Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [adv] [adj] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It also serves to reinforce the idea that if accounting is to reflect economic reality it is unlikely to be able to do so using only one cost/value measure . |
| 2 | The band had a policy of not turning down any gig offer , regardless of whether playing it would be profitable . |
| 3 | Not only does it not produce much wheat , as we well know , but , in fact , it is not creating as much energy output as energy input going in to the system . |
| 4 | A trade agreement provided for a reduction of customs duties on goods traded by the two countries ( thus extending most favoured nation status to the Soviet Union and improving the competitiveness of each country 's goods in the other 's markets ) ; the agreement also provided for better copyright protection for US companies and for reductions in the time US companies would have to wait for approval to begin commercial operations in the Soviet Union . |
| 5 | This does not indicate that firms are not carrying out adequate audit work but that appropriate quality control and quality assurance procedures are not in place in all cases . ’ |
| 6 | Public investment is defined solely as LDDC grant , thus excluding equally important Enterprise Zone allowances and Department of Transport funding for roads and new railways . |
| 7 | Macintyre from Milton Keynes has decided to rub shoulders to challenge the professionals at showing off and hopefully selling off high class quality work . |
| 8 | Approaching Selborne — the mid-point of the walk — from the south , the path follows the line of medieval strip lynches — hedgerows still growing where one field level drops to another . |
| 9 | The garage owner is also installing more sophisticated video surveillance equipment and alarms to help prevent a repeat of last nights arson attack . |
| 10 | Term accounts are no longer offered by the society , but the share account is now paying only 1.88 p.c. net . |
| 11 | After voting to close eight more old people 's homes Durham County Council is now cutting back many home help visits to just once a fortnight . |
| 12 | He is , as usual , spiritually discussing how much food Zac from EMF can stuff under his foreskin at any one time . |
| 13 | The Last Tycoon filly , out of a half-sister to Royal Gait , acquitted herself well on the Midlands track on her only start last month , gamely chasing home easy winner Ballerina after being switched , finishing two lengths second . |
| 14 | When madly touching up drab Moscow town . |
| 15 | This may be achieved either by spreading fixed costs or overheads ( eg by sharing research and development expenditure ) or by rationalisation ( ie cutting out inefficient production capacity ) . |
| 16 | Likely to meet the Scottish club are Yorkshire 's Ilkley , who re-confirmed their serious intention to succeed in 1992 by beating lowly-placed Barnard Castle School , and then following up this home victory a few days later with a 3–0 away success in a delayed fixture against Topspin Darlington . |
| 17 | By March 1992 , 3.64m people had opened Tessa accounts , depositing £10bn and therefore removing that much spending power from the economy for five years — a side-effect for which Mr Major might not wish to claim too personal a responsibility . |
| 18 | Yeah is currently running about six vacancies light . |
| 19 | They 're for the child in school ; they 're for the housewife ; they 're for the businessman of the future , and an ordinary competent businessman has the capability and the possibility of actually learning how these devices work and using them , rather than just leaving it to the boffin , the scientist , the computer expert . |