Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [adv prt] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their huge pinnae , which can be swivelled round to scan the air , gather the echoes of the sound into the earholes . |
| 2 | Proposals are that a union vote should be broken down to reflect the divergent views in a union 's membership and apportioned accordingly . |
| 3 | In eight or nine rounds the referee should be stepping in to rescue the younger man , unless he is knocked out . |
| 4 | The memo continues by stating that if the group who were to be part of the first squadron returned by road , they would waste too much time and should therefore be flown back to collect the new vehicles and supplies needed at Kufra . |
| 5 | But … the growth in net exports ( of ) services and food can not be relied on to replace the loss of manufacturing and oil net exports and secure further growth sufficient to achieve full employment ’ ( p. 139 ) . |
| 6 | THE only way men could be relied on to take the proposed male contraceptive pill would be if it enlarged certain parts of their anatomy in the way the female pill enlarges breasts . |
| 7 | As well as seeking to eliminate the old technicalities , in which it has , I think , been largely successful , the new code made one radical alteration in the nature of the evidence which could be relied on to prove the offence . |
| 8 | So the teacher finally asks Peggy , who can be relied on to know the correct answer : |
| 9 | They know she can be relied on to make the big day for her clients sparkle with the perfect glittering accessory . |
| 10 | I agree with Jacobs that legislation may be the only answer as commercial forces , if left to their own devices , can not be relied on to protect the most vulnerable members of society . |
| 11 | His mere re-election can be relied on to revive the market and solve those problems — without costing the public purse one penny . |
| 12 | The first drugs which could be relied on to reduce the dangerously high arterial pressure which precedes strokes and heart failure were substances which blocked the actions of acetylcholine at these ganglia , and so prevented the passage of nervous messages which put up the blood pressure . |
| 13 | Tell-tale themes — which emerge in repeated use of phrases such as , in the case of a motivated talent for management , ‘ I took care of … organised … got people together ’ — can be added up to reveal the interviewee 's motivational pattern . |
| 14 | In the case of bulk packages from which the product is likely to be removed in successive quantities over a period of time , separate tests should be carried out to assess the effect of storage in partly filled containers . |
| 15 | Following your letter of 3 October , I am pleased to be able to tell you that the Transportation Committee agreed on 2 November that a new independent study should be carried out to assess the costs and feasibility of a half-hourly passenger service on the South Suburban route . |
| 16 | A SURVEY is to be carried out to assess the social and health needs of people living in the Brandywell area of Londonderry . |
| 17 | Initial sound pressure monitoring would first have to be carried out to assess the ‘ noise climate ’ along the route , said Michael Kennedy , principal environmental health officer . |
| 18 | Please ensure that in future , if any planned power supply work is to be carried out affecting the supply to the computer room , I am informed well in advance , so that I can make arrangements to safeguard the file-servers and inform users . |
| 19 | A similar exercise will also be carried out to fix the first review date in outstanding mandatory life sentence cases where this has not already been done . |
| 20 | In the former case , it is likely that a Design Change will be raised to authorise work to be carried out to fix the reported problem . |
| 21 | In the former case , it is likely that a Design Change will be raised to authorise work to be carried out to fix the reported problem . |
| 22 | Interactive , multicomponent digital image processing of the entire database can also be carried out using the Geochemical Interactive Systems Analysis ( GISA ) facility at the National Remote Sensing Centre ( Appendix 2.2 ) . |
| 23 | It was decided that the three cars would be fumigated with Methyl Bromide to eradicate the infestation , and that this work would be carried out using the fumigation bubble . |
| 24 | Each of the records in this short ( 54 records ) file contains a question or task to be carried out using the reference(s) given . |
| 25 | The Snooker Tables A variety of work requires to be carried out to improve the quality of both the snooker tables . |
| 26 | The Snooker Tables A variety of work requires to be carried out to improve the quality of both the snooker tables . |
| 27 | A household questionnaire survey of 100 households ( 50% sample ) will be carried out to establish the social , environmental , and economic needs of these communities ; the level of use , awareness and attitudes to existing state aid ; the nature and performance of existing businesses ; the human and physical resources that are available . |
| 28 | Now another survey is to be carried out to establish the amount of damage and the expected costs of maintenance . |
| 29 | The Mersey Tunnel Authority will close the flyovers for two months in the autumn so that detailed traffic surveys can be carried out to measure the effect on traffic movement in central Birkenhead and the impact on the operation of the tunnels . |
| 30 | The Mersey Tunnel Authority will close the flyovers for two months in the autumn so that detailed traffic surveys can be carried out to measure the effect on traffic movement in central Birkenhead and the impact on the operation of the tunnels . |