Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [adv prt] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finance ministers Theo Waigel of Germany and Michel Sapin of France said after talks in Bonn that close co-operation between their two countries had successfully fended off speculative attacks on the franc . |
| 2 | However , the committee , which eventually divided on party lines , defined its terms of reference at the outset so narrowly that it effectively ruled out any possibility of discovering the truth or otherwise of the allegations of malpractice that had been made against the police . |
| 3 | Though the unit had long since given up any pretence of cooling the room , it did turn out to have a curious talent for magnifying the pigeons ' footfalls so that their tap dance rang out like a drum-roll at six every morning . |
| 4 | We have successfully carried out this procedure in 18 patients . |
| 5 | If you do so , you will not only build up more savings for your retirement but you also enjoy full tax relief on these contributions . |
| 6 | While in talks with his own advisers the president did not necessarily rule out armed action at some later date , he vetoed a CIA plan to " topple Nasser " . |
| 7 | Now that does not entirely rule out any possibility of the new settlement within the Selby area , as er Mr has implied . |
| 8 | I 'm thinking actually of here in the university itself , we 've got three different groups in those areas that are now collaborating , and I think we 've got a good chance of _ especially in the area of schools curricula — but also in the area , I think , of helping business people , and I 'm thinking now of senior management , who might be your and my age , Brian , for whom computers did n't exist when we went through university or college , erm who 've probably more or less given up any hope of understanding it and understanding the computer boffins who have taken over — almost taken over the company at times , one suspects . |
| 9 | In attracting the fashionable trade the industry was gaining friends who were socially and politically powerful and it was also nicely building up box-office takings for , whilst the better sort of customers attended less often than the workers , they paid considerably more when they did come . |
| 10 | Buffalo , zebra , wildebeest , topi , and Thomson 's gazelle live together in huge groups which together make up some 90% of the total weight of mammals living on the Serengeti . |
| 11 | I myself have long given up any hope of a more permanent relationship . ’ |
| 12 | Lauda only picked up four points from the two races . |
| 13 | ‘ And I only found out this morning from Dr Greene what a … a … | ’ she could n't think of a suitable word and said finally , ‘ … celebrated painter you are . ’ |
| 14 | Only send in three tracks at the most ( naturally your best ) . |
| 15 | Your BNFL News was on the spot to cover the latest exciting events , so to find out more turn to the centre pages … . |
| 16 | Apparently ruling out any form of legislative veto for minority groups ( a point on which the government side had long insisted ) , the document was nevertheless seen as containing a notable concession in its acceptance of a bicameral parliamentary system . |
| 17 | It was not enough to patch up existing gaps in the criminal law , the commission said . |
| 18 | Damian Flint was obviously picking up chairman-of-the-board points at a rate that defied imagination . |
| 19 | However , railways only made up 3 metres of every kilometre squared of territory as opposed to 200m/1km 2 in Britain . |
| 20 | And the writer can only conjure up this gift for the reader if he/she is prepared , first of all , to write plainly what he/she believes to be true , rather than fall for the surface sweetmeats which seem to satisfy but which , like sugar , leave the reader hungry minutes later . |
| 21 | And I do n't want to think he was mean enough to pick up stolen candles from a crooked verger . ’ |
| 22 | One look at the Moon or even back at Earth could spell disaster for the infrared detectors which have to be sensitive enough to pick up tiny amounts of radiation from distant stars and galaxies . |
| 23 | At this point it would automatically have been sensitive enough to pick up airborne vibrations of sufficient loudness and/or sufficient nearness of origin . |
| 24 | At the worst the uneducated only wear down old things by sheer walking . |
| 25 | US intelligence assessments actually made in October 1990 , but only handed in two days before the Nov. 20 signing of the CFE treaty , had led US officials to assume that Soviet weapons had been withdrawn behind the Urals only shortly before the signature of the treaty . |
| 26 | The obvious way for AT&T to escape the conflicts of interest between its equipment and service businesses is to split them , perhaps doling out new shares in the two new firms to existing shareholders on a pro-rata basis . |
| 27 | the bumper bundle of review samples they were sending has n't reached us in time for this issue , though , so look out next month for further toe-tappin' details ! |
| 28 | It rolls up small so takes up little space in a rucksack . |
| 29 | Since the economy will tend automatically to its ‘ natural rate of unemployment ’ , any increase in government spending will increase the demand for money and so crowd out private spending through rising interest rates . |
| 30 | ‘ I stopped to make a phone call , and I thought I 'd better drop off some clothes at the dry-cleaner 's . ’ |