Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [coord] [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At this point I was a little drowsy and the weakness in my joints had increased . |
| 2 | At that time , Spain was predominantly agricultural and the interruption of normal activity during the war had resulted in serious shortages of foodstuffs . |
| 3 | You 've gone a little astray and a lot of it 's no doubt been your own fault . |
| 4 | In the UK this is not only absurd but a waste of time . |
| 5 | In this case the potential economies will be somewhat low and the impact of their realisation minimal . |
| 6 | oh the cupboards are brilliant it 's just the fronts are so dated and the man in these reports in the house said erm , kitchen is satisfactory but it needs updating and it was only about seven years ago it was brand new , no , not seven , have we been in then , no eight , so nine or something , I know the fronts need sorting out . |
| 7 | and it was and you could n't get near it because the heat of the fire was so strong and the smell of the of the smoke was overpow you literally could n't get near it and everyone had to come away . |
| 8 | Not only that but a drought in Maharashtra in 1987 and 1988 , probably the most severe of the century in the subcontinent , has caused barely a ripple of news interest in the world . |
| 9 | Not only that but a change in methods of working , in its ethos and what were seen as its privileges , such as index-linked pensions , was to follow . |
| 10 | Not only that but the decline of capitalism was of such a character each step taken represented a positive move in the direction of socialism . |
| 11 | The ground is literally parched and every blade of grass is yellow as sulphur , but independent of this the land in the interior is less rich and the fen of the country less fertile than any country I have ever traveled [ sic ] . |
| 12 | His count , apparently , was sufficiently high but the motility in this , and subsequent samples , was disappointingly low . |
| 13 | Only this and the hissing of the wind . |
| 14 | As a result the standard of craftsmanship to be found in some and the level of enthusiasm in all of his regular students is extremely high and the range of instruments produced expanding at the time . |
| 15 | She had waited long after midnight in the empty street until the Muckrakers doors were thrown open and ‘ the squeakies ’ filled the street with shouts of resentment at being fetched from their pleasures so early and the sound of long , passionate , gossiping farewells until school on Monday morning . |
| 16 | He was appalled that I wanted to study English and history , both of which he thought not only pointless but a danger to my identity . |
| 17 | This introductory expression is made phonologically prominent and the whole of the first clause or sentence in a paratone may be uttered with raised pitch . |
| 18 | So six and a half for that one . |
| 19 | A woman with many daughters and no sons is considered not only unfortunate but a carrier of misfortune . |
| 20 | But even if this were true , it would only alter the degree of the problem , as the rocks on the west coast of Scotland are almost entirely hard and the cutting of beaches in narrow straits must indicate that waves of considerable power have operated there . |
| 21 | Which which is why really at that th for the development funding they did the did n't particularly want I I P supporting because it is so structured and a lot of it is on a plate in a sense . |
| 22 | The whole subject of the relation of sea levels to Pleistocene events is so confused and the possibility of new information being obtained by the botanical study of interglacial beds so important , that it is better to leave the question open at the moment . |
| 23 | The success was so great or the rivalry of the wealthy families so keen that during the next four years three more opera-houses were opened : the Teatro dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo , the San Moisè , and the Teatro Novissimo . |
| 24 | If the economy is not growing at an annual rate of 3 per cent by the middle of 1994 as the Chancellor 's Budget arithmetic assumes , revenues will be less buoyant and the spending on welfare will be greater than forecast . |
| 25 | Swords which affect psychology are extremely useful and a Sword of Fortitude is a must for any Orc or Goblin army , as it makes the bearer and the unit he is with immune to fear , terror and panic . |
| 26 | With time these ‘ cold sores ’ become less frequent and the severity of the attacks diminishes . |
| 27 | The timing of the RPF 's creation was so unpropitious and the concept of a Gaullist " party " so problematic even to de Gaulle that one must assume that he felt that he had no real choice . |
| 28 | The actual origin of the Stamford custom is probably much older and the subject of much speculation . |
| 29 | ‘ What depresses me about the whole position is that skills are so important and the lack of them now is undermining our whole competitive position . |
| 30 | This is approximately the same number as occur in Australia where the population is , of course , much smaller but the number of aircraft registered is approximately the same . |