Example sentences of "[adv] the [noun pl] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , let's break down the barriers completely and have a magazine that appeals to everybody , and read by nobody . |
| 2 | This belief persisted down the centuries so that by Gerard 's time , he was still able to quote the tag : " Ego Borage gaudia semper ago " ( I Borage , bring always courage ) . |
| 3 | Greenpeace 's toxics campaigner , Tim Birch , accused the government of playing down the risks so as not to undermine its £4 billion Mersey basin clean-up campaign , which is backed by the EC . |
| 4 | This produces the intense flux of neutrons ; heavy water flows through the reactor to slow down the neutrons so that they react better with the lithium . |
| 5 | But the controller there took down the details incorrectly and sent an ambulance to Falkirk . |
| 6 | Turn in the sides again and make the first 7.5cm ( 3in ) fold in the hem . |
| 7 | They heard and then stopped heading the wind breathing in the trees overhead and the stream rustling in the valley . |
| 8 | On most days the official programme occupied only the evenings so that day time was available for sightseeing . |
| 9 | It was only the events afterwards that proved that it did n't work , but they were n't clear at this time |
| 10 | Other duties of the maître are defined in the article ‘ Ensemble ’ : ‘ It is for maîtres de musique , conducteurs and chefs d'orchestre above all to guide , or hold back , or hurry along the musicians so as to obtain ensemble everywhere . ’ |
| 11 | " I ca n't turn over The Times so that the pages lie flat , I ca n't fold up a map in the right creases , I ca n't draw corks , I ca n't drive in nails straight , I ca n't go into a bar and order a drink without wondering what everyone 's thinking about it , and I ca n't strike matches towards myself . |
| 12 | Now turn over the cards so that their backs are showing and get some of the onlookers to cut the cards . |
| 13 | The doors then lower over the pits so that the vehicles can emerge . |
| 14 | On Nov. 18 , the Supreme Court voted by seven to two not to overturn the restraining order , and CNN then turned over the tapes so that they could be examined by Hoeveler . |
| 15 | He turned over the facts again and again in his mind until their monotonous repetition affected him like a dull , nagging pain . |
| 16 | The Labour Opposition wins , possibly the Liberal-Democrats too if disaffected Tories drift their way rather than to the Greens . |
| 17 | More changes in 1981 were designed to facilitate further the procedures so that they could be used by the general public , making arbitration the normal method of settling disputes where the amount of the claim was less than £500 , amending the ‘ no costs ’ rule and amending the terms of reference for the conduct of arbitration . |
| 18 | You know our our putting up the pistons more or less a which is we had a big of er Tommy would know what I meant and I would know what he meant . |
| 19 | The most important pre-flight check is to ensure that you pick up the handles so that right and left align with the correct bridles . |
| 20 | By the late 1960s , members were putting down up to 300 questions a day and the Speaker attempted to reach more oral questions by speeding up the exchanges so as to cover forty to fifty questions in fifty or fifty-five minutes . |
| 21 | When exercise is concentrated on specific areas it will help to tone up the muscles faster and so tighten the skin , giving the impression of increased weight loss in the desired areas . |
| 22 | I am going to send you back to the Dark Realm of that other Ireland , and we will seal up the Gateways so that you and your creatures and your Lords of Evil will never be a threat to us again . |
| 23 | Chatting up the women probably if I know Ron . |
| 24 | Yeah I know we 'd still go up the Clickers sometimes but we do n't have to go all the time do we ? |
| 25 | ‘ I 'll get on back up the stairs then an' put the kettle on . |
| 26 | Parin nodded , and he signed to his assistants to roll up the books so that they could be packed away in the boxes and chests in which they were stored . |
| 27 | They looked at each other for the first time with a long , speculative look , weighing up the possibilities honestly and in much the same terms . |
| 28 | They will welcome enormously the steps forward that have been made in the signing of the new declaration on racism and xenophobia , especially the penultimate paragraph , which states : ’ The European Council asks Ministers and the Commission to increase their effort to combat discrimination and xenophobia , and to strengthen the legal protection for third country nationals ’ . |
| 29 | You might even like to print out the summaries so that you can see if anything has changed . |
| 30 | Whether he carried out the instructions correctly or not we do not know , but the next morning the block had disappeared , vaporised , and part of the fume cupboard housing the experiment and the floor nearby had been destroyed . |