Example sentences of "[adv] [det] [noun] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first is that there is rather little reason to associate the coercive pressure of a dominant or majority current of opinion or belief with democracy . |
| 2 | It implies that Barclays can not possibly do well enough this year to raise the dividend or , perhaps , to cover it with earnings . |
| 3 | They were given until three o'clock this afternoon to leave the site which belongs to British Rail . |
| 4 | Why , it might still be asked , did Franco go to so much trouble to give the impression that his regime had a basis other than sheer force , when that selfsame exercise made it clear that he did not need to ? |
| 5 | Your colleagues had gone to so much trouble to organise the party . |
| 6 | These are waters which do not , as a rule , produce big bream , for with so many mouths to share the available food there is only enough to maintain them at a low body weight . |
| 7 | But there are so many things to gladden the heart which take little time and no money . |
| 8 | It is true that at a rehearsal where the eye has nothing to engage it , a recitative immediately becomes boring ; but at the performance , where between the stage and the audience there are so many objects to entertain the eye , a recitative like this is over before the listeners are aware of it . |
| 9 | The question is not why readers should be conservative , but why type-founders should have found so many excuses to redraw the alphabet . |
| 10 | Moreover , both of these groups , while they will need a great deal of outside support in the initial stages , have perhaps more reason to welcome the independence and privacy a single lifestyle gives them than anyone else . |
| 11 | Mix the colour nice and thick — not watery — only enough water to make the powder paint . |
| 12 | Bosnian doctors are doing what they can , there is only enough electricity to power the theatres , dressings have to be washed and reused . |
| 13 | She has , she says , only enough petrol to reach the first garage . |
| 14 | The Bombays would fly in , carrying only enough petrol to enable the vehicles to be driven back to Kabrit , while the bulk of the men would return in the aircraft . |
| 15 | The rest divided themselves up amongst the remaining transport and set off with only enough petrol to cover the 400 miles to Jalo . |
| 16 | Because of this ( and assuming for simplicity that firms do not carry inventories ) they will demand only enough labour to produce the output they can sell , for any additional inputs of labour will either be idle or else will produce output which will remain unsold . |
| 17 | The sole qualification for obtaining a vehicle is that you receive mobility supplement for a long enough period to cover the length of the agreement . |
| 18 | It is clearly very difficult to provide an economic service to provide for such peaks and troughs in demands , and so most attempts to ameliorate the decline in rural public transport have tried to be ‘ user-specific ’ or to use ‘ spare capacity ’ on services already in existence . |
| 19 | Nevertheless this attempt to ensure the succession of at least one of her descendants failed ; the aristocracy deserted to Chlothar II , and the old queen and her great-grandchildren , with the exception of one child , Merovech , were killed . |
| 20 | Prior to the nineteenth century the English word " family " was used in just this way to denote the members of a household , especially the servants , who , in the more affluent social classes , always greatly outnumbered the inner kin-group of parents and children . |
| 21 | There is already some movement to strengthen the digital option for schools . |
| 22 | But there is already much evidence to support the presumption that the effect was pervasive . |
| 23 | The engine is started on petrol , with just enough suction to bring the gasifier into operation . |
| 24 | He allowed them just enough milk to supplement the grass they were learning to eat and then pushed them aside , replacing their mouths on the teats with his fingers , squeezing the milk in short squirts into a frothing bowl on the ground below . |
| 25 | This means double-bagging , with just enough water to cover the fish 's back , and oxygen from a cylinder . |
| 26 | There was just enough wind to fill the sails and the sun was breaking through the mist . |
| 27 | Since under Israeli law a minister 's dismissal or resignation only took effect 48 hours after the initial announcement was made , Shamir left just enough time to clear the Cabinet of Labour ministers before the Knesset vote . |
| 28 | Pay out just enough line to have the kite clear of the ground when holding the handle high and , as the wind fills it out to its proper shape , then lifts , allow the line to unwind from the handle ( or reel if you have one ) . |
| 29 | It is therefore only profitable for the firm to demand just enough labour to meet the demand for output . |
| 30 | The contributors seem to have been given a clear brief to provide just enough context to introduce the paintings themselves , with special emphasis on distinguishing the styles of lesser masters , and many plates showing refreshingly unfamiliar works from recent London auctions , all perhaps with antique collectors in mind . |