Example sentences of "[adv] [vb -s] [adv prt] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Profitboss rarely turns down an invitation to speak at a conference , seizing the opportunity to present his company in the best light , to fine-tune his own professional skills . |
| 2 | The Bank , by rejecting offers at r 1 , is in effect reducing its demand for bills ( D 1 to D 2 ) , and thereby drives up the rediscount rate to r 2 . |
| 3 | The saliva dries and hardens quickly and with repeated flights , the bird slowly builds up the line into a low wall . |
| 4 | There is also evidence that TV , as a technology which works by electronic scanning , effectively shuts down the functioning of those parts of the brain that reason and think actively and logically — the skills that have been associated with the left hemisphere of the brain . |
| 5 | The hon. Member for Barrow and Furness ( Mr. Franks ) in the course of an extremely lengthy spech did not answer the question asked by my hon. Friend the Member for Islington , North ( Mr. Corbyn ) about fourth , fifth , sixth , seventh and eighth Trident nuclear submarines , which only points up the fact that this nation needs a programme of conversion from arms manufacture to material for peaceful purposes . |
| 6 | The first merely points out the difficulties with scepticism ; the internalist would accept this and say that these difficulties have to be faced and not ignored . |
| 7 | You should remember that a fridge does n't kill bacteria , only slows down the rate at which they multiply . |
| 8 | A good catalogue , therefore , makes life easy for its user , and so builds up the supplier 's reputation . |
| 9 | A plan like this not only shows up the priority areas and assists a sensible organisation of the workload ; it also shows where effort should be concentrated and helps in the measurement of success . |
| 10 | One species of beetle in Brazil , when alarmed , immediately folds up its legs and flattens itself sideways , exposing its white underside and so takes on the appearance of a bird dropping . |
| 11 | Why do n't we take out from access , so takes out a job number , sorry from accounts and just say take out a job number . |
| 12 | The gaming world in part consists of four main islands ( there are rumours of more ! ) and this nicely breaks up the game and avoids the feeling of a bland and repetitive world , ( why does that Island concept ring a bell ? ) and you move from Island to Island by looking at a map and selecting your destination ( sounds VERY familiar ! ) . |
| 13 | The kitten suddenly flings out a paw and scoops the object up into the air and backwards over its shoulder . |
| 14 | The sea is a jeweller and cutter of gems who daily draws back the green felt covers and displays his precious work and then jealously hides them again with the green covers of the waves . |
| 15 | Section 0403 below sets out the procedures to be followed in determining if a client is a corporate finance client . |
| 16 | Indeed the Customer Service Charter featured below sets out the level of service we strive to sustain . |
| 17 | Indeed the Customer Service Charter featured below sets out the level of service we strive to sustain . |
| 18 | Indeed the Customer Service Charter featured below sets out the level of service we strive to sustain . |
| 19 | Indeed the Customer Service Charter featured below sets out the level of service we strive to sustain . |
| 20 | Indeed the Customer Service Charter featured below sets out the level of service we strive to sustain . |
| 21 | Indeed the Customer Service Charter featured below sets out the level of service we strive to sustain . |
| 22 | Indeed the Customer Service Charter featured below sets out the level of service we strive to sustain . |
| 23 | Indeed the Customer Service Charter featured below sets out the level of service we strive to sustain . |
| 24 | In other words , rather than introducing other , more persuasive factors , he merely sets up the court as the arbiter of a medical issue , and decides that , of all the criteria involved , the crucial ones for determining how the individual is to be regarded by the law are the biological criteria . |
| 25 | Two of those are being heated by burning blast furnace gas and the third one has the cold air blown through it and the brickwork inside gives up the heat to the er cold air , warms the air and then that 's blown into the blast furnace . |
| 26 | The use of a fifteen obviously fattens out the sound , helping to temper the natural brightness of the aluminium speakers , with the small driver accentuating the upper range . |
| 27 | If a defendant merely carries on a hobby , e. g. of buying , refurbishing and re-selling cars , a court might find that a transaction made in pursuance of the hobby , e.g. when he sells one of the refurbished cars , is not ‘ in the course of a trade or business , ’ Blackmore v. Belamy ( 1983 D. C. ) . |
| 28 | Chemical tests have proved that the water from this sump makes a further journey underground , passing beneath the road and railway at Selside , then under the River Ribble , to reappear in a large pool , Tarn Dub , on the far bank of the river which , all initiative spent , it gently feeds along a surface channel . |
| 29 | But this merely brings back the idea of particulars as distinct from qualities or ( mere ) configurations of qualities , and we find ourselves up against the very difficulties the theory was trying to eliminate . |
| 30 | One travel company alone brings in a coach tour from the Midlands every fortnight . |