Example sentences of "[subord] [vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | NOW that the worst of winter is about to set in , there 's no better way to while away those long , dark evenings than curled up by the fire with a good book . |
| 2 | This more than made up for the Tramway Department 's loss of revenue resulting from the suspension of the service ! |
| 3 | In August Chapman signed his former half-back George Hampson from Northampton , and although his previous visit to Northampton had failed to secure Walden — he went to Tottenham in April for £1,750 — the developing form of Bainbridge at outside-right more than made up for the disappointment . |
| 4 | Objectively , Karen was prepared to go almost as far as her predecessor , and her eager greed more than made up for the thrill I used to get from subjecting dogged , cow-like Manuela to the same routines . |
| 5 | But , in spite of the Royal Navy , Jones , after a voyage to be described later , sailed safely back to France , where his reception more than made up for the much cooler one he had received after his ‘ Whitehaven ’ cruise 18 months before . |
| 6 | There had never been a great deal of money , but no one had ever gone hungry and the feelings of warmth and love between the members of the family had more than made up for the lack of luxuries . |
| 7 | The expectation was that the losses sustained by the low cover price would be more than made up by the larger circulation and by advertising . |
| 8 | What is interesting to note about both the theory of public choice and Chicago School economic analysis of law is that their analyses , although wrapped up in the analytical apparatus of modern economics , reach more or less identical conclusions to Hayek . |
| 9 | In such a universe , in which the expansion was accelerated by a cosmological constant rather than slowed down by the gravitational attraction of matter , there would be enough time for light to travel from one region to another in the early universe . |
| 10 | Although lumped in with the grunge movement and perceived in some quarters as worthy successors to Nirvana ( as if the original has gone away ) , Billy Corgan ( vocals/guitar ) , James Iha ( guitar ) , D'Arcy ( bass , and Jimmy ( drums ) are unique and accessible to anyone who 's ever liked Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath , hardcore and prog-rock , art and pop . |
| 11 | Railways somehow symbolized the fact that Americans never did anything by halves , and this was more than borne out by the architecture of American railway stations . |
| 12 | Once revved up to the standard , frenetic pitch of activity , one day becomes a limitless bank account with which you can do everything … and anything . |
| 13 | He was claiming that next year his chairmanship would last a day longer than set down in the rules . |
| 14 | Many would prefer to risk a pregnancy than put up with the side-effects of ‘ efficient ’ contraception . |
| 15 | I can see them in my mind 's eye rising and dancing slowly around the room , their bodies undulating in a controlled exuberance as if lifted out of the world of motor cars , rockets and computerised mentalities into some universal heartbeat , some rhythm of the day , of the night , of the sea , of life . |
| 16 | Piracy may be very damaging to trade ; but if carried on by the merchants themselves , it can obviously stimulate it . |
| 17 | The government maintains that dipping is safe if carried out with the recommended protective clothing and other precautions . |
| 18 | Firstly , it was accepted by all Scots that the coronation of their king was valid only if carried out upon the Stone of Destiny , and in spite of the Christian ceremony accompanying it the right to place the crown on the new monarch 's head belonged irrevocably to the Earl of Fife , premier layman of the realm . |
| 19 | From the safety angle , the Bosch tacker will not fire if picked up by the trigger — the nose must be pressed on to a surface for firing . |
| 20 | If caught out in the open , the echidna simply digs rapidly downwards until , again , nothing is visible but its spiky upper surface . |
| 21 | If made up in the form of a roll : 1040mm for the length and twice the diameter combined , and 900mm for the greater dimension . |
| 22 | Speaking of Deano — everyone I talked felt that as we had paid £2.7 million for a centre forward would n't it be nice if hung around near the goal or in the box for that matter instead of running all over the show and when we finally get the ball in the box there 's nobody there . |
| 23 | Members of the project carry out their own maintenance , as few sites would survive long if handed over to the local authority . |
| 24 | Marks appear weighty and assertive if driven on to the canvas with a painting knife . |
| 25 | If driven out of the exchange-rate mechanism ( ERM ) , a country might no longer qualify for EMU . |
| 26 | While a wire or a gate scheme might take a few weeks if spun out to the maximum , tunnels were sometimes under construction for six months . |
| 27 | If the material was supplied almost entirely by longshore drift , the profile outside the bar should be continuous with that inside the bar ( Fig. 8.19A ) : if the bar was formed by erosion of the sea floor , the profile outside the bar , if projected back towards the land , should not reach seal level at the coast but some way inland ( Fig. 8.19B ) . |
| 28 | It is the skills of tailoring they will need throughout their careers ( until promoted out of the classroom ) to fabricate and negotiate again and again , with each new class , an effective and hardwearing working habit . |
| 29 | Standard hearing aids , if switched over to the ‘ T ’ position will receive an uninterrupted relay of the performance . |
| 30 | Butter melted to liquid in half an hour if left out of the fridge . |