Example sentences of "[adv] [vb -s] [adv prt] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only goes up to a certain height . |
| 2 | Solid , castellated , and colonnaded for much of its length , it suddenly takes off into a free-flowing fantasy of spires and spirelets , as if two different architects ' designs had got mixed up on the drawing-board . |
| 3 | This mode of political religious action no longer starts out from a universal centre and figure , such as the papacy , but rather from the national or local church within the state , whose ‘ magistrates ’ — Calvin 's term for lay political leaders — are ideally Christians of moral rectitude , who perform this duty as one ordained by God . |
| 4 | The formation of planetary systems and the size and chemical composition of each member are , then , remarkably regular : given a sun-sized star a computer generally comes up with a similar range of planets to that in the solar system , with small rocky planets closest to the star and the large gaseous ones further out ( due to the effects of gravity , orbits would later space themselves out along the lines of our own solar system ) . |
| 5 | Within a few hours a scum appears on top of the wort and this rapidly builds up into a great yellowy-brown crust as the yeast turns the sugars into alcohol and carbon dioxide . |
| 6 | Some of the tracks have been available already — if you bought the limited edition live versions of the singles ‘ Stop ’ and ‘ Shivering Sand ’ — but ‘ IT ’ still holds up as a worthwhile representation of the Megas ' consistent live set ; in full and in earnest . |
| 7 | And Inderjit Singh , of the Council of Sikh Gurdwaras , said : ‘ Handsworth always finishes up as a chaotic dump and the traders are scared . |
| 8 | When a black hole is created by gravitational collapse , it rapidly settles down to a stationary state that is characterized by only three parameters : the mass , the angular momentum , and the electric charge . |
| 9 | Statement B seems to admit the greatest amount of contingency into the determination of outcomes , but nevertheless still falls back on a tendential law to explain how racism is reproduced . |
| 10 | Now , the fearful buy their guns from guys like John , who has his own shop and also helps out at a suburban shooting school , the Academy of Marksmanship … |
| 11 | The height of style The unique design of this foldable resin highchair means that you can set it a seven different height positions and it also doubles up as a low chair with removable tray . |
| 12 | It also rolls along with a breezy swagger which belies The Vaselines ' ( Eugenius ' previous incarnation ) shambling status while suggesting that , actually , this guitar-pop malarkey is a piece of piss . |
| 13 | Now this kind of behaviour often ends up in a fierce debate about guidebook descriptions and grades of the participants ' favourite routes . |
| 14 | The light now dies down to a mere flicker of ‘ fire ’ , appropriate enough considering the onslaught of death imagery with ‘ death-bed ’ , ‘ ashes ’ , ‘ expire ’ and perhaps , again , ‘ consumed ’ . |
| 15 | But that was in 1909 and she has had so many successors that the device now sticks out like a sore thumb and must be used only with the greatest care and deftness of touch . |
| 16 | ( It is rather like dropping a cork into water : at first it bobs up and down a great deal , but as the ripples carry away its energy , it eventually settles down to a stationary state . ) |
| 17 | Life here plays on like a distant , steady backbeat to the often hollow din of modern America caught in the rituals of an election year . |
| 18 | It simply fits on to a standard 43mm diameter drill chuck and uses a 12mm diameter tungsten-carbide tipped cutter to channel into breeze-block , brick , plaster and other wall surfaces . |
| 19 | It simply fits on to a standard 43mm diameter drill chuck , and uses a 12mm diameter tungsten-carbide tipped cutter to channel into breeze-block , brick , plaster and other wall surfaces . |
| 20 | Soon an object reaches meteorite size , and then finishes up as a planet-sized object , all within a few thousand years . |
| 21 | His crisis is precipitated by word of his transfer to another school ; he staggers towards resigning from the school he 's at , and maybe from the profession , and then bunks off for a long afternoon 's superlager , home-brew and whisky with his brother , who is on the dole , and two of his brother 's mates . |
| 22 | Then there is the decay of the tree which sometimes holds on to a little bit of life well past when it should die completely . |
| 23 | I never imagined myself doing anything but acting , ’ she says with a wide grin and then breaks in to a quick burst of singing : ‘ There 's no business like show business … ’ |
| 24 | The metal yields easily at first , hardens somewhat and then breaks off in a brittle fashion . |
| 25 | In the present situation , the officers find themselves in a very difficult position , I can not imagine an officer saying no to a member and this is what has happened if we run out of money , then the very thing that we are seeking to do , in other words to implement the democratic process to allow people to come to meetings and speak will go by the way , and I can remember some time ago when I was a new member on here saying I would be prepared to attend property sub-committee briefings as a deputy and not be paid and I was very smartly brought up by a friend in the labour group who said that 's all right for you , you can afford it , but it 's not alright for some of us 'cause we can't. and the difficulty is if we run out of money and we either have to stop the allowances or we have to slash the allowances , yeah , knows who it was , we have to slash the allowances , then legitimately people will be able to say that the democratic process is being stifled because they are not going to be allowed to go to meetings , and therefore , I think that situations whereby a member attends to speak to a , an item , a specific item and then stays on for a double length meetings and claims double length allowances that sort of thing has got to be stopped , and also members attending just to nod approval at something that has happened that they 've been associated with , that should stop , if they want to come they should come at their own expense . |
| 26 | 7 The defender then follows up with a reverse punch to the spine . |
| 27 | What sometimes happens you s it sometimes comes up to a wee yellow head . |
| 28 | The thinking of politicians for whom education is only important if it helps boost the national economy , and this is important because it helps people enjoy what they want , and this is important because it encourages consumption and thus industry , either goes round in a vicious circle or takes off on an interminable regress . |
| 29 | The baby either comes out as a basic Tampico Club , or if it 's a silver spoon version will end up as a ( TB21 ) Trinidad TC . |
| 30 | This seldom adds up to a coherent investment plan , but may be more simply described as a way of keeping things going until better days arrive . |