Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [adv] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The isotope most commonly used for measurement of colonic transit is 9 9 m Tc-DTPA in liquid form , or it may also be incorporated into ispaghula husk to simulate the physical properties of faeces more closely .
2 The kind most widely favoured for jewellery , at least in the west , was a delicate pale pink , but in and around Hawaii a black variety might be used for this purpose , and the Chinese were particularly keen on deep red coral for their carvings .
3 A companion analysis of findings from samples of eligible women in Colombia also revealed prolapse to be the gynaecological malady most closely associated with parity .
4 Usually the classes and groups most adversely affected by soil erosion are politically weak , disunited and spatially separated .
5 She half held it out to Ellie as fair play so obviously fought with desire — and Ellie took the decision out of her hands by shouting , ‘ She 's found one ! ’
6 But the enthusiasm so often expressed in favour of change produced little movement within the industry .
7 But it is gon na be a lengthy er injury and that is a major blow so successfully converted from centre half to striker .
8 His pursuit of the same approach in his cantatas arose perhaps from a firm conviction of what would succeed in a genre so closely allied to opera , perhaps from innate conservatism .
9 We know that niello is a metal sulphide , made by heating metal filings with sulphur , but could there be a continuity of tradition amongst the metalworkers of cultures so widely separated by time and geography ?
10 The rate of accumulation in those branches most closely tied to investment ( machinery , metals , construction ) reached 25–35 per cent per year , implying a doubling of the capital stock every three years or less .
11 Beckett 's failing narrators manage in their torrents of words only unstably to sustain in existence on a strange edge of death and silence , adrift in ‘ who knows what profounds of mind ’ ( Beckett 1984 : 288 ) .
12 This may be due to different mutations within the APC gene causing variations from a total absence of gene product through to protein only partially reduced in function .
13 Furthermore , we should recall that in modern individuals ( and almost certainly also in the past ) internalized verbal commands and prohibitions are of the first significance in the acquisition of the superego and manifest this aspect of themselves in the auditory hallucinations of accusing and scorning voices so often found in paranoia .
14 Leathery tans long since fell from favour , but a healthy glow is still considered the picture of vitality .
15 But they would still insist that induction into a tradition is right — it should be teaching religion not just teaching about religion in a way which distances it and effectively marginalizes it .
16 These kids not only knew about rock'n'roll , they could play it .
17 One death related to the procedure occurred in patient 9 who had a small shrunken liver , gross ascites , and a coagulopathy not completely reversed by vitamin K and fresh frozen plasma .
18 It is worth noting that in the period of sterling 's membership of the ERM the cumulative decrease in GDP has been approximately 4% , while UK wages have increased by 6% , a gap not substantially reduced by productivity growth .
19 They 're for obstruction not completely covered by water , are n't they ?
20 For example , fraud and forgery usually only come to light when an organisation discovers the offender .
21 Fetish fashion designers now regularly appear on TV .
22 There was no hint of any emotion even distantly related to nervousness in those dark , intelligent , ruthless eyes .
23 Later that evening they had been sitting in a restaurant and Maggie had looked at Tom and said , her delicate face and long neck almost visibly aquiver with pleasure ,
24 Investment no longer flowed into manufacturing companies , which in turn cut back production .
25 His dark eyes no longer burned with fanaticism , nor were they watchful or mistrustful , but warm , friendly , almost humorous .
26 The hottest gossip no longer appears in print ; tasty titbits are passed on verbally .
27 Although Edward never again went on crusade , Grandson himself led a small expedition to the east in 1290 and was present at the fall of Acre in May 1291 .
28 This chapter considers the use of expert determination in : ( 1 ) energy and mining contracts ( 7.2 ) ; ( 2 ) shipbuilding contracts ( 7.3 ) ; ( 3 ) construction contracts ( 7.4 ) ; ( 4 ) computer contracts ( 7.5 ) ; which display the following features discussed in Chapter 6 : ( 5 ) the use of technical experts drawing on expertise not directly associated with valuation ; ( 6 ) the use of technical experts to act as general dispute resolvers ; and ( 7 ) the use of " two-tier " dispute resolution procedures .
29 However , the location of planets not yet released from survey classification was information restricted to members of the Survey Service .
30 The first three have already been handed over and are by artists not formerly represented in east German museums : Ernst Wilhelm Nay , Emil Schumacher and Fritz Winter .
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