Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv prt] [art] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have had many pleasant discussions with him , but I must say to him and to the House in all firmness that to ask us to talk about justice as politicians is to go down a very dangerous road . |
| 2 | Because it is so bizarre it is not possible to go down a very new route of comedy without appearing derivative . |
| 3 | They must attempt to innovate over a very broad front using people and structures which are still firmly in place from the ancien régime . |
| 4 | There are many repeating features in this book , and one such is Dickens ' amazing ability to conjure up the most absurd but believable characters . |
| 5 | Before getting up , pause for a moment or two to work out a less stressful way of rising to your feet . |
| 6 | Last week the first practical steps towards such a union were taken when leaders of the RPR , UDF and UDC met and agreed to form a tactical group to work out the most effective means of opposing the government . |
| 7 | Sir Adam Thomson , the founder of British Caledonian , took the trouble to write back a most comprehensive letter , giving kindly guidance and suggesting that until Giles was old enough , he should gain useful experience in a related industry like travel . |
| 8 | We knew her and we also knew that she was taking food to a different set of prisoners ; they were beginning to scatter over an increasingly wide area as there was now no hope of an immediate Allied invasion of northern Italy , which was what everyone had hoped for . |
| 9 | It enabled the committed to track down the less committed , and to identify ‘ the enemy ’ . |
| 10 | She held up her axe to ward off a murderously diving spar , and split it in twain . |
| 11 | Nor have official bodies been able to ward off the most sinister threat . |
| 12 | It was reported on Jan. 8 that former federal judge Frederick B. Lacy , the court-appointed independent administrator assigned to clean up the notoriously corrupt Teamsters union ( International Brotherhood of Teamsters , Chauffeurs , Warehousemen and Helpers of America ) , had banned one of the union 's vice-presidents , T. R. " Teddy " Cozza , for having knowingly associated with figures involved in organized crime . |
| 13 | Perhaps I should try to pick up a little extra at Macready 's tables . |
| 14 | ’ We 're about to pick up a very valuable thing . |
| 15 | It is impossible to guarantee that anyone you invited will turn up , so you could try to guard against wasting your time and money by sending courtesy cars to pick up the more important people . |
| 16 | Until a moment of madness by Bruce , the United stand-in captain , Alex Ferguson 's side appeared likely to open up the most significant lead in this topsy turvy title race . |
| 17 | They forced several corners and looked for the height of Simon White and Steve Harris to open up the sometimes nervous ‘ Mill defence . |
| 18 | However , herbs have always been used to pep up the more blandly-flavoured foods such as fish , vegetables and cereals . |
| 19 | The technique that we have introduced for light aircraft groups will enable you to set up a reasonably accurate performance on most types in those groups , requiring the minimum of adjustment on individual aircraft . |
| 20 | His first tasks were to erect fortifications , to intrigue to prevent the Arabs from uniting to expel the intruder , and to use the Jews to set up a highly efficient intelligence network . |
| 21 | However , the division into high and low heads as general types is probably the most basic that can be made , and it would be pointless to set up a more elaborate system to represent differences if these differences were not recognised by most English speakers . |
| 22 | The voice recordings were shipped to London where MI6 had to set up a totally new department of 250 specially recruited Russian-speaking experts to slowly work their way through the material . |
| 23 | If we are to control all variables , we have to set up a totally artificial situation . |
| 24 | What Blake did was to set up a very clever cover story which would pre-empt any subsequent accusations that he was in touch with the Russians . |
| 25 | With the blessing of both Mr Walesa and senior Catholic churchmen , he is already working to set up an avowedly Christian party . |
| 26 | What I have always said is that way you set up supervision behind the programme is the most crucial , so therefore if I can sit down and help them to set up the most strenuous type of supervision to go along with the equipment , then they feel safe and the community feel safer that none of them will go out and commit another crime . |
| 27 | Peter Rawlins , having failed in his mission to set up the stubbornly impracticable Taurus computer trading system , has done what used to be called the honourable thing . |
| 28 | ‘ For that pittance , you 're willing to sell out the most beloved son of the Romanian people , their greatest leader in history ? ! ’ |
| 29 | Looking back on years that the Yorks were together , it is easy to pick out the really bad moments that led to the complete breakdown of their marriage . |
| 30 | After which an attempt was made to set out the most elementary logical conditions that must be satisfied before anything can qualify as a potential existent . |