Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [to-vb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He knew better than to ask her the time ; she was edgy enough as it was . |
| 2 | But that meaning is not determinate enough to be able to adjudicate between rival translations , so as to make it the case that at most one is right ( though we may never be able to tell which ) . |
| 3 | Indeed , one correspondent went as far as to call it the ‘ sexiest ’ although that must be debatable . |
| 4 | It is an indication that your weight is too far forward and to avoid it the feet should be positioned further back and more weight should be placed on the back foot . |
| 5 | His left hand , bent with arthritis , curved over a stick on which he leant so heavily as to give him the appearance of physical deformity . |