Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [adv] [art] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Where this is slight or uniformly even no problems arise .
2 The pauses had lengthened and Swod 's eyelids drooped more and more frequently , due to fatigue , boredom or perhaps just the sunshine breaking through the clouds and sending the odd flash through the window .
3 But we only went for half a day at that period and then for a month or so then the troops went away again , we got back into our own school .
4 The intensional pattern corresponding to ( 44 ) is that of ( 47 ) , where once more the property instantiated by the adjective is underlined : ( 47 ) The mapping of the intensional pattern onto the surface syntax of English is again very direct and very natural , being reflected solely in the order of the instantiating elements , with again adjectival form as an overt marker that the second property is applied to the initial E. What ( 47 ) suggests , however , is that the similarity of construction is not between postverbal and predicate qualifier , which has the intensional structure given in ( 48 ) , but rather between postverbal and adverbal , the intensional structure for which is repeated here as ( 49 ) : ( 48 ) ( 49 ) From the point of view of the adjectival property , ( 47 ) and ( 49 ) are essentially the same ; the adjectival property syntactically qualifies another property word , while it is applied to the entity of the noun phrase in immediate construction with the property expression of which the adjective forms part .
5 The Nationalrat on Feb. 28 , 1990 , approved an amendment to the electoral law , with effect from March 17 , to give Austrians living permanently or temporarily abroad the right to vote in Nationalrat and federal presidential elections and in referendums in their home country .
6 Their proposals are for a traffic-calming ramp or similar device , or even just a sign reminding drivers of the speed limit .
7 Before moving on to make use of the database , it was necessary to assess whether or not the data itself was valid for the organisation being studied , bearing in mind that so far the exercise had been a systems-thinking one , rather than a study of what was happening in practice .
8 Douglas Scott , the region 's senior corporate advisor , said that so far the council has concentrated on upping the region 's profile in Brussels and honing its statistical case .
9 If you have tried Bolo 's Adventures part 1 and you are thinking that just maybe the author has run out of difficult problems to set for you , well think again .
10 There is the fact that more recently the unit has promulgated stark rules including a drastic sanction in the event of breach .
11 We must all despair that once again the bullet has triumphed over the brain .
12 The fact that Margaret had been illegitimate , a war baby conceived between an Italian prisoner of war and an English landgirl , had no bearing on her name , although probably quite a lot to do with Margaret 's lack of maternalism , since she 'd been reared in a children 's home .
13 It 's unfortunate that yet again the Mercury got it wrong they stated that we had made a decision to close four homes
14 I hope therefore that however much the cards seem to be stacked against us , feminists will keep on about language .
15 Ian Smith , the Gloucester Captain says that funnily enough the team have been playing better away from home , but it 's a big game .
16 I accept that very frequently a decision made which directly affects one person or body will also affect , indirectly , a number of other persons or bodies , and that the law does not require the decision-making body to give an opportunity to every person who may be affected however remotely by its decision to make representations before the decision is reached .
17 The features include a Progress Recorder , Attainment Levels , varying levels of difficulty and most importantly an ability to create your own vocabulary lists , and in different languages ! ! !
18 And right now the drama exploded back into her mind , in vividly awful detail …
19 Corinne Gotch , Booksellers Association marketing executive and NBS committee member , commented : ‘ Fewer booksellers are taking part , and so clearly the sale needs to be re-examined from both a bookselling and publishing point of view to see what can be cone to encourage greater participation . ’
20 So I took the name and address and so eventually a summons came through for this old lady .
21 Alternatively the mother may not offer the food quickly enough and so eventually the child loses concentration and interest .
22 And so perhaps the time had come just to sit down somewhere on the ground and wait .
23 Lamprey was reading the second , and so far no word had come downstairs that it had been rejected .
24 Apartheid arguments over , the Commonwealth 's now seeking a new role spreading democracy , but the assembly lacks stars and so far the Cypriots have stolen the show .
25 And so far the revenue have been going yeah , yeah , go away go away .
26 Such rocks are rare in the forest , and so sometimes a queue forms to use one .
27 A deserted Disneyland-style House of Horrors , populated by ghosts , vampires and Frankenstein 's monster , proves equally useless in delaying or confusing the Daleks , and so reluctantly the Doctor decides they must stand and fight .
28 God plays an important role in Coleridge 's poetry , as a symbol of ultimate creativity ; both ‘ the creation ’ in biblical terms , and the powers of creation with which we are all invested , are the result of the workings of the ‘ Great Universal Teacher ’ , and so consequently the poet has tremendous respect for God , as he lets us think as we wish ; ‘ he shall mould thy spirit and by giving make it ask ’ , is a line that seems to sum up Coleridge 's views adequately .
29 He uses crack and cocaine and amphetamines , then more crack and more cocaine and perhaps even a speedball to round things off .
30 uncomfortable a bit uncertain and perhaps even a bit threatened .
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