Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [conj] a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may appear rather odd that a book on an emerging language devotes a chapter to the process of translating meaning from that language to another and vice versa ( especially when this second language will be , virtually always , English ) , but the development of BSL , and its community of users is so bound up in its treatment by hearing people that it is essential to have some discussion on the matter . |
| 2 | You 've gone a little astray and a lot of it 's no doubt been your own fault . |
| 3 | In the UK this is not only absurd but a waste of time . |
| 4 | If an animal can be looked after or rescued on the Sabbath day , then it seems somewhat strange that a person in need could not be helped . |
| 5 | As many as one in five of the population attends an accident and emergency unit every year , yet staff shortages are so acute that a quarter of the 239 units in England and Wales do not have a trained consultant in charge . |
| 6 | And a couple is less conspicuous than a man on his own … ’ |
| 7 | So a thirty year old service might be entirely different than a person with ten years service deferring his pension . |
| 8 | Therefore spreads are usually less risky than a position in a single futures contract . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | That might not have mattered unduly , but their early form was so ordinary that a lack of impact off the pitch was compounded by a comparable shortage of flair on it . |
| 11 | It was a time when strikes were being blamed for most of the country 's ills , and Lord Hodson said : ‘ The injury and suffering caused by strike action is very often widespread as well as devastating and a threat to strike would be expected to be certainly no less serious than a threat of violence . ’ |
| 12 | A reverberant place such as a church , empty hall or tiled kitchen is less easy than a room with some sound-absorbent furnishings , such as heavy curtains and thick carpet . |
| 13 | But not so terribly easy when a folder of crime-fighting guidance is left propped against every front door . |
| 14 | The problem is that it is highly improbable that a group of patients with brain injury constitute a natural kind , even when they display similar symptoms on some test or other . |
| 15 | And , it would not work because the arrangement 2x + y does not provide a means of bringing accountability to bear on the performance of management : for it is highly improbable that a group of people which is primarily a derivative from two opposed and irreconcilable interests can effectively be called to account by either ; and the addition of a third group accountable to no one further confounds the confusion . |
| 16 | They are less welcome than a troop of ticket inspectors . |
| 17 | But she just spat in his face and went out , slamming the door so hard that a picture of herself fell off the wall . |
| 18 | What if the arguments conjured up to justify a war were false , or a king 's motives reflected factors ( naked ambition , for instance ) less worthy than a seeking after justice ? |
| 19 | A woman with many daughters and no sons is considered not only unfortunate but a carrier of misfortune . |
| 20 | In very serious cases , where it is highly likely that a series of medical reports will be necessary , the first report can be obtained from the treating surgeon . |
| 21 | By the late 1960s , the new social patterns , technologies and musical styles had been substantially assimilated into a reorganized music-industrial system : a transnational oligopoly of vast entertainment corporations , supplied to some extent by ‘ independent ’ producers ; serviced by mass audience radio and TV channels ( with some ‘ minority ’ shows and channels ) , by a symbiotically pliant music press and by related leisure-products businesses ; and directing itself at a series of separate audiences whose distinctness is less subcultural than a creature of market researchers ' consumer profiles . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | It must be immediately obvious that such arguments will be somewhat confused unless a definition of development can be agreed . |
| 24 | A demand by such an authority under an ultra vires regulation is no more or no less unlawful than a demand under a valid regulation which does not apply to the situation in which the demand is made . |
| 25 | Demand was so great that a commentary of the programmes was published . |
| 26 | She did n't much rate her chances of getting hold of the key to Charlie 's desk , but the desk itself was so old and the drawer appeared to be so ill-fitting that a touch of leverage might just spring it open . |
| 27 | In contrast with some of the other areas discussed , these are much less tax-driven than a matter of commercial advantage . |
| 28 | In a unique trial comparing a non-elemental tube fed diet with steroids , Lochs et al suggested that a peptide based diet was less effective than a combination of methylprednisolone and sulfasalazine in treating active Crohn 's disease . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | and I was better qualified than a lot of guys in my class and yet they left college and got a job right away ! |