Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] [adv] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ideas developed so far provide a very incomplete story when the flow is adjacent to a solid boundary . |
| 2 | It is considered better therefore to have a longer set of allowable candidate strings which includes the correct word although this may often include rarely occurring words . |
| 3 | Many scientists saw at once its far-reaching implications and a whole spate of major papers were published in 1967 and 1968 , which quite suddenly added up together to make a completely new way of looking at the Earth 's main working parts : Plate Tectonics . |
| 4 | If necessary rescheduling should be carried out either to give a new completion date or to increase resources ( or reduce time allocated ) in order to get back on schedule . |
| 5 | A SWOT analysis which has been carried out correctly provides a creative , forward-looking review which provides a balanced basis for considering possible future strategies . |
| 6 | Most of the functions attributed to rises are nearer to grammatical than attitudinal , as in the first three examples given below ; they are included here mainly to give a fuller picture of intonational function . |
| 7 | Although the abandonment of overfunding has meant that this problem has ( although maybe only temporarily ) been resolved there still remains an issue as to the relationship between central government and the local authorities . |
| 8 | " They have a first class officer who has leant over backwards to establish a low profile in dealing with immigrants . " |
| 9 | She says everyone 's done so well to raise a quarter of a million pounds — we 're just wondering what we 're going to do next ! |
| 10 | Contributions which he and his workmates have made so far exceed a splendid £1,576 . |
| 11 | He was instructed not actually to conclude a sale without first referring back to his principal ; he was to receive commission if a sale was concluded . |
| 12 | Added to this the partner of the black hole must have swollen to the giant stage in order that material can be transferred rapidly enough to give an accretion disc that produces detectable numbers of X-rays . |
| 13 | Repetitions and variations can be easily built up easily to create an atmosphere like this . |
| 14 | Foley , stony-faced , told him that the dirty tricks brigade , led by Charles Fraser-Smith , had turned up earlier to make a replica of the prisoner 's uniform , correct in every detail . |
| 15 | When the four remaining parts of the lower dome have been built high enough to form a complete circle within the walls of the square , this circle provides the basis for supporting the actual dome . |
| 16 | Indeed , if the results in London had been repeated throughout the country , Labour would not have done well enough to gain an overall majority in a putative general election . |
| 17 | It follows that whenever a large system is about to be built there always exists a considerable uncertainty about many aspects of its required behaviour , the interaction with its environment , its constituent components and their interrelationships . |
| 18 | But , to return one final time to Bakhtin , in case he is appropriated yet again to legitimate a selective and ludicrously ahistorical celebration of ‘ carnival ’ : |
| 19 | Mood lighting can be used not only to create an atmosphere , but also to highlight features of the house , such as decorative cornices , ornaments ( especially inside glass-fronted cupboards ) , or pictures . |
| 20 | Checklists may be used not only to determine a child 's current level of functioning , but also to establish the focus for subsequent intervention . |
| 21 | But in verse one , the word used there simply means a relative . |
| 22 | The hands should be pre-set slightly forward to encourage a descending strike . |
| 23 | PEST exterminator Frank Murray was called on yesterday to SAVE a swarm of wasps . |
| 24 | The Amble lifeboat was called out yesterday to take a crewman with a gashed hand off an oil rig support ship in the North Sea . |
| 25 | It was tolerated well enough to become a useful drug , but it had a very brief period of action ; 6-MP is attacked by the enzyme xanthine oxidase , a normal constituent of the human body ( and of widespread occurrence elsewhere ) and is converted to a substance , thio-uric acid , which is not active against tumours . |
| 26 | The ommatidia are packed closely together to form a multi-faceted compound eye . |
| 27 | Note : Bed linen is not provided so please bring a sleeping bag and towels with you . |
| 28 | I think he was brought in just to do a good production job . ’ |
| 29 | They had spent so long reaching a place of safety , and were now so near . |
| 30 | Another form of game which has become popular among teachers other than drama teachers has been ‘ simulation ’ , where elaborate game structures are set up usually involving a great deal of time and application in order to teach some specific subject-matter about the civic planning of motorways , starvation in the Third World or executive decision-making in industry . |