
27 Whether it 's because they feel they 're not taking up the valuable time of a doctor , they can go at their own pace , who knows ?
28 As long as you 're not going up the village
29 You 're na you 're not going down the pit ?
30 I said No , no-one at home was , Everyone at home had said , You 're not going down the pit .
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