Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [prep] [art] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , what may look like a good deal now , as the UK emerges from its adjustment period of higher interest rates and recession , could look rather different in a few years ' time . |
| 2 | Leek and potato soup ( £1.55 ) came with excellent bread but would have been less bland with a few spices thrown around ; conversely a fresh off the bone chicken curry ( £3.50 ) could have been enhanced by some fruit . |
| 3 | These words sum up her intention and feelings , expressing the result of two years of preparation for a show that came to mean so much for the many artists participating in the event . |
| 4 | It is a social ritual , somewhat akin to a few drinks after work . |
| 5 | I was diplomatically ill for a few days and then I returned to my normal work . |
| 6 | Few there are who would speak in favour of cruelty to animals , as thus understood , and I take it that , whatever else our differences might be , at least we all agree that cruelty to other animals is morally vile , and morally vile for the same reasons as cruelty to human children , for example . |
| 7 | This is perhaps one of the few areas in which more research may provide genuinely useful insights for more realistic conservation programmes . |
| 8 | The Wedding Present violently oppose most rock 'n' roll ethos , but perhaps one of the few areas where they have shown loyalty to tradition has been their gluttonous appetite for live work . |
| 9 | Er , we looked at it as you know when we were considering reorganisation of committees and I think this is perhaps one of the few things to come out of all that . |
| 10 | And with that , the great swan spread its wings and glided gently downward through the many branches of the big tree . |
| 11 | Do not be too keen to give praise in this instance , but allow the dog to settle down first for a few moments . |
| 12 | Only one of the many newspapers I read mentioned the fact that the assailant was black and it was with the most extreme difficulty that I was able to ascertain from reporters and policemen , who all refused to be named , that the callous passers-by were also black . |
| 13 | Maternal diet is only one of the many factors that can lead to fetal growth retardation . |
| 14 | This was only one of the many directions in which the Yakut people spread from their homeland on the Lena . |
| 15 | The polymer exists initially in the solid state where it is restricted to only one of the many conformations which are available to it as a free isolated molecule . |
| 16 | O was only one of the many names that we had given him , but it was the one that had lasted . |
| 17 | When she retires next month , challenging behaviour will be only one of the many items she will have been able to put a tick next to on the learning difficulties agenda , although she would the last to claim there is nothing left to do . |
| 18 | While the primates comprise only one of the several orders into which the class of mammals is divided , the group is of surpassing significance because man himself is classified within this order . |
| 19 | The under 14s , meanwhile , beat Wales 5-1 yesterday but the seniors , including Ulster 's Ken Rowe , who lost 6-4 5-7 6-0 to Shaun Leleu , went down 4-1 to the same opponents to finish the weekend series without a win to their credit . |
| 20 | The silliest and the most sinful of the many heresies of pseudo-democracy is to pretend that all studies and all learning are ‘ created equal ’ . |
| 21 | In the event of another company acquiring control of the Company through a takeover or reconstruction , then ( as an alternative to exercising his option as described in paragraph 6 ) a participant may , if the acquiring company so agrees , release his existing option in return for the grant of an option over shares in the acquiring company ( or a parent thereof ) having the same aggregate option prices and the same aggregate market value as the shares the subject of the options released , the new options being generally exercisable on the same terms as the old . |
| 22 | These are just some of the many features offered by this very able program . |
| 23 | These are just some of the many examples of journalists facing danger and oppression that are documented in the Review , which is published annually by the International Press Institute . |
| 24 | The Dolphin , the Bermuda Suite , Club 93 , the Bingo hall , a large swimming pool , a Sports hall , Amusements , these are just some of the few things that are situated at Highfield Holiday Park , Clacton , where my family and I have been going on Holiday for 10 years . |
| 25 | To put it simply , in criticizing ideology , critical theory has to establish itself as not prone to the same failings as ideology . |
| 26 | But with Karen such frankness was out of the question , and without her cooperation , getting rid of Dennis looked like just another of the many pipe-dreams I had indulged in over the years . |
| 27 | No one else knew of these records , they were just another among the many secrets the two shared . |
| 28 | It operates in the VHF band on frequencies between 108 and 118 MHZ and is therefore not subject to the many errors which plague ADF ( Radio Compass ) on medium frequencies . |
| 29 | Garden steps are not subject to the same regulations as those inside the house , so you have to decide for yourself the proportion of tread depth to rise which suits your site . |
| 30 | The role of the officers — the vanguard of revolutionary education , exempt from the civilian controls which applied to electricity or water — seemed to have encouraged them in their belief that in their private capacities too officers were not subject to the same rules as civilians . |