Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [vb -s] [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the stories have a universal appeal simply as stories , and it is good that the underlying programme seldom obtrudes as badly as in the gift-shop passage above , where the helpful aside about tourism affecting rural culture worldwide strikes a primary-school note . |
| 2 | It recognises that sediment usually accumulates laterally rather than vertically and that almost every sedimentary body is therefore diachronous in human terms , though this diachronism is very rarely detectable in geological terms . |
| 3 | This process rarely runs as smoothly as I have suggested . |
| 4 | A smooth skin also tans more evenly because you have removed dead skin cells . |
| 5 | The recent Report of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution even goes so far as to recommend that straw burning should be banned in five years time . |
| 6 | The duty to a lawful visitor only extends so long as , and so far as the lawful visitor is making what can reasonably be contemplated as an ordinary and reasonable use of the premises by the lawful visitor for the purposes for which he has been invited . |
| 7 | If you are nervous , console yourself with the thought that the initially nervous speaker often performs far better than the stolid chap with no nerves . |
| 8 | Yet , in sharp contrast , village life here moves little faster than at a slow donkey 's pace and has a simple , rustic feel which gives it a special charm . |
| 9 | If the model only gets as far as being on its side and then starts to fall , apply opposite lateral cyclic to roll out and back stick to recover . |
| 10 | ‘ Where we 're concerned , our religious involvement only goes as far as using images of , say , the Virgin Mary on our sleeves , but it 's not us being disrespectful . |
| 11 | ‘ Where we 're concerned , our religious involvement only goes as far as using images of , say , the Virgin Mary on our sleeves , but it 's not us being disrespectful . |
| 12 | Although the reach of the top horn only extends as far as the 14th fret ( which could spell balance problems given such a long neck ) the body does have a pronounced lower bout , with the face-mounted bridge situated quite well back ; this relocated mass helps to preclude potential neck-heaviness . |
| 13 | If caught out in the open , the echidna simply digs rapidly downwards until , again , nothing is visible but its spiky upper surface . |
| 14 | The implication here is , that a man desists from killing animals out of fear that he may be killing a reincarnated soul , but while it may be possible to draw that conclusion , the principle of identity clearly goes much deeper than that , and in fact it could be said to contradict Tillich 's suggestion since that is no more than enlightened self-interest . |