Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [subord] [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 His dissenting and mercantile interests came together most poignantly when he attacked the East India Company under the leadership of the court-connected Sir Josiah Child [ q.v . ] .
2 By canne , which could mean ‘ cane ’ in the English senses of a hollow reed or a light walking-stick , Antoine implies something rather long unless he uses the word wholly jokingly .
3 Yes , that 's right so if you copy the formula then they erm the G will always stay as a G no matter where you copy it to , but if you copy the formula to another row you copy it from the cell below then the three becomes a four and er this one ?
4 Right so if you put the number in front , it 's as though you 've got brackets around the whole lot .
5 If you then er , it will then ask you over what period do you want to right so if you press the end key that will submit the job erm it asks for the sample period , we 're going to use the whole of the sample , so if you just press the return key , that 's the default for the whole of the sample , right , it then asks you what procedure you want to use to estimate the model , we 're going to use O L S option one , just press the return key O L S then the computer has estimated the model , right .
6 For the Stones , satisfaction was the goal : everything would be all ALL RIGHT if we shed the inhibitions that held us back and down .
7 ‘ They said it would be all right if I had the serial numbers but I do n't think they expected me back , ’ she said .
8 When I was working at British Airways we used to do a lot of technical training and erm it was sort of on er airline regulation , stuff like that and you could always tell the activists cos they did n't really want to all they wanted to do was to get on the computers and actually trying out things out themselves , they piece of furniture the activists do n't want to read the instructions , they want to start putting it together and then they 'd learn from actually putting it together rather than them reading the instructions and regulation training you could always tell the activist cos they sort of always like chopping every bit , they just want to they just want to get on the computers and start inputting numbers and they 'll actually learn , they , they prefer to do that and then somebody can come round and help them out when they get into trouble rather than some of the other which perhaps like to more up front and that 's the activist .
9 He looked around him as he went ; but he did not slow down much until he reached the culvert .
10 This is called benevolence , more especially so when it takes the broad form of a wish for the happiness of others in general .
11 It 's not so long since we learned the link between eating certain ‘ E ’ numbers and the behaviour of highly disruptive children .
12 No , I 'm sure that they that so long as they pass the audition they are always welcome .
13 The limitations on the power of these liberal groups within protestant loyalism are demonstrated by the fact that they have only been allowed to function among the leadership of the people so long as they obeyed the basic tenets and values common to the alliance as a whole .
14 ( c. 1 ) Writing shortly after Charles 's death , he believed that a new generation of both kings and nobles could preserve the realm so long as they had the right personal qualities .
15 It is irrelevant to the Purchaser whether or not the Vendors know the warranties are right or wrong so long as they accept the risk .
16 Just so long as we maintain the candidacy . ’
17 There is good potential for straw as a fuel source , so long as we continue the important research and development programme that we are currently commissioning .
18 It might be thought that so long as one asserted the local sign theory only in principle ( that is , did not specify the precise nature of the ‘ feeling ’ or ‘ colouring ’ which is supposed to subserve localisation ) , one could rely on the testimony of introspection for one 's theory to be confirmed .
19 The pragmatist might suggest that precision is fine only so long as everyone understands the term : in fact , Pulex irritans is less obviously a flea , than ‘ flea ’ .
20 Mr Robinson could have a wide brief as well , so long as he keeps the chancellor 's confidence .
21 Warner v. Browne the lessor engaged not to turn out the tenant so long as he observed the conditions , and in this case [ the company 's agent ] engages that the tenant shall hold until the company require to pull down the buildings .
22 So long as he had the support of Sir Rufus Stone , he could thumb his nose at Cotton .
23 The King , in the Declaration of Breda , had promised that no man would be molested for differences of religious opinion , so long as he kept the peace .
24 So long as he speaks the truth it can t be folly — that 's what you 're going to say , is n't it ?
25 ‘ Subject to this Part of this Act — ( a ) after the termination of a protected tenancy of a dwelling-house the person who , immediately before that termination , was the protected tenant of the dwelling-house shall , if and so long as he occupies the dwelling-house as his residence , be the statutory tenant of it ; …
26 I therefore do not regard those authorities as affecting what I would conclude was the clear language of section 2(1) ( a ) of the Act of 1977 , that a statutory tenant remains a statutory tenant so long as he occupies the dwelling house as his residence .
27 So long as he remembered the frailty of Dad 's grip on life , Dad 's fingers would never loosen and let go .
28 Furthermore , it appears that electronic exchanges have wider bid-ask spreads , which might be a reflection of inadequate liquidity due to the lack of locals ( although there seems to be no inherent reason why individuals trading on their own account could not use an electronic system so long as it enables the scalping and other arbitrage trading practices typically carried out by locals ) .
29 So long as it maintains the idea that believers talking to unbelievers are like people explaining to the blind what it is like to see , reason may be tolerated .
30 He might feel that any heir , even one who disinherits him , is worth having so long as it keeps the name going . ’
  Next page