Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 16 , however ( and perhaps in 15 , too ) , it is possible to argue not only that the two sentences can be used to make identical statements , but more specifically that horse and mare make effectively the same semantic contribution to their respective sentences . |
| 2 | and erm it was really remarkable because er , I mean presumably the Germans were told about it and erm kept U-boats and and the from shipping out the er |
| 3 | Er Mr Deputy Speaker it 's also quite important that I make clear the Labour party 's position in respect to the article which calls for uniform electoral procedures to be set up for elections to the European parliament . |
| 4 | We say " the same man " and mean numerically the same human person ; and we say " the same colour " and mean a quality that can be possessed or exemplified by different individuals . |
| 5 | I cite only a few . |
| 6 | We have as many lovely things here as on the Mountain of Butterflies but we lack only a prophet and the eyes and emotions to see them . |
| 7 | Frequently , the analytical courses are cut out in joint schemes , and the students gain only a superficial introduction to both subjects . |
| 8 | In addition to reinforcing our general conceptions concerning the underpinnings of liberalism , economic theories , which are based on the assumption of ‘ rational economic man ’ , highlight especially the notion of human beings as self-regarding creatures which underpins liberal theories in general . |
| 9 | 6 Bind together a group of cinnamon sticks with Christmas ribbon and secure with a pin . |
| 10 | The source of meaningfulness of these ideas lies in the logical relationships that bind together a cluster of basic ideas into a coherent pattern Thus if the idea of numerical diversity presupposes the possibility of irreducible relations , the idea of irreducible relations , in its turn , presupposes the possibility of an objective order , and the idea of an objective order ( I shall argue ) is unintelligible without the idea of a plurality of points of view occupied by different selves . |
| 11 | It has more than fulfilled its founding fathers ' two objectives : to rebuild the economy of a shattered Europe , and to bury the hatchet between France and Germany and so bind together the nations of Europe that they would never go to war again . |
| 12 | Anyway , they taste much the same , and last year beetroot soup was added to the menu . |
| 13 | I find the textual basis for this interpretation very flimsy , in fact there is clear erm erm erm textual evidence for precisely the opposite and let me cite erm one instance Locke is here talking about tacit consent and the purchase of property and erm he says whenever the owner who has given nothing but such a tacit consent to the government will by donation , sale or otherwise quit the said possession , he is at liberty to go and incorporate himself into any other commonwealth or to agree with others to begin a new one in any part of the world they can find free and unpossessed whereas he that has once by actual agreement in any expressed declaration given his consent to be of any commonwealth is perpetually and indispensably obliged to be and remain unalterably a subject to it and can never be again in the liberty of the state of nature . |
| 14 | The poison develops a little time after the leaf has sprouted , so the monkeys can avoid the worst of it if they eat only the youngest leaves . |
| 15 | The main point to understand is that the diet is flexible , but you must : stick to 1,000 calories per day ( unless you have chosen to increase your calorie allowance ) eat only the foods allowable in the stage you are currently on . |
| 16 | I mean perhaps the forces of change that were normal were not inherent in the Chinese |
| 17 | I mean perhaps the point I have n't brought out , which was another enormous effect from the mixed ability teaching , or the mixed ability grouping , was the improvement in the pupils erm behaviour . |
| 18 | Inserts , in the generally accepted sense of the word , change only the pictures , the original sound continuing over it unaffected . |
| 19 | We have n't got er I mean obviously a lot of the staff that are on these temporary contracts are from the adult team . |
| 20 | Well , it 's something er I mean obviously a lot of people like the idea of going over to the Swindon Oasis , now er we 've had at the back of our minds , if it was at all possible to er put something similar at Didcot , obviously nothing as grand as the Oasis , but something quite similar , and obviously they would come to Didcot and not bother to go over to Swindon . |
| 21 | I mean erm presumably I mean obviously the local authority has its own people |
| 22 | so something erm I mean it , it just seems strange to me that , you know , something which has exist existed for thousands of years , you know , he 's suddenly sort of pooh-poohing so to speak , erm and I mean obviously the fact that there was a revolution twenty years later or whatever erm me means that something must have been wrong but erm you know i it 's strange how he 's suddenly criticizing and how the criticism has n't come before , how nothing 's happened before , how this seems an opportune moment for it to happen . |
| 23 | I mean obviously the it 's a I perhaps it 's an exaggeration to the effect that nobody can guarantee planning permission until they 've got planning permission . |
| 24 | I mean obviously the reality is that obviously if you buy a mechanical breakdown insurance from a dealer and the dealer goes into liquidation then obviously that does n't affect the policy because the policy will still be handled by a company such as ours , and there are a number of companies obviously . |
| 25 | I mean obviously the the more you go up the scale the more competitive it becomes . |
| 26 | He seemed unconcerned at letting me loose on his half-share investment and I tried telling myself that ahead lay merely a quick pop over three undemanding obstacles , not the first searching test of my chances of racing . |
| 27 | A recent article in the Lancet states that a Dundee Medical School team headed by Prof. Peter Howie ( Obstetrics ) have found that babies who are breastfed for 13 weeks or longer suffer only a third of the stomach infections experienced by bottlefed babies , and have fewer respiratory infections . |
| 28 | Note that the target struck by the cauldron suffers a strength 5 hit , while remaining targets suffer only a strength 3 hit . |
| 29 | They remain merely an intriguing possibility , showing more about the human addiction to order than allowing the Earth to show her own organic nature . |
| 30 | The basic problems , however , remain much the same . |