Example sentences of "[adv prt] the space " in BNC.

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1 General advice on making squares was offered with stress on making the limits and form of a square clear , making the traffic conform to decorative town planning and cutting down the space dedicated to vehicles in favour of giving additional tracks or spaces for other purposes , even if these sometimes have to be driven over .
2 The awkwardness will probably prompt you to talk just for the sake of filling in the space , and you may say more than you wanted to or even find yourself talking rubbish .
3 The Captain filled in the space where Maxwell might have thought he had to apologize , and then asked him quickly : ‘ What did you do in the north of Italy in January ?
4 Soon they would be filling in the space with houses again .
5 The Physics department moved out completely to the new building and Chemistry — abhorring a vacuum — expanded to take over the space vacated .
6 When Jean-Claude took over the space for his piano , he found himself lugging the trunk into the light .
7 Optimists say that fast-multiplying electronic equipment rather than people will take up the space .
8 Jess eyed the landlord , sizing up the space between him and the door .
9 If bannister rails are more than four inches apart board up the space .
10 The man of wealth and pride Takes up the space that many poor supplied ;
11 The units are small enough to fill up the space almost as a liquid would fill it .
12 This could either involve removing it altogether and blocking up the space with bricks and mortar , or simply locking it and putting furniture against it on both sides .
13 Ceramic tiles-which can be continued up the space between counter top and unit to make a handsome splashback-come in a huge range of colours and designs and can look spectacular , gentle or fresh depending on the effect you want .
14 For the Music Room and dining area , a geometric effect in cream and indigo blue was chosen to help break up the space .
15 A dozen books took up the space of three dozen nomes , and while Grimma privately thought that some of the books were more useful than many of the nomes , she 'd accepted Dorcas 's promise that they would come back , one day , and try to retrieve them from their hiding place under the floor .
16 The van was capacious and he decided to fill up the space with a couple of sacks of fuel .
17 ‘ Nothing to do with us ’ , says the Press Office , ‘ we were just renting out the space ’ .
18 You can leave out the space between OR and a preceding constant , but it makes your programs difficult to read .
19 Brilliant you see , he 's done it for so many years can work out the space and everything .
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