Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [adv] [adv] by [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the media generally and even sometimes by the " expert " — or pseudo-expert — who should know better , it is suggested that sexual intercourse should , to be satisfactory , always be multi-orgasmic , always be desired by both partners , always be infinitely skilful and mutually considerate and always be earth-shaking . |
| 2 | If they have stopped working , they are likely to be seen as dependents — to be looked after more or less generously by the provision of pensions and health services , but with little relevance to educational policy ; simply , they are seen as a cost . |
| 3 | The elevation of their leaders ' wives to positions of political power in their own right happened more and more often by the 1970s , but it was not well regarded even in countries where the wife was not like Elena Ceauşescu in combining arrogance , brutality , stupidity and self-confidence . |
| 4 | The hypothesis states that the form taken by any natural organised object or living thing , whether a crystal or an embryo , is not determined solely or indeed initially by the physical laws at present recognised by science . |
| 5 | The rate at which the economy can grow is now constrained more directly and immediately than ever before by the extent to which exports rise relative to import penetration . |
| 6 | The boat lunges forward and yet almost by the same token lunges back again . |
| 7 | In recent years , however , the impassioned and intelligent dinner conversations held over hearty cassoulets , with rapidly emptying bottles of Beauj' or Burgundy , have become the subject of satire ( primarily and most successfully by The Guardian 's cartoonist Posy Simmonds ) . |