Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [verb] [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other acts sought to prohibit as far as possible corrupt practices and limited the amount of money a candidate could spend on election expenses . |
| 2 | To stick to the motor car analogy , the design of cars has improved more rapidly because a designer can incorporate in a single design a synchromesh gearbox that originated in one model with fuel injection that originated in another . |
| 3 | The text of warranties has become much longer because solicitors have included very many specific warranties as well as general warranties . |
| 4 | As this list also reminds us , journalists seem to worry as much as sociologists about their proper analytical role . |
| 5 | Already a £4.1 billion industry , quick-service restaurants continue to expand as quickly as ever , despite the economic trend . |
| 6 | Those responsible for the access funds at Dundee university wrote to me to say that their funds had run out even before the summer recess had begun . |
| 7 | The limes have survived that long because of the technique of coppicing . |
| 8 | Only because of Labour proposals and actions have schools managed to deal as well as they have with L M S. Congratulations , I say , go to the Labour Group . |
| 9 | Above the upper critical exposure the number of pixels seen increases very rapidly until even background pixels are seen . |
| 10 | Our own days in the palm-frond houses seemed to dwindle as quickly as sand through a sieve . |
| 11 | But you want to be sure that your parents get to hear as soon as possible that you are safe , do n't you ? … |
| 12 | See horse 's feet 's picked out properly before he goes out exercising and when he comes in exercise . |
| 13 | Western countries have handed over more than $1 billion in aid , mainly as food , which is sold by the government as its main source of revenue . |
| 14 | The Protestant reformers wanted to return as far as possible to the spirit of primitive Christianity and looked askance at the mystical tradition which seemed to have no warrant in Scripture . |
| 15 | But erm apologies for going back to the to the discussion er yesterday but it it 's merely just to remind you , picking up the point that Mr Potter 's just made , that that certainly as far as Selby District 's concerned that circumstances have changed very drastically since the situation of ten years ago when the er the structure plan policies were were first drawn up . |
| 16 | Calm water : Mushroom anemones seem to fare much better if placed in quiet areas of the tank , where the current is n't strong enough to actually move the disc of the polyp . |
| 17 | Mat-forming plants like pinks seem to develop more freely than in conventional borders and , since there is gravel between them , you can walk among your treasures without having to tread on bare soil . |
| 18 | ‘ Smaller boats tend to rock about more when the storms come , but they get moving faster when the weather calms down , ’ he said . |
| 19 | The evolution of the philosophy behind family planning during the last twenty years has moved rather quicker than that of soil conservation so that the present thinking and problems may indicate that in general terms , this critique of conservation policy is not new , but the transfer of ideas merely overdue . |
| 20 | After all , banks stand to lose far more if new rules are open to widespread abuse . |
| 21 | Inspired by Mr Coase , economists began to look more carefully than before for transactions in property rights . |
| 22 | The quarry must needs have ridden steeply uphill if they were to gain the cover of the trees , and he saw that they were not even attempting it , but climbing only very obliquely towards shelter , preferring to gain distance on the level . |
| 23 | If Europe 's governments choose muddling through rather than such reform , then that achievement , as well as the ERM itself , will remain at risk . |
| 24 | I took her hand in mine , and we went out of the ruined place ; and , as the morning mists had risen long ago when I first left the forge , so , the evening mists were rising now , and in all the broad expanse of tranquil light they showed me , I saw no shadow of another parting from her . |
| 25 | By the beginning of this century , however , the towers had gone as far as they could go . |
| 26 | One implication of phenomenal rates of economic growth can be seen in rising incomes leading to an enormous increase in the ownership of consumer durables , although it is debatable whether incomes have risen as fast as GNP . |
| 27 | I believe that the linkages to the meteorological stations have operated more effectively than hitherto . |
| 28 | With the October 1987 stockmarket crash and , now , a British recession , these revenues have vanished as capriciously as they arrived . |
| 29 | The alarm bells began ringing as early as the seventh minute when Albert Craig struck the post from a narrow angle after capitalising on a moment 's hesitation in the home defence . |
| 30 | The barge-owners had to go as far as the brewery wharf across Maurice 's foredeck and over a series of gangplanks which connected them with their own boats . |