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

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31 Delusion is possible for everyone : feeling certain does not mean that therefore the world is as we think it is .
32 When an insect alights on water , the surface is dimpled by its legs and thus extended and so the surface energy is increased .
33 An airforce spokesman has tonight confirmed that both the pilot and navigator of the F One-Eleven are feared dead .
34 The company owned and hired out barges but did not employ any of the union men , but their action meant that barges were not returned and so the company 's business came to a standstill .
35 The judges ' first meeting was not held until nearly a fortnight after their appointment , and even then the only business was the election of a chairman .
36 and this is a solemn 's teaching of God 's word , the bible nowhere teaches the doctrine of universalism , that everybody 's gon na go to heaven , it does n't teach that , it does n't say and it does not teach that ultimately every body will be saved , there are plenty of those around who 'd teach that today , but the bible does n't teach that there are those who will tell us that the sinner and the saint , the man who has no thought of God or no love for God and the Christian that all be gathered together on the final day , you all have another chance , Jesus never said that , the bible does n't teach that , it 's quite unscriptural .
37 You would have to be a professional cobbler-up of sit-coms to give much credence to the available scenarios , but just in case , I suppose they are that : a ) the tests were so incompetently performed that even a baboon 's sample would have produced the same reading as was clocked by the three athletes identically ; b ) the three runners were having a joke at the testers ' expense ; c ) the German trio was deliberately testing the vigilance of the drug monitors at a relatively out-of-the-way venue , for reasons of their own ; d ) that the samples were not urine at all but a draught of refreshing Lucozade , tested in error .
38 The Publisher further agrees that only the Author will be credited on the video cassette box
39 The Publisher further agrees that only the Author will be credited on the video cassette box
40 Er , Mr brought slavery into it , but no one had more slaves than India and the Moguls and what about suttee where widows were burned alive on the funeral pyres of their husbands and still leap and still the system was des er was stopped by the English Just a moment the door was opened by Mr talking about slavery we do n't shut it on
41 It often happens , especially if you train only spasmodically , that you start off the season with a personal best time , get really excited because you think there is a lot more to come and then the rest of the summer turns out to be something of a damp squib .
42 The decay component is where the energy status gradually declines and eventually the system should continue to a state of virtual exhaustion ; the cyclic component occurs because energy and possibly material input changes in a rhythmic manner associated with diurnal and seasonal climatic cycles ; and a random component is provided by irregular supplies of energy such as rainstorms .
43 ‘ Similarly , if a woman has a child 's high voice and is arguing with a child , the child will always win because only the child 's voice is natural .
44 Ormanroyd he 's still going and still the shot blocked Agnew has his shot blocked as well .
45 And one of the things that we do need to look at is , that is almost every salesman that I 've ever measured and almost every bit of research I 've ever seen , suggested that every salesman in the world , spends at least a third of his time driving about in his car .
46 In an age of imperial expansion and active missionary endeavour , it became harder to believe that everywhere the heathen were damned for their ignorance .
47 However , there 's a lot more to consider than just the number of columns .
48 The first cairned top , High Pike Hill , is then quickly attained and soon the rim of cliffs trends due south , giving direction to the walk and providing aerial views of Mallerstang below .
49 Rolls-Royce wrote personally to all its employees yesterday claiming that either a strike or a cut to a 35-hour week would be ‘ disastrous ’ for the company .
50 It is still disputed where exactly the dome based upon pendentives originated , but its adoption for use in Christian churches is now accepted as being from eastern influence not , as was originally thought , from Imperial Rome .
51 B&Q 's five-year-old DIY superstore was almost totally destroyed and scarcely a shop , office or warehouse on the Staples Corner trading estate escaped undamaged , writes Gerald Bartlett
52 It is not always realized that often a herb will help with digestion generally , — or with the digestion of the particular food with which it is associated .
53 ‘ Being reminded that she 's actually married always comes as rather a blow , ’ Luke commented , watching her go .
54 Health is usually described as either the absence of disease or infirmity , the efficient functioning of human beings , or a state of wellbeing .
55 Indeed , it is from this base that the Report goes on to conclude that only the state , in its cultural and even spiritual manifestation , is capable of overcoming the forces making for national disunity .
56 The report also disclosed that both the pilot and the controller on duty in the tower complained or poor reception of transmissions , apparently affected by bad atmospheric conditions .
57 It was also reported that both the Finance and Publicity Sub-Committees were in need of new members .
58 Both dramatic playing and performance use dramatic metaphors , abstractions which immediately qualify the kind , intensity and degree of emotional response — one can reasonably assume that neither the actor on stage nor the child in the classroom is actually going to experience murderous intent , overwhelming grief , spiritual ecstasy or sexual arousal during the drama experience .
59 She also assumes that once a woman marries and has children she is financially provided for .
60 Both showed Mr. Mates well ahead of his main challenger with Labour in a clear third but they also showed that over a quarter of the electorate were undecided .
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