Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adj] [vb -s] [adv] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | The important point , however , is that the two " likes " must be treated as like in some respect ; and in the linguistic cases this does not merely mean that the two items co-ordinated must be on the same level in terms of specific syntactic classifications , as has often been remarked ; more importantly , it is clear that they must be alike in both bearing one of the other relations , already introduced , to some third element ; thus , in : ( 38 ) Nora is Irish and beautiful the structure is such that Irish and beautiful are both related to Nora by assignment , while in : ( 39 ) bed and board is going to take half his wages the relation of instantiation links both bed and board to the single entity in the subject position . |
2 | For example , if the process selects the correct word one in four times this does not necessarily imply 25% accuracy — it depends on the number of candidates from which each choice is made . |
3 | Even if numbers are there in profusion and quoted to several places of decimals this does not necessarily mean that they are reliable or useful . |
4 | The geographical background of the men concerned does not even correspond particularly closely with the duke 's territorial interests in the region . |
5 | The geographical background of the men concerned does not even correspond particularly closely with the duke 's territorial interests in the region . |
6 | In the case of external benefits this does not normally raise any major problems because such cost is an isolated expenditure . |
7 | Since bilateral speech need not imply that speech functions are distributed equally between the hemispheres this does not necessarily conflict with the finding that the proportion of subjects showing a left ear advantage was highest among the strongly left handed . |