Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [adv] [adj] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is clear that not all the insolvency procedures are applicable to unregistered companies . |
| 2 | She was in a mindless world where she had forgotten everything about why he was there , mindless that not half an hour ago she had thought him the most hateful of men when , abruptly , shatteringly , he suddenly stilled . |
| 3 | It was thought by some that too great a burden might be placed on principals in smaller firms or on sole practitioners if such a proposal were made mandatory , and that either the ‘ net ’ of suitable signatories should be widened to include assistant solicitors or Fellows of ILEX , or that the category of undertaking to which the ‘ rule ’ might apply should exclude those of a routine or non-financial nature . |
| 4 | Bates gets by because his theme is so universal that practically all the heavyweights have something to say on it . |
| 5 | On her return she knew that it was he who had plucked the sting but she was afraid that too demonstrative a show of gratitude might be misinterpreted . |
| 6 | So important was this and so adept the participants that the farmers-general and the Van Necks were able to persuade both the French and British governments to permit the continued shipment of British tobacco to France during the wars of 1744–8 and 1756–63 . |
| 7 | Something which is important to say is that the first time you have a contact with somebody and you do a piece , you 're , you 're meeting for the first time , it 's slightly awkward and you 're getting to know each other slightly , the second time you do it easier , it 's easier , and if you establish relationships with the local press , local radio and so forth , it gets easier and easier all the time , because by the time you get to know people , it 's not sort of ‘ Can I speak to somebody who does a programme about the morning whatever it is ? |
| 8 | South Central LA is one of America 's civil war zones , a suburban ghetto torn apart by drugs , where the murder rate is at an all time high and almost all the victims are black . |
| 9 | Even Pacquement admits that , in recent times , contemporary art has been viewed with too eclectic , uncritical and almost deferential an eye . |
| 10 | And each time there was a surge forward in governmental activity , for instance during the war or under the post-war Labour Government , they were prepared to extend their view of what was necessary to cover some if not all the machinery which had been established . |
| 11 | The society always received and still receives from the same surveyor a basic valuation containing a summary of some but not all the matters contained in the report to the borrower . |
| 12 | The company considered many sites which fulfilled some but not all the criteria . |
| 13 | The situation is further confused when some but not all the operator information support is itself computer-based . |
| 14 | It did not seem possible that so lively a person was dead . |
| 15 | MORALE in Britain is so low that nearly half the population would emigrate if they could , according to a survey . |
| 16 | ‘ The worst thing about cocaine is that once it has exhausted all the dopamine from the brain , then what 's left is a black hole of depression so big and so awful that not all the misery in the world can fill it . |
| 17 | Public response to the controversial share sale was so strong that virtually all the £5.3billion of shares could be sold without offering any to financial institutions or overseas investors . |
| 18 | Very few men have led so versatile or so successful a life as Peter Scott . |
| 19 | As Bourn did not boast an anemometer we had to quickly learn wind speed by other means , such as how much or how little the trees were bending in the wind and whether the distant windsock was at full stretch or hanging limply from its staff . |
| 20 | Ironic that so noble an edifice should house so vile an organisation . |
| 21 | The statutory criteria ( in section 1 ) state that a custodial sentence must not be passed unless either ( a ) the current offence is ‘ so serious that only such a sentence can be justified for the offence ’ or ( b ) , in the case of violent or sexual offences only , only a custodial sentence ‘ would be adequate to protect the public from serious harm ’ . |
| 22 | Sad that so important a subject should be so turgid for most of us . |
| 23 | Nearly all the participants described in these accounts were male and nearly all the studies were undertaken by male sociologists who had some difficulty communicating with young women . |
| 24 | Hamburger joints and up-market American-style restaurants have been spreading all over Britain in the last few years , and their food has been getting more authentic and better all the time — at least in terms of taste . |
| 25 | It is as simple and as revolutionary a milestone in human culture as the invention of the wheel . |
| 26 | Although his analysis is principally philosophical and occasionally historical the concepts and theoretical relations between them that he develops are relevant to understanding specific instances of ideology . |
| 27 | The bigger and more frequent the waves , the less scriptural the culture . |
| 28 | It is rather like something that I used to do as a young groundsman coming up through the ranks , when I applied for vacant jobs all over the place , the bigger and more prestigious the place the better , and more often than not without the slightest intention of taking the job if it had been offered ! |
| 29 | An avenue of limes , dead straight and exactly half a statute mile in length , ran from the gates to the big house at Maran Hill . |
| 30 | We all knew how little and how vital a dime was . |