Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [verb] [vb infin] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where schools patently did need greater assistance , Leslie Ryder reasoned , was in the production of materials , in the planning of course units making use of resources , and in the use and operation of audio-visual and reprographic equipment . |
| 2 | In view of the interviewer 's role in the discourse , it is not clear how far or how reliably such an extended interview really does resemble spontaneous conversation ; but Labov 's schema is likely to be less demanding of the fieldworker , more economical of time and resources , and so not subject to the same range of disadvantages as the participant observation methods of the Belfast community studies . |
| 3 | While cost cutting elsewhere , Wear Valley will give the clubs up to £8,000 apiece to help meet new League ground regulations with the proper proviso that they first raise a similar amount themselves . |
| 4 | Convincing evidence that animals actually do operate this way comes from James Serpell of the University of Cambridge ( Animal Behaviour , vol 30 , p 1244 ) , who has been studying the aggressive behaviour of nine species of tropical parrots of the genus Trichoglossus . |
| 5 | But the monetary authorities in most advanced countries normally do make such contingency plans , and therefore the administration lag is unlikely to be excessive . |
| 6 | However , it must be emphasised that all the women who chose not to register for work actually did want paid employment and took up any employment opportunities which arose ( Callender , 1986a ) . |
| 7 | The shape of the group really does give some impression of an arrow ! |
| 8 | Of course , this a justified objection ; and I am ready to concede that in most historical examples one might like to point out things probably did happen that way round . |
| 9 | The sharpest clash occurred in the village of Bezdna in the eastern province of Kazan " , where a certain Anton Petrov began claiming that the statutes really did grant wholesale freedom . |
| 10 | Compared with the £20 prices now becoming typical for the likes of popular Grandes Marques , such as Veuve Clicquot , these wines really do represent remarkable value . |
| 11 | The usual adult ticket price is £13 and children 's £9.99 so the Sainsbury 's offer really does represent good value . |
| 12 | The five-way selector deals out all the sounds you would expect to find and the tone control really does add more sparkle , rather than ( as is so often the case ) rendering everything tinny and harsh . |
| 13 | In the mid and late 1980s the development of joint ventures allegedly helped arrest European decline . |
| 14 | Admittedly , the ‘ eat shit — a million flies ca n't be wrong ’ argument never did hold much water , but when every single person in the place is singing ‘ Altogether Now ’ or ‘ Love See No Colour ’ , waving their arms and jumping about , with sweat dripping from the walls , you 'd have to be a hell of a snob not to be slightly moved . |
| 15 | But Brian actually did interview one person , for forty-five minutes ? |
| 16 | The Vikings certainly did cause extensive damage to property in the short term . |
| 17 | The patterns of speech are rooted in a society where men literally do have more power than women , and indeed power over women . |
| 18 | The ‘ false dawn of courtesy ’ was over and the pupils really did accept each other . |
| 19 | ‘ But men and women never do match each other in that kind of way — that 's life . ’ |