Example sentences of "[verb] the pace " in BNC.
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| 1 | Orient , like Rovers promoted from the Fourth Division last May , made few telling incursions into the penalty area where they lacked the pace of the home team 's Malkin and Morrissey , though their approach work was neat enough . |
| 2 | Had a very , very good over from Bill Tufnell there , it 's always a bit tricky when you come on to bowl and it 's turning and it 's a long day ahead and you , you 're expected to get hissed and you expect to get hissed , and you can get very impatient when they do n't come , but he 's got one now , he 's got , now he 's bowled well all morning now , he 's bowled almost for an hour , but he 's got that one wicket and he , that over was full of confidence , he tossed one up , misjudged the length and got into a bit of a tangle and then he bowled a quicker one which tried to cut , he then misjudged the pace and he could off nick it to the , a very , very good over and he 's bowling with , with great confidence at the moment . |
| 3 | Not suprisingly , people in the north-east of the country , where the work ethic and the climate push the pace of life ever upward , reside permanently in the fast lane . |
| 4 | The contribution of the Conservative government has been to quicken the pace of centralisation , concerned perhaps to exercise greater control of public sector organisations for which privatisation was not an option . |
| 5 | His counterpoint helps to emphasise points within the text , at time giving short phrases to all voices to quicken the pace , at others extending a word over many bars . |
| 6 | There are fears that the effect of this legislation will be to quicken the pace of executions in the USA , including those of juveniles . |
| 7 | This encyclical was , of course , theological rather than practical in its purpose , and though it undoubtedly helped to quicken the pace of liturgical reform in the Church , the driving force of change lay elsewhere — most particularly perhaps in Germany . |
| 8 | IBM promises to quicken the pace of publishing technical details on its systems network architecture ( SNA ( protocols . |
| 9 | By April the sense of crisis among the Six receded when it was agreed to quicken the pace towards a customs union still further . |
| 10 | In broad terms , our membership of the European Economic Community was likely to quicken the pace of technical and economic change in the industry , thereby causing a further contraction of the labour force and a further substitution of capital for labour , though at a slower rate than in the previous decade . |
| 11 | We urged the Government to quicken the pace of its pedestrian review of these old permissions and to take powers to enable planning authorities to extinguish without compensation those that would cause an unacceptable level of damage . |
| 12 | Technological change since the war has undoubtedly altered the pace of work on the farm , but it has barely affected its rhythm . |
| 13 | Her plays , while well crafted and with shrewdly observed characters , lack the pace and tension of her thrillers . |
| 14 | Given the pace of microchip development , legal action over the 486 may take too long . |
| 15 | When the ark arrives , however , he slows the pace right down . |
| 16 | To increase the suspense the storyteller again slows the pace . |
| 17 | Although Wilson 's point is a good one , there is a considerable momentum building up within the digital multimedia industry and even if reluctance to reinvest in new kit slows the pace of change , it is unlikely to deflect the overwhelming trend . |
| 18 | Lucy says she has learned to enjoy the pace — even the lack of commitment , new appraising eyes each week , the sprinkling of young men , and above all , contact with other disciplines . |
| 19 | The failure of ministers to persuade many of those who work in the NHS of the need for reform thus emerges as the key factor shaping the pace of implementation . |
| 20 | But this will not affect the pace of product development work . |
| 21 | It wo n't affect the Pace Centre . |
| 22 | I was warned again and again by friendly police officers of some rank to slacken the pace : and I refused . |
| 23 | You change the pace you do what you like . |
| 24 | Prices on the major US and UK commodity exchanges began to rise very rapidly in 1972 and maintained the pace through 1973 . |
| 25 | Parallel action cutting is a good way to increase the pace and interest of your movies . |
| 26 | A government decision to increase the pace of liberal economic reforms provoked a crisis in the ruling National Liberation Front , with the protest resignations of Rabat Bitat , the president of the National Assembly since 1977 , on Oct. 3 , and of Col. Kasdi Merbah , the former Prime Minister dismissed in September 1989 [ see p. 36905 ] , who resigned from his post on the FLN central committee on Oct. 6 . |
| 27 | Vivienne , a doctor at the Royal Victoria Hospital , also sports three speed titles — two sprint championships in the north and one in the south — and she too has the pace and experience to score major points for Lisburn . |
| 28 | While he soldiered on , wife Norma was unable to stand the pace . |
| 29 | Keeping the pace firmly to a speed at which he could consider his answers , he relaxed as the hour passed , even smiled . |
| 30 | Both men , however , had to suffer a day of ups and downs — including two engine failures in the morning on their new ‘ high-tech ’ MP4/7A race cars — before they found the pace in the afternoon . |