Example sentences of "[adv] [vb -s] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Profitboss rarely turns down an invitation to speak at a conference , seizing the opportunity to present his company in the best light , to fine-tune his own professional skills . |
| 2 | The Bank , by rejecting offers at r 1 , is in effect reducing its demand for bills ( D 1 to D 2 ) , and thereby drives up the rediscount rate to r 2 . |
| 3 | The saliva dries and hardens quickly and with repeated flights , the bird slowly builds up the line into a low wall . |
| 4 | There is also evidence that TV , as a technology which works by electronic scanning , effectively shuts down the functioning of those parts of the brain that reason and think actively and logically — the skills that have been associated with the left hemisphere of the brain . |
| 5 | The hon. Member for Barrow and Furness ( Mr. Franks ) in the course of an extremely lengthy spech did not answer the question asked by my hon. Friend the Member for Islington , North ( Mr. Corbyn ) about fourth , fifth , sixth , seventh and eighth Trident nuclear submarines , which only points up the fact that this nation needs a programme of conversion from arms manufacture to material for peaceful purposes . |
| 6 | The first merely points out the difficulties with scepticism ; the internalist would accept this and say that these difficulties have to be faced and not ignored . |
| 7 | You should remember that a fridge does n't kill bacteria , only slows down the rate at which they multiply . |
| 8 | A good catalogue , therefore , makes life easy for its user , and so builds up the supplier 's reputation . |
| 9 | A plan like this not only shows up the priority areas and assists a sensible organisation of the workload ; it also shows where effort should be concentrated and helps in the measurement of success . |
| 10 | One species of beetle in Brazil , when alarmed , immediately folds up its legs and flattens itself sideways , exposing its white underside and so takes on the appearance of a bird dropping . |
| 11 | Why do n't we take out from access , so takes out a job number , sorry from accounts and just say take out a job number . |
| 12 | The gaming world in part consists of four main islands ( there are rumours of more ! ) and this nicely breaks up the game and avoids the feeling of a bland and repetitive world , ( why does that Island concept ring a bell ? ) and you move from Island to Island by looking at a map and selecting your destination ( sounds VERY familiar ! ) . |
| 13 | Since the acquisition of premises ( other than where the entrepreneur purchases the premises as a going concern and merely takes over an existing catering enterprise ) normally involves at least a change of use and often the development of the premises , planning permission is required . |
| 14 | The kitten suddenly flings out a paw and scoops the object up into the air and backwards over its shoulder . |
| 15 | Even if you ca n't stand the industrialisation , it only takes up a relatively small , if significant , part of the 12-mile-long ( 15km ) inlet . |
| 16 | Compact benefits students by offering them " value-added " jobs when they have attained their goals , and so opens up the realistic prospect of job satisfaction and career progression . |
| 17 | The sea is a jeweller and cutter of gems who daily draws back the green felt covers and displays his precious work and then jealously hides them again with the green covers of the waves . |
| 18 | My father gently picks up the nearest little one and begins to fit its harness on . |
| 19 | THE second law of thermodynamics always arouses interest because it is the only widely applicable law of physics that is not symmetric under time reversal , and so singles out a particular direction of time . |
| 20 | We were together all the time : played languid games of tennis on the court behind her house , swam , went on picnics , went for long walks up the lower slopes of Kinabalue , the mountain whose green and mauve shadowed mass loomed over Jesselton . |
| 21 | The example below sets up a single dimensional string array with room for 20 characters in each entry , and then empties it ready for use . |
| 22 | Indeed the Customer Service Charter featured below sets out the level of service we strive to sustain . |
| 23 | Indeed the Customer Service Charter featured below sets out the level of service we strive to sustain . |
| 24 | Indeed the Customer Service Charter featured below sets out the level of service we strive to sustain . |
| 25 | Indeed the Customer Service Charter featured below sets out the level of service we strive to sustain . |
| 26 | Indeed the Customer Service Charter featured below sets out the level of service we strive to sustain . |
| 27 | Indeed the Customer Service Charter featured below sets out the level of service we strive to sustain . |
| 28 | Indeed the Customer Service Charter featured below sets out the level of service we strive to sustain . |
| 29 | Indeed the Customer Service Charter featured below sets out the level of service we strive to sustain . |
| 30 | Section 0403 below sets out the procedures to be followed in determining if a client is a corporate finance client . |