Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [conj] [adv] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They all wanted to know more or less the same thing : ‘ What is this tunnel thing about ? ’ |
| 2 | If you are pregnant , or breastfeeding , for example , you will need more than double the recommended daily amount of calcium . |
| 3 | When Sally got off the bus he was waiting for her , leaning against the bonnet , smoking a cigarette and looking more than ever the dashing young man-about-town . |
| 4 | But the event attracted more than just the curious and those wanting to buy . |
| 5 | It is only by looking outside legal doctrine itself that we are made aware that neither the small closely held company ( where there is no separation of ownership and management ) nor the large public company ( where there is a separation of ownership and control ) conform to the legal model . |
| 6 | It can be shown that and so the first term on the right-hand side of eqn ( 20.7 ) represents the transfer of energy between wavenumbers . |
| 7 | But games companies seem convinced that only the odd tomboy would enjoy the shoot outs and punch-ups of the average game . |
| 8 | When we consider the attainment of higher political office , the trend is for the ‘ typical ’ MP to prevail more and more the higher one goes . |
| 9 | Shipman 's two-volume Story of the Cinema ( Hodder and Stoughton ) is also a very good read — the first volume goes up to Gone With The Wind and the second starts with Citizen Kane and reaches more or less the present day . |
| 10 | Always wear clothes to reveal your shape when having these taken , and adopt more or less the same poses . |
| 11 | Waking bright and early the next morning I reached for a copy of Delicacy as the most economical means of establishing whether I was still alive . |
| 12 | Although Attlee and Greenwood were ready to accept the invitation , they did not do so at once but made sure that both the National Executive and the annual Conference , which were conveniently meeting at the same time , it being the Whit weekend , were fully consulted and in agreement with their acceptance of office . |
| 13 | Country house visiting , which had been common in the eighteenth century and Regency when everyone liked to have their taste admired , became infrequent as even the greatest houses closed their gates to visitors , persuaded that the sanctities of ‘ home ’ were not for exhibition to the public eye . |
| 14 | The user should close down the LIFESPAN system if it is running and make sure that neither the Hard Copy facility nor the Validation facility are running . |
| 15 | Considering his band had clocked up four months on a promotional treadmill that had become steeper and faster the more ‘ Nevermind ’ sold , he looked in pretty good shape . |
| 16 | Ask a dozen American curators about Earl A. Powell III , the new Director of the National Gallery , Washington , and you get more or less the same general response : ‘ If you were having lunch with Rusty ( his nickname that everyone uses ) and did n't know what he did for a living , you would think he was either an Assistant Secretary of the Navy , a General Manager of General Motors , or a football coach . |
| 17 | The ie became more than ever the pre-eminent entity in society . |
| 18 | Advertising may well continue in much the same form as in the past and , therefore , careers in this field will remain more or less the same . |
| 19 | … it seems clear that either the basic subscription should be increased to say £12 so as to recover the cost of four issues of the journal and leave £7 for the lifeboat service , or members should be asked to pay a subscription for the journal . |
| 20 | It seems likely that originally the coastal tribes applied the name orang-utan to the wild tribes of the interior . |
| 21 | ‘ It seems certain that even the small change in the balance of power between professionals and parents brought about by the Act have yet to be realized in a number of Authorities ’ ( Goacher et al . |
| 22 | Moira is convinced that ‘ at this stage there was no conscious effort to recreate the past in the styles — one thing just led to another — but there was in terms of the prints ; with old reference books proving far and away the best place to find ideas . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ It felt good and then the next one came after just 15 minutes . |
| 24 | I never use black as only the Spanish could really use it . |
| 25 | In the case of local politics , should this mean more than just the local implementation of national policy ? |
| 26 | Most of us apply more or less the same old lotions , creams and make-up all year round through force of habit . |
| 27 | This means he will get the backing of the crowd for 90 minutes and that is invaluable at Old Trafford where , if you do n't score after 20 minutes , things can go quiet and even the boldest of players can become intimidated . |
| 28 | I would obtain three or more the same size and allow them to grow up and pair off naturally . |
| 29 | The word ‘ habitat ’ implies more than simply the physical environment of an animal . |
| 30 | Sport is exercise that satisfies more than just the physical needs of our body ; it is exercise that aims to fulfil other sets of needs and drives . |