Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [prep] [adj] [subord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Minor or the trace constituents then are present in concentrations less than one part per million they obviously count for less than point one percent of the total salts They are useful as chemical tracers of particular waters . |
| 2 | If it was not until later that the accused discovered that he had been overpaid it is suggested that the money no longer belongs to another because ownership of it passes on payment . |
| 3 | We scoff at the pretentious person who buys the Tatler to exhibit it on the coffee table , so why should we not view with less than admiration the newspaper which bribes its readers to buy it for reasons other than its content ? |
| 4 | It confirms that breeding still counts for more than achievement . |
| 5 | Despite the high hopes of Penal Policy in a Changing Society , recognizable authority in the shape of detection , arrest and prosecution still counted for more than prevention . |
| 6 | Small stones bit into her palms and an involuntary cry escaped her lips , to be quickly followed by another when fitzAlan 's hand grasped her elbow . |
| 7 | They also have no qualms about cannibalism ; my first six specimens rapidly decreased to three before realisation dawned and they were separated . |
| 8 | The net effect leaves revenue forecasts unchanged for 1993 but sharply increased by 2003 as rail traffic rises on the completion of high speed links . |
| 9 | They are far removed by more than distance from their roots in Ayrshire . |
| 10 | ‘ Collusion ’ should , certainly for antitrust purposes , refer to a form of conduct , not the value of an outcome : collusive behaviour might well result in less than monopoly profits . |
| 11 | ‘ It does n't amount to more than gossip , you know . |
| 12 | No matter how carefully they pointed out that areas of low pressure almost always bring rain and high winds and plenty of cloud , it did n't help at all when Station Commanders and Navigation Officers specifically wanted clear skies and good visibility over their targets . |
| 13 | What about twinning , do you think that that 's of such a high priority that when council houses need repairs that those repairs should be put down on the ladder and said ‘ I 'm sorry , we ca n't deal with that because part of the money that we could allocate to council house repairs is being used for twinning and things like that ’ ? |
| 14 | ( For instance : ‘ We ca n't deal with that until department X has authorised us . ’ ) |
| 15 | For example the combined current account surplus of the OPEC countries expanded from $8 billion in 1973 to $60 billion the next year before subsiding back to only $5 billion by 1978 , and in the aftermath of the second oil shock the surplus rose to $65 billion in 1979 , $ 110 billion in 1980 , but was then eliminated by 1983 as oil prices came under some downwards pressure . |
| 16 | My idea of a truth-and-justice lone avenger never appears in less than platoon strength , preferably nuclear-armed . |