Example sentences of "[adv] [be] [vb pp] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So any knife you might have in your hand had better be put back in its sheath ! ’ |
| 2 | It was a protective capability , I 'd heard — a black mist that could suddenly be blown out in a huge , binding cloud . |
| 3 | ‘ That was a dream move for him and meant a big transformation for a lad of his age to suddenly be pitched in with the stars at Liverpool , ’ said England Under-21 boss Lawrie McMenemy . |
| 4 | Nor could much be shaved off of AML 's purchasing inventory , Connolly hide and bespoke cylinders being notoriously inflexible on pricing . |
| 5 | For example , some really hard cases write adoring letters to Judith Chalmers and should obviously be banged up in solitary confinement without a moment 's delay . |
| 6 | I have an advertisement for CIA survival knives which states that it ’ is a superb high tech fibreglass filled nylon construction knife which weighs just 20 gm. due to its double edge , spear point and double fluted reinforced spine , tremendous plunging power — it can literally be driven straight through a telephone directory ( remains undetected by airport metal detectors ) ’ . |
| 7 | He found that some of his Pound negatives could only be printed effectively with platinum paper , which has a very long tonal range . |
| 8 | Their curvatures can only be obtained rigorously from the solution of Einstein 's equation . |
| 9 | Also , the insurers will not necessarily cover all your customers and those that they do cover may only be covered up to a certain amount . |
| 10 | In the 15 subjects in whom antral and upper intestinal recordings were not available , the relation to phase 3 of the migrating motor complex could only be determined indirectly by the temporal relation of non-deglutitive pressure waves in the oesophageal body with the non-deglutitive plastic contractions of the lower oesophageal sphincter ( this represented the sphincteric component of phase 3 of the migrating motor complex that occurred during the 10- 15 minute period preceding phase 3 in the antrum or proximal jejunum , as shown previously by others . ) |
| 11 | The latter might be comparable in date to the Kingscote mosaic , but as that itself can only be assigned tentatively to c. 325 , this association must be considered inconclusive . |
| 12 | There seemed only one way for the Druids to prevent their imminent destruction , and that was to ensure that the army never came within reach of them ; this could only be achieved either by strong enough resistance in the mountains of north-west Wales or by a serious insurrection deep within the Province . |
| 13 | As circular plasmids seem unable to replicate autonomously in P. anserina ( 18 ) , transformation can only be achieved either by self replication of linear molecules or by integration in chromosomal DNA . |
| 14 | ‘ A trustee can only be indemnified out of the pockets of his cestuis que trust against costs , charges , and expenses properly incurred for the benefit of the trust — a proposition in which the word ‘ properly ’ means reasonably as well as honestly incurred . |
| 15 | This technique is grounded in a form of composition that is outmoded : the age of the word-processor has made possible in practice a perpetual variation and continual performance which can only be indicated obliquely in print . |
| 16 | It can only be realised fully by involving able people and delegating power and responsibility to them in ways which allow the whole organisation to take responsibility for outcomes and for future action . |
| 17 | The real force and power of God 's ‘ Yes ! ’ can only be heard along with the ‘ No ! ’ that is necessarily carried with it . ) |
| 18 | This would not only reduce its political significance but it would allow for yearly increases ( though broadcasters have been quick to point out that the general rate of inflation is below the industry 's rate and so an increase would still leave a shortfall which can only be made up by savings ) . |
| 19 | The shortfall can only be made up by the sale of programmes and income from official car parks — so spectators are asked to support both . |
| 20 | He repeated the Comintern formula that " the united front can only be built up from below , by the workers themselves , not as a corrupt bargain of the reformist leaders and disorganisers of the struggle endeavouring to buy off the criticism of the revolutionaries , but as the solid class front of the workers " . |
| 21 | Estates tail , which formerly could only be created out of freeholds , can now , as equitable interests , be created out of any kind of property ; they are known as ‘ entailed interests ’ , and can be barred not only inter vivos by a deed , but also by a will , provided that the tenant in tail 's interest is in possession , and provided that he specifically refers in his will to the entailed property or the instrument creating it . |
| 22 | A greater burden was placed on the rates which could only be met either by cuts in services or increases in rate demands . |
| 23 | Toward the end of the war , many artillery pieces were of such a size and weight that they could only be moved around on specially strengthened railway freight wagons . |
| 24 | The tool can only be turned on by pushing a lock-off switch on the rear handle with the thumb , whilst depressing the two triggers on the front and rear handles . |
| 25 | For this reason , young foals under a month old should only be turned out in the field if the weather conditions are good . |
| 26 | As I have already noted , some kind of political change goes on at all times , produced by the succession of generations , the rise and fall of dynasties , competition among various social groups , economic and cultural developments , changing external circumstances , and more idiosyncratic factors , which can only be understood fully through detailed historical studies . |
| 27 | There are those critics of the polytechnics who regard this as a most unfortunate development and would go so far as to castigate them for betraying their primary purpose , which they see as providing for the communities in which they are located , something which of necessity can only be done primarily through part-time provision . |
| 28 | This can only be done successfully through central control of the resources . |
| 29 | This was not merely to avoid high costs on difficult engineering problems , but to link as many villages as convenient with a system of transport , something that could only be done previously with wagons or packhorses . |
| 30 | Large figures , carved into the chalk hillside , such as the Uffington Horse , the Long Man of Wilmington and the Cerne Abbas Giant , are well known , but these figures were something very different : they were enormous earth sculptures which could only be seen properly from the air or on a map . |