Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] of the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Quite a lot of the clean-up work had been going on apace of the actual stripdown of the engine so when the latter was finished , the former was not far behind . |
| 2 | The government began by taking on much of the financial responsibility for education , with the exception of some school building . |
| 3 | There was at the time of reorganization a considerable expansion of advisory services to meet the desire for increased curriculum coherence and the staff appointed were to take on much of the short course organization and guidance to schools for school focused INSET . |
| 4 | Draws together much of the recent scholarship on Degas , both art historical and technical , and presents it in a readable but sophisticated manner . |
| 5 | Haltingly she attempted to express her emotions and , not least , the sense of finality and despair she had known when Harry wrote so affectionately of the American girl , Cora-Beth . |
| 6 | No use has been made so far of the dynamical equation . |
| 7 | No matter , because of the agreement , the aluminium company has enjoyed 13 years so far of the theoretical value of the plutonium which has not been produced . |
| 8 | Here 's Headley Feast with a run down today of the top football action . |
| 9 | Mitochondria and chloroplasts have their own DNA , which replicates and propagates itself entirely independently of the main DNA in the chromosomes of the nucleus . |
| 10 | Major variations are made in foaming levels , which can be altered at will , entirely independently of the basic cleaning power of the product . |
| 11 | ( In Example 90 , the triads are so frequently of the augmented type that it seems probable that the harmony was composed first and the horizontal outline of each voice delineated only afterwards . |
| 12 | The dark blue cuffs , split at the rear seam to approximately two-thirds their depth , bear four white lace loops with dark blue lights equally spaced on the outer face , the front loop aligned with the front seam and the rear loop somewhat forward of the rear seam and vent . |
| 13 | Sometimes portraits of mature adults were used for children and adolescents , not necessarily of the same sex as the intended subject . |
| 14 | The act of giving birth strips away much of the personal life ; labouring women may cease to notice who is in the room , or to hear what is said . |
| 15 | I began to teach the danger not only of the closed mind , knowing all the answers in advance , but also of the completely open mind . |
| 16 | Karajan had pitched camp with Legge and the Philharmonia in 1949 when a generous grant from the Maharaja of Mysore had stabilized the orchestra 's finances and opened up the possibility , in collaboration with EMI , of extensive recording , not only of the classic repertory but of works that caught Karajan 's and Legge 's fancy : Balakirev 's First Symphony , Roussel 's Fourth Symphony , the still formidably difficult Music for Strings , Percussion , and Celesta by Bartók , and some English music , too . |
| 17 | It was a fair archetype , representative not only of the average minister in age , but typical of many in appearance . |
| 18 | The Greeks used this term not only of the spoken word but also of the unspoken word . |
| 19 | If the later mortgage is legal , the mortgagee will obtain priority by virtue of his legal interest unless he has notice not only of the floating charge but also of the restriction in it . |
| 20 | The discount rate needs to take account not only of the relevant market interest and inflation rates but also the business and financial risks involved . |
| 21 | Would it be worth your while to consider sending for the chairman not only of the 1922 committee but also of the parliamentary Labour party so that the leaders of the respective parties in Parliament can discuss with you the conduct last night ? |
| 22 | The 20th Century Gallery constitutes a validation not only of the designed object as museum exhibit but also of design history . |
| 23 | Now comes to the Embalmer the realisation that his work is not only of the greatest importance to his client ; to public health in the prevention of infection , but also to create a real attitude towards the job amongst his fellow workers that will mark his particular Funeral Service out from its competitors in the service it renders . |
| 24 | A chess Grand Master is aware not only of the current state of the board but of past positions and of the probability of any future move . |
| 25 | Pétain , he recommended , should now be put in command not only of the Left Bank , but of the Right Bank as well ; the ‘ fatigued ’ General Herr should be kept on for a while as Pétain 's adviser , then quietly ‘ limogé ’ . |
| 26 | There have been a number of changes of mind since May 1991 on the part not only of the local authority . |
| 27 | But adherence to the exchange rate mechanism is one of the policies not only of the Conservative party but of the Labour party . |
| 28 | In the First World War Britain experienced conscription for the first time , and the mobilization not only of the whole work force but also of many women , hitherto not in employment , to assist the war effort . |
| 29 | Certainly I am of the opinion that if such a scheme can be brought into existence it will mean a great enrichment not only of the national life of Scotland , but of the policies and public life of the United Kingdom . ’ |
| 30 | This was a consequence not only of the continuing pull of liberal internationalism , but also of the deeply undemocratic character of the generally available language of patriotism . |