Example sentences of "[prep] the [adv] [adj] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It made no reference to the possibility that schools for the less able might depress expectations and discourage the pupils in them , or make it difficult for such schools to attract an adequate share of available resources . |
| 2 | Limitations on the output of the most efficient will prevent them from taking advantage of technology and size , thereby inhibiting further productivity gains . |
| 3 | Defending the Met against the forces of the politically correct will require a good bit of cunning but at least New York 's politicians are becoming much less hostile towards public funding of the museums . |
| 4 | Dashing his pint mug down on the bar , Greg Hocking darted through the door before any of the idly curious could bar his way . |
| 5 | All he could see was a large boy wearing the uniform of one of the charity schools , where the children of the very poor used to go . |
| 6 | But staying with this definition for the time being , there is a general assumption in much writing in this field that although total age related dependency may not be about to rise very much , the shift to larger numbers of elderly and the fall in the numbers of the very young will increase the costs of dependency because the elderly are more costly ; they make more demands on expensive services than the young . |
| 7 | However , the numbers of the very elderly will increase substantially : there are likely to be 1.2 million people aged 85 and over in 2006 ( Population Projections 1985–2025 , 1987 , Appendix II ) , an increase of 75 per cent over the 1986 figure . |
| 8 | Whether old people in societies which revere the wisdom and expertise of the very old would welcome advanced age , I do not know . |
| 9 | Outside the town the country folk spoke mainly their native Gaelic and some of the very old could speak no English . |
| 10 | All this counts for nothing in the world of rugby and it will be his ability to scrum and compete with the best that will make or break this South African legend . |
| 11 | From the very smallest can come something great . |
| 12 | For example , an employer who has allowed all his employees access to information or has entrusted it to the least skilled may find the court unsympathetic . |
| 13 | Meanwhile , the Whips pursued the government in the hope of catching them out in a snap vote ; at the least this would disrupt their progress and there seemed an outside chance that the government would tire of the interminable pressure and throw in the sponge . |