Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [adv] [conj] they [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition to these issues which arise from the nature of professional occupations and the control of professional courses , there are two other issues which lie at the heart of professional education , so much so indeed that they can be taken as defining characteristics of it . |
| 2 | So much so that they would rather live in a UK which seems set to have permanent Tory government than an independent Scotland which would almost certainly be Socialist . |
| 3 | Consequently , the man in the Kaduna street who watches an NTV report , hears the same story over the state radio and then reads about it in three or four daily papers receives several interpretations of the same event which are very different from one another — so much so that they may appear to be reports of separate events . |
| 4 | Healthy children have lots of energy as a rule , so much so that they can wear out their poor unhealthy parents ! |
| 5 | Men like Pericles controlled policy not through any power vested in them but only so long as they could persuade the people . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , most natural populations , at most times , change much more slowly than they would if subjected to strong directional selection . |
| 7 | After confiscating their musical instruments , the police allowed them to proceed and they went on to parade — much more quietly than they would have liked . |
| 8 | There 's another public site at Hinksey Hill , which is very new , where they 've settled well , and there is about to be a private site out at Frilford , and that site will allow the Vale to be designated and that means that people who are encamped illegally in laybys and bridleways and grass verges can be moved on much more quickly than they can at the moment erm and if we 're not careful they 'll all be moving into West Oxfordshire . |
| 9 | More massive stars would need to be hotter to balance their stronger gravitational attraction , making the nuclear fusion reactions proceed so much more rapidly that they would use up their hydrogen in as little as a hundred million years . |
| 10 | I placed all my washing materials , towels , razor and so forth exactly where they should be , wiped a little steam off the mirror on my bathroom cabinet , and returned to my room . |
| 11 | The opening of new offices may take place as part of a general expansion of the activities of a firm to additional locations ( though usually never so far away that they can not benefit from the goodwill attaching to headquarters ) or involve streamlining administration by establishing different departments in separate offices . |
| 12 | Er Mr Major pretends it 's his but Mr Patten , if I understand Mr Patten rightly , says the country ca n't afford it , so here again if they ca n't afford it , I certainly ca n't county , county must afford er at least the six hundred and thirty five thousand which is in our proposals er that will be nine , sixty five in a full year , to find nine hundred and twenty extra places . |
| 13 | The schools of Freud and Jung are now much closer together than they used to be : it 's been said that Jungians tend to be more ‘ spiritually ’ orientated . |
| 14 | She knew only too well where they 'd find some of it . |
| 15 | Just so long as they could finish this stupid game and get on to his answer . |
| 16 | Just as it is sensible to place notices in braille at hand level or just above so that they can be easily read with the fingers , so visual material needs to be put up near to eye level if it is to be seen or read without difficulty by all the pupils . |
| 17 | Cannons can be used to pound the enemy as you advance just as easily as they can blow holes in oncoming enemy formations . |
| 18 | Maybe it was a compliment , their assumption that we could find our way down just as easily as they could . |
| 19 | British Rail asserts , and the hon. Member for Keighley said so again tonight , that in physical terms the planned exit of the lines from King 's Cross at the south-eastern corner of the new proposed station is such that lines could go to Stratford just as easily as they could have gone southwards . |
| 20 | But now , the men on board ship above him were screaming , and with three holes fired on each side of the vessel , he gave the signal to bear away as swiftly as they could ply their paddles . |
| 21 | And he believes that West German voters may revolt when they realise still more clearly that they will have to foot the bill for unity . |
| 22 | They would make their way back home as fast as they could to receive the benefits of national health service treatment . |
| 23 | UNCED 's Secretary-General , Maurice Strong , has acknowledged that there will be " serious failures " at the summit , and added , in an oblique reference to the US , that " some countries are not going nearly as far as they could " . |
| 24 | Modern tackle has given today 's anglers a great advantage and simple things such as float control are now much easier than they must have been in the silk line and gut era . |
| 25 | In a moment , they were far enough out that they could see miles down the rocky shoreline … and they could see the other boaters scrambling up on to a piece of rock . |
| 26 | Though they were standing as far apart as they could , and though they were both fully dressed , her hand flew to her mouth and her eyes widened . |
| 27 | This followed the line of the river , which ran straight from almost as far away as they could see , flowing smoothly without fords , gravel shallows or plank bridges . |
| 28 | Shafts of piercing sunlight slowly push their curious fingers through the dusty waters as far down as they will go . |
| 29 | In fact , if anything , little boys die more than little girls , even more now than they used to in the past , so it ca n't be anything to do with health care in case |
| 30 | No one comes here any more because they ca n't afford to shop . ’ |