Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [adv] [art] [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 after er sort of I 'd more or less half a second and I thought oh he 's come back again
2 Er so I mean they were in use more or less all the time but er it was it was n't , it was n't too bad , better than a lot of hospitals had .
3 Plato makes Protagoras a proponent of democracy , and Socrates is his antagonist : Now when we meet in the Assembly , then if the State is faced with some building project , I observe that the architects are sent for and consulted about the proposed structures , and when it is a matter of shipbuilding , the naval designers , and so on with everything which the Assembly regards as a subject for learning and teaching But when it is something to do with the government of the country that is to be debated , the man who gets up to advise them may be a builder or equally well a blacksmith or a shoemaker , merchant or ship-owner , rich or poor , of good family or none .
4 After a few weeks ( or maybe only a week or two , if you began with well-developed caterpillars ) the caterpillars will be fully grown and ready to become chrysalids .
5 Remember to un-divert your phones as well , because you 'll probably get fed up , or quite like the fact that you 're not getting any calls .
6 Not to be confused with the swept-wing Delta stunters , the 2-line Diamonds , known generically as Peter Powell types , although not always the size or the quality of Peter 's long serving originals , are popular first kites .
7 This is something that not even a Washoe or Lucy , far less a baby calf , begins to approach .
8 Despite pleas from both Spanner and the referee I insisted that the match go ahead , pointing out that not only a principle but also three certain points were at stake .
9 Note it is important in that case that not only the settlor but the spouse of the settlor was not domiciled in the United Kingdom at the time of the last to die otherwise the property would not be in an excluded property settlement — see s80(1) which refers to the last of the spouse or the settlor to cease to be beneficially entitled to an interest in possession .
10 I believe that not only the ASB but accounting jurisdictions all around the world have now introduced an unfudgeable bottom line in p&l accounts ; and one can understand why .
11 ( b ) That if the effect of the proviso were to impose a restraint of trade then the consequence was that not only the proviso but also the whole of the paragraph to which the proviso related and which contained the stipulation that post-termination commission would be paid was void .
12 We had bought Rudge Biframe folding mountain bikes specifically to go in the back of the 172 , and trips to the Norfolk Broads , Dartmoor and west Ireland had allowed Anne and I to refine our planning so that not only the flying but — just as importantly for our holiday — the non-flying sections of the trip would be practical and highly enjoyable .
13 It is sometimes supposed , more extremely , that direct acquaintance or introspection is so uncertain or fallible that not merely no analysis but nothing of value can be got by means of it .
14 You do not have to exchange rings as it is not a legal requirement , although once again the bride and groom will have to sign the register .
15 However , in a more recent study Nyman and Silberston cast some doubt on the growth of management control , reporting that as high a figure as 56.25 of the top 250 companies in the UK were still controlled by shareholders , and concluding that ‘ the extent of managerial control is more limited than has been thought and may not have an inexorable tendency to increase .
16 ‘ Our punters , although very much the suit and tie brigade , do like a good pint .
17 The salary would base as my basic salary plus commission plus bonuses on a monthly basis and most importantly the promise that because the basic wage was so low , the lowest in the golf industry by your own words , er that there was to be a rise of approximately four thousand in January nineteen ninety four .
18 It became clear that travelling was important to Morris and so much an inspiration that if he ever felt bored at home or lacking in inspiration he just packed a suitcase and got on the nearest train to visit someone .
19 It became clear that travelling was important to Morris and so much an inspiration that if he ever felt bored at home or lacking in inspiration he just packed a suitcase and got on the nearest train to visit someone .
20 If a newly married couple are moving into their first home , for example , you could create a design incorporating both their names , the date of their move and perhaps even the name or location of their house .
21 To approach them tell them how they feel about things rather than having to ring you up and make an appointment if only once a year or once every six months use a group .
22 We had to stand in the pissing down rain , with the cockney scum , and whats more I could only see one goal , and not even the goal that we scored in .
23 The essential feature of the family centre is that it provides a service to the whole family and not just the child although family centres may also provide other child-centred services such as day care , out-of-school activities and child health clinics. ( d ) Support at home Local authorities must make appropriate provision for the following services to be available to children in need who are living with their families ( Sched 2 , para 8 ) : ( i ) advice , guidance and counselling ; ( ii ) occupational , social , cultural and recreational activities ; ( iii ) home help ( including laundry facilities ) ; ( iv ) transport or assistance with travel expenses to and from the home so that the child may take advantage of any service offered ; ( v ) assistance to enable the child and his family to have a holiday .
24 Mindful of the totality of the picture and not just the technology or work-flow elements , one might prefer to call it postmodernist , in order to index the contrast with Weber 's modernist representation .
25 Balances over £50,000 receive the top HICA rate , which is credited quarterly in March , June , September and December , is paid on your total savings and not just the amount that takes you into a higher band .
26 We must define not simply the position that the Government should take at Maastricht and not simply the outcome that we want .
27 The fuse again is correct and not only the fuse but the wiring is in good working order .
28 Yet they concede it would also be more complex and bureaucratic , and not really a runner until general taxation is more widely perceived as unable to deliver adequate funding .
29 In a consumer society , where wealth is synonymous with money and thus both the currency and final desideratum in a process of endless consumption , people are in danger of knowing the " price of everything and the value of nothing " .
30 ( Adapted from Mackey 1965 ) ) autonomous and heteronomous languages The context here is sociolinguistics and more particularly the relationship that exists between the terms language and dialect .
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