Example sentences of "of [verb] [adv] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If a student has a habit of over-ruddering in turns , it is often worth showing him the effect on the stall of using even a slight amount of extra rudder in a gentle turn . |
| 2 | There is , therefore , little tradition yet of using even the growing numbers of full text CD-ROM databases let alone those embodying the first elements of multimedia . |
| 3 | In longer pieces composers often use varied keys , so as to have a more chromatic language at their disposal and to avoid the stagnation of using only a limited selection of notes . |
| 4 | Projects provide a useful means of bringing together a wide range of skills and for integrating different activities within a module . |
| 5 | It has been argued earlier that the LEAs , both individually and collectively , failed to generate greater consensus on the school curriculum , but were there not alternative means of bringing together the various partners ( the LEAs , schools and their teachers , governors and parents , industry and commerce ; the churches ) to reach an agreement ? |
| 6 | The Lords entered the fray in December with a strong preference for PR as a means of keeping both the Labour party and the Commons in check , so that in January 1918 there were disputes between the two houses as well as between and within the parties . |
| 7 | With the aim of keeping only the Imperial Tobacco and Imperial Foods divisions , Hanson within a short period of time sold Imperial 's hotels and restaurants interests to Trust House Forte ( £190 million ) , Golden Wonder Crisps to Dalgety ( £87 million ) and Courage to the Australian company Elders IXL ( £1.4 billion ) . |
| 8 | The only exception to this is where a child is incapable of understanding even a simple explanation of the grounds because it may be too young , or suffer from mental handicap . |
| 9 | The costs of employing even a shared nanny , however , should be thoroughly investigated beforehand . |
| 10 | From the moment he arrived in Korea , Hodge was concerned with the maintenance of order and of developing quickly a viable framework of control . |
| 11 | To the pleasures of new friendship , Coleridge , on his return to Stowey , added the prospect of meeting again the loyal and longstanding friend of his youth , Charles Lamb . |
| 12 | So we see the difficulties of defining even a recent period of earth history , and the protagonists of the varied viewpoints would probably ( if it mattered at all ) argue just as fiercely as stratigraphers over the boundaries . |
| 13 | At the heart of the difficulty of delineating clearly the essential features of the Constitution is its ever-changing nature . |
| 14 | They emphasize the importance , both for keeping independence and for helping their descendants , of owning even a small amount of property and passing down specialized occupational skills . |
| 15 | To ensure the achievement of that objective he stressed the importance of informing fully the post-war generation of these basic principles and of securing the co-operation of the universities through their extra-mural departments . |
| 16 | sort of going just a short way along and having to reverse back out again |
| 17 | So if erm , if they 're not used , they 've got to be thrown away , they ca n't be sort of used again the next day , the veg . |
| 18 | The French military authorities held that , since their army was incapable of invading even the demilitarised Rhineland , the reoccupation would make no real difference . |
| 19 | What 's the chance of getting either a blue or a red ? |
| 20 | And the chance of getting either a red or a blue , If I say , Here you are , I 'm gon na you 've got this bag and it 's got three blue and one red in it . |
| 21 | The main problem about this option is the logistic one of getting together the hundreds of different catalogues ( especially those of the small publishers ) necessary to ensure comprehensiveness . |
| 22 | So we did n't have to go all the way to Lime Street , Liverpool , Chapman , with his characteristic attention to such details , had arranged for the train to make a special stop at Edgehill Station , to give us a better chance of getting home the same night . |
| 23 | Unquestionably , a bill of lading is more merchantable when issued by the owner or master of a ‘ seaworthy ’ vessel , i.e. , a vessel capable of providing both a safe journey and reliable stowage facilities . |
| 24 | Though the differences were minute they were capable of calling forth the highest passions : great content if you did well , or jealousy and despair if you did badly . |
| 25 | When the winds are southerly the drift would be in the reverse direction , but the waves responsible , being of smaller size due to limited fetch and generally lighter winds , would be capable of moving only the finer material back towards West Bay . |
| 26 | Final preparation of the bud consists of cutting square the top tip of the bud shield , and lightly bending back the other tongue end just enough for a tiny sliver of pith wood behind the eye to lift . |
| 27 | In the result , therefore , the adjudication of Mr. Dennis as bankrupt after the death of his wife did not have the effect of severing retrospectively the joint tenancy before her death . |
| 28 | Six alternative ways of linking together the daily prices between 1982 and 1989 were used , and some substantial differences in the results were observed . |
| 29 | Not for the first time , she wishes she had her sister 's confidence with men , her way of saying just the right thing in the right way to make them laugh , or listen , or love . |
| 30 | An ordinary delegate said he rejected the idea of blaming only the previous leaders for past mistakes . |