Example sentences of "[noun] [subord] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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1 | This magnetotail could steer larger quantities of charged particles on to the near side than on to the far side . |
2 | More as a means of occupying his mind than out of a desire to establish the facts , Rostov began to calculate the data which governed the interlocking arcs of fire of the Tarvaras platforms . |
3 | I could n't swim , never have been able to , and I did n't go out on a boat because along with the rest of the family I have always been afraid of water . |
4 | Stanley , an American writer resident in Britain for over twelve years , had a sudden stroke while out eating dinner with friends . |
5 | Teddies were first developed in Germany in the early 1900s and named in tribute to former American president Teddy Roosevelt who refused to shoot a defenceless small bear while out on a hunting trip . |
6 | It was known at Cadogan 's that she had once fallen from a horse while out hunting and had broken her collarbone , but continued to follow the hounds for the rest of the day until she collapsed as they ran the fox to earth . |
7 | I happened to meet a former girlfriend while out for a constitutional among these perfumed hills and blow me if ; much to her chagrin , I could n't remember ever having slid between the sheets with her . |
8 | Almost 40 per cent of such problems were attributed in whole or part to the pupils ' characteristics whilst in about 65 per cent of cases the home was thought to be wholly or partly to blame . |
9 | Edward I had died on the Solway Firth when about to lead another expedition against the Scots . |
10 | Police are targetting known thieves with a special burglary squad to catch the culprits , some of whom are still breaking into homes when out on bail . |
11 | Today 's equipment — trains and track — is very expensive to provide and maintain ; to cover its basic costs it has to be in service providing revenue for up to say sixteen hours per day . |
12 | You should regard the summer months as out of bounds , since there are too many people about , and there is the risk of dry grass dying when you recover finds . |
13 | The first point to note is that we in the UK import more walnuts ( and Brazils ) in the shell than out . |
14 | It is easier to find a job when you are in work than out of it . |
15 | It is one of the ways in which we ensure that , so far as possible , people are better off in work than out of work . |
16 | This was a book of fables , most of them pointing in the inevitable direction ; the title story told , with some charm , of a little boy who saw from a hillside while out walking a house whose windows were all of gold . |
17 | However , as time goes by and the problem of unemployment does not seem to diminish more thought is being given to the specific problems of those applying for work while out of a job . |
18 | Their greater height posed no problem for spore dispersal : if anything , it was a help since up in the tree tops , spores were more easily caught by the wind and carried away . |
19 | But there is ample evidence in the novel , in addition to the flawed mirror , to suggest that it is Irigaray 's version , not Lacan 's , that functions as Thru 's theoretical ‘ deep structure ’ . |
20 | Artemis had sometimes taken this run when out with her cowardly cousins , although she would always jump the open ditch and hedge while her cousins were fumbling with the gate . |
21 | Altrincham was writing not so much out of malice as out of a wish to save the monarchy if not from itself , then from the court . |
22 | ( 1986 ) , from the Cambridge Study in Delinquent Development , showed that members of the cohort of London youth being studied were more likely to commit offences when out of work than when employed . |
23 | At the upper levels the 25SE does get noisy , but so do all amps when up near their limit . |
24 | But this teams needs more continuity than up to now and it can still do a lot better . |
25 | Do you know there 's more g gaps on this tapes than on off , on off , on off . |
26 | They vanished from the Thames because up to 1970 pollution in the lower reaches prevented migration . |
27 | A casual meeting whilst out walking on the Moor , even in your hidden places , is one thing . |
28 | Little is done without reference to the mother , and the mother , for her part , may empathically share the child 's feelings , and even know telepathically what the child is doing when out of sight . |
29 | The body of a cat when hunting takes on a quite different demeanour to that of the same pussy when out for an idle stroll or with some other intention in mind . |
30 | It is often said that more damage is done inside the hangar than out ! |