Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] [adv] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This argument misses the point that Freud 's notion of instinct is a link concept between the bio-physical and the experiential — geese do not experience in precisely the same sense as human beings do . |
| 2 | In peasant societies outside Punjab — in Gujerat or Bangladesh — Izzat does not exist in quite the same form but the role of the woman remains almost identical . |
| 3 | Moreover , white holes , by acting as conduits to bring new material and spacetime into new regions of the Universe , would act in rather the same way as ‘ Little Bangs ’ , at least on the local level ( the ‘ locality ’ , of course , being extremely large ) . |
| 4 | As we have seen , however , sign codes , although they can be shown to exist and function as language codes ( see chapter 10 ) , do not behave in exactly the same way as speech codes . |
| 5 | As for the police , they seem to think and behave in much the same way . |
| 6 | Such a profit element may include not only a straightforward management fee but also a hidden profit , such as a discount , which may be given to the headtenant under a block policy of insurance . |
| 7 | When we deal with semantic categories , we find that occurrences cut across grammatical categories : for example , the concept of " negation " can include not only the negative particle not , but other word classes such as pronouns ( nothing , nobody ) and adverbs ( nowhere , never ) , and even items which have no morphological resemblance to these , such as unfinished , impossible , false , hardly . |
| 8 | Traders do well to be careful in describing their merchandise for the section may catch not just the deliberate liar but also the honest trader who carelessly misdescribes his goods . |
| 9 | Budding engineers are going to face a situation where what they achieve practically receives the inadequate reward of a terminal examination which fails to let them demonstrate not only the full extent of their knowledge but also understanding of the processes involved . |
| 10 | The Bank is in any event concerned that disclosure of the particulars of any of this information would compromise not only the proper conduct of that investigation but also the effectiveness of the Bank 's supervision . |
| 11 | It was really what one would describe as almost a complete takeover . |
| 12 | The aim can not be the correct unaided spelling of any English — there are too many words in English that can catch out even the best speller . |
| 13 | ( Opposite , middle ) Anyone who has dined on crab or lobster will know how well the hard carapace of these animals protects their soft flesh . |
| 14 | You do n't know how much a growing girl needs , etc . |
| 15 | But I do n't know quite how the Welsh mentality works you know as regards you know loyalty to one 's nation or whatever , but er no , l looking from the outside you know , I I thought it was a bit strange that sort of next door neighbours could end up you know completely opposed to each other . |
| 16 | Let me describe briefly how a black hole might be created . |
| 17 | It will be clear from this that a proper approach will locate not only the appropriate level at which to resolve issues , but also the appropriate problem-solver . |
| 18 | She would not explain herself to Luke Scott , because to do so would mean he mattered to her , and to let him matter in even the smallest way was to make herself vulnerable — to let him in at some level , and she had an intuitive sense of the havoc he could wreak once admitted to the number of those people who mattered in her life in their various ways . |
| 19 | The constituent units may be of quite different length and they may appear in quite a different order and quite different emphases may be given to particular features of the story , but the corpus as a whole will contain the same set of elements . |
| 20 | If the choreographer is attempting to draw and communicate a moving picture of the individual character and physical attributes which permanently affect the manner of acting , feeling and thinking of their hero , heroine and entire cast , then they must study not only the general outline and background of their chosen story or theme , but also the beliefs , ways of life and traditions which have given life to the people and tales of different countries . |
| 21 | Before proceeding down these lines managers should evaluate not only the technical efficiency of such systems but , more importantly , the underlying management questions outlined in this chapter . |
| 22 | ‘ Perhaps not , ’ Travis agreed , then said how he 'd dearly love to ring Rosemary at her parents ' home , but that he knew for sure that he could definitely give up even the frail hope he had left of sharing his life with Rosemary if he did that . |
| 23 | Excuse me could you speak up just a little bit ? |
| 24 | One could not help feeling that the authoress was an awfully clever gel , insofar as she could manipulate quite adequately the basic framework of the nineteenth-century novel of manners . |
| 25 | Thus Hourcade felt that an artist could convey more clearly the real nature of an object by showing as many aspects of it as possible , and guided by intelligence rather than by his eye , would resort to geometric forms . |
| 26 | In total , mergers did not occur on quite the same scale as they did in the 1920s — which was equivalent to something like one-third of all firms in manufacturing going out of existence — but they caused the loss of an equivalent of a quarter of all firms . |
| 27 | The installation of the other two new cards and their spinning frames is part of a phased operation to minimise disruption but will follow on immediately the first card is completed . |
| 28 | Clearly , the railways will run in precisely the same way whether the railwaymen use this facility or not , so there is no extra charge to the Railways Board itself , therefore there would be no taxable benefits . |
| 29 | This shape would work in either a rectangular frame , as in this case , or a square diamond would fit into a square mount , although it would have to be shorter rather than the elongated shape I have used here . |
| 30 | It would work in exactly the same way as a general rise in rates . |