Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [adv] [adv] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The Vatican has never officially recognised Indonesia 's annexation of the territory , but it is privately conceded that the Papal visit constitutes de facto recognition of the status quo .
2 Randy Newman has also consistently used humour to undermine reactionary attitudes .
3 Romania has only recently made abortion legal and Ceacescu 's legacy will be with them for decades .
4 Ilchester lay on slightly raised ground above the floodplain of the River Yeo , where two roads joined the Fosse Way , one leading south-east from the centre towards Dorchester , the other branching north-westwards c. 600 m ( 2000 ft , north of the river .
5 There are just the odd hints here and there that John and Ann did not always see eye-to-eye on religious matters .
6 Even in immune adults CTL do not completely prevent bloodstage infection .
7 In his own mind , Richard Branson had never fully abandoned journalism .
8 Even in victory , however , Britomart does not immediately regain composure she : ‘ Stayd not , till she came to her selfe againe ’ ( V , VII , 34 ) but for a mixture of motives — revenge , anger , pain from her wounds — she decapitates Radigund .
9 One feels that Stott has not quite entered Ravel 's world of here , particularly as he told the pianist Marguerite Long that the tempo throughout should be the same and even used the word ‘ métronomique ’ ( Au piano avec Maurice Ravel ; Paris : 1971 ) .
10 Can we not say that ‘ God was in the Buddha , teaching men the way of virtue and righteousness ’ , even though the Buddha did not clearly acknowledge God ?
11 When he arrived in America , Weill did not automatically expect New York ears to take to the music of the Berlin avant-garde in which he had played so prominent a part : instead he set himself the task of learning to write music with an American accent .
12 Benny did n't really believe Eve about Sean having ambitions to marry into the shop , but there was something deeply unsettled all right about the way he looked at her .
13 Ivy does not generally damage trees
14 But Gould had quite possibly thanked Darwin for the wrong present .
15 One of the bizarre things I find today is that England does n't really like traders .
16 Maggie had n't even taken notes , and most of Mitch 's shots seemed to be for pleasure .
17 Rory did n't really know Fergus Urvill very well ; although he did sometimes visit Lochgair , he spoke differently — posher — and seemed to spend a lot of his time shooting at birds and animals with other rich people .
18 However , Friedman did not explicitly introduce rationality of expectations into the natural rate hypothesis , and indeed appeared to favour the use of an adaptive expectations model , at least for the US at the time he was writing .
19 Since pretreatment with TPA did not completely destroy histamine stimulated adenylate cyclase activity , it seems possible that the effect of phosphorylation by protein kinase C is to reduce the efficiency of coupling between the receptor and Gs rather than to abolish it completely .
20 ‘ For his sake , I hope you 're right , ’ Graham said softly then followed Laidlaw down the hallway and out into the night .
21 The discussions began in Tokyo in March 1982 , after Sony , Matsushita , Sanyo and Hitachi had all separately demonstrated prototype ‘ camcorders ’ ( video cameras with built-in recorders ) .
22 VE does not initially consider manufacturing methods , as would a cost reduction exercise , but starts by questioning the necessity of the functions and the means by which they are performed .
23 VE does not initially consider manufacturing methods , as would a cost reduction exercise , but starts by questioning the necessity of the functions and the means by which they are performed .
24 Kraal had long ago warned Creggan that autumn was Slorne 's worst time but so far this had not proved so .
25 On Aug. 24 aid officials said that the UN had once more suspended flights to Juba after shells landed near a plane unloading food at Juba 's airport .
26 But service with Mr Deng in Taihang does not necessarily provide protection from purge ; it did not help Zhao Ziyang , the former prime minister and party leader .
27 Robert had not even mentioned pigs in three months .
28 Penry had quite plainly lost interest in her .
29 Tom had never before ridden pillion on a motorbike , but Andy the neighbour had a spare crash helmet .
30 Next morning Helen set off early to see Joanna while Sophie dealt with several clients who , having heard of Joanna 's accident , were sympathetic and concerned .
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