Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [noun sg] [prep] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What we need is not so much a point irregularity such as a foreign atom , because that could only facilitate movement at one point , but rather a line defect which will allow the army of molecules , as it were , to sweep forward on a broad front . |
| 2 | But Wembley Stadium says it only has room for twenty fans in wheelchairs . |
| 3 | Your mind can only focus attention on one area of the swing until it becomes muscle memory and works naturally . |
| 4 | Not realising that the documents on discharge and assessment had been produced in a hurry to meet the government 's suddenly imposed deadline of 31 December , he criticised the two weeks he had been given to consult his 200 consultant colleagues . |
| 5 | ‘ But I 've only had sex with one person , ’ you say . |
| 6 | I beat the school 's fastest runner in the 100 metres sprint , breaking the finishing tape just before the other runners manage to leave their starting blocks ; I smash the school long jump record by 15 metres ( give or take a metre ) and I hurl the discus so far that Miss Harrison , the teacher in charge of the event , has to get her battered Mini from the car park to retrieve the discus for the next competitor ( who manages a measly 25cm ) . |
| 7 | They were fairly clumsy devices and only offered security from one side : anyone could unlock them from the other side . |
| 8 | A guidance episode necessarily takes place at one point in time within the developing skills and experience of the client . |
| 9 | The same applies to the so called accident to two Hungarians who were drowned in the Danube . |
| 10 | It is obvious that we should have talks but I am not willing to be told that the talks can only take place at one location and I am not willing to accept an invitation to a slanging match . |
| 11 | Some have developed leukaemia , others feel so tired that they can only attend school for three hours a day . |
| 12 | The Act of 1975 was passed in May 1975 , but only took effect from 4 May 1976 . |
| 13 | The hearing below took place on 5 June 1992 . |
| 14 | An individual who bought the FT All Share Index at 31 March 1982 and sold it on 31 August 1989 would have suffered tax ( at 40% and ignoring the annual exemption ) of 24.2% of the proceeds . |
| 15 | But this only gives information at one point . |
| 16 | The dividing wall holding this tank only attracts sunlight from one side and for only a couple of hours a day , and only at the height of summer . |
| 17 | The main living area of the farmhouse was one large room , with a wooden staircase leading off it , and an expensively fitted kitchen at one end , separated by a peninsular unit , behind which Monique was bustling happily . |
| 18 | These butts are pre-dyed , but I was curious as to why they only had colour on one side . |
| 19 | He has apparently lost movement in one leg and needs crutches to walk . |
| 20 | ( Prof. Michael Pentz calculated that while a tenfold increase in power would only increase effectiveness by 4½ times , a tenfold increase in accuracy would give a hundredfold increase in effectiveness . ) |
| 21 | We only have evidence for one species , but most ethologists who study sex do not hesitate to extend the theory to all bizarre sexual characters . |
| 22 | The first and last pictures contrast highly ordered motion at one end of the sequence with turbulent motion at the other end , and it is seen that there is a series of intermediate stages by which transition from one to the other takes place . |
| 23 | A third observer ( LJW ) blindly examined a randomly chosen sample of 100 records of patients with presenile dementia , and interobserver reliability in the diagnosis of Alzheimer 's disease was tested by Cohens κ statistic . |
| 24 | In 1854 Holford married Mary Anne , daughter of General James Lindsay , MP , of Balcarres , Fife , and thus became brother-in-law to three collectors , Alexander Crawford ( twenty-fifth Earl of Crawford ) , Robert Lindsay ( Baron Wantage ) [ qq.v. ] , and Sir Coutts Lindsay . |
| 25 | Another Scottish company to do well was the Bank of Scotland , which was the UK 's best regarded bank with 556 points . |
| 26 | Sony were on hand to take the best of several live performances as the latest in a Puccini cycle which has already shed light on two rarities ( the early Le Villi , the late but surprisingly light La Rondine ) and will go on to Edgar — which Maazel had hoped he would record with Domingo at the time of the Fanciulla production but ‘ we looked at the schedule and realized , fortunately in time , that we were totally insane ’ . |
| 27 | Bull terrier Bronson had already done battle with two workmen — who fought it off with a shovel — before turning on Questa . |
| 28 | The reorganization of the Training Commission has already shifted decision-making on post-sixteen training towards non-elected decision-making forums , often with the enthusiastic involvement of colleges which see them as sources of additional funds . |
| 29 | Lydon added the goal and try machine Offiah had the crowd buzzing with his first drop goal in Rugby League — a coolly taken effort from 25 yards . |
| 30 | Meanwhile , Sir Michael Checkland , BBC director general , sent a letter to all staff saying there was no ‘ secret agenda ’ to cut 10,000 jobs , though the already stated target of 3,000 job cuts by 1993 still stood . |