Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ESC founders Michael Bogdanov and Michael Pennington director and star of the Shakespeare tragedy say they would rather stay away from the Civic , one of the strongest dates on their world tours , than face the same problem again . |
| 2 | B : You 'd better make straight for the bank , otherwise you 'll be too late . |
| 3 | There is no trim , mixture , flaps , prop control or gyros to worry about , so with a final tug at the harness , one can only glare balefully at the JAP again , decide that it has kept going thus far and may therefore be relied upon to continue doing so for a few minutes longer , and prepare to commit aviation . |
| 4 | If , for example , a customer likes Marks and Spencers ' potato crisps , he can only buy more at the same shop ( or another branch of Marks and Spencers in a different town ) . |
| 5 | Life would be a whole lot easier , mutter government officials in Tokyo , if the devious Europeans would only behave more like the tough but plain-speaking Americans . |
| 6 | A wash and brush up keeps the wheels in good shape … but sometimes mechanics can only sratch away at the problem . |
| 7 | Those Q.T. 's who have already received tickets to sell will greatly assist Cicely in the organisation of the event if they would let her know by the first week in February how many tickets they have sold as she will be away from 8th Feb. to 8th March . |
| 8 | My constituent concludes : ’ The present government wants education standards to be improved but in the case of students , it will only result again in the rich' families being able to afford to send their children on to further education . |
| 9 | One party can only do well at the expense of another , in competition for resources , recognition etc . |
| 10 | We must restore German myth and make ourselves worthy of our great predecessors — Luther , as well as our artists and poets ; but we can only do so under the direction of the Dionysiac impulse . |
| 11 | According to Peter Hume , finance director of stockbrokers Seymour Pierce Butterfield , investors considering buying shares in a company offering concessionary discounts should only do so on the merits of the shares . |
| 12 | I shall only speak ill of the dead , and regret it afterwards . ’ |
| 13 | From an ‘ Ideas ’ book , one should n't perhaps expect much in the way of detailed costings of large schemes , but the lack of any attempt to cost even some of the individual measures lent the whole exercise an air of unreality . |
| 14 | In addition , they can perhaps bring home to the community just how much education needs and deserves better funding . |
| 15 | ‘ Then you 'd better keep away from the disco , ’ said Willis . |
| 16 | Its name in Greek means ‘ that which looks downwards ’ , a reference to its head being so heavy that it would only loll lazily in the hot sand , waiting for a victim to walk by . |
| 17 | So your students will relate to their coursebook and will eagerly look forward to the next activity ! |
| 18 | For the trio to collect two gold medals and one silver was an unprecedented Scottish haul on the world stage which can only augur well for the highlight of this year 's outdoor season — the World Athletics Championships in Stuttgart . |
| 19 | We 're all theologians , but we do obviously depend heavily on the help of the professionals . |
| 20 | Conservative legislation in 1986 has extended the scope for contracting out , allowing schemes which do not necessarily compete favourably with the state scheme and also reducing the benefits available under SERPS . |
| 21 | " As a community of democracies , we can only move forward with the support of our citizens . |
| 22 | Unfortunately , Rebello will only perform once during the series ( in tandem with the singer Jocelyn Brown ) , although Artrageous ! apparently intends to spend more time covering demanding music like opera and jazz than pop or rock . |
| 23 | Here he would suddenly stare straight into the camera lens in the way he had seen so many politicians do , and say , ‘ I challenge any red-blooded Englishman who really feels . |
| 24 | Unexpected , it was like a surprise confrontation , and for a moment she could only stare blindly at the familiar name . |
| 25 | * Take notes , but do n't necessarily copy directly from the original when you do so ( see pp. 41 – 2 ) . |
| 26 | Probably the most pleasing aspect is the number of families now taking an active part in the rally scene , as this can only bode well for the future of metal detecting in this country . |
| 27 | We have a powerful new ministry which would sensibly communicate directly with the Regional Arts Boards , and , I now believe , should fund the national companies direct . |
| 28 | Come to that , it had better go straight into the soiled linen . |
| 29 | ‘ Oh dear , ’ said his father , ‘ I think we 'd better go home to the cave . |
| 30 | How this requirement is implemented will obviously vary enormously with the level of disability of individual residents and it is normally more economical in staffing terms for there to be a fairly even level of disabilities among the residents of one unit . |