Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Throughout the 1980s , it battled to achieve two crucial , strategic shifts : to reduce its dependence on bulk , low-margin , commodity chemicals which tend to swing wildly with the economic cycle — in favour of high value-added , high-margin ‘ effect ’ chemicals ; and to cut the share of sales accounted for by the UK . |
| 2 | Although today these vital units of the railway system are being phased out by the modern fully automated control centres , there still remains the lonely , isolated signal box , often miles from anywhere , that on a dark winter 's night can conjure up strange happenings and instil fear even in the heart of the most level-headed signalman . |
| 3 | It 's quite usual to pay a deposit to show that you intend to go ahead with the deal and if you back out the repairer is entitled to keep the money . |
| 4 | HEAVYWEIGHTS , it is said , take a while to mature but tend to remain longer in the sport . |
| 5 | The fish tend to spawn all around the same time and pay attention to their own broods — equally the parents will see off any attempt by another pair to eat their brood . |
| 6 | And the West peal comes appeal and the West 's heard becomes a heard and the one sort of difference that 's still there and it may take quite while to go is that the East Mainland when they 're saying a sentence they tend to go up at the end of the sentence the voice rises . |
| 7 | I would like to go to the town today , and she 's awfully she 's no the day and they tend to go up at the end . |
| 8 | ( 1986 ) and Borgman ( 1980 ) have found from their studies that older children especially are not willing to move to a new family if contact with their biological families is to be severed , though of course some children may be unable to voice their reluctance and tend to go along with the plans . |
| 9 | They tend to go always to the top of the |
| 10 | Can you tell me something about the crowd itself , erm did particular age groups tend to stand together around the ground or were the young |
| 11 | Insurance defence lawyers , however , tend to concentrate more on the legal process and procedure . |
| 12 | Muslim ones tend to shrivel up at the thought of their women going out to work . |
| 13 | ‘ Moss stitch is best for ties otherwise they tend to curl up at the edges and look like a drain pipe . ’ |
| 14 | Skills develop and change to compensate partially for the changing capacities . |
| 15 | They want to go up to the aviary but I I ca n't get I ca n't get this buggy up there up that hill . |
| 16 | now if I want to go down to the sea front well I 'll shall get a taxi and , and sha n't be worrying where me next meals coming from because I 've saved it , so , so that 's , that 's no worry , I was saying to Arthur if we went to Butlins well it would take all we had , because it , we could n't go to Butlins under three hundred pounds for two of us , we could n't go anywhere else , if we go to Blackpool , our , our said to , to , to dad , I , I would like to pop to , er I do n't think we will do because , er , the hassle for your dad , but er , I 'd like to go and see aunty Annie , but I do n't want to go to Nelson to do it |
| 17 | Unless we want to go back to the Stone Age , zero pollution is not practical . ’ |
| 18 | After the elections I want to go back to the Institute of Forecasting . |
| 19 | And to understand that change I want to go back to the beginning and just to trace what has happened to the Chinese Communist Party since it was formed in nineteen twenty one when it had a mere I hope everybody can see that , it 's not very large today and I do n't think I can any better than that In nineteen twenty one when it was first founded , it had a mere fifty seven members and it did n't grow very much for a number of years . |
| 20 | ‘ I think I want to go back to the house for a while , ’ she said at last in a careful tone . |
| 21 | Er if you want to go back to the same people . |
| 22 | Nearly all children want to go out in the snow and , if they are suitably dressed , they can have many mathematically rewarding experiences as well as lots of fun . |
| 23 | Bullingdon 's governor says there 's no way every aspect of behaviour can be controlled because there 'll always be those who want to hit back at the system . |
| 24 | Students appear to acquire more in the way of fluency than accuracy : |
| 25 | A magnificent bookplate of 1899 with , on the male side ( left in picture ) , twelve quarterings , some of which appear to go back to the 13th century . |
| 26 | Slowly Georg got out of the van , looked around to make sure there was no-one who knew him , then he walked quickly across to the station restaurant , entered , and hid himself quickly in a booth that had a view of the rails . |
| 27 | Well he said that does n't give you long to go out on the razzle . |
| 28 | But his interests appear to remain firmly with the purchasers ' ‘ needs ’ — and pockets — as he advises : ‘ If you want to buy a girl from one of the escort firms it will cost you quite a lot . |
| 29 | Next year , I want to carry on with the course , and do my Highers as well . ’ |
| 30 | The script assumes that this is your LSTRAIN process — if it is a live process , then make sure that the user you create to do the QA is a name that you really want to sit directly under the Manager . |