Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv prt] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has no calories of its own , but it does slow down the metabolic rate , making it harder to burn up the calories you do consume . |
| 2 | However , if weight loss is excessive , then muscle tissue rather than fat tissue is lost , and this in turn will slow down the metabolic rate , making it more difficult to lose weight thereafter . |
| 3 | Better sacks have bound seams which do at least slow down the leaking process . |
| 4 | Vitamin E : research shows that it interrupts the free radical chain of destruction and so can slow down the ageing process . |
| 5 | I suspect part of the reason behind the council buying the ground in 1983 ? was so they could knock down the old rugby league stadium . |
| 6 | Oot there fur hours tryin' tae strip doon the lavvy seat . |
| 7 | After a few months he could strip down the simpler engines , service and reassemble them . |
| 8 | But now the old paternalism began to reassert itself , determined that whatever shackles had been placed around the BBC should also tie down the commercial companies . |
| 9 | I could buy up the whole block . |
| 10 | We will lighten up the dreary Brighton sky and dim the fluorescent pier . ’ |
| 11 | As predicted , we did catch up the cold front , refiled IFR and had to climb even further . |
| 12 | Why do n't you count up the French words in italics and see how many you can learn by heart . |
| 13 | Recommendations were made that would eventually phase out the broad gauge . |
| 14 | In any case , the Dwarfs saw in the savage human tribes potential allies to help them fight the Orcs and , ultimately , to help them win back the lost Dwarf fortresses . |
| 15 | With the selection of some anti-O'Neill candidates in the 1970 Stormont elections and the Westminster elections of the same year , the conservatives sensed that they could win back the Unionist Party machine . |
| 16 | Let's snuff out the shod people and welcome the long shadows . |
| 17 | They deliberately looked for inconsistencies where they basically knew I 'd told them but two aspects of the truth , in the hope that I 'd blurt out the real truth about something else in my fright and confusion . |
| 18 | She knows the kinds of places she likes to work , sleep and eat in , and will instinctively seek out the right type of office , hotel , or restaurant . |
| 19 | Once this is accepted we can seek out the logical consistencies in contextual use which constitute ‘ structural principles ’ and which make sense of otherwise apparently baffling practices and beliefs . |
| 20 | One of the major concerns is to ensure security ( as far as possible ) and quality of service , rather than simply seek out the highest interest rate or the lowest charges on offer . |
| 21 | Do n't be concerned with the feeling that nothing is " sinking in " but do try and seek out the main points . |
| 22 | Instead of having the children go through the small group work suggested above , the teacher remains in role as the Pied Piper and the children are asked to elect two or three representatives who will seek out the Pied Piper and try to bargain with him/her . |
| 23 | Every shift , they face people who have lost lovers , lost jobs or lost families through AIDS or ( more often ) the fear of AIDS ; every shift they have to help people think through the new consequences of future sex or face the possible results of past ignorance . |
| 24 | It 's time we took a stronger line with wild-eyed enthusiasts who do n't think through the full consequences of their soft-hearted feelings . |
| 25 | Fisher , who had gone to Melbourne briefly in 1897 with high hopes of being selected for Australia , was determined to see Otago cricket prosper , and convinced the local authorities that Crawford would be the type of coach who could bring on the young Otago players . |
| 26 | Do carry on the good work , in September with encouragement to all new people in your class , and in January with the renewal of your own membership . |
| 27 | She has suffered much in the last decade but that experience has given her the inner fortitude to shoulder the emotional burden she must carry on the next stage of her life 's journey . |
| 28 | The business sale agreement will usually provide that , if a VAT liability arises from a supply which the parties expected to be outside the scope of VAT , the consideration will be VAT exclusive where this is caused by a breach of warranty by Newco ( for example , that it will carry on the same kind of business as the vendor after completion ) . |
| 29 | Young birds learn from their parents and will carry on the same method . |
| 30 | Ciba 's top management hopes this will help break down the hierarchical system in which many of their middle management had become too passive , and encourage more individual initiative . |