Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [art] [noun] and [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alerted by a slight sound , she again opened her eyes , turning her head slowly to see a cup and saucer being placed on a nearby small table . |
| 2 | GRAHAM Fowler from Puma Sunderland , appearing in his fifth final eventually became the Durham and Cleveland County Closed Men 's singles champion at Tennis World , Middlesbrough . |
| 3 | Lying on your tummy with elbows pointing outwards , slowly raise the head and shoulders off the floor without straining . |
| 4 | The Sioux warrior who successfully raids the Crow and Pawnee , the traditional enemies of his tribe , captures horses and distributes them to others , may receive a variety of rewards . |
| 5 | They had agreed to pay Mr Major sums which were ‘ proportionate to their responsibility in the matter ’ while ‘ properly reflecting the injury and distress ’ caused to him and his wife Norma . |
| 6 | The council have since installed a humidistat and extractor fan in their house to combat the damp . |
| 7 | The 5th company of the PDF , apparently surprised by the American move , slowly organised a counter-attack and gunfire was still being heard from this area yesterday morning . |
| 8 | Boiling water hissed and heaved within dilapidated walls ; whence , also , the glare and roar of flames came issuing forth ; and mounds of ashes blocked up rights of way , and wholly changed the law and custom of the neighbourhood . |
| 9 | I reach that conclusion , I hope , having properly considered the pros and cons of the situation ; the fact that he has this particular advantage as a police officer in marshalling evidence ; considering the issues . |
| 10 | I reach that conclusion , I hope , having properly considered the pros and cons of the situation : the fact that he has this particular advantage as a police officer in marshalling evidence ; considering the issues . |
| 11 | Unlike the central character struggling in the movement of history in its unfolding , the communist narrator , distanced from the events themselves , coolly and relentlessly exposes the myths and illusions of the period with the hindsight of history . |
| 12 | Like dementia depression is obviously a continuum ; where the case definition boundary is drawn will obviously influence the prevalence and incidence rates generated . |
| 13 | That turned out not to be so , as when South cashed the ace of diamonds at trick three down tumbled the king and jack , allowing declarer to take in total five diamond tricks , two heart tricks , and four spade tricks . |
| 14 | The duty officer has to be on hand , not only to greet the pilots and passengers , but to make sure the plane gets refuelled and baggage is taken off into the airport . |
| 15 | Malcolm Bradbury 's story , ‘ The Adult Education Class ’ , nicely dramatizes the difficulties and dangers . |
| 16 | He has a dyslexia type problem , which not only spoils the presentation and spelling of his work , but inhibits him from starting it . |
| 17 | A year later , when autumn came again to the Moor , Topaz Chilcott climbed her favourite slope and sank down to enjoy the copper and bronze glory of the dying year . |
| 18 | Primarily , I greatly respected the culture and customs of the people and , as a western woman , although free to dress in my own cultural fashion , I dressed respectfully for an Islamic country and covered my hair , arms and legs and wore loose fitting clothes , so I felt comfortable drawing and was protected from the heat of the sun . |
| 19 | If a European Union of this kind were ever to be formed , it would either introduce new tensions and resentment when countries found their policies increasingly dependent on the most powerful country , and thereby lead to the break-up of the Community ; or , if it did somehow succeed , the future union would in effect be a greater Germany , balancing uneasily between East and West , inheriting and perhaps magnifying the complexes and instabilities of post-Bismarckian Germany . |
| 20 | Today , however , de Raimes had obviously stopped the food and drink . |
| 21 | Nursery schools , however , were generally supported because they were designed only to promote the health and education of children ; their limited opening hours did not permit mothers to work . |
| 22 | Each evening he was off to the local pub The Royal Oak where he apparently became the life and soul of the party . |
| 23 | Intellectual fascination with communism had been a feature of the 1930s ( naturally enough given the gloom and despair of that period ) and Communist Party membership surged during the war in response to admiration for the Russian military effort . |
| 24 | It is easy to assume that with so limited a population and tourists numbering a fraction of those who head for the sun , protection of the countryside is straightforward . |
| 25 | The impact of the war and the dislocation of the British economy and society that it caused greatly expanded the variety and impact of ideas on the sources of fascism . |
| 26 | She also begins to understand the power of her sexuality , which when purged of its impurity and wantonness can greatly enhance the life and luck of her husband . |
| 27 | Some years ago Radio Luxembourg carried out a series of presentations to agencies on the subject of ‘ visual transfer ’ — a term used in the USA for the more or less observable fact that most of the TV audience recognize TV commercials from their soundtracks , and that , therefore , using the TV soundtrack , or something close to it , on radio can greatly enhance the coverage and frequency of a TV campaign . |
| 28 | Access to national and local databases would greatly enhance the potential and validity of these projects by giving a greater selection of resources , variety of materials and methods of organization . |
| 29 | If those recommendations were sensitively applied they would greatly enhance the prospects and ability of disabled people to enjoy the benefits of public transport by travelling wherever bus routes may take them . |
| 30 | A quick comparison of the two line standards is enough to demonstrate how even an extra 100 lines of definition can greatly enhance the sharpness and colour of images . |