Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Too much control and predictability might eventually subvert the organizational goals . |
| 2 | Their professional achievements are so interwoven that one can not properly unravel the individual strands which make up the whole . |
| 3 | If one could only graft the best aspects of Scimone and Devos onto one another , the roof would really lift off ! |
| 4 | This will not necessarily affect the annual charges on property where the trustees are resident outside the United Kingdom under paragraph 12 ( 2 ) of Schedule 5 . |
| 5 | So when we are thinking about helping bereaved people , instead of turning to emotional issues straightaway , we should perhaps consider the practical issues that the bereaved person is facing . |
| 6 | Applicants do not necessarily know the relative lengths of queues or their chances of obtaining housing in one sub-district rather than another . |
| 7 | Can this be the same tragic Lady Rothermere at whose inquest it was revealed had a stash of 2,000 pills lying round her French villa , who refused to travel abroad unless accompanied by massive quantities of prescribed drugs and who was so exhilarated by her fast-moving lifestyle she could only survive the small hours by swallowing incautious numbers of sleeping tablets ? |
| 8 | The debate on fox hunting has become unnecessarily complex and that can only suit the pro hunters because the basic objections to hunting are obscured . |
| 9 | The sudden release of many young into the savannah at the same time may perhaps swamp the waiting predators and thus constitute in itself a survival strategy . |
| 10 | It will not only include the functional constraints listed above , but will use the product control facility in order to ensure that changes maintain the integrity of the design . |
| 11 | We can only identify the proper criteria correctly if we accept that medical treatment in general ought to be divided , for our purposes , into two classes . |
| 12 | We would argue that this does not give a clear explanation of the decision because the judgment is an after-the-event rationalization of the decision and does not necessarily give the real reasons for it . |
| 13 | However , the structure of attitudes does not only comprise the explicit justifications and criticisms which might be advanced by the attitude-holder . |
| 14 | Should we all do the same questions ? |
| 15 | A history which limits ‘ progress ’ to the sphere of a certain conceptualization of individuality can only see the collective associations of conventions and repetitions as regressive ; they represent the manipulative mould of mass society , together with a pseudo-archaism which that society uses to establish its historical credentials . |
| 16 | You can only see the splendid tapestries inside by appointment . |
| 17 | If you are not prepared to project it properly , it is most likely that people will only see the wrong parts ! |
| 18 | Q Whilst still on double jacquard , can you only use the finer yarns ? |
| 19 | R.2 also provides that a recognised body may only provide the professional services described above . |
| 20 | We can only provide the best conditions possible for this to happen . |
| 21 | And Peggy now patted her grandmother 's hand , saying , ‘ If one could only remember the nice things , the pleasant things , and let others go by ; but it 's always the reverse : the unpleasant things grow like weeds and choke any nice memory you might harbour . ’ |
| 22 | The assignment of these categories need not necessarily follow the grammatical assignments ( e.g. , the object case need not be the syntactic object ) . |
| 23 | He was also attempting to persuade the Communist Party that they must better understand the primordial needs of the masses : the demand for personal security and sexuality . |
| 24 | They do not only meet the minimum standards laid down by the English Tourist Board but the even higher standards set by the Brighton and Hove Accommodation Standards Joint Committee ( see the Tourist Charter information on page ii ) . |
| 25 | " It had also become clear that the duty system would change to " end-product taxi which would greatly favour the king-size brands . " |
| 26 | This will not necessarily stop the Not-OK feelings but it at least contains them so that they do n't damage the transaction . |
| 27 | Although one might suppose that the creation of a new party offers attractive opportunities for people previously excluded from local élites to establish themselves as leaders , it is often the case that such people do not obviously possess the right qualities . |
| 28 | Gregory the Great , interestingly , seems to represent the survival of an older tradition in upholding the civil rights of Jews within the community defined by Roman law rather than by religion ; but such a survival could not long resist the powerful pressures towards conformity where Roman legal inhibitions were less strong . |
| 29 | Abolitionists did not expect immediate conversion by slaveholders ; it was not necessary in so far as they were sure planters could not for long resist the economic imperatives . |
| 30 | If instead of paid work , you are thinking of becoming self-employed or setting up a business , you will not only have the start-up costs but , as you are probably well aware , very few new enterprises make a profit during the first two or three years . |