Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [vb base] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He says that they more or less go their separate ways , Felicity and this green fellow she 's married to . |
| 2 | The formal definitions of the Aristotelians are either unattainable , or hardly serve their intended purpose . |
| 3 | However , in any material , a crack may sooner or later reach its critical length , whether this be a micron or ten metres . |
| 4 | Marlboro , for instance , does not have to show or even mention somebody smoking cigarettes — it just has to show a cowboy . |
| 5 | We urgently need more teachers for without them our work will not spread or even maintain its present level . |
| 6 | Why should I require animals to join me in some mutual admiration society or even make them honorary members ? |
| 7 | The kings ( or rather , queens ) of slave-owners are the Amazon ants , who are splendid at killing and enslaving other ants but have grown so dependent on their slaves that they can not dig their own nests , care for their young or even get their own food . |
| 8 | Revolution might be staved off by " trickle-down " economics , in Europe and North America , on the basis of ever greater economic growth ; however , it was increasingly clear that not every family in the world could run a private car , or even own their own home . |
| 9 | ‘ If you were a secretary , you can probably be a manager or even run your own business . |
| 10 | For instance , we 'll pick up and return your car , or even lend you another Peugeot whilst yours is being serviced . |
| 11 | At this stage he can either pull with both hands sharply in a downwards direction , taking the attacker to the floor , or simply twist his open-palm grab and convert it into an arm lock , thus causing the attacker excruciating pain . |
| 12 | Head for the nearest café to get away from it all , or strategically follow your sporting hero/heroine along the route ? |
| 13 | We also have it that effects do no more than dependently necessitate their causal circumstances . |
| 14 | There are so many essays and books about the so-called ‘ crisis ’ in English studies that I can do little more than simply explain my own beliefs and show how these underlie the Cox Report 's recommendations for a National Curriculum . |
| 15 | Nature allows some persons to pass through all the successive levels of biological growth and thereby attain their biological needs . |
| 16 | Williamson assumes that at least some people might behave in strategic , guileful ways , if they can do so undetected and thereby promote their own interest . |
| 17 | The latter is the case when antibiotics are taken which affect the natural balance of healthy organisms in the gut and thereby reduce its digestive capability for a while . |
| 18 | Many students felt Deng was on their side , for they were not politically sophisticated enough to realise that he was using their movement to attack his opponents and thereby strengthen his own position . |
| 19 | They know that he is playing a part ; they are amused by his attempts to amuse them ; and grow fond of him ; and thereby demonstrate their own tolerance to themselves ; and grow even fonder of him as the occasion of the demonstration . |
| 20 | Given the substantial changes in the economic , political , and business environment of large firms over the past two decades , a critical factor affecting the relative competitive position of British firms must be the capability of firms to adjust and adapt to major changes in the environments and thereby improve their competitive performance . |
| 21 | ‘ Every penny raised by the ball will help us to maintain and eventually expand our vital service to Northern Ireland . |
| 22 | Enjoy the adoration of family and friends and sensibly and slowly plan your next races ( see Bruce Tulloh 's advice on page 46 ) or , if London ‘ 92 was a bit of a disaster , do n't feel sorry for yourself . |
| 23 | She sat next to him so that she could cut up his food and discreetly help his wavering hand shove it into his mouth . |
| 24 | These , together with procedural irregularities ( discussed below ) were categorised by Lord Diplock in Anisminic v. Foreign Compensation Commission ( C.A. , 1968 ) as situations where a body might exceed its jurisdiction and so lose its legal power to act . |
| 25 | THE cold wind of technology could soon be blowing through Britain 's pig sties — helping farmers to reduce animal mortality and so increase their commercial fortunes . |
| 26 | The experience of faith as it is lived by another people , another culture ; the enjoyment of celebrating fiestas ( and that includes the liturgy and the party afterwards ) with the people ; the experience of living amongst a people who never give up the struggle whatever happens and so challenge my own pettiness ; the graciousness of so many of them and the great welcome they gave us . |
| 27 | He has now released some of these birds , and a large reward awaits any ringer able to catch one of them in Britain or Ireland , and so substantiate they experimental results . |
| 28 | As multimedia systems are able to create and deliver increasingly complex and rich information environments , it becomes ever more difficult for users to manipulate the environments in simple , comprehensible ways and so enjoy their full benefits . |
| 29 | Now , as the chairman said we base the salaries of directors on two elements an element of base salary which looks at market levels and we ergo , have a fair base which reflects a sort of medium to upper level of companies of this size we then leverage , very carefully , a bonus scheme related to performance and I believe that is the right thing to do and I believe and so do my fellow directors who sit on that committee believe that it is one of the reasons that we 've seen the great growth in this company over the last five years which you 've achieved and which actually the Chancellor of the Exchequer would very glad about because it is increasing the wealth and the benefit of this country , particularly as a lot of those earnings are coming from overseas and will in , in time be repatriated in Britain . |
| 30 | However , there is always a danger that in taking such measures a State may , intentionally or unintentionally , give undue assistance , and so promote its own industry at the expense of that of its trading partners . |