Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [adv] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Surfing can only sustain about a dozen photographers . |
| 2 | At first the simple machines available could only detect down a few inches , and — amongst other operating difficulties — encounters with tufts of grass caused them to constantly give off false signals . |
| 3 | Your shopping receipts will suddenly take on a new significance ! |
| 4 | Your shopping receipts will suddenly take on a new significance ! |
| 5 | However , she could only get up a little way before she tumbled backwards , as the jar had a heavy glass base which proved impossible to overbalance . |
| 6 | Even then , they would only put in a brief appearance in puddings and cakes at Thanksgiving and Christmas . |
| 7 | Strictly speaking , only two sentential contexts are required to prove semantic constituency , but of course a constituent limited to only two specific contexts would necessarily play only a minor role in a language . |
| 8 | I agree , and I hope Gloucestershire will eventually bring in a legal budget . |
| 9 | In this way you will soon build up a comprehensive set of notes for revision . |
| 10 | We can thus build up a hierarchical data structure in storage , of fields of characters ( terminated by a word mark ) grouped together in items or records . |
| 11 | It follows that we can not make up a square matrix X of eigenvectors to satisfy ( 8 ) ; for this reason the matrix B is said to be defective . |
| 12 | However , it does not make just a single prediction for the universe . |
| 13 | In Washington this week Mr Ozal made it clear that he does not want either a Kurdish state or a divided Iraq . |
| 14 | However , this does not persist over a long time scale and is often not to be observed at all . |
| 15 | Although police in subsequent statements inclined towards a simple robbery motive ( the killer stole Fr Men 's briefcase ) , they did not rule out a political motive . |
| 16 | I do not rule out a Labour government , pinned down by a narrow majority , seeking to enact at least some of its social legislation through a supportive EC . |
| 17 | A good beginning does not rule out a calamitous ending : that is the way of war . |
| 18 | But the Chancellor said in a series of television and radio interviews that he did not believe in ‘ trying to play silly games , political games ’ — and he would not rule out a further increase if it became necessary . |
| 19 | His three marriage break-ups have been traumatic , but he does not rule out a fourth attempt . |
| 20 | But this does not rule out a high response to real wage changes which are thought to be temporary : for example , suppliers of labour may well want to take advantage of a temporarily high real wage by supplying more labour , taking leisure ( that is , supplying less labour ) when the real wage has fallen back . |
| 21 | Almost — but I could just make out a narrow stretch half-way over where the water flowed smooth and fast with each swell . |
| 22 | Along it , Theodora could just make out a lone rider heading back to the stable . |
| 23 | The drop down to half-moon Rhossili Bay below me was almost sheer , and the sea was striped with shimmering blue and white as endlessly long parallel lines of surf moved in slow motion towards the expanse of sand , on which I could just make out a few figures as tiny specks . |
| 24 | Blanche could just make out a flabby shape in the back seat . |
| 25 | Robert could just make out a thin line of boys struggling through the trees at the edge of the horizon . |
| 26 | Title V of the Maastricht Treaty stipulates that the Common Foreign and Security policy ‘ shall respect the obligations of certain Member States under the North Atlantic Treaty ’ ; but this does not explain why a new structure is necessary at all . |
| 27 | Black-and-white drawings could not convey even a remote impression of the emerald greenery of these wonderful hills nor the vast skyscapes and panoramic views seen from their summits . |
| 28 | Eisenhower and Dulles both believed that since no Iranian Army could ever resist an actual Soviet invasion , the Shah should not build up a vast Army but should depend on US guarantees . |
| 29 | Well , we were n't having that , so we stood around , we said ‘ Well , we thought we 'd just wait around a little bit , you know , just in case they might want to say goodbye to us . ’ |
| 30 | For Christine , a nursery school teacher living near Manchester , now that most the ‘ teething troubles ’ with Anna are over , there is only one sadness : that she did not bring back a second child . |