Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [conj] [adv] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before the album 's release will come a single , ‘ Your Loss My Gain ’ , that 's neither particularly immediate or commercial and so makes a surprising choice to re-establish him in the public domain . |
| 2 | If you were to write down on a sheet of paper half a dozen simple statements of fact which were either true or false and then turn the questions face down , the pendulum will come up with which are which . ’ |
| 3 | As Alan Fox , a major proponent and later critic of pluralism , has put it , ‘ The pluralist does not claim anything approaching perfection for this system … [ but the imbalances of strength between employers and unions … are not seen as so numerous or severe as generally to discredit the system either from the union 's point of view or the management 's ’ ( 1977 , p.136 ) . |
| 4 | You run an intersection , looking neither left nor right but simply slapping the gas and driving across . |
| 5 | In the event , however , they were appointed rather than elected and usually served the interests of the gentry estate . |
| 6 | Cut down on the use of heated appliances such as dryers and tongs if possible and ALWAYS use a protective product beforehand . |
| 7 | This ‘ material of the future ’ comes in white and brown and simply needs a quick wash when dirt collects . |
| 8 | ‘ Come on , Francis , what about if you were forty some and straight and never kissed a man before ? |
| 9 | She was fun , and people liked to have her around because she was easy and undemanding and always had a quick reply . |
| 10 | ‘ We have already spent £2.5 million on making beaches clean and safe and regularly testing the sea water , ' says Juan Ruiz of the Benidorm Tourist Office . |
| 11 | In a culture more and ore unified by the mass media , it is more absurd and anachronistic than ever to separate the middle-class from the working-class , the potentially academic and scholarly from the rest , in terms of the teaching they will receive at school . |
| 12 | It has been revised and updated and now includes a simple summary of legislation relating to deer in Britain , and a county-by-county guide to distribution . |
| 13 | The mother has since been married again and divorced and now has a co-habitee of three years ' standing . |
| 14 | Some of the cottages behind their stone sea-walls had real charm , others were plain and cramped and only borrowed a little grace from their situation . |
| 15 | It 's hard driven , but Tommy is unmistakeably a jazz drummer , very crisp and energetic and clearly leading the group . |
| 16 | This keeps the material inside reasonably dry and sweet and also provides a liquid fertiliser that can be drawn off regularly via a tap at the bottom . |
| 17 | ‘ Our device makes you think about drinking and driving and so avoid the risk . ’ |
| 18 | It does not ensure that the buyer will acknowledge the debt or indeed settle the invoice when due and therefore demands a great deal of trust between both parties . |
| 19 | This general duty of the doctor , to control symptoms as much as possible and otherwise make the patient as comfortable as possible , has implicit in it two propositions worth noticing . |
| 20 | It will be noticed that the 1st and 2nd trombones cross frequently in order to avoid wide changes of position as much as possible and consequently to obtain the maximum degree of smoothness . |
| 21 | She 'd have let him get in as deep as possible and then started the pressure … |
| 22 | If wild animals have access to your garden you may need to prevent them trying to dig up your pet 's body ; make sure that the grave is as deep as possible and perhaps place a paving slab over it . |
| 23 | Insemination was defined as successful if the woman did not menstruate when expected and subsequently had a positive pregnancy test result . |
| 24 | This is rooted in the perception of society as a collection of disparate and even conflicting interests — such as those of the rich and poor — with a democratic system of government being one in which these different interests are recognized as legitimate and therefore have a voice . |