Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [adv] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Statutory services have , however , done little so far to encourage the development of such services , even though they can bring very significant emotional benefits to individuals , particularly those living alone or who are estranged from their families . |
| 2 | After two trials which saw some established crowns toppled , Mains ' men played three tests against a World XV put together rather haphazardly to celebrate the New Zealand centennial , and the two against Ireland . |
| 3 | I recall a commitment not so long ago to reduce the number or prisoners , yet the Home Secretary told us that there was an unexpected increase of 3,000 in the prison population . |
| 4 | The reporter was ungentlemanly enough not only to do the calculation and obtain the correct answer but also to print it in the society column . |
| 5 | And I 'd try all over again to explain the Western way of life . |
| 6 | She had come a long way and as far as she could see it would take much longer even to reach the foothills . |
| 7 | Once the crab had been shown by J. V. Thompson in his Zoological Researches ( 1828–34 ) to begin life as a little shrimp-like creature , and the barnacle perhaps more surprisingly to do the same before settling down in middle age , then the unity of plan in the group became more evident . |
| 8 | This is another leader role , but one in which the role-holder acts much more directly to shape the decisions and thinking of the team . |
| 9 | Many examples of animal behaviour can be seen as evidence supporting the assertion , ‘ Animals are designed so as best to fulfil the function for which they were intended ’ . |
| 10 | Another two part ‘ quickie ’ , ‘ The Rescue ’ was put together fairly cheaply to introduce the new teenage lead played by Maureen O'Brien . |
| 11 | He put a supporting arm round Farquhar 's shoulders and grinned at the men rowing only hard enough to hold the ship steady . |
| 12 | Such events led greens to suspect that the Forest Service and timber industry people had been in cahoots , trying to determine not only how best to make the plan public , but also how best to ensure its demise . |
| 13 | This makes it much easier both to remove the plants when they require attention and to clean out the pool when necessary . |
| 14 | Versailles displayed an economic shortsightedness ; writing in 1921 R. H. Brand recognised that in the next 5 years reparations would not " be large enough very seriously to alleviate the great financial problems which … the nations of Western Europe must have solved " . " |
| 15 | But the concession of the papal taxes of the clergy to the king was all too clearly to release the king from baronial pressure when his oath to the barons was cancelled and the obdurate archbishop recalled . |
| 16 | ‘ It is no longer enough merely to acknowledge the facts … and to hope that science will solve by itself the problems that it is creating . |
| 17 | But if I were a free agent , I think what I 'd do now is keep Rainbow hammering away at this lost cause just long enough to put the wind up those damned smug ben Issachars . |
| 18 | Pausing just long enough to sweep the old man 's triumphant face with an antagonistic look , Beth turned from them both and went , head high , out of the room and into the hallway , where the late March sunshine found its way through the tall arched windows , and where the air seemed relatively fresh compared to the musty damp smell of the old man 's den . |
| 19 | Shouldering the gun in the sure knowledge that the Doctor would be seriously pissed off if she let it fall into local hands in this time zone , she drew the grenade from her pockets , and poked her head up just long enough to check the distance . |
| 20 | Some stances may be held for only a fraction of a second , just long enough to provide the correct arrangement of balance , position and technique availability . |
| 21 | Indeed , it was an achievement that they managed it just long enough to clinch the Heineken title and then , once it did not matter any longer began to lose games at a rate that would have been unthinkable during the previous years of unbroken triumph . |
| 22 | After holding her gaze just long enough to finalise the threat he turned and went towards the front door of the house , picking up her overnight bag from the terrace as he went . |
| 23 | Stand the tin of syrup in hot water just long enough to make the syrup thin , runny and warm — not hot . |
| 24 | It is easy enough now to mock the film industry 's seeming paranoia about the Film Society screenings . |
| 25 | He glanced down one passage to no avail , then tried the next , just soon enough to catch the porter emerging from the third door along . |
| 26 | I shall visit just often enough to keep the gossips at bay . |
| 27 | The income from the shipping company and rents is just about enough to keep the overdraft from going above its limit . |
| 28 | It is not necessary to pass the carriage all the way across the work — just far enough to clear the needles at the ‘ business ’ end . |
| 29 | Place a cane in the ground then make a small planting hole just deep enough to cover the roots . |
| 30 | But they are able rather more easily to explain the strength of local resistance and the loyalty of local electors to politicians apparently under attack from the centre . |