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

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1 That is not , in any way , to take away from the fine documentation of every tournament played in 1991 , many of which were penned by British tennis journalists , who continue to be the most travelled in the world .
2 Controls on illegal trade in animals and plants will effectively disappear with the introduction of the European single market at the start of 1993 .
3 The fact that the " adornment " theory was entertained for so long deserves some explanation and its appropriateness can not be altogether dismissed in the case of " artificial " styles cultivated by such Renaissance mannerists as Sidney and Lyly .
4 I , I doubt whether she 's been properly taught on the subject quite frankly .
5 This galloping course will suit his action and he is not badly treated at the weights on his best form .
6 That is a document which is effectively given for the protection of the Vendor .
7 He 'd gladly wade into the attack .
8 His exceptional talent was eventually recognized by the editor , E. V. Knox [ q.v. ] , who placed him under an exclusive contract , an almost unprecedented arrangement .
9 So , too , the feeling that life was becoming ‘ Americanised ’ has been used unsparingly to describe the process of ‘ permissive ’ rot and the collapse of traditional authority — most forcibly registered in the adoption of the term ‘ mugging ’ to disown as ‘ un-British ’ the old-fashioned crime of street robbery .
10 Where are we to account for the hints , implicit purposes , assumptions , social attitudes and so on that are effectively communicated by the use of language , not to mention the figures of speech ( e.g. metaphor , irony , rhetorical questions , understatement ) that have preoccupied theorists of rhetoric and literature ?
11 I was giddy with the heat and a little flown with the wine .
12 The catalogue consists of the artist 's writings together with transcriptions of his unpublished remarks and poems which have on occasion inspired him — all compiled and deftly arranged by the di Suvero authority , Monroe Denton .
13 The larger falcons are among the birds of prey most favoured for the sport of falconry .
14 Let us now turn to one of the definitions most favoured in the literature , albeit mostly in an implicit form .
15 There could be no doubt that the Burgundian was the leading ruler in Gaul between 511 and 516 , and he may well have been the barbarian king most favoured by the court of Constantinople .
16 MP for 20 years , when he successfully fought against the closure of Shildon wagon works .
17 Reports said that the Dec. 6 attack on the mosque was effectively abetted by the guards , some 200 paramilitary troops of the state-controlled Provincial Armed Constabulary ( PAC ) which was known for its pro-Hindu leanings ; they had allegedly stood aside and allowed militants to demolish the mosque 's structure .
18 The local authority 's mortgage was duly registered in the charges register .
19 The distal humerus and proximal tibia and femur are preferentially preserved in the predator assemblages where the greatest breakage overall occurs , while the species that do little damage to the bone cluster near the origin .
20 Unfortunately , most of the early studies on owl digestion have been carried out on species that do little damage to the bones of their prey .
21 where you turn right to go into the nursery
22 Put all ingredients into a saucepan and slowly bring to the boil .
23 Meanwhile put vermouth , glace de viande and mustard in a small saucepan , slowly bring to the boil , add cream , boil again , take off heat .
24 Reservoir rocks suitable for gas production are widely developed in the Zechstein .
25 It follows that ‘ those sensations must be all that we can , at bottom , mean by their attributes ; and the distinction which we verbally make between the properties of things and the sensations we receive from them , must originate in the convenience of discourse rather than in the nature of what is signified by the terms ’ .
26 Glumness apart , he nonetheless would like to be thought of as a comic writer and indeed , though its themes are class , race and sex , what most impresses about The Buddha of Suburbia is that it is full of humour .
27 When present , the impurities cause concrete made from mining spoil , ‘ mundic , ’ to crumble in damp conditions as trace elements slowly combine with the cement to reduce the lattice structure to a mush .
28 Bearing in mind that it will be mostly hidden by the curtain that will fall around it , and that it may also have to support a wire umbrella frame , a 3 inch ( 7.5cm ) diameter or square stake is not too big .
29 Also , his experience of the frequently inept English resistance doubtless caused him to guess that it would eventually weaken to the point where he would be accepted as king .
30 He had naïvely stumbled into the middle of a very complicated and dangerous situation .
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