Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Record-breaking and the alleged mania for quantification can not properly explain the appeal of sport . |
| 2 | 88open has decided to offer its system and application compatibility test suites — ITS/88 , AVS/88 and ACT/88 — to industry consortia and companies : although to date they have only been available for Motorola Inc 88000 RISC based systems , interested parties would presumably customise the sets for other architectures . |
| 3 | From approximately 10 months the baby progressively overcomes this error and will successfully locate the target . |
| 4 | Both at home and at school , methodologies may fundamentally obstruct the negotiation of meaning and , in doing so , reduce the likelihood of deaf children enriching their language skills . |
| 5 | The mainstream Labour left thinks it can call Mr Major 's bluff : he would rather swallow the Social Chapter , they guess , than lose the whole treaty . |
| 6 | Thanks but no-thanks , we 'd rather make the programme we want to , despite the horrendous budget problems . |
| 7 | Of course , Irish clergy and laity are sometimes at the forefront of political religious change in other countries , and a lively Irish intellectuals ’ religion will continue : but whether or not it will eventually affect the structure of power is another matter . |
| 8 | They are the most powerful because they can most effectively expose the discipline for what it is . |
| 9 | But perhaps , too , we go to observe our death , prefigured in the element in which we can not survive , and which may eventually cover the earth for all time . |
| 10 | But it has stressed its commitment to the polluter-pays principle , and plans to introduce charges that will eventually cover the scheme 's costs . |
| 11 | They do n't believe that government promises of an increase in benefits will properly compensate the pensioners , and worry that those just above the level eligible for benefits will be hit hardest of all . |
| 12 | Its just difficult to explain how the defence works as a team , and one weak link can badly affect the rests confidence . |
| 13 | In an upwards market this would benefit the landlord , who could never hope to achieve a full market rent pursuant to an interim rent application , but would disadvantage the tenant , who would presumably prefer the old rent to continue during negotiations , thereby acting as a negotiating factor . |
| 14 | But not all the skills and ingenuity of law draftsmen could wholly circumvent the deviousness of ancient land law . |
| 15 | This may take a few iterations to achieve a good balance , but should eventually make the zero crossings correspond to more or less zero field . |
| 16 | There are , however , two — perhaps three — who might eventually make the grade . |
| 17 | So what has to happen , ideally , is that your detective must learn piece by piece things which will eventually make the answer to the fundamental puzzle clear . |
| 18 | Too much control and predictability might eventually subvert the organizational goals . |
| 19 | That Sri Lankans were involved in much litigation and that the judicial system was based on alien principles can not be denied , but contemporaries did not successfully explain the link between these two facts . |
| 20 | Such people ‘ will assuredly prefer the reputation without the reality of goodness [ iustitia simulationem ] to the reality without the reputation ’ . |
| 21 | For some species of spider will blatantly mimic the ‘ come-hither ’ sound signals and even sex pheromones of female moths , luring lusting males to a dinner party they had not expected . |
| 22 | First , the cognitive model which structures the mental space in terms of the schemas of BALANCE and LINKS admits of diverse more superficial realisations , for example the " financial-numerical " metaphors of the play , and this diversity means that a number of alternative image schemas could also arguably explain the patterning . |
| 23 | He replied that an army of 5–6000 men might still successfully evade the Royal Navy and descend anywhere on the coast , so that the nation needed a minimum of 18,000 under arms , one-third to protect London , another third distributed throughout the country to crush any supporting rebellions , and the final third to provide a strategic reserve — an admirable analysis of the problem . |
| 24 | Both the increased cost and the loss in predictive validity will most hurt the poor and disadvantaged , who will be paying more for a test that is less likely to spot unfulfilled native abilities . |
| 25 | WHEN THE Generating Board had tired of its investigations in the Dorset hinterland and its tussles with the Cornish protesters , it decided to fall back on the one site in the West Country where it felt confident it could successfully build the second British Pressurized Water Reactor . |
| 26 | Lucenzo ran lightly to the bow and vaulted the rail , landing neatly on the jetty to fasten the rope to the black and gold-striped bricole , timing everything to perfection so that he could single-handedly dock the boat and kill the engine . |
| 27 | There is a danger that a voluntary organisation may become involved in trying to run services that should properly remain the responsibility of a statutory organisation . |
| 28 | Which of the various legacies would most influence the post-independence press ? |
| 29 | In the ensuing weeks the two parties negotiated an agreement on a transitional federal coalition which would effectively oversee the dismantling of the Czechoslovak state . |
| 30 | Concessionary crownholds were also applicable to ‘ bodies which can effectively supervise the assignment of such houses ’ , such as housing associations . |