Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [coord] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She suspected that some aspects of rural life would be lost for ever but at the same time she could see that much was gained . |
| 2 | That prevents the proper delivery of claims by those who are really in need being dealt with properly and in a timely manner . |
| 3 | If delays are incurred due to technical defects the problems have to be dealt with speedily and with a high degree of certainty that the defect has been cured . |
| 4 | While the equipment is being set up people come in from their work outside and visitors start arriving from up and down the Whanganui river . |
| 5 | Across the Sound of Harris the going was rough ; we had a large following sea with waves aided by the wind and the flood around Berneray , pushing us both from behind and from a broad reach angle . |
| 6 | Competition operates in the human ( as it does in the plant and animal ) community to bring about and restore the communal equilibrium when , either by the advent of some intrusive factor from without or in the normal course of its life history , that equilibrium is disturbed . |
| 7 | Since space permits no separate treatment of stunts and stunt artists , their work will be alluded to there and in the last section of this chapter , which concerns special make-ups and costumes — though in practice this may require not just stunt people but also the stars or extras . |
| 8 | One that I look a lot more like the Prime Minister wearing my reading glasses than the Prime Minister actually looks like the Prime Minister and two , the hidden benefits of wearing your reading glasses , group , here , is that I ca n't see a thing over there and for the first time in ten years I 'm gon na enjoy delivering a speech . |
| 9 | Alice never spoke of him except casually but on the few occasions , like last night 's dinner party , when she had seen them together they seemed to have the intuitive mutual awareness , an instinctive response to the other 's needs , more typical of a long-standing successful marriage than of an apparently casual fraternal relationship . |
| 10 | The portfolio return may be defined as where and in a well-diversified portfolio . |
| 11 | We got up at 5.00am and after a delicious breakfast we got underway to meet our van . |
| 12 | Television interviews are usually fairly brief so you have to put your points across succinctly and in an engaging manner . |