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 . |