Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [subord] [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was better late than never for the 12 lucky winners of a tennis holiday at the Sport Hotel in Eilat , Israel |
| 2 | In those days , children were not so sheltered as now from the pressures of adult life , and the exploitation of child prodigies for material gain was not frowned upon . |
| 3 | The ventral arm plates are much wider than long with an obtuse proximal angle and a straight distal edge rounded at the corners and indented midradially . |
| 4 | Here , the platform edge appears to have been controlled by a normal fault and the belt of shallow marine sediments is much narrower than elsewhere in the basin ( Clark and Tallbacka 1980 ) . |
| 5 | The wheel , of 16 feet diameter , and most of the machinery is still intact although apparently in a poor state of repair . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , there is no doubt that Guevarism and other currents of thought have been influential in forcing established Communist parties to rethink their role and recognise the need to be far more responsive than hitherto to the specific circumstances of their own country . |
| 7 | But at least she did not squint and his cast seemed more noticeable than ever in the morning , as if sleeping refreshed it . |
| 8 | We are more conscious than ever of the need to take positive steps to promote the full access of girls and women not only to full educational opportunities but also to the whole range of community resources and services , including employment , leisure , housing , social security and the right to property . |
| 9 | Their second defeat in four days by a London club means that a quick return to the present Second Division is more likely than ever for the First Division 's bottom team . |
| 10 | The application of monoclonal antibody research in medicine is more widespread than just in the treatment of cancer . |
| 11 | It may perhaps be objected that the distance may prevent the pupils of the Hospitals from attending the Lectures of the Veterinary Professor — I will first answer to that — that it would be dangerous for the progress of the Veterinary science to give them too free admission into the College — because it might give a disgust to the residing pupils from their application to the Veterinary Medicine and many of them would change their mind and apply themselves to the anatomy of the human body , thinking that it would be more honorable for them to cure the human species than Animals , this happened in France and the best Veterinary pupils are now Physicians and Surgeons to the human species — this prejudiced ideal would inculcate itself into the minds of young men , the more so as the Veterinary Science is still in its Infancy in this Country , and in an abject state , for this reason it would be equally dangerous to permit residing pupils to attend medical or anatomical lectures , of the human body , or to frequent Hospitals : Therefore a certain distance from the Town would be more useful than otherwise for the progress of the Veterinary Science . |
| 12 | On 1 December Cumberland moved some of his cavalry forward to Congleton , from which they withdrew after confirming the presence of Lord George Murray 's troops , but this intelligence left the Duke more undecided than ever about the Jacobites ' real objective , as his private secretary admitted in a letter , dated 2 December 1745 , to London : |
| 13 | Château Valois , when they reached it , looked more beautiful than ever amidst the fresh green of early summer leaves and dappled sunshine . |
| 14 | Bath was more beautiful than ever in the early summer . |
| 15 | Outside , the garden looked more beautiful than ever in the golden light of late afternoon . |
| 16 | The famous team at the Baking Stall were more successful than ever with the ‘ talent envelope scheme ’ whereby bakers were given £5 with the request that they ‘ Take , Buy , Bake and Multiply , ’ just as of old the man in the parable had bidden his servants . |
| 17 | Over the next days , the girls swam , took long walks , talked , and ate Cook 's meals which seemed more wonderful than ever after the school 's frugal fare . |
| 18 | This is all the more surprising because almost from the start of this period the birthrates of many European countries began to go down . |
| 19 | Figures for the average price of a detached house in each region for 1988 are provided in Table 9.1 ( column 6 ) and indicate that houses in the South East are much more expensive than elsewhere in the country . |
| 20 | Some people worry that feeding the birds is somehow unnatural , but gardens are No more unnatural than much of the British landscape , and the birds which visit our gardens are merely demonstrating the natural behaviour of flocking to exploit the sudden abundance of a source of food , whether it 's a heavy infestation of caterpillars or seeds and nuts put out on the lawn . |
| 21 | But he was there waiting and looked more handsome than ever in a grey suit with a white shirt . |
| 22 | The swine looked even more attractive than ever in a black open-necked polo shirt and black jeans . |
| 23 | Arthur admits that , while he is not ill , he has noticed how he has ‘ good days and bad days ’ , probably due as much to the extra medication he now has to take , as the virus itself . |
| 24 | In fact , the Empire was dissolved after the First World War into several new nations , though this was probably due as much to the policies of the victorious nation states as to the strength of indigenous nationalist movements . |
| 25 | If she looked a bit to the right , northward , rather more than half-way into the forest , it was often there . |
| 26 | And descending from the dizzy heights of Labour 's megalithic conference platform , he was as caustic as ever of the slick political selling job it symbolised . |
| 27 | Social class inequalities , however , remain as strong as ever despite the enormous growth in education provision and expenditure . |
| 28 | Officials in London and Washington have insisted the relationship is as strong as ever despite the transmission last night of a TV programme highlighting the help given to George Bush 's presidential campaign by Tory Party workers . |
| 29 | " With the ability to adapt itself to the changing requirements of the times , the school still lives , and its reputation stands as high as ever among the inhabitants of Stockport and the surrounding districts , and in educational circles beyond the extended parish of Stockport . " |
| 30 | Ryan Giggs has achieved nearly as much as Best at the same age . |