Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [adv] [prep] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The gag is the only way of allowing him to feel and check the teeth properly even to the last molars which are situated parallel with the eye . |
| 2 | Scribbling changes in the margin of his text right up to the last minute , Mr Clinton insisted the burden of his new taxes were spread fairly across American society . |
| 3 | ‘ There is no intrinsic reason for another reorganisation so soon after the last , and there is certainly no popular demand for it . |
| 4 | It also meant constant fighting right up to the last day , and for Bomber Command no let-up in the night by night sorties into enemy skies . |
| 5 | Do you know she said she was n't coming to our wedding right up to the last moment , and when she did consent to come she behaved as if all the guests on my side were mud beneath her feet , though our family 's always been very well thought of around here , as I 'm sure you know , and my father could have bought her up a hundred times and not noticed the difference , and what was her father in New Zealand I wonder , some sheep dipper or other I would n't mind betting — you know the type that went to the colonies then — or perhaps he was a convict ! ’ |
| 6 | Beveridge , however , studied the German experiment more closely during the next year and concluded that the contributory insurance principle could not only reduce costs ; it could also eliminate reliance on means tests . ’ |
| 7 | I had paid my rent early on with the last inelastic cheque I 'd written , had n't paid my Poll Tax , had tried to find bar work but been unsuccessful , and was borrowing off Norris , Gav and a few other pals to buy food , which comprised mostly bread and beans and the odd black pudding supper , plus a cider or two when I could be persuaded to squander my meagre resources on contributing to the funds required for a raid on the local off-licence . |
| 8 | Another point-less return really would leave them squinting for light deep down in the Second Division 's dark vale . |
| 9 | The officers on part of the panel have consulted schools very carefully about the last remnants of possible delegation which might arise and the recommendations are as presented to us in red , set out in section three . |
| 10 | Even in the European North many peasants used old flintlocks right up to the first decades of the twentieth century , and in Siberia the use of bows and spears by Russians was not unknown at least as late as the 1830s . |
| 11 | The Lions scrum was consistently wheeled , but they put their act together twice in the 21st and 30th minutes , a pushover try being prevented illegally and the referee awarding the Lions a penalty try that Hastings converted . |
| 12 | We shall explore this issue more fully in the next section . |
| 13 | When she came to writing for her college project , she found other material ; this will enable her to enjoy the work more fully on a second visit . |
| 14 | Payton who had only been on the field for six minutes put Celtic further ahead in the 66th minute when he accepted a left wing pass from Collins to shoot low into the net from six yards . |
| 15 | A few of his rare essays in landscape are included in a small show of oils , aquatints and pencil drawings by Giorgio Morandi at Baldacci-Daverio also on until the 30th . |
| 16 | The growth of synfuel industries during the latter years of the twentieth century and the gradual increase of the contribution to oil demand made by these oil shale , tar sand , coal based fuels mean an extension of the life of the IC engine probably well into the mid-21st century . |
| 17 | I took the can carefully away at the last moment . |
| 18 | ‘ He just could be Ángel 's father , ’ he added , gathering up his things and starting back down the slope , scree-walking very fast over the first long patch of loose grey stones , swinging his pack , and the empty sleeve flapping against his hip . |
| 19 | ENGLAND gave Chile their hardest match so far in the third World Limited Handicap Championship at the St Cristobal Polo Club in Santiago , Chile , but lost 6–4 in the semi-final . |
| 20 | His quickest time for a 30-question puzzle was three-and-a-half minutes , which he did in the national championships though doing less well on the second puzzle meant he missed coming top . |
| 21 | On present estimates , the right could win as many as 80-90 seats straight off in the first round and the Socialists none . |
| 22 | They are expected to win some 100 seats straight off in the first round of voting , and the Socialists none . |
| 23 | As you 've heard we 've been cutting costs pretty significantly over the last couple of years erm what we 're talking about is three thousand people having been er made redundant over the two and a half years and as we were saying earlier substantial redundancy costs have had to be borne . |
| 24 | A 68 put Ballesteros safely through to the last two days but a distressed Olazabal , despite a 69 , faced an anxious wait to see if he would make the cut . |
| 25 | At school , to start off you integrate with everybody , it does n't matter about colour right up to the third year [ when aged about 13 or 15 ] . |
| 26 | We will deal with optical discs more fully in the next chapter when we examine the technological environment in which multimedia is emerging and , for the moment , will concentrate on gaining some sense of the way in which the use of optical disc information systems is expanding . |
| 27 | Could I just say at this point , this , this is one area where I would envisage us looking critically at what we 're doing and , and , and , and altering things quite significantly over the next six months . |
| 28 | With the wind at their backs in the second half , Aldershot penned the Oxford lads in their own half and Simon Nice , in his best form , drove the ball firmly home for the second goal . |
| 29 | As my honourable friend said from the front bench , the Labour party is absolutely firmly committed now both by the voices of the leadership and the votes and the resolutions at our party conference that we are in favour of a proportional representation system for the European parliament and I hope that when the elections come Mr Deputy Speaker , and people will be arguing about why they 're voting for Europe on June the ninth in one boundary as opposed to another and why they 've got erm erm different rules for this election of course as indeed for the last European election because the registration will be different , allowing all kinds of erm how can I put it foreigners in inverted commas , to vote in our elections in this country because it is the European elections that we will actually put the point across that er for the future there will be different arrangements made indeed . |
| 30 | Just two miles from the German forward positions , the Mort Homme seemed hardly beyond the scope of a determined thrust — especially when it was recalled that the Fifth Army had advanced three times as far during the first four days alone on the Right Bank . |