Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fords and bridge sites often change little over the years and Watkins cites several examples of leys crossing rivers at fords . |
| 2 | He uses language and imagery which communicate most precisely the truths he wishes to convey to a specific audience . |
| 3 | ( Where sounds correspond aurally yet the concept differs depending on the context , further confusion can arise . |
| 4 | Grip lashes with the curlers as close to the roots as possible and hold for five seconds , then repeat halfway down the lashes . |
| 5 | What we have not changed is what has made the book so popular with your students , in particular the themes which combine so well the requirements of the exam with the interests of students at this age . |
| 6 | Any racing life beyond that will be an added bonus , and for those who race less frequently the sails should last even longer . |
| 7 | But she has gone ; and they fly pell-mell up the hedgerow , frisking , chattering and perching where they will . |
| 8 | Crops grow quickly once the weather improves . |
| 9 | At last , when he thought he could wait no longer , he glimpsed Benedicta slip silently up the nave to join the other two members of his congregation , kneeling between them at the entrance to the rood screen . |
| 10 | The main aims will be to : ( a ) identify particular commercial/legal problems of such magnitude as to cause the investor to withdraw or adjust its terms , including the price , either directly or indirectly through indemnities ; ( b ) flush out any unknown or understated liabilities and ensure the vendor will deliver good title ( free from encumbrances ) to the assets ; ( c ) ascertain more precisely the worth of the target business to the buyer and to provide an effective means of valuing the shares or the assets ; and ( d ) provide a clear understanding of how the business functions , including the operation of its financial and management systems . |
| 11 | The figures for food sent by the 22 Food Aid Convention countries reveal once again the importance of the US grain belt . |
| 12 | The comments of officials and newspaper correspondents are consistent with the conclusions drawn from the statistics , and show more precisely the areas where cattle stealing prevailed . |
| 13 | These difficulties , it is argued , although in part the result of the marginalization of the arts in British education at national level , are also caused by the failure of arts educators to come to terms with the reasonable expectations of those charged with administering INSET at local level and thereby exploit more effectively the support for the arts of those charged with administering education . |
| 14 | The table did for working and eating ; the mattress ( put straight on the floor and covered in black tweed ) did for sleeping and lounging ; and the steps made extra seating areas as well with the help of large flat black or white cushions which stacked like striped playbricks when not in use . |
| 15 | Climb straight up the V-groove to ledges ( more fulmars ) than take the short crack above or the ramp on the left to finish . |
| 16 | This data takes the form of a cross-section in one year to show the average wage in each of the age groups , so 44 year-old men for example earn about twice the wage paid to men aged 20 . |
| 17 | Standard sealed units cost about twice the price of an equivalent-sized pane of pane of plain glass , and there will probably be no difference in the frame price . |
| 18 | There is no separate union for white-collar and management staff , and both unions organize well up the employment hierarchy . |
| 19 | Basically you 're looking to make sure that you 've covered any possibility if they die tomorrow where the money would come from for any of those outstanding obligations and then here you put the total what 's available , in this case it 's the seventy K plus ten K |
| 20 | There will be many reasons put forward why the school library can not have its own microcomputer but it is up to the school librarian and interested teachers to present a reasonable case , based firmly on educational grounds . |
| 21 | These words show very clearly the difficulty of the unstressed syllable . |
| 22 | Passages from the catechisms devised for small children by the many child-orientated members of this movement show very clearly the emphasis upon death as a part of normal experience : |
| 23 | I welcome very much the options that are now open for both the EFTA states , and , in due course , when their economies are ready , the eastern European states , to join the EC . |
| 24 | I welcome very much the opportunity to raise on the Adjournment the question of the working of the police national computer mark 2 and the need for effective safeguards , and I am delighted that this debate is starting at a relatively civilised hour . |
| 25 | I am confident that the work of the review body will reinforce teachers ' professionalism and raise still further the esteem in which society holds our teachers . |
| 26 | These stripes run right down the body , but peter out near the base of the tail . |
| 27 | ‘ I am well acquainted with your family — ’ she told Joan ‘ — and recall most vividly the duke your father , whose soul God pardon ! ’ |
| 28 | Credit unions perhaps meet most neatly the needs of people who now face difficulty in getting value from credit , or whose budgeting habits or experience sets narrow ( and probably expensive ) limits to their credit horizons . |
| 29 | To illustrate this , consider once more the example used in the previous chapter . |
| 30 | It will 1 ) examine more fully the extent to which primary schools vary in their effects on a variety of pupils ' educational outcomes , including progress in reading and maths ; 2 ) establish whether the composition of pupil intakes is related to effectiveness ; 3 ) find out whether school vary in their effectiveness from year to year and whether their effects on pupils persist into secondary school . |