Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [verb] [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | However , as the results of the first inspections started to come in the seriousness of the problem was realised and the US authorities eventually went so far as to call for the use of specially made ultrasonic probes for detecting cracks round the fastener holes . |
| 2 | The dung only penetrated as far as my upper thigh as we struck up the devastated hillside towards Meall a' Choire Leith . |
| 3 | Despite episcopal censures , the practice continued for a surprisingly long time ; measures were taken to stop Irish clergy so cohabiting as late as the sixth century . |
| 4 | But that time must yet remain a few days ahead , while everywhere lay in the throes of a natural disaster — the nature of which had yet to be determined — and while the snow still fell as thickly as it did . |
| 5 | It was such an idea of modularity that Minsky intended in the quoted passage above , and he has suggested at various times that an organism would be more efficient , in terms of its ability to survive , if it had , as a separate module , a model of itself , which might of course be totally false as to the facts of the self 's reality : alcoholics who believe themselves to be merely social drinkers probably survive less well than those who believe themselves to be alcoholics . |
| 6 | In a passage which reads very oddly indeed today and betrays his naïveté , Durkheim even went so far as to claim that such was the depressing degree of homogeneity in primitive society that its members were actually physically indistinguishable from each other ! |
| 7 | But the stories have a universal appeal simply as stories , and it is good that the underlying programme seldom obtrudes as badly as in the gift-shop passage above , where the helpful aside about tourism affecting rural culture worldwide strikes a primary-school note . |
| 8 | These subjects too learned less readily than controls in spite of the fact that the postulated ‘ interfering ’ response should actually have proved facilitatory in this case . |
| 9 | The skirmishers in the fields had seen them now , and the French had started to withdraw , firing occasionally , but for the most part just running as fast as they could , to obtain cover amidst the village buildings . |
| 10 | The matters obviously moved fairly rapidly because the parties were then almost ready to exchange contracts . |
| 11 | The otter was the only strictly European species to make it into the overall ‘ Top 10 ’ , though badger , fox and hedgehog all got as far as the top 20 . |
| 12 | It recognises that sediment usually accumulates laterally rather than vertically and that almost every sedimentary body is therefore diachronous in human terms , though this diachronism is very rarely detectable in geological terms . |
| 13 | Lectures often began as early as 5 or 6 a.m. in the summer ( 7 a.m. in the winter ) , and sometimes the first lecture went on for three hours , no provision being made for any food before 10 a.m . |
| 14 | ( One Judge even going so far as to say , ‘ In ten years ' time , 1989 may well be seen as the year when Vauxhall redefined the sports coupé . ’ ) |
| 15 | And Glasgow City Council even went so far as to make the rave an official 1990 European City of Culture happening . |
| 16 | But we can not be certain that Gould even got as far as the river at all . |
| 17 | Everyone smiled at Suzi then looked hurriedly away as her mouth began to tremble . |
| 18 | This may or may not be desirable : administrators sometimes act more quickly than lawyers and judges ( they are certainly a lot less expensive ) , but they are always vulnerable to regulatory capture and they can make bad decisions if they are poorly funded and undermanned ( for some observations on this issue , see Areeda , 1992 . ) |
| 19 | With Chelmsford still looking below rather than above , three points are vital and clean sheets against both Worcester and VS Rugby should give confidence . |
| 20 | This process rarely runs as smoothly as I have suggested . |
| 21 | Ah yes , the mystic east , flying carpets , romance on all sides , and on the long sandy beach around the translucent waters of the bay at Ortakent you can laze your days away doing little else than looking deep into each other 's eyes . |
| 22 | Carers generally operate alone rather than in a large network and , as noted earlier , they are not a single group . |
| 23 | Hall 's positive views about the timing of the judges ' appointments probably originated as early as 1835 , when the plans for the new Houses of Parliament were being considered . |
| 24 | Many more are seen in the autumn , when arrivals often start as early as late June and always in July . |
| 25 | But green campaigns directed at the handling of solid waste sometimes go much further than is justified by the need to protect health , or even to prevent litter or damage to the landscape . |
| 26 | He did n't quite because Ray had a 68 to Nick 's 69 , but our group again played well even though it was another tough day , with wind and rain all day . |
| 27 | A smooth skin also tans more evenly because you have removed dead skin cells . |
| 28 | British garages also work more slowly than their French counterparts . |
| 29 | Instead of paying cash for each chance accepted would charity not benefit far more if 50p was paid for each dropped catch and missed stumping ? |
| 30 | If Adam ever got as far as masturbating , and naturally he sometimes did , he always had the feeling afterwards that his teeth were loose . |