Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [adv] [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In one study , necropsy was undertaken in about half of the patients who died , and showed graft occlusion only in patients given aprotinin . |
| 2 | Yet we rub along well most of the time . |
| 3 | Then she laid down as many of the others as she could fit in the space . |
| 4 | Much footway damage is natural deterioration of course , but it has been estimated that overriding by vehicles is implicated in over half of the cases where planned maintenance work is carried out . |
| 5 | Classification scatters as it collocates , since it groups primarily by the features listed in only one of the facets applied in classifying a document . |
| 6 | The research found that the take up of prepared training material occurred in only half of the boards studied . |
| 7 | A polystyrene box , or even cardboard box filled with loads of scrunched up newspaper will help keep the water from cooling down too much on the way home . |
| 8 | I then want you to write down as many of the words as you can remember and in any order you wish . |
| 9 | Henry gave Lewes Priory to the minister responsible for the dissolution , Thomas Cromwell , who used what remained of his life before his execution for treason in 1540 to pull down as much of the buildings as possible . |
| 10 | Here , the Christian forces defeated the Almoravids resoundingly , killing and driving off literally thousands of the Moors . |
| 11 | Many of the ‘ real ’ sentences that were processed took so long and used up so much of the computational processing of the SUN system that full testing was not feasible . |
| 12 | A strange start to the development of a technique popularly associated with ‘ good posture ’ — but the problem that threatened his career bore out exactly one of the central principles of Alexander teaching : ‘ use promotes function ’ — or , more explicitly , misuse of the body in the everyday activities of walking , standing , sitting and talking , causes dysfunction , while good use promotes healthy function . |
| 13 | The only way to find out just how fantastic Medau is , is to try out as many of the other movement forms as you can . |
| 14 | And the last one is the pragmatist erm we 've got Mark , John and Marie who have come out quite high on the on the The pragmatist th the title that you suggest what the situations you actually learn best from and pragmatists like training its practical |
| 15 | and prune back so much in the name of efficiency before sooner |
| 16 | As had become customary in times of financial uncertainty , Nik Powell took it upon himself to ‘ sort out ’ the accounts , as he had sorted out so much over the years , from feuding gangs in Bold Street to disputative bank managers . |
| 17 | Now obviously , it is the reporter 's job , and quite legitimate , to press you as far as he or she can , to find out as much about the story . |
| 18 | Flavia enjoyed the paper-games and , as she had said , the dancing ; she went nearly as often as she was asked ( Better not hang about too much in the house on the bay ) ; she enjoyed the company … moderately . |
| 19 | It all changed in Arsenal 's favour when Paul Merson came on as substitute after the interval . |
| 20 | He came on as substitute in the stand-off position for both tests against Australia in December and started the recent Anglo-French clash at Hilton Park , Leigh , as scrum half . |
| 21 | St Johnstone coach John McClelland came on as substitute in the second half in a vain bid to restore confidence to a rearguard which badly missed the suspended John Inglis . |
| 22 | I practised on about half of the remaining tables while the two other dining-room stewards , the real regular service attendants ; Oliver and Cathy , set the rest . |
| 23 | Mr Roberts refused to speculate on how much of the VAT charge Manweb could absorb . |
| 24 | The present palazzo was built in about 1170 on the site of an earlier episcopal seat destroyed by Barbarossa . |
| 25 | Various types of medium are suitable — plastics in various shapes which features in virtually all of the units supplied ; sintered glass ; foam ; and all others . |
| 26 | The first indicates the range of entries you want to change by filling in only some of the fields . |
| 27 | Total remission is seen in under half of the children but more often only 10–20 per cent completely stop bedwetting . |
| 28 | Maybe it was a good thing I did n't see Darrowby ; Helen 's home was near the bus route and I dropped off well short of the town . |
| 29 | The shrew 's heart beats almost 1000 times a minute , while the elephant uses up only 30 during the same period . |
| 30 | From here , it looks more like he 's trying to stir up some shit that 's already been stirred up too much by the neo-Nazis . |