Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [adv] longer " in BNC.
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| 1 | The room was not where she had lived but where she no longer lived . |
| 2 | They see the range of responses from deep and bitter grief to awkward attempts to simulate grief where it no longer has relevance for the relationship . |
| 3 | In the case which we have just been discussing , that of the common , oppressed people , it is a question of the superego being degraded by alcoholic intoxication to the point where it and the ego can merge ( or , at least where it no longer chastizes the ego ) ; but in the case of the Inca himself we saw that it was a case of a pre-eminent individual whose ego was exalted to the point where it became the ideal ego of the entire civilization . |
| 4 | For practical purposes by the end of our period chattel slavery had retreated to the more backward parts of the Middle East and Asia , where it no longer played a significant agricultural role . |
| 5 | Although she no longer dominated the proceedings , Tamar was certain that it was the older woman 's presence which dampened the workers ' enthusiasm and made the meal and the dancing which followed , restrained and formal . |
| 6 | Perhaps she had been closer to the truth than she had at first suspected with her taunts about Theo Quinn ; and , although she no longer wanted Ben , she felt that , if this were to prove the case , it would be a great waste of promising material . |
| 7 | Although she no longer performs , except as a lecturer ( she is professor of American Studies at Wake Forest University in North Carolina ) , she still likes to sing , ‘ When I 've had a couple of glasses ! ’ |
| 8 | Hasbro , the British makers of Sindy , agreed that its doll should have a facelift so she no longer looks like Barbie . |
| 9 | KWS will also tell you how much wool you need to buy so you no longer need to knit many scarfs to use up all your spare wool . |
| 10 | KWS will also tell you how much wool you need to buy so you no longer need to knit many scarfs to use up all your spare wool . |
| 11 | Although we no longer identify with the traditional practices of ancestor worship , the centrality of death is reaffirmed by wars and indeed , the frequency in which the dead are brought before us in television , in literature and politics in contemporary life . |
| 12 | The irony is that once we no longer desperately need another person but really enjoy life for its own sake we are far more likely to make a satisfying relationship . |
| 13 | At the time of writing they are still working on this , although they no longer expect an immediate or easy solution . |
| 14 | Nearly all felt British companies did n't pay enough attention to the environment although they no longer regarded the chemical industry as the main threat , and recognised recent efforts to minimise damage . |
| 15 | Friends also have children so they no longer attend . |
| 16 | Prevailing theories , once they no longer seem appropriate , have been dispensed with . |
| 17 | Since many of the acts penalised are likely to amount to offensive conduct within the terms of section 5 , it is to be regretted that the opportunity was not taken to examine this jurisprudential anachronism which , although it no longer carries a power of arrest , should perhaps be either modernised or repealed in its entirety . |
| 18 | His lifestyle , in a word , was gentlemanly ; his effects included a saddle and bridle , a riding hood of chamlet and another of sarcinet , although he no longer owned a mount . |
| 19 | Although he 's no long he no although he no longer competes , he drove hydroplane at an international standard , was highly competitive and had many wins and top level events to his credit . |
| 20 | By this definition , marriage is an arrangement that should be terminated once it no longer meets the needs of one or other of the partners . |
| 21 | Already , and it is hardly May , I have wandered down to the County Ground at Taunton to see old chums , and some not so old , and to see if I any longer belong . |
| 22 | Play cricket until I no longer can smile and enjoy myself , on and off the field . |
| 23 | Then the size of the stripes is decreased until she no longer reacts . |
| 24 | She stared up from the ground , her wings hanging loose as if she no longer had strength to hold them to her body , her left wing seeming bent as if it had once been broken . |
| 25 | Gatsby is very nervous , as he has n't seen Daisy for many years and if she no longer loves him his whole purpose for living has gone . |
| 26 | Why not if you no longer believe in God or even inspiration and genius ? |
| 27 | ‘ However this will not be the case if you no longer live in the property where you previously paid rates because it is the 1989–90 rates of the property where you now live which is used to calculate any reduction . |
| 28 | And can you , if you have a report , sell it if you no longer wish to buy the property ? |
| 29 | Why did you not have the common decency to inform your uncle Orrin of where you were going , even if you no longer wish to oblige your mother and me ? ’ |
| 30 | Application forms appeared in the July issue of The Red Triangle — if you no longer have this please contact the Alumni Office at Napier University for an application form . |