Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tom 's work mostly involves checking for sharp teeth and rasping them smooth . |
| 2 | They are , for the most part , light entertainments enlivened by mysterious foreigners , odd situations and an abundance of documentary detail deftly manipulated to appear at once familiar and slightly absurd or ominous . |
| 3 | Because of this he often failed to bring about cures and eventually became disillusioned with hypnosis as a form of therapy . |
| 4 | This eventually became institutionalized as the UN Centre on Transnational Corporations , which now has the difficult task of trying to reconcile the interests of the TNCs and the communities eager for their investments ( see Caplan , 1989 ) . |
| 5 | The upmarket London furniture store Heals , fashion chain Richard Shops and finally British Home Stores were absorbed into the group , which eventually became known as the Storehouse group . |
| 6 | Car 68 was withdrawn and replaced in the following year by a modernistic design , which eventually became known as the Bandwagon . |
| 7 | The Chancellor yesterday very kindly did not put V A T on books and periodicals but had he done so that would have the effect of taking more than one hundred thousand pounds out of our accounts in the current year without us being able to do anything about it and it does seem to me that we should be considering asking the members in general meeting to pass to the Council of the Association the right to set and increase subscriptions and having properly advised the members thereof to fix the effective date of such increases , otherwise we are very badly placed to respond to short-term problems . |
| 8 | She banged against the crate heavily and the one on top of it which had been badly placed fell onto the ground so that some of the bananas spilled out around her feet . |
| 9 | Since these are relatively common finds of a mundane form , the highly parochial local museum can often contribute its own sequence which is a version of the overall national pattern , thereby helping to embody in material form , and as an aid in teaching , that sense of history which underlies the collective identity presupposed by the state . |
| 10 | Her hair was drawn back , skilfully arranged to fall in loose waves from a gold clasp . |
| 11 | New tees lurked in the trees on several holes , and were skilfully placed to bring into play the same hazards which threatened the club players from their tees . |
| 12 | Isaac and his brother Jacob [ q.v. ] clubbed together to produce Hebrew books for the Christian market , and thereby became acquainted with some of the most eminent Christian Hebraists of the day . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'd rather stay talking to you . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Well , they do rather want to take in a show , but we 'll have to see what 's open . |
| 15 | Yes , I , I was in er , I 'm not sure , I , I think I was in the top class in the junior school and er , without boasting , I was a good scholar and I eventually passed to go to the Q M and me dad could n't afford to let me go . |
| 16 | Mulhern does n't sell horses but he was partly influenced this time by Jeremy Maxwell who used to train On the Other Hand and he eventually agreed to part with the gelding to Robert Ogden with a view to running in the Grand Military Gold Cup at Sandown . |
| 17 | Dr Schumacher has since joined TRANSAID as a London-based director . |
| 18 | The benches by the Cages were suddenly stark and mysterious as they slowly became set against this drifting whiteness . |
| 19 | We engaged a third syce called Makonnen ; he turned out to be a quarrelsome intriguer and we eventually got rid of him . |
| 20 | We were playing for a long time before we ever had a deal , and when we eventually got signed by a big company , they pretty much took us for what we were . |
| 21 | The aquarium is a prime example of an out-of-date building which badly needs bringing into the 1990's . |
| 22 | Collor 's defence lawyers also confirmed that they would not call Farias ( who had been widely expected to turn on Collor , since Collor 's defence evidence was expected to centre around directing all the blame at him ) . |
| 23 | These are very substantial changes which are widely expected to continue in the 1990s . |
| 24 | It is widely expected to soar to 1m-2m this year . |
| 25 | One common solution to this problem , which avoids the politically undesirable alternative of imposing or reimposing fees , is to rely on parents to provide equipment , just as they are very widely expected to help in the construction and sometimes the furnishing of schools . |
| 26 | INFLATION is widely expected to accelerate towards 7.5 per cent late this year after yesterday 's one point increase to 15 per cent in base rates made higher mortgage interest rates inevitable . |
| 27 | The sea is widely expected to break through the narrowest point of the peninsula any year now . |
| 28 | Mr North , whose conviction in the Iran-Contra scandal was dismissed by a federal appeals court , is widely expected to run for the Senate as a Republican from Virginia . |
| 29 | As New South Wales was the only state without an ALP government , the Liberal-National coalition was widely expected to benefit from the current unpopularity of the Hawke government , an expectation apparently supported by opinion polls published during the campaign which gave the coalition a lead of up to 16 percentage points over Labor . |
| 30 | ‘ Do you secretly enjoy getting in my hair ? ’ |