Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [vb pp] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She spent two weeks inside and returned with a vast stack of photocopied originals and a bill for the astronomical sum of f25 . |
| 2 | Signatories of GATT could institute tariff changes which might discriminate against third parties only if done over a long period of time , so giving those third parties the opportunities of adjusting to the change without suffering severe economic disruption . |
| 3 | It would carry conviction only if located in a convincing scenario for sustained modernisation and growth — which no one is convinced Labour has . |
| 4 | In these cases an internal control is required so if faced with a negative result , one can still be sure that the PCR conditions were perfect . |
| 5 | In this a weak input which can not sustain LTF in its own right may be encouraged to do so if combined with a strong stimulus arriving from a second pathway . |
| 6 | A special set of glassware should be designated for media preparation , rinsed and soaked in double-distilled water immediately after use , washed in double-distilled water only and dried in a hot oven . |
| 7 | Equally , the projected image may itself incorporate movement , especially if shot from a fast-moving source ( a helicopter , aeroplane or whatever ) , in which case even the nearer parts of the background will be fairly distant . |
| 8 | Sociology , especially if coupled with a historical perspective , can help reveal the positive social interests which lie behind the effort invested by society in the discipline and the inclusion of the discipline in courses in institutions of higher education . |
| 9 | Some hotels will accept dogs , but alternatively , if you have a large travelling cage , your pet may be happy to bed down here in the car , especially if provided with a favourite blanket . |
| 10 | In particular , the pretty , milky little Jersey seems to be successful in the tropics , especially if boosted with a small proportion of zebu blood ; these zebu-Jerseys are described in the sections for the appropriate countries of origin such as India , Jamaica and Brazil . |
| 11 | I.A. Richards has defined metaphor like this : " In the simplest formulation , when we use a metaphor we have two thoughts of different things active together and supported by a single word , or phrase , whose meaning is a resultant of their interaction . " |
| 12 | Loopholes had already been made in the stone walls of Gemioncourt 's huge barns which , like the buildings of so many of the isolated farms in the low countries , were joined together and protected by a high stone wall , making the whole farm into a massively strong fortress . |
| 13 | But in another experiment 50 two-ton concrete slabs are to be chained together and dumped from a huge tilting steel platform about 6,750 ft above sea level . |
| 14 | They walked through the gardens together and talked for a long time . |
| 15 | In 1863 it was all but gutted by a disastrous fire , but mercifully the ashlar-faced east façade remained entirely intact with its projected balustraded bay , its shell-headed niches , its eccentric demonstration of Doric , Ionic and Corinthian columns in three tiers — all in Purbeck stone . |
| 16 | Overall , the most fruitful way to examine the interaction of courts , executives and assemblies is to see them all as engaged in a continuous process by which the law and rights are constantly being defined and redefined . |
| 17 | Unlike chlorine which tends to kill at all concentrations , but takes longer , QACs are bactericidal only when reduced to a certain concentration after which they inhibit cell reproduction without killing . |
| 18 | If the inventor of a novel mousetrap then decided that he would offer it for sale only when installed in a purpose-built house for which extra would be charged , most patents courts would probably be prepared to grant compulsory licences to those willing to sell the mousetrap without the house . |
| 19 | Such views to a very long way , especially when expressed in a credible magazine such as yours , in reinforcing subtle destructive prejudices against ethnic minorities in this country . |
| 20 | I had heard good reports of the Tesoro Silver Sabre Plus ( especially when fitted with a large coil ) . |
| 21 | Glass shelves are often particularly effective , especially when set in a mirrored alcove , and lit from above or below , or both . |
| 22 | The advance of this critical period , however , can not easily be linked to the idea of a body clock which tends to run fast and so produce daily rhythms which are timed too early because , when daily rhythms have been investigated in these patients , it appears that daily rhythms are irregular , rather than altered in a particular direction . |
| 23 | Most of us would prefer when ill or very elderly to be looked after by those we know and love rather than taken to a strange and unfamiliar place . |
| 24 | The gospel was bound in a compact book form rather than produced as a bulky scroll , with paper made from cheap papyrus rather than the very expensive vellum ( i.e. treated skins ) ( Green 1979:125 ) . |
| 25 | There is no intrinsic benefit gained from paying farmers not to produce food , or from paying for food to be stored and destroyed rather than sold at a fair market price . |
| 26 | The prospective councillors will number two dozen ( rather than the sparse but active dozen originally sought ) ; there will continue to be a rather odd balance of journalists and lay members , selected rather than nominated by a quangoid committee . |
| 27 | The prospective councillors will number two dozen ( rather than the sparse but active dozen originally sought ) ; there will continue to be a rather odd balance of journalists and lay members , selected rather than nominated by a quangoid committee . |
| 28 | Burger was very thin and very tall ; he sat back in his armchair , his bony frame draped rather than clothed by a grey light-weight suit . |
| 29 | Such tasks may have been stated so that they are open to interpretation and worded so that they are accessible to most pupils , rather than aimed at a notional difficulty level . |
| 30 | After his death many were given away or sold for a few pounds , and he was largely ignored as a painter until in 1987 six examples of his work were loaned to an exhibition entitled ‘ A Paradise Lost ’ at the Barbican Art Gallery , devoted to the neo-Romantic movement . |