Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pron] [verb] [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could no longer contain my emotion , but going down on my knees I wept as quietly as I could for quite a long while . |
| 2 | In section 3.2 we saw that compounds which exist in more than one crystalline form are said to exhibit polymorphism . |
| 3 | ‘ She was eighteen then , a lovely girl , with beautiful skin , long curling black hair , and fine black eyes which shone as brightly as her jewels . |
| 4 | Therefore it is a matter of cultivating the interior images which last as long as the human being lives . |
| 5 | Someone once worked out that there were about a dozen words which appeared more often than any other in ad headlines , and concluded slightly illogically — that any ad would be better if it had one or more of them in the headline . |
| 6 | ‘ The decision was to give them a lot of freedom , letting them take the pictures they liked so long as their interpretations were true to the general concept . |
| 7 | Still in their independent reveries they walk closely together as they near the end of the park . |
| 8 | All children have fads at different times which resolve as quickly as they arrive and so it can be difficult for parents to determine where they should start to draw the line . |
| 9 | Instead of top-down co-ordination of the work-flow in the form of superordinate commands and surveillance , the kanban system allows for communication flows which co-ordinate horizontally rather than vertically . |
| 10 | One objection is the loss of potentially important phonological information when phonological elements which vary on more than one dimension ( such as vowel height , in addition to presence or absence of diphthongization ) are analysed as varying only on a single dimension . |
| 11 | Elements which exist in more than one crystalline form are said to exhibit allotropy . |
| 12 | That , she thought , was as good an idea as any , and on silent feet she went as swiftly as she had come back to her kitchen . |
| 13 | In the early days we ventured further afield than we do now , working in Suffolk , Berkshire , Wiltshire and Surrey . |
| 14 | In an interview with The Scotsman , he said : ‘ It 's an issue which goes wider than education — to family life and social values , and whether we are prepared to accept the responsibilities we have as well as the rights we enjoy . ’ |
| 15 | You may have fears — about things you did early on before you knew that you were pregnant or that something could be wrong with the baby . |
| 16 | And where Carole lives out in Earlswood , down the lanes she lives round there as well . |
| 17 | A building surveyor can offer guidance on any problems you anticipate as far as structure , planning and building regulations , and cost are concerned . |
| 18 | But America 's top shops are learning to apply their bar-code data in ways that might surprise a good many customers who shop more often than Mr Bush — and that signal big changes ahead for store managers , as well . |
| 19 | What they demonstrate , yet again , is the inappropriateness of theories which go no further than cinema , and frequently no further than film theory of the seventies , for an understanding of television 's articulations of the novelistic . |
| 20 | While noting that Parolles is given some kind of dignity in verse , we should also observe that Shakespeare seldom ends a scene with a soliloquy in prose — Thersites and Falstaff are the only characters who do so more than once . |
| 21 | In constituencies they fared as badly as their West German counterparts , and nationally even worse , winning overall only 0.4% of the votes . |
| 22 | But I submit that it might be wise to look for an interpretation of quantum mechanics which comes as near as possible to being in accord with the attitude so widespread among its users . |
| 23 | … a charming set of young ladies who shine out prominently as sprightly vocalists and dancers , whose contributions to the programme are received with much favour . |
| 24 | In the coalfields he read as avidly as ever , including in his reading books about the French revolution by Michelet and others . |
| 25 | Begun in 1446 by Henry VI as a private place of worship for just 70 scholars it took no less than 69 years to build , being completed in 1515 on the instructions of Henry VII but only after his death . |
| 26 | To do Haverford justice , he was n't altogether happy about his lack of rapport with his daughter ; at times he came as near as he ever could to feeling guilty about it . |
| 27 | A German peasant farmer moving to the east was obliged to pay one sixth of the profit of his labour to a landlord , and only those peasants who took on more than 6.4 hectares ( 16 acres ) were given the opportunity to buy their land . |
| 28 | When we begin to take the law into our own hands we become little better than those individuals who vandalise our homes and mug old ladies . |
| 29 | First are simple systems which involve not more than three or four variables and can be handled by relatively simple techniques , including regression models and partial differential equations although finite difference methods may increase in the future . |
| 30 | Among them there are two letters which show more intimately than any others the intricate web of monastic commitment , personal relationships , and politics , in which as archbishop he was required to work . |