Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [adv] [subord] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The frustration turned to anger on more than one occasion . |
| 2 | I asked at the meeting of the city board and I asked on more than one occasion , and did n't get a proper answer , what the labour group intended to do with the three point two million pounds that will build up in reserve say for the next three years . |
| 3 | What is often dismissed rather contemptuously as baggy trousers and tunic by English people exists in fact in a variety of styles . |
| 4 | learn how to locate information in books and , where available , databases , sometimes drawing on more than one source , and how to pursue an independent line of enquiry . |
| 5 | Any accountancy fiddles ( e. g. notionally splitting units into several ‘ farms ’ to claim on more than 50 LUs ) would need vigilance by the Agriculture Departments . |
| 6 | Agronomic techniques were developed rather later than mechanical ones , following the identification of the importance of rainsplash as a major element in the erosion process . |
| 7 | Men can ring the changes by wearing a different shirt or tie if they do n't want to invest in more than one suit . |
| 8 | .. the struggle to establish a clear identity for a radical left of centre politics in the latter part of the 20th century goes much deeper than individual policy issues . |
| 9 | The international regatta on Sunday afternoon is an ingenious test of rowing skill and versatility , where a maximum of nine oarsmen must be deployed among six events , with no individual competing in more than three races . |
| 10 | The kustar' system , which recovered much faster than heavy industry , had 122 arteli in the city in 1922 . |
| 11 | Many ECP programmes include options to issue in more than one currency , although the majority still only allow for issuing in US dollars . |
| 12 | As Zinyama and Whitlow ( 1986 ) have pointed out , erosion problems are likely to increase in the Communal Lands , where a population growth of 3.6 per cent per year means that the population will double in less than 20 years . |
| 13 | For example sulphur troxide dinitrogen tetroxide diiodine hexachloride Alternatively , where a binary compound contains an element which may exist in more than one oxidation state , the oxidation number is indicated . |
| 14 | Both solids and liquids may exist in more than one phase . |
| 15 | These are two of the final resolutions of an international conference on women , media and advertising , entitled ‘ Who calls the Shots ? ’ which took place in Manila , Philippines , last year , bringing together more than 150 participants from 25 countries . |
| 16 | An even more radical view , advocated by those who favour less rather than more regulation of conflicts of interest , is one which is often attributed to the Chicago school . |
| 17 | It will be revealed that there is the potential for both publicly owned and publicly regulated concerns to perform less efficiently than public liability companies in the absence of external constraints . |
| 18 | It is fairly clear from the discussion above that there is a potential for both publicly owned and publicly regulated concerns to perform less efficiently than public liability companies . |
| 19 | This will give you enough width to work on more than one cable pattern at a time . |
| 20 | Joyce retired on April 2 after 14 years service and was delighted not only to receive gifts , including a hi-fi system , but also to be wined and dined on more than one occasion before her departure . |
| 21 | On a recent visit to the Ringhalls nuclear power station in Sweden , Sellafield Public Relations manager Duncan Jackson and information officer Dave Curry were asked by Distington headmaster John Nixon to pass on more than 60 letters to a school close to the Ringhals plant . |
| 22 | Not only do the results have no bearing on rankings — and therefore do not matter — but they are forgotten so far as historical records are concerned almost before the players have walked off the court . |
| 23 | But the local publican told Jane that these maligned outsiders behaved much better than drunk Councillors . |
| 24 | Two accidents occurred in less than three hours on the A171 Whitby to Guisborough road during Saturday 's foggy conditions . |
| 25 | It is good practice for a trainee to be given the opportunity to work in more than one department to broaden his experience . |
| 26 | 3 A class of words may undergo regular change of form to provide for certain changing circumstances , in particular : ( a ) They may change form because they appear in more than one element of a structure : It is my father ; It is my father 's car . |
| 27 | Such prejudices will flourish so long as hard facts are unavailable , and facts about sex in schools are practically non-existent because no education authority is likely to commission research on the subject . |
| 28 | This makes good sense considering that 85% of the Solomon 's 331,000 people live in almost 6,000 villages scattered over more than 100 islands and 60,000 sq . |
| 29 | From 1 January 1994 underwriting agents will only be permitted to act as combined agents with Council consent if the agent has not more than 100 members , or it appears that the members ' agency function is sufficiently autonomous , or in the case of a combined agent whose members ' agency function is limited to run-off , it appears to be in members ' interests . |
| 30 | The card this time has not more than six words on it , because that seems to be about all that most people can hold at once . |