Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [conj] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We slowly down-climbed and abseiled the steep , but short , South Ridge to the snow . |
| 2 | Whilst the experiment was limited to trainee engineers and by the type of microcomputer used , the results of this investigation indicated that : 1 ) the mode of man-machine interaction which was most popular and has the fewest dissenters , was one in which the user directed the course of action , as in the modular program ; 2 ) a fast design time was most likely to be achieved by the use of an optimization technique ; 3 ) an optimum design was most likely to be achieved by a preprogrammed optimization technique , but only where the problem , design parameters and constraints were understood ; 4 ) the technique thought most likely to allow some gaining of insight was one in which the user has control of the program , as in the modular program . |
| 3 | His shows are serious and grown-up , by his lights , and they certainly have storylines so odd as to make The Ring look like a sit-com . |
| 4 | It would , for example , be no defence for the seller to say that his farm fertiliser was perfectly safe and effective when applied in the right concentration ( at the right time of the year ) if the instructions supplied with the fertiliser stated in error the wrong concentration , whether too weak to be effective or so strong as to kill the crops . |
| 5 | Such an agency generates a repulsive force which eventually becomes so strong as to halt the contraction of the object and to make it ‘ bounce ’ . |
| 6 | This was more than two years after superior fighters had been added to the battle effort ; however , the P-40 was so strong and had the reputation of coming home even with severe damage . |
| 7 | She had not sunk so low as to join the ranks of that sisterhood ! |
| 8 | The coral sand will need raking through regularly to prevent it packing down solid and reducing the through-flow . |
| 9 | One collective line of approach adopted by the GCC was to put forward a draft resolution to the UN Security Council , so worded as to highlight the Iranian role in endangering shipping , while remaining silent on that of Iraq . |
| 10 | Novo Nordisk 's pesticide Novodor FC , based on a subspecies of Bacillus thuringiensis , is highly specific and controls the larvae of the Colorado beetle without harming non-target insects or animals that feed on them . |
| 11 | Burial and fossilization changes are often so extensive as to obscure the primary modifications which must be identified in order to understand the mechanisms of accumulation of the bones . |
| 12 | ‘ You can stop being so touchy and have the sense to take advice when it 's offered you . ’ |
| 13 | These arguments yield the curve in Fig. 6.1 , sloping downwards from left to right , becoming less and less steep and cutting the horizontal axis at the natural unemployment percentage . |
| 14 | On 8 November they would continue to sing for their suppers by reading out newspapers to the less literate and explaining the significance of the Third International . |
| 15 | Oh I think so , I mean I , again I hope there are n't any Catholics in the audience who are offended by my remarks , but it 's just my personal opinion , that yeah , th th you know , th th that is the case and at the least I mean whatever judgment one makes about this thing , I , I repeat what I said earlier about you got ta be terribly careful when using the word natural . |
| 16 | Finally , the concept was a formula for expressing the fact that , in our system , ‘ the principles of private law have … been by the action of the Courts and Parliament so extended as to determine the position of the Crown and of its servants ’ . |
| 17 | When you are making these settings , go for levels which give good , solid recordings but are not so high as to overload the tape on signal peaks . |
| 18 | Deep deep in a limestone cave where the stalagmites grow less than an inch a century , but still tower so high as to humble the cathedrals of the surface , the shaking fear of the ground woke a dreaming dragon . |
| 19 | Let us discuss what his ransom should be , since you are so generous as to entertain the possibility , and I will get for you full assurance that he shall be restrained from ever infringing your territory or your person again . |
| 20 | Fetal cells are inherently preferable to their adult equivalents for transplantation because they are immunologically immature and retain the ability to proliferate . |
| 21 | He went to the village school in Crawcrook , where his abilities were so marked as to attract the attention of his father 's landlord , Sir Thomas Liddell ( later first Baron Ravensworth ) , to whose collieries in Killingworth , Northumberland , he was sent in April 1811 to learn the business of a viewer or colliery manager . |
| 22 | Naturally , the new dwellings had to be so arranged as to satisfy the requirements of building regulations and a significant stipulation of the old Constructional By-laws for Inner London under which this design was produced , related to the amount of daylight which must be admitted to habitable rooms . |
| 23 | To suggest that the signs are up in order to show a ‘ vigorous contempt for the people whose productive labour pays for all their intellectual endeavour ’ is not only wrong but reinforces the old stereotype of ‘ them and us ’ which at least some colleges are trying to break down . |
| 24 | The chapels mentioned are masterpieces of their period , entirely English and representing the climax of craftsmanship and design in the Gothic style , achieving a harmonious balance of mass and form . |
| 25 | The person who gets on with the job instead of wasting time in chatter may show up the less zealous and cause the chatterers to feel vaguely guilty , which of course they wo n't like . |
| 26 | Unless the seller commits a breach of condition or commits a breach of warranty which is so serious as to deprive the buyer of substantially the whole benefit of the contract , the buyer has no right to reject the goods or recover the price ( see paragraph 7–04 above ) . |
| 27 | This technique was highly dangerous and required the skills that Cheshire had certainly acquired over a long period , but was equally within Gibson 's exceptional abilities . |
| 28 | Rather than once again review the authorities in chronological order , therefore , I propose to encapsulate their effect in a number of propositions which can , I believe , be so stated as to reflect the law as it is presently understood with a reasonable degree of accuracy . |
| 29 | He and his advisers were so dismayed as to misread the letter , for the reply makes it clear that they understood the meeting of the princes to have taken place already . |
| 30 | I 'm beginning to feel that the greatest threat to canoeists are other canoeists which is extremely sad and reflects the pressure on the BCU to resolve the problems associated with river access before we all end up squabbling . |