Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [prep] [adj] [subord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is only possible to assert that work begun with a lifting of the heart is likely to go on for longer than work begun with a contracting of the stomach , that work done with a lifting of the heart will develop further than work done with a contracting of the stomach , but there is nothing to indicate that the small amount of work which is the result of a contracting of the stomach will not be better than the large amount of work done with a lifting of the heart , than the rich development which is the likely result of work undertaken with a lifting of the heart , always bearing in mind , wrote Harsnet , and Goldberg , poring over the pages covered in his friend 's tiny handwriting , wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve , glanced up at the sheet in his typewriter , always bearing in mind , he typed ( as Harsnet had written ) , that better and worse are relative terms , and that one man 's better is another man 's worse , one age 's better is another age 's worse , one civilization 's better is another civilization 's worse , better , worse , relative values , scribbled Goldberg in the margin , always bearing in mind , wrote Harsnet , that in the long run it all comes to the same thing , long run , scribbled Goldberg in the margin , same thing . |
| 2 | But Valli then dropped back to third when club secretary and veteran runner Brian took over on the penultimate third stage . |
| 3 | so erm , in , in some sense , it is with the Secretary of State 's consent , erm , the land was conveyed back at less than market value as it stood , but erm , er , and I guess there are a variety of views on that particular er , aspect of the situation . |
| 4 | Of the non-participating countries ( i ) the Greek government announced on July 12 , 1990 , its intention to do so in 1993 if government fiscal measures were successfully implemented ; ( ii ) the Prime Minister of Portugal , Aníbal Cavaço Silva , was known to favour early participation in the ERM although there was division within the government as to the exact timing ; and ( iii ) the United Kingdom government had declared its intention to join the ERM but had not given any commitment as to when . |
| 5 | Gradually the technique develops its own style , moving away from red-figure as red-figure had early freed itself from the black figure tradition ; only white-ground long remains no more than a sideline of red-figure painters . |
| 6 | I 'll admit from the start that my own attempt to arpeggiate the Gambale way sounds more like Sooty than Sweep picking , but I console myself by thinking that I should n't let a signature model impose another player 's personality on my own style ! |
| 7 | However , these surpluses or PSDR ( Public Sector Debt Repayment ) shrank rapidly after 1989 as government revenue suffered in the wake of the most protracted period of recession since the Inter-War years . |
| 8 | Well we 've got twenty five minutes at present shall we can you just wipe around a couple of other things and then we 'll come back to that if time remains ? |
| 9 | When I started travelling extensively in trains ( 1966 ) , which tend to go faster for longer than bicycle , car or bus , I could think better . |