Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] [adj] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 However , it will never make them rich in the same way that potentially having an independent company and taking that to the market would have .
2 In any one place , the two species gain by resembling each other , because predators will treat them both as the same kind of prey ; but few predators move far enough for there to be any advantage to the Heliconius in looking the same in distant places .
3 Probing with his narrow hands he located the organs he sought , and , using another slender knife , dislodged and withdrew them , handing them to his assistant , who placed them in bronze trays and took them to another table where he covered them with natron salt , to dry and preserve them ready for the four jars which would stand in a chest at the head of the coffin .
4 I wo n't bore you all with the technical details ; suffice it to say that the alloy truss rod previously fitted to Warwick basses just is n't man enough for the job — a classic case of a nice design let down by choice of materials .
5 But this does n't win her enough of the meaty character roles she 'd love to play .
6 And you can enjoy it all for the special inclusive tariff of just £199 for two .
7 ALTHOUGH John Kirwan might be in a honeymoon mood at the moment after the whole All Black team turned up at his recent marriage in Italy ( see pages 54 and 65 ) , his good humour is unlikely to last too long if the NZRFU meeting on December 12 and 13th decides to take action against him over his public announcement that he would not make himself available for the All Blacks if Auckland coach John Hart is not Grizz Wyllie 's successor as national coach .
8 If the casual worker can not make himself available for the full length of time requested , he is unlikely to be offered the assignment , although exceptions will be made if the organisation is facing a tight labour market and can only cover its manpower requirements by bringing in " part-timers " .
9 ‘ Well , my dear , Travis is pretty much a law unto himself , ’ Jonas pacified , watching his grandson make himself comfortable on the top step .
10 They were evidently hearing something different from the rest of us now , for we would watch them slow-dance to the fastest beat , and then , on the next record , see them execute perfect and elaborate improvised arabesques , all fast footwork and impassioned arms , in the gaps of a slow blues .
11 Waddle may give them this on the left , but it would surely have done no harm to start the match with Dorigo 's dash instead of the perennial , peripheral Pearce .
12 He could do nothing more until the various reports he 'd asked for came in , and he could n't hope for anything much before late afternoon .
13 I did n't mind this ; I was happy just to be there , hoping that one day she would give me some of the pretty wool to make something for myself but she never did .
14 You can give me some of the hard ones if you like .
15 He could hardly ease himself free from the great stinking weight .
16 All in hopes that it will bring her closer to the lovely Riva .
17 The masters , when they punished , instructed the prefects to slog you with a gym-shoe ; one prefect would hold you like a trussed chicken and the other would give you six of the best .
18 She simply was n't destined to get any rest , so she might as well do something useful with the empty hours .
19 Er the perceiving people do n't , it does n't worry them very much , they 'll do it all at the last minute and get it sorted out somehow .
20 We need we need four like that four quarters that 's good and then for each one of those when we 've cut it in two it would give us two of the new pieces so every one of those four would give us two new pieces how many would we have altogether then ?
21 Yeah , sorry … to be honest I do regard you Irish as the same as me ( whatever that is ! ) .
22 ‘ The Society can help keep them abreast of the latest news and put them in touch with others who have similar interests . ’
23 We hope that this Update will keep you abreast of the latest developments in assessment and related issues .
24 The business man can use you all in the new régime .
25 It would like something similar to the G-24 that co-ordinates western aid to Eastern Europe .
26 ‘ If we do n't see something sensible in the next 24 hours then there is no point in carrying on , ’ he said .
27 She could n't quite tear herself free of the licensed dealing community .
28 Barney might experience flashes of impatience and anger , say and do things he would later regret , but she could not believe him capable of the blind , destructive hatred that had driven the knife into Angy 's throat .
29 The fact that a power has no legal source does not render it unreviewable by the High Court if there are sound reasons for and no good reasons against such review .
30 A couple of hours of hard graft should see it ready for the next stage of its facelift , and might also tire her out enough to get some sleep .
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