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

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1 As well as lines , Sumitomo had to install filters at each end of the lines to check that traffic that ought to be kept on the LAN does not disappear on to the WAN .
2 A day to unwind and slow down to the leisurely pace of a Greek Cruise .
3 There is a fire-tinge of violence to it here in New York , as there is to everything in this city , which just wo n't slow down like the other city did and get more innocent and less crazy and less dirty-colourful .
4 If they think peace is impossible , they will hang on to the extra layer of defence these territories provide .
5 We will opt in to the Social Chapter of the new European Treaty and introduce employment standards common in successful economies , including the best health and safety legislation .
6 From the third floor offices of the NME you could gaze down on the clueless hordes below .
7 Let's jump in at the deep end — literally .
8 In their small hamlets drink was associated with Cossack brutality , when horsemen would swoop down into the Jewish shtetels after Easter and terrorize the people .
9 Comment : Indirect questions are used all the time by people who need their status boosting through being given buckets of approval , or who are looking for a reason for punishing other people should they not fall in with the anticipated scenario .
10 Everyday atoms would fall in towards the dark matter , and eventually form stars and galaxies , highlighting the peaks in the distribution of dark matter .
11 But then the feet began to stretch wider and wider apart , and I knew that when the feet were as far apart as I was long , I 'd fall through to the heaving belly beneath .
12 Something made me glance over to the long french windows leading to the back verandah , and there she was : Poppy , dressed from head to foot in black .
13 You 've always made it quite clear that you were staying here and that I could fuck off to the other end of the world for all you cared .
14 Well obviously that factor er was considered carefully by the Ministry of Defence before our Secretary of State agreed that we could safely defer the in service date for Eurofighter two thousand and adjust the the er replacement plan er back in December ninety two , so we have looked at what is the current rate of consumption of airframe life on the jaguar er what can be done economically and sensibly to keep it flying safely and effectively into the next century and er we have come to the conclusion that we have a viable plan here which can tie up with the planned rate of delivery to service of Eurofighter two thousand .
15 She would never catch up with the enormous range of reading which seemed to be taken for granted by Bob and his friends , never .
16 It still exists and it will undoubtedly catch up with the retail price index shortly and go ahead of it from 1994 onwards , as the direct tax burden which is included in the TPI rises faster than the indirect taxes which go into the RPI .
17 I thought I 'd wait up for the early morning newscast on the radio . ’
18 With patterned fabric , the design must line up across the whole width of the curtain .
19 And in this case we had to align the timber so that a sheet of plasterboard would line up with the projecting wall
20 It remains to be seen whether the archaeologists will win out over the urban planners .
21 ‘ We 're confident that the sheer quality of our children 's books will win out in the medium term , ’ he said .
22 So how can a fucking car fall out of the fucking sky , Rohmer ?
23 You can argue about single currency but you ca n't opt out of the European Single Market .
24 Now it is quite possible that these players could all bounce back through the mini tour , or through invitations gained in 1991 , but it does indicate what an unpredictable game golf is .
25 Aidan McAteer is listed among the substitutes , but will line out in the left corner of the attack providing he comes through a late fitness test .
26 Without the moral strength of the New Thinking it will fall back into the old corruption .
27 But neither does he fall back on the traditional liberal solution of improving educational provision , since he has no illusions about the difficulties of inculcating the civic virtues necessary for proper development .
28 At worst , one could fall back on the immediate family of brothers and cousins to protect the individual , if only by helping to pay up to meet the demands of the tax collector .
29 Once closed , the Home Office will fall back on the well-worn refrain that legislation is required to make a surprisingly large number of the proposals that are put forward , and that no Parliamentary time is available .
30 It is for these reasons that Woolwich is not enabled or required to seek its remedy through the statutory framework , but must fall back on the common law .
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