Example sentences of "[conj] [vb -s] [adv prt] [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the reduction of one type of emission or controls in just one country is unlikely to significantly reduce the world-wide impact of acid rain . |
| 2 | So in the late afternoon of February 26 , the Hampshire office , 's headquarters for 22 years , was plunged into darkness , ending another illustrious chapter in the company 's history that goes back almost 100 years . |
| 3 | Wintercure , a fast-drying coating that cures in virtually any weather conditions , has been given the green light by the Ponts et Chaussees Laboratories , one of the foremost approval agencies in France . |
| 4 | The large ornate mirror that takes up nearly one wall by the side of the fireplace was a bargain junk shop find and , on the other side of the fireplace , John has built a set of bookshelves . |
| 5 | COOK 'S NOTE : The difference in flavours between a ragu prepared in this way , using beef , pork and chicken livers , and the accepted standard of Spaghetti Bolognese that appears on so many menus is outstanding . |
| 6 | The UK Tech Team has obtained permission to import hand-painted Persian-style tiles in a design that dates back over 2,000 years . |
| 7 | The Science Museum set comes from the Guildford Grammar School , and looks in remarkably good order . |
| 8 | The main property , which was built in 1880 and stands in about 60 acres of parkland , has nine bedrooms . |
| 9 | The refrigerator has been built into the peninsula unit and has a three-star , deep-freeze section , defrosts automatically and uses up very little energy . |
| 10 | Such an improvement would rewrite the record books , taking perhaps ten minutes off a runner 's marathon time , but E P O can also be deadly , leading to heart attacks and strokes in apparently healthy people . |
| 11 | Radium is readily absorbed into the body where it concentrates in the bone marrow and gives off very damaging alpha particles . |
| 12 | The Group employs some 12,000 people , and operates in over 40 countries worldwide . |
| 13 | This pattern of land distribution reflects such great disparities and brings about so much poverty that it represents one of the major problems that agrarian reform has addressed . |
| 14 | The mice-children in these episodes wear sailor suits , or short pants with bibs and braces over little stripy jumpers . |
| 15 | I merely want to make the limited point that many of these students — who may be highly intelligent — do not have the existing familiarity with poetry , not to mention the general knowledge and cultural literacy , that would enable them to engage as equals in genuinely critical discussion . |