Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [conj] [art] [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our panel rated PEBs much lower than the press or television news for providing information on issues , but similar to the press for providing information on leaders , and close behind the press and television news for helping them decide how to vote . |
| 2 | Had the county council been able to use the final figures , the dwelling requirements at the end of the projection period would have been somewhat lower than the figure that we have produced . |
| 3 | Personally , I find them less absorbing than the book that contrives to tell only one story , with as many ramifications as may be . |
| 4 | It believes that ‘ fooling all of the people all of the time ’ is entirely possible when the product or service is interesting or persuasive enough . |
| 5 | But he was never saying to himself until one moment in the past that it was much peculiar that a girl as pretty and as fashionable with her peroxide hair as Jilly Jonathan was carrying on holiday a big , crocodile-skin handbag . |
| 6 | At that time it was not realised that the investigating team were already in possession of the evidence necessary to determine the cause of the accident and it was entirely fortuitous that the body that was removed from under the pathologist 's nose was not one containing vital evidence . |
| 7 | It is not entirely clear whether an onlooker or third person is entitled to use force to assist another to resist unlawful police conduct . |
| 8 | Things are somewhat different when the institution or profession is itself new . |
| 9 | Similarly , it may be highly risky if the product or brand contains only those benefits and costs selected on a subjective basis by the supplier , without reference to the marketplace itself . |
| 10 | The fact that there is a difference comes as no surprise , after all , a completely empty , uneventful drive through a junction would be expected to be both less memorable and less risky than an occasion when the junction was full of traffic . |
| 11 | ‘ Working with Tracey is much easier than a group because you would have to stand around in the group and not get a chance of doing things . |
| 12 | Would you prefer to move to a flat — one without so much as a balcony and with no windowsills — or to concrete your garden over and spend your days watching your neighbours at work ? |
| 13 | No comments whatsoever could be found in the first soundings of reactions ‘ which even provided so much as a hint that some or other people 's comrade was in agreement with the attempted assassination ’ . |
| 14 | Todd had n't spoken in over a minute , but there was a harshness on the line that Ellwood knew to be his breathing , and a thin , reedy , barely audible sound behind that , which resembled nothing so much as a cry that had been buried alive . |
| 15 | And if I hear so much as a whisper that you have been broadcasting our private affairs around the country … ’ |
| 16 | None of that matters to Kenneth Arnold so much as the fact that he acted selflessly at a time when he was needed . |
| 17 | He is also believed to be embarrassed that one person should be earning so much when the recession and heavy unemployment has badly affected Coventry and the surrounding area . |
| 18 | Flight appreciably heavier than a gull but less so than a buzzard , and remarkably agile when chasing other birds ; will pursue even Gannets . |
| 19 | Other churchmen , too , had ideas about the duties of Christian rulers , and may have been less convinced than the Encomiast that Cnut lived up to them . |
| 20 | As their experience built up , the Treasury became less and less convinced that the role that had been envisaged for the nationalised industries in overall demand management was a desirable one . |
| 21 | The other two boys hurried back , each with a folding wooden chair that was probably less comfortable than the bench but certainly newer . |
| 22 | These are more involved in construction , slightly more complicated to assemble and will inevitably be much larger than the Hexagon or Malay . |
| 23 | The regular male is much larger than the female cos males compete for nesting sites . |
| 24 | It is usual to grow on the cuttings for a year so that the stock stems become somewhat thicker than a pencil but rather less so than your little finger . |
| 25 | The application was defended on the basis that discovery would be contrary to public interest as the reports were highly confidential and the fact that they might be used in litigation would inhibit the doctors preparing such reports in the future . |
| 26 | The use of a shotgun for rabbit clearance , as opposed to the fun of the occasional shot , continues to be less effective than the rifle and especially so when it is used by individuals rather than in conjunction with an organised rough rabbit shoot . |
| 27 | As the water percolated through the rocks , the leaching process became less effective and the porosity that was created decreased progressively away from the exposed surfaces . |
| 28 | It was obviously more than a weed or even a wild flower so I did a quick turn-round and decided that it was quite pretty with its two-tone yellow tubular flowers and ferny leaves . |
| 29 | But Anthony Stroud , racing manager to Old Vic 's owner , Sheikh Mohammed , believes it highly unlikely that the confrontation that every racegoer would love to witness , will take place . |
| 30 | Nevertheless , in terms of practical results , the deforestation of vast areas of Brazil affects the rest of the world much more than the oppression and murder of relatively small numbers of people . |