Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] [conj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lending policies vary widely between different banks as well as between individual branches . |
| 2 | This can go on for two hours or more , until all the eggs have been laid . |
| 3 | This problem has been carrying on for two months or more , and so far I have not found a successful treatment . |
| 4 | He carried on for two days but finally , in excruciating pain , had to go to hospital when a splint was put on his damaged limb . |
| 5 | Seven cases in the sample ( 14 per cent ) had gone on for four years or longer . |
| 6 | There are , of course , many occupations in which similar demands of constant readiness are made , but when it goes on for twenty years or more it is inclined to upset a good domestic relationship . |
| 7 | Such hopes as there may have been — American , French , even Vietminh — of a cease-fire or negotiated settlement lingered on for several months but once the French had begun fighting they presented their case , modestly , that military operations were designed with no thought of reconquest but simply to persuade the Vietminh that they had no hope of victory . |
| 8 | so you felt that and that pulse point there if you press on it hard enough you can actually stop the one in the wrist and of course that is controlling the flow of blood to the rest of the arm and you leave a pressure point closed off like that for no more than ten minutes , because if you left it on for too long that it means not sufficient blood 's getting to the rest of the , the limbs and the limb must have its blood supply , so you leave the pressure on for ten minutes and then release it , say for ten seconds just so say that the hand comes back pinkish again and if it 's not slowing down , back on with the pressure again for another ten minutes and that 's how you use it , tap off , ten minutes at the most , tap on for a little while , if it 's leaked again reapply , ten minutes at the most , tap on again , okay and that 's how you 'll control it , so if you do have a sit a situation where the bleeding was bad cos you 've got a , a limb severed , you could n't perhaps put sufficient direct pressure over that limb , this done , right , to control the bleeding then you could use indirect pressure , here , breaking or here , right in the , no playing now please , no trying to find this one right now , do this one tonight , in bed and the old lady said now what are you doing to me , never you mind , go to sleep |
| 9 | ‘ It has gone on for 15 months and so far most firms have managed to survive , but they ca n't go on like this for ever . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ It has gone on for 15 months and so far most firms have managed to survive , but they ca n't go on like this for ever . ’ |
| 11 | The contrast between the dots and the background is good enough for most uses but hardly rates as high quality , the most endearing feature about these devices is their almost total silence . |
| 12 | Bewick 's engraving and printing of the ‘ Fables ’ ensured a mass audience already visually primed to animal illustration in graphic style not only through classificatory catalogues but also through the more inventive mediums of children 's literature illustrations and satirical cartoons in 19th century media publications . |
| 13 | There has always been a temptation to regard the successive recommitments to the central political purpose of the Community as being confined to the small print , to be accepted only through gritted teeth and only on our terms . |
| 14 | It is used not only for inner lines but often also to strengthen contours . |
| 15 | ERA thus offers the possibility of real-time quality control not only for industrial pollutants but also for pathogens such as E.coli or parasites like cryptosporidium in drinking water . |
| 16 | In the last few years , the AAA has made strenuous efforts to see that the age for distance rules are observed , not only for official races but also for fun runs , which are not subject to their control . |
| 17 | This book is intended not only for present-day children but also for all who have ever enjoyed the Captain 's adventures . |
| 18 | Seven patients received laser treatment only for three months or more ( median 14 weeks , range 13–39 ) . |
| 19 | This is not only for ethical considerations but more pragmatically because there is an assumption that if you treat others as you would wish to be treated , they will respond in kind . |
| 20 | We tested chickens by restraining them gently for 15 seconds and then timing their recovery from their trance . |
| 21 | Regularly means annually for normotensive patients and more frequently for the known hypertensives . |
| 22 | Follow up was annually for five years and then less often for up to seven years four months . |
| 23 | He watched George going into MacDougalls , let him settle down for three minutes and then he 'd strike . |
| 24 | Persistent total weedkillers will kill all plant growth , perhaps for six months or more . |
| 25 | There are obvious dangers of distortion , omission or misrepresentation , not necessarily for sinister reasons but more likely because of subconscious or professional bias . |
| 26 | Wapping : My Lord , this is the way I always stand And have stood so for 60 years or more . |
| 27 | Each coat is liberally applied , allowed to soak in for five minutes and then carefully mopped dry — on no account leave liquid oil on the surface to dry . |
| 28 | so he said I 've had to , they 'd have to keep him in for ten days or more you know |
| 29 | They 'd been together for eighteen months or more , and she had no one else . |
| 30 | My lover and I lived together for eight years and then when we got rid of the greengrocer 's shop , he ‘ went back to mother ’ . |