Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [noun pl] [vb past] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Spear also found in a study of teachers ' attitudes to girls and technology that the most sex-differentiated replies came from science teachers ( Spear in this volume ) . |
| 2 | Before too long heterosexual women had in fact taken over and they began to encourage men into the organization and to instigate the mixing of boys and girls into provision previously available to young women on their own ( but preserving the boys ' clubs ) . |
| 3 | She is in usual house attire … white blouse open at front , with large breasts ready to jump into view , no frock or dress , but long blue bloomers elasticated at waist and at knee ends . |
| 4 | As soon as more advanced types evolved in response to a stimulating environment , they spread out around the world , driving earlier , more primitive forms into marginal locations where they were able to survive for some time before extinction . |
| 5 | Inexplicably , the usually reliable pumps started to malfunction and finally broke down . |
| 6 | The band stopped , and a group of the groom 's more drunken friends broke into song . |
| 7 | The international community faced growing calls for military intervention in Bosnia-Hercegovina as more Bosnian towns came under attack , with the Moslem element of the republic 's population under increasing pressure and Serbian forces apparently seeking to link the " Serbian Republic of Bosnia-Hercegovina " ( SRBH ) to Serbia proper . |
| 8 | At that moment one of our more naive trainees appeared on deck , saw Marty swimming for the ladder and remarked in amazement , " What 's Marty doing in the water then ? " |
| 9 | In 1982 , well-informed observers had believed the CEGB 's scientific propaganda was intended to win breathing space until more nuclear plants came on stream at the end of the century . |
| 10 | Let's go , let's cover ourselves in glory — in Africa , ’ and his usually mild tones rose in indignation . |
| 11 | Still other cases resulted from trespass . |
| 12 | But , in the privacy of the polling booth , cooler and more hard-headed calculations came into play . |
| 13 | Indeed British reservations began to surface only after the Soviet nuclear test in the late summer of 1949 ( this had occurred some years earlier than expected ) , and when the scale of the American build-up in Britain became apparent . |
| 14 | Undoubtedly , though , the most spectacular results came from collaboration with Runswick ( aka Mr Gandolfi ) and Edwards on Prologue and Epilogue . |
| 15 | Prior to this , in the 1960s and 1970s , most senior jobs had in fact been advertised and senior people , even at chief executive level , would expect to find their next opportunity by looking in The Sunday Times . |
| 16 | Dr Simpson found that the spectrum 's shape changed at an energy about 17 keV below that of the most energetic electrons emitted by tritium , which led him to suggest that there might be an extra component to beta decay . |
| 17 | He reminds us that it is easy to make mistakes with footprints : a few years ago , he said when reviewing a recent book on dinosaur tracks for an educational journal , a track appearing to show long , very fast strides consisted in reality of left footprints only , so the real stride length was only half the apparent one . |