Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For all its fine engineering and good design , the Audi 90 20v quattro offers rather less than meets the eye . |
| 2 | ‘ In publicly announcing the withdrawal of its remaining occupation forces from Korea , the US should make it unmistakably clear that this step in no way constitutes a lessening of US support of the Government of the Republic of Korea , but constitutes rather another step towards the regularisation by the US of its relations with that Government and a fulfilment on the part of the US of the relevant provision of the GA Resolution [ UN General Assembly ] of December 12 , 1948 . ’ |
| 3 | Well yes , but in those sorts of terms complementarity becomes a passkey which turns suspiciously many locks . |
| 4 | The motives for seeking office are partly that the life of a backbench MP soon becomes unsatisfactory and offers so little scope for achievement , for registering even the smallest impact on a restricted area of.public life , that the average MP looks with envy on any minister who has a positive job to perform , however limited the field . |
| 5 | The rather woolly nature of these claims aside , readers might be forgiven for wondering why , if the Cuk converter offers so many desirable features , it is not more commonly used . |
| 6 | Field archaeology attracts a great deal of interdisciplinary interest since it offers so many varied and interesting problems . |
| 7 | ‘ Watercolour offers so many exciting opportunities — I want to develop my ideas and stretch the limits of the medium . |
| 8 | It 's hard now to see how The Shamen will keep the club vibe going in the stadiums they will undoubtedly end up playing , how Colin will avoid the rock postures he hates so much . |
| 9 | ‘ Only from the sort of dry texts that Benny hates so much . |
| 10 | Now it wo n't cure all the problems I 'm pretending that it will , but if we were to have proper seats , proper microphones , electronic voting I believe that it would show symbolically that the House of Commons was prepared to modernize itself and start doing a proper job in our democracy rather than the farce and the theatre which frankly turns so many people off in modern Britain . |
| 11 | He then expends so much of his emotional energy wallowing in the aura that when the gun goes for the start there 's nothing left of the real thing . |
| 12 | But he never succumbs to what Max Scheler termed ressentiment — that mixture of resentment and anger and injured pride that destroys so many , even if it were present in earlier years . |
| 13 | We are lucky enough to be living during a warm period ( interglacial ) of this ice age , but our luck can not last forever ; at some time during the next few thousand , few hundred or even just few years the next cold period ( glacial ) will commence unless humanity 's pollution contributes so much to the greenhouse effect that global warming prevents the glaciers from spreading . |
| 14 | According to the mythic cultural history which contributes so much to the discursive architecture of the Report , the " native language " only achieved cultural history which contributes so much to the discursive architecture of the Report , the " native language " only achieved cultural maturity through its spontaneous generation of literacy art . |
| 15 | According to the mythic cultural history which contributes so much to the discursive architecture of the Report , the " native language " only achieved cultural history which contributes so much to the discursive architecture of the Report , the " native language " only achieved cultural maturity through its spontaneous generation of literacy art . |
| 16 | Third , as the powers of the national park authorities are limited to the normal development control procedures , agriculture is excluded , although it contributes so much to the valued cultural landscapes of the parks . |
| 17 | Medau knits together these diverse threads in my life . |
| 18 | It is a body that simultaneously defines the continents and divides them from each other ; at the same time it knits together some of their distant and improbably linked civilizations , as well as their anthropologies and histories . |
| 19 | Ciccolini is capable of very stylish virtuosity and shows this to great effect in the more extrovert pieces to which he also brings genuine humour ( as opposed to the archness which spoils so many performances of Satie 's music ) . |
| 20 | Colleagues , this document is surely the way forward for a progressive union which represents so many , many members spread over all aspects of industry . |
| 21 | If the Church would only have more faith in Carey and the wise words of moral guidance that he offers perhaps more of us would have faith in the Church . |
| 22 | A whole pine forest produces so much pollen that ponds become covered with curds of it — and all of it wasted . |
| 23 | Just what is it about Barbados that produces so many wonderful cricketers ? |
| 24 | Edinburgh produces so many theses on geology as a whole that the number on Scottish geology is not disproportionate . |
| 25 | Equally to the point , the spectre of drastic economies that haunts so many men and women is often the result of their having only the haziest idea as to their likely income and expenditure . |
| 26 | This one is — it involves so many factors , you see . ’ |
| 27 | Police work involves so much bloody paperwork these days and a lot of boring stuff that a family row can quite spice up a night . |
| 28 | This is undoubtedly the most tiring skill to learn since it involves so much swimming . |
| 29 | Usually he can spend only a limited time at one session in the tasting room as his work involves so much keen concentration . |
| 30 | Trainer Simon Sherwood , Desert Orchid 's Gold Cup winning jockey , said : ‘ The whole thing involves so much hypocrisy it 's a farce . |