Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [verb] [conj] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of the 150 or so cast and production crew he gathered together at a local hotel broke down and wept as he confirmed their worst fears . |
| 2 | Among many hundreds of aircraft destroyed or severely damaged as Hurricane Andrew swept across southern Florida in August were those housed in the Weeks Air Museum at Tamiami Airport , which was itself totally destroyed . |
| 3 | Due to the presence of foreign exchange risk , or simply exchange or currency risk as it is often described , many exporters and importers use the forward market to hedge such risks and a link exists between Eurocurrency interest rates and the forward exchange rate . |
| 4 | Although widely described as boat people , a large number of the January arrivals had made most of the journey to Hong Kong aboard Chinese buses , only boarding boats for the last leg of their journey . |
| 5 | Since there are now breeding colonies on the Channel Islands in comfortable feeding range of the Sussex coast , it is likely that both feeding and passage movements are involved . |
| 6 | If , for example , you have had the class working in groups to prepare a programme for video recording , you should try to organise things so that both recording and playback sessions can be done in rotation . |
| 7 | If the business is subsequently hived up to Newco at less than both cost and market value , this will depress the value of Target 's shares , so that a subsequent disposal of them would realise a loss . |
| 8 | Although both conjoint and family therapy requires specific skills , such as avoiding taking sides , the general principles are similar to those already discussed . |
| 9 | The quota , in short , forced some British filmmakers to be realistic about the economic constraints operating in British filmmaking , and to look to what could be achieved within them rather than simply hoping that film budgets could rise on some magic carpet to figures close to those of Hollywood pictures . |
| 10 | More seriously , because the tiles are much heavier than either slates or clay tiles , the simple replacement of one of these traditional coverings with concrete units , where no steps have been taken to strengthen a lightly structured roof , is likely , at best , to result in deflection of the roof surface ( sagging of concrete tile replacement roof surfaces is a common sight in older houses ) . |
| 11 | A pair of Derwent jet engines , once fitted to Meteor WL181 and latterly used as runway de-icers were hammered down for only £750 . |
| 12 | According to Carson ( 1981 ) many of these were avoidable and only occurred because safety standards which applied to onshore industries did not apply to offshore installations . |
| 13 | I will refrain from the obvious comment , and merely state that Air Force food was usually good , if a bit basic , and we came off better in that department than civilians . |
| 14 | His point is not that the other two legs are invulnerable , but that far too much of America 's political energy has gone into discussing ICBMs and far too little into submarines , cruise missiles , stealth bombers ( which could be used against targets other than the Soviet Union ) and especially command and control centres . |
| 15 | He became impatient with the pace of work there , and moreover felt that gas warfare was unlikely to be used , and so he obtained a post as a superintendent of explosives research at the Armament Research Department in 1942 . |
| 16 | Parliamentary intervention was necessary , partly to allay friction between the established church and Nonconformists , and partly to ensure that cemetery space was allotted at minimum cost to the poor . |
| 17 | ‘ A workman , who had been injured through the breaking of a defective part in the machine with which he was working , brought an action of damages against his employers , and later convened as second defenders the manufacturers of the machine , who had supplied it to his employers , on averments to the effect that the accident had been caused by the fault of the manufacturers in that they failed to supply his employers with a machine which was safe for use by their servants . |
| 18 | However , most councils are flexible on this point , and will accept verbal notice given in person , and also telephone and facsimile messages . |
| 19 | Task lighting includes bedside lights and also mirror and wardrobe lights . |
| 20 | On the south side of the River Mersey the extension takes in the commercial heart of Birkenhead with a mixed housing/industrial dock hinterland and also housing and leisure areas in New Brighton . |
| 21 | With plenty of special effects filters and reasonable retouching and painting tools , it 's ideal for in-house printing and great fun to use . |
| 22 | And some wene they close and conteyne the worlde in theyr hondes … and therefore they put not theyr hondes to take mete … ’ paranoid patients ‘ fall in to full euyll suspiccions without recouer and therfore they hate and blame theyr frendes , and sometyme smite and slee theim ’ . |
| 23 | Small-scale hydroelectric power , which has mostly already been exploited in Sweden , and biomass are both cheaper and quicker to implement than fossil fuels in India . |
| 24 | Oil stains are more readily available and easier to use than water stains , which will raise the grain , or spirit stains which can fade . |
| 25 | The short-lived benefits from the 1967 devaluation and the persistence of poor economic performance after the floating of sterling in 1972 , demonstrate not just the limited effect of devaluation but rather suggest that exchange rate difficulties are symptomatic of more fundamental problems [ National Institute , 1972 ] . |
| 26 | If the parents and their witnesses had to travel to the Scottish mainland , this would involve them not only in time away they could n't spare , but also travelling and accommodation expenses . |
| 27 | Like-for-like sales growth at Olympus was a hefty 18 per cent and Miss Selfridge chalked up gains of 17.4 per cent which owes something to comparatively grim weather in the previous year but also shows that mortgage pressures do not bear down on customers equally . |
| 28 | Also to the drivers , who not only drove with such care that the passengers were n't inconvenienced in any way , but also doubled as bike handlers to get the bikes on and off the trailer , inevitably a dirty job . |
| 29 | Because both test and control groups had been singled out for special attention a group pride had developed and this became the motivation for improved performance . |
| 30 | After either Nicocheck or Nicotine Patch had been worn for 24 hours plasma nicotine ( 0.2 µg/l ) and cotinine ( 0.2 µg/l ) concentrations were unchanged , indicating no absorption . |