Example sentences of "[vb -s] [verb] [noun] [adv] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She is always a gaijin ( a foreigner ) in a world that jealously protects its insular identity , but she is a gaijin who has penetrated Japan more deeply than most . |
| 2 | Since Edward Elgar 's first symphony in 1908 , British music has enjoyed its greatest age ; but in international reputation it has made Britain little more than one musical nation among many . |
| 3 | The voluntary levy has raised £2m so far and unions have pledged a further £7m to enable payouts of at least £100 a week to be made to those called out on strike . |
| 4 | That bias towards comfort has meant compromises as far as sporting handling is concerned ; so you do n't have to put up with a jittery ride over poorly made up roads . |
| 5 | Norman MacCaig , one of Scotland 's finest modern poets , knows this area well ; and as a keen trout fisherman has explored Assynt more thoroughly than most . |
| 6 | Needless to say she has to take life as quietly as possible for some time if she is to regain her health and everyone will be pleased to know she is making good progress along these lines . |
| 7 | It has changed hands again recently and has received a new facade . |
| 8 | The reader should not conclude that experimental fluid mechanics is primarily a matter of ‘ look and see ’ ; one always aims to express results as quantitatively as possible . |
| 9 | He can do no better than argue that it involves apprehending things simultaneously rather than in succession though he does not explain how the successful mystic can transcend the limits of the magic number seven , which most psychologists agree is the maximum number of entities that can simultaneously be held before the mind . |
| 10 | On the wards , day to day care means preparing patients as well as they can for surgery and beyond . |
| 11 | The vānaprasthin on the other hand , seeks to realize Truth existentially in and through the service of others . |
| 12 | She somehow manages to put invitations so cleverly that I can hardly refuse them — will I advise her about a job move , will I try out a new restaurant with her before she entertains a client there ? |
| 13 | I mean it may have pleased the Irish government a bit but it 's got implications both domestically and internationally . |
| 14 | It 's got a face there and he 's got ears up there and he 's got erm the ears on the other head of his |
| 15 | He 's had cuts sometimes before but this was an artery … |