Example sentences of "[adj] and [vb -s] [adv] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | When one firm buys another and pays too much equity , shareholders suffer . |
2 | There is ample room in that account of the situation for the further stipulation that the judge should decide in a way that engages his own political or moral convictions as little as possible and gives as much deference as possible to institutions conventionally authorized to make law . |
3 | The only problem is , she is Ugandan and speaks very little English , has no idea how to get home and has no money for transport . |
4 | The motives for seeking office are partly that the life of a backbench MP soon becomes unsatisfactory and offers so little scope for achievement , for registering even the smallest impact on a restricted area of.public life , that the average MP looks with envy on any minister who has a positive job to perform , however limited the field . |
5 | Friends complain he 's snake obsessed and spends too much time with his cold blooded brood . |
6 | There is an alternative route which is longer and involves slightly more climbing , but it stays at a lower level , never rising higher than 1,600ft . |
7 | I hope the health service 's attitude has changed because anyone suffering from anorexia feels isolated and needs as much support as they can get — from doctors and their family . |