Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [verb] [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other acts sought to prohibit as far as possible corrupt practices and limited the amount of money a candidate could spend on election expenses . |
| 2 | It seems the weakness has arisen not only because of the excess capacity built during the Central Electricity Generating Board 's dying years , but also because the competition for business between the regional distribution companies , the generators , the Scottish companies , Nuclear Electric and the French is so strong , and also because of recession . |
| 3 | ‘ Social imperialism ’ suggests that the main beneficiaries of this policy were British consumers , and indeed one writer has gone so far as to argue a direct link to the Attlee government 's social reforms : ‘ The nationalisations , medical provision and expansion of education so magnanimously legislated by the Labour Ministry were largely achieved because the Bank of England kept the Sterling Area show on the road . ' |
| 4 | With a drop of 42% from the peak reached in 1990 the German Expressionist Index has held up better than the more volatile sectors of French and American painting . |
| 5 | I think that 's why the play has survived so long because it has this peculiar charm . ’ |
| 6 | Moreover , the North American Securities Administration Association has gone so far as to accuse the South Pacific micro-states of Nauru , Vanuatu , Tonga and the Marshall and Northern Mariana Islands of being ‘ international centres of prostitute banking ’ . |
| 7 | My right hon. and learned Friend has said as clearly as possible that he regards the second London terminal at King 's Cross as an intrinsic part of the scheme . |
| 8 | David tried to work out just when Carole would return . |
| 9 | Kevin McKenna , from Manchester Wythenshaw , said : ‘ No industry has failed as comprehensively as the prison industry . |
| 10 | To stick to the motor car analogy , the design of cars has improved more rapidly because a designer can incorporate in a single design a synchromesh gearbox that originated in one model with fuel injection that originated in another . |
| 11 | I have been lucky that my condition has progressed more slowly than is often the case . |
| 12 | As the years unfold , the penny will drop in the general council of the CBI , as much as on the commuter trains from Basildon , that the whole market-based experiment has gone as far as it can — and the new need is for a government and policies that actively manage the instability and short-termism of the British economy . |
| 13 | Our business investment has increased more rapidly than in any other major economy except Japan . |
| 14 | Pond needs cleaning out again as well . |
| 15 | Conran has gone so far as ending catwalk exhibitions totally in favour of presentation by video . |
| 16 | The text of warranties has become much longer because solicitors have included very many specific warranties as well as general warranties . |
| 17 | As this list also reminds us , journalists seem to worry as much as sociologists about their proper analytical role . |
| 18 | You have already noticed in your SAS practice of up-to-time sentences that sometimes the mouth seems to open more noticeably than at others . |
| 19 | There were two more floors above this in the keep , but the chances of Balliol having gone upstairs rather than down were remote . |
| 20 | The domain-specific dictionary appears to perform slightly better than the general dictionary . |
| 21 | Already a £4.1 billion industry , quick-service restaurants continue to expand as quickly as ever , despite the economic trend . |
| 22 | Edgar managed to get as far as the door . |
| 23 | Mummy led Bully as far as the starting-place for her , then handed the rope-lead to Angela . |
| 24 | By the end of August , Brusilov had advanced so far as to make replenishment of men and matériel difficult , often impossible . |
| 25 | Juliet had noticed how David had looked up sharply while Miss Rose was talking . |
| 26 | Those responsible for the access funds at Dundee university wrote to me to say that their funds had run out even before the summer recess had begun . |
| 27 | The next day the Prince was leading a small group of businessmen he had brought over from Britain , including Stephen O'Brien , to look at a scheme called the Boston Compact , evidence that the United States had woken up sooner than anyone else to the dilemma of falling educational standards . |
| 28 | One afternoon a nurserymaid from the castle had appeared with Richard , and her distress had melted as quickly as it had grown . |
| 29 | Hungary had turned back more than one million people from its borders since October 1991 , when it restricted the conditions of entry into the country . |
| 30 | Hungary had turned back more than one million people from its borders since October 1991 , when it restricted the conditions of entry into the country . |