Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [noun sg] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More are likely to be ill informed , to take little interest in politics , and perhaps to give rather less thought to the casting of a vote than to the marking of a pools coupon . |
| 2 | The only down side for the solicitor is that you have to give a free half-hour interview to anyone coming to see you under the scheme , though most firms of solicitors nowadays will give this service in any event . |
| 3 | When the arm spines are cleaned in bleach the smaller ones are seen to be thin and only slightly rugose with the area of attachment reinforced while the larger spine has an almost smooth shaft with a multipointed head . |
| 4 | ‘ That is why I have come so far north on the ice . ’ |
| 5 | A year or so ago Business in the Community arranged for a number of the chief executives of some of the UK 's largest national and international corporations to spend a day in a school . |
| 6 | This opens the possibility ( and one acknowledged in conversation ) that communication could involve structured messages , perhaps even structure of the sort producing infinite generative capacity , without the creatures ever having passed the ‘ Gricean hump ’ that Bennett put them past even before occasion meaning had made its evolutionary debut . |
| 7 | Sociobiologists discuss genes for male chauvinism , feminism , communism and perhaps even belief in the tooth fairy , with the solemnity once reserved for debates on the number of angels that can dance on a pin head . |
| 8 | Can we please be prompt at nine o'clock tomorrow morning for the start of the sessions tomorrow . |
| 9 | As compactness is an important design feature of cordless tools the all round efficiency of the tool is crucial , and that is why I tend to perceive cordless tools as being very much state of the art . |
| 10 | silver , silver , new reconditioning engine , new M O T on purchase , good tyres , good all round condition for the year |
| 11 | So why chop off the hand of the messenger when the news turns out to be good ? ’ |
| 12 | Even though , therefore , in 691 Aethelred confirmed a grant of land by Swaefheard to Abbess Aebbe in 690 ( CS 42 : S 10 ) , and confirmed also the successive donations to Hoo ( CS 89 : S 233 ) , it may be that he was not entirely master of the situation . |
| 13 | That is not necessarily part of the press release but it does give the editor some important information . |
| 14 | Such notes are usually signed by the buyer 's warehouse staff , who are not necessarily part of the buyer 's purchasing department , and may have no idea of what the requirement under the contract is in relation to the goods . |
| 15 | A Roman catholic ethos is not only present in the constitution of 1937 but has penetrated into affairs of state , legislation , and decisions over the destinies of individuals with frequency . |
| 16 | Light from distant places is not only red-shifted by the expansion of the universe , it is also old . |
| 17 | In addition they must also accept that they have within them emotions and feelings which , properly nurtured and utilised can provide , not only compensation for the surrender of unlimited sensual pleasure , but also a road to unlimited human happiness , a road which would be blocked if the choice were the first proposition . |
| 18 | In addition they must also accept that they have within them emotions and feelings which , properly nurtured and utilised can provide , not only compensation for the surrender of unlimited sensual pleasure , but also a road to unlimited human happiness , a road which would be blocked if the choice were the first proposition . |
| 19 | This will involve not only consideration of the period of National-Socialist rule ( 1933-45 ) but the academic impact of the division into two Germanies , East and West . |
| 20 | The high number of joyful expressions about the salvation of the Führer , which is emphasized as a true stroke of fortune for the German people , is not only proof of the devotion and loyalty of the soldiers to the Führer , but of the firm determination of the soldiers to fight and conquer for him , which is also brought out in the letters … |
| 21 | The growth of humanitarianism brought with it not only concern for the individual , but an increasing interest in the functioning of the human mind and unconscious thought . |
| 22 | This entails not only familiarity with the instrumentation used and experience in application of the method but also an appreciation of the basics of analysis — calibration , control of contamination , the proper use of blanks , sample preservation etc . |
| 23 | All subsequent Conventions have required as a condition of their applicability not only internationality of the transaction but also a connection with a Contracting State . |
| 24 | Many of the papers carried photographs of Dobson and Creed side by side , Dobson 's arm around Creed 's shoulder , as if Creed was not only heir to the business , but also a son . |
| 25 | This is failure , and it is not only failure of the religion , but also of the system of dogmatic child indoctrination which perpetuates the failure . |
| 26 | He painted this picture of his father-in-law : ‘ Over his kindred he held a wary and chary care , which bountifully was expressed when occasion so required , reputing himself not only principal of the family but a general father to them all … as for frank , well ordered and continual hospitality he outwent all show of competence ; spare but discreet of speech : better conceiving than delivering ; equally stout and kind , not upon lightness of humour , but upon soundness of judgement : inclined to commiseration , ready to relieve . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Access ’ has been a key-word in the discussion of the handicapped in libraries , not only access to the building but also access to the materials and services and to the information , knowledge , and entertainment contained within those materials . |
| 28 | There is therefore a tension between the continued existence of economic and social inequalities which confer political advantages on some groups and corresponding disadvantages on others , and the democratic principle of political equality , which ought , as a principle , to mean not merely equality in the voting booth but also equality of access to the political decision-makers , and equal opportunities to influence the policies and direction taken by society as a whole . |
| 29 | I do n't know , just generally respect for the workforce . |
| 30 | Tealtaoich was not exactly padding into the forest and he was not precisely slinking into it either . |