Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [prep] a [adj -er] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the plaintiffs had failed to complete the work by that date , the defendant continued to press for delivery but , on 29 June , gave notice that , if the work was not completed within a further four weeks , he would cancel the order . |
| 2 | The representatives from abroad were not expected for a further two or three days , but the three gentlemen referred to by his lordship as his ‘ home team ’ — two Foreign Office ministers attending very much ‘ off the record ’ and Sir David Cardinal — had come early to prepare the ground as thoroughly as possible . |
| 3 | It is time that your creative talents were developed alongside individuals who are of like mind and outlook , and you could not wish for a better planetary set-up to further your aims and ambitions : the past few years have taught you all you need to know about self-survival . |
| 4 | This was soon augmented by a further three acres immediately adjacent , donated to the Old Stopfordians ' Association by the Vice-Chairman ( in memory of his brother , Mr. Harry Towns ) and Mr. Thomas Harrison ( in memory of his son Peter , killed during the war ) . |
| 5 | Abu was absent , and would not reappear for a further thirty-six hours , so we had time to watch the painful disintegration of the space-arc village and the departure of lines of subdued barefoot guests , laden with meat and buffalo horns . |
| 6 | The relatively short human lifespan is thus put in a clearer biological perspective . |
| 7 | Staff in Virgin 's international department grew to accept the fact of opening Music Week to read that Virgin now had offices in fifteen countries ( a slight exaggeration ) , and would shortly open in a further five ( It 's the first we 've heard of it , Richard has to be kidding ! ) . |
| 8 | In the case of silverpoint this grey quickly turns to a darker brown colour as silver sulfide forms on exposure to the atmosphere . |
| 9 | In Latin works of an important nature titles , headings and the opening words of chapters were largely based on Roman script forms , the majuscule style of writing ; and the body of the text written in an uncial form which , after the coming of the Normans and the spread of their influence , was gradually succeeded by a further uncial style . |
| 10 | First , an increase in the general wealth of a country is usually associated with a greater proportionate increase in expenditure on services of the kind provided by local government . |
| 11 | Preincubation was usually continued for a further 10 minutes , and then agonists were added to the suspensions and the change in cyclic AMP content recorded at intervals over the following 30 minutes . |
| 12 | In the long term , all West Germany 's Western neighbours and partners would feel a great deal more relaxed about a coming-together of the two Germanies if her immediate neighbours to the East were capitalist democracies , themselves gradually integrating into a larger Western European community . |
| 13 | Damien McGuigan , of Scotch Street , admitted driving while unfit and he was also sentenced to a further six months for driving while disqualified . |
| 14 | Of course , the reduction in reports also leads to a lower administrative and production cost . |
| 15 | In Tervoort 's ( 1983 ) survey he discovered six of his responding countries had a signed spoken language form ( Finland , Ireland , Norway , Rumania , Sweden and the Soviet Union ) , but he also discovered in a further five countries an ‘ unofficial ’ system of signs structured to reflect the spoken language . |
| 16 | The independent artisan and small shopkeeper clearly belonged to a lower middle class or Mittelstand which had little in common with the bourgeoisie except aspiration to its social status . |
| 17 | Elections to the Assembly 's 125 elective seats last took place in October 1988 [ see pp. 36264-65 ] , when Kaunda was also re-elected for a further five-year term as President . |
| 18 | Serum was also obtained from a further 23 subjects ( 10 men , 13 women ) who were having benign adenomas removed at laparotomy or colonoscopy . |
| 19 | The dollar was also devalued by a further 10 per cent in recognition that the Smithsonian Agreement , hailed by Nixon as ‘ the most significant monetary agreement in the history of the modern world ’ ( quoted Gilbert , 1980 , p. 164 ) , was insufficient to restore US competitiveness . |
| 20 | As Bosnia pulls back from the brink of peace , we look at why the Bosnian Serbs rejected the Vance-Owen peace plan , at what the West might do next , and at the possibility now raised of a wider Balkan war |
| 21 | It is the price the arts must inevitably pay for a higher political profile . |
| 22 | The debate about representation and culture is here articulated with a sharper political urgency . |
| 23 | Add the chopped , de-seeded peppers and chilli and the sliced mushrooms , then cook for a further 5 minutes . |
| 24 | If that were to be fully reflected in a lower real exchange rate ( the nominal rate adjusted to take account of changes in UK output prices relative to those elsewhere ) , competitiveness would improve significantly and could give a boost to growth . |
| 25 | He then taught in a higher elementary school , but became critical of the local Bolsheviks ' lack of progress in educational and social affairs . |
| 26 | They can then apply for a further 24-hour extension but after that they must charge or release the pair . |
| 27 | After two days , Beattie 's trial was adjourned for eighteen days and then resumed for a further three days . |
| 28 | Obstructive symptoms then resulted in a further small bowel resection but he did not achieve remission despite prednisolone . |
| 29 | The precise outcome of these changes will not be known for a little while , but regrettably it will almost certainly result in a lower financial provision for IT and many other areas in the longer term , and quite probably a significant lower level of commitment to new grants in all areas in the current academic session , since the sharpest adjustment needs to be made for 1991/92 . |
| 30 | Future developments include access to more information sources — GL is currently talking to a further four names — new cable and satellite links and , eventually , a Windows NT version . |