Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [adv] that [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nights when ops were on were not so hectic now that the boys did not have the long runs to Berlin and Nuremburg , just specific targets in France and western Germany . |
| 2 | A layer of dust seems less important now that the years are numbered . |
| 3 | Things looked more hopeful now that the Poles were in full retreat and an end to the war was in sight . |
| 4 | Occasionally a garishly painted truck passed us , raising a cloud of dust , and away to the west , hanging over us and clearly visible now that the clouds had lifted , the coastal range of the cordilleras towered pale and trembling in the heat . |
| 5 | The reader should be able to confirm that if investment were completely interest-inelastic so that the injections line in graph ( a ) were vertical , the IS curve would also be vertical . |
| 6 | Perhaps male bats have body surfaces that are subtly textured so that the echoes that bounce off them are perceived by females as gorgeously coloured , the sound equivalent of the nuptial plumage of a bird of paradise . |
| 7 | Stress affects posture : often people look slumped , their shoulders sag and they hunch their back ; alternatively they hold themselves very rigid so that the muscles of the shoulders and neck especially are set ; their face takes on a fixed expression with perhaps staring eyes or clenched jaw ; muscular tics and involuntary twitches can arise ; for some people cramp is stress-related . |