Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [adv] [subord] they [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not so much now 'cos they get a bit scared — but used to quite a bit . |
| 2 | There are increasing demands that the central institutions of the EEC should be reduced to a minimal role , that Member States should be allowed to integrate only so far as they wish , and that it should be possible for a country to remain within a European free-trade zone , but outside a politically united federation — as Norway , Iceland and the other Efta states have done since the establishment of the EEA . |
| 3 | Even among senior players , outside pursuits were tolerated only so long as they did not affect a player 's performance or make football of secondary importance to him . |
| 4 | Academics already in post retain their tenure only so long as they do not move to another university or accept promotion within their present university . |
| 5 | They sit only so long as they continue to hold episcopal office . |
| 6 | Under the new-look European farm policy agreed last year farmers are much better off than they thought they would be . |
| 7 | Though this salary was the same as that of a third-class constable , the lowest police rank , village sergeants were much better off because they served in their own localities , were not subject to discipline , and had other income . |
| 8 | ‘ Poor people would be much better off if they had fewer children to feed and clothe . ’ |
| 9 | The women would take Nessie back to the house and they 'd all meet there again for something to eat and they 'd start all over again where they left off . |
| 10 | They are going it alone not only because they happened to " get caught out " , but because it is an alternative to aimless adolescence on the dole . |
| 11 | And the point about the German schemes is that they achieved much more besides because they attempted more : measures of noise , air quality and levels of-street activity have all improved , and there are dramatic specific results , such as Buxtehude 's growth of cycling or Moabit 's greening of the environment . |
| 12 | Sorrow and pain , on the other hand , are not at all essential ; there is no good reason for them and people seem to feel obliged to cry much more often than they laugh . |
| 13 | Er I think what he 's trying to say about the rich peasants is that er that they were always resisting the movement , it was only later on when they find that you know , that they , they need to get involved otherwise their own positions are er threatened then , then they 're joining and they 're only joining but were not actually participating in it , they 're not moving along , and so that 's what , that 's why he 's making a distinction between different types of peasants . |
| 14 | ‘ Only as far as they know she had n't seen a doctor . ’ |
| 15 | However , for both development officers some eventual admissions to institutions were accepted , though a few somewhat sadly even when they supported the decision . |
| 16 | Through the layers of their clothing she could feel Penry 's heart beating steadily against her back , and dreaded the moment of parting which would come all too soon when they reached journey 's end in Chastlecombe . |
| 17 | All too often when they cease to use a building , they simply lock the door and walk away . |
| 18 | I mean , it 's not all that long since they threw out the Tsar , is it . |
| 19 | But just so long as they take me somewhere where there 's the right kind of electricity … |
| 20 | Everyone dominates central stage for a while , just so long as they need it , only to return it chivalrously after their moment . |
| 21 | ‘ Fine — just so long as they understand that I mean what I say . ’ |
| 22 | Not necessarily , since both teachers and researchers will ultimately use readability formulae for just so long as they find them of some value . |
| 23 | Then deaths declined steeply as mysteriously as they had increased . |
| 24 | There is no doubt that their super-sensitive barbules detect our lines just as easily as they detect food , but , fortunately for us , they usually accept our offerings in spite of the obvious danger they have felt , though the same danger compels them to take the bait ‘ hit-and-run ’ style . |
| 25 | Now although such a rule is not part of my physical or material world , its existence constrains my action just as effectively as they do ; we can call this a constraint of the world of ideas . |
| 26 | Blackbirds , wrens and some others will mock a ferret just as readily as they mock any other predator . |
| 27 | And then , just as suddenly as they 'd started , they stopped . |
| 28 | Then , just as suddenly as they had grabbed at his throat , the hands released his windpipe and the weight lifted off him . |
| 29 | The air was thick with cigarette and cigar smoke ; a number of the twelve men seated there puffed away quite happily while they talked . |
| 30 | The Lionisers ' cup was thus already full well before they set forth to Gads ' Hill Place . |