Example sentences of "[verb] [subord] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I possessed a built-in Wigg pacifier that enabled reasonable transactions to be completed where otherwise he would be totally unreasonable . |
| 2 | A place is private and this offence can not be committed where only a minority group of the public are admitted . |
| 3 | Who , they asked each other , was this newcomer , who had succeeded where so many others had failed ? |
| 4 | It also means that if the piece is cut you , or rather your company , will still benefit from having all the facts reported albeit briefly . |
| 5 | A thousand visitors are expected although sadly the Princess wo n't be able to attend . |
| 6 | ‘ Anything you say except just do n't say it this early in the day . ’ |
| 7 | They were to discover , however , that a barely literate populace found the abstract word far more difficult to absorb than more concrete visual images , for as one Henrician reformer had earlier noted : ‘ into the common people things sooner enter by the eyes than by the ears . ’ |
| 8 | Carpenter and Just [ 1983 ] showed that syntactically ambiguous words take longer to process than syntactically unambiguous words , indicating that the reader is trying to determine the syntactic role of the ambiguous word while fixating it . |
| 9 | If a man who is a diabetic and who has arterial disease to the extent that this plaintiff had , is severely injured so that life is much more difficult to bear than otherwise it would have been , a defendant is in my view , quite unable , with justification , to say that a reduction in damages should thereby be brought about . |
| 10 | A much broader common core has been designed than just that experienced in a formal group setting . |
| 11 | Although divorce is now much easier to obtain than ever before , legislation has since 1963 encouraged efforts at reconciliation . |
| 12 | McCullough 's silver medal in Barcelona was harder earned than even he was aware of . |
| 13 | The system is much better organised than before . |
| 14 | However , issues like those listed above can only begin to be seriously addressed if more fundamental assumptions about primary practice are challenged at the same time . |
| 15 | Bearing in mind , you only needed four though and knew they had n't of come cos well |
| 16 | The active principles of cannabis were not purified until well into the twentieth century , but one of Kraeplin 's pupils was among those who made early studies of mescaline , isolated from the Mexican Peyote cactus in 1896 . |
| 17 | I do n't know if chemically he 'd change from day to day or if his stars were n't right , or maybe that was the game that he played . |
| 18 | He 's only said these things , sort of , trying out to see because he does n't he does n't know if very much , oh it 's so sad Brenda , he said to me we were talking on Wednesday night , I think and he looked wistfully at me and he said I only want to be taught . |
| 19 | well you should know if ever you 've lost anything |
| 20 | What are the non-market factors which may increase the risk of an investment and how may they be minimized if not eradicated ? |
| 21 | By ensuring that each component of the design has , at the time he is working on it , a rational and logical position on the tree , assembly interferences and later modifications to the design can be minimized if not avoided entirely . |
| 22 | By ensuring that each component of the design has , at the time he is working on it , a rational and logical position on the tree , assembly interferences and later modifications to the design can be minimized if not avoided entirely . |
| 23 | In a large saucepan soften the onion and garlic in the oil , and cook until just coloured . |
| 24 | Bring to the boil and cook until just tender . |
| 25 | Add the spring greens , cover and cook until just wilted , about 2 minutes . |
| 26 | Pies can be confusing and cluttered if more than six or seven slices are displayed . |
| 27 | ‘ He needs top of the ground and I 'll wait until later in the week before deciding whether to run , ’ added the trainer . |
| 28 | It may be that we must wait until all has been answered before hoping for enlightenment . |
| 29 | It 's a question of not being discouraged and persevering until suddenly a drawing looks like you hope , of seeing the possibility in something , in a line , and thinking ‘ Oh quick , I must n't change that . |
| 30 | That nineteenth-century diplomatic services should have remained small and unambitious , confined until late in the century to traditional functions and with no desire to expand their horizons or the scope of their activities , is not surprising . |