Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [prep] earth " in BNC.
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| 1 | But rats sent into space by Wesley Hymer of Pennsylvania State University showed that readapting , whether on Mars or back on Earth , may not be straightforward . |
| 2 | One reason could be the fact that the absorption spectra of stars show the rare and chemically inactive gases such as krypton , neon and xenon to be much more common than here on Earth . |
| 3 | Neither can we guarantee that everywhere on Earth will be warmer as the greenhouse effect progresses . |
| 4 | ‘ Which is why he was looking for you — although how on earth he expected to persuade you to pay up the difference I do n't know ! ’ |
| 5 | The fact is that nowhere on earth sketches such a dramatic and romantically loaded countenance like the north-west of Scotland , and believe me , I 've poked around the world a bit . |
| 6 | She was fun and easy to be with , natural and down to earth , yet she was sensitive and courageous in the way she had coped with her father 's illness . |
| 7 | And down to earth though she was , she had to admit there were often some weird parallels . |
| 8 | On a practical and down to earth level it is worth finding out what clerical support you are likely to get in the clinic or base where you will be working . |
| 9 | WHAT OUR READERS SAY : ‘ May I compliment you on your very practical commonsense magazine which is informative , colourful , and down to earth . ’ |
| 10 | Er now some more practical and down to earth aspects er Michael director of development will run through the critical path analysis for the new factory extension . |
| 11 | Another recent royal portraitist is the amiable and down to earth Yorkshireman , Tom Wood . |
| 12 | Blues is viciously streamlined to a sound more U2-mainstreamed and modern , but still wild and down to earth . |
| 13 | More often she reminds me of our paternal grandmother , plump , practical and down to earth , ruling her household and large family with a shrewd capacity for command , always in an overall , her hair never tidy , her arms often covered in flour , talkative and affectionate . |
| 14 | Blues is viciously streamlined to a sound more U2-mainstreamed and modern , but still wild and down to earth . |
| 15 | Adopted just five weeks ago ‘ I 'd tried for other seats but had n't got anywhere ’ he has been staying in Northallerton with Jim Stafford , the cheery and down to earth constituency agent . |
| 16 | They are to store up treasure in heaven and not on earth . |
| 17 | And how on earth did Mr Robin Guthrie squeeze his midriff through the venue 's ludicrous sheep-dip turnstile ? |
| 18 | And how on earth would she explain it to her mother ? |
| 19 | It was probably the only way he could get one , she thought waspishly ; the law of averages no doubt decreed that one at least would believe him , and how on earth could he want her when he 'd said all those terrible things to her ? |
| 20 | And how on earth had he got the money out of Ryan anyway ? |
| 21 | And how on earth did Mr Robin Guthrie squeeze his midriff through the venue 's ludicrous sheep-dip turnstile ? |
| 22 | When am I supposed to have broken into the house , and why on earth should you think I know anything about any of the guns ? ’ |
| 23 | And why on earth had she allowed Leo to needle her into confiding in him ? |
| 24 | And why on earth had he said it ? |
| 25 | ‘ And why on earth not ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ And why on earth should you automatically assume that I came here with the express purpose of blackmail ? ’ |
| 27 | And why on earth must n't Phena know about them ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ And why on earth should you feel sorry for Arnie ? ’ |
| 29 | asking if anywhere on earth |
| 30 | I do n't mean to be rude , but how on earth are you going to find another job the way unemployment is now ? |