Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] or [adv] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | the following 13 are likely to be already answered or more readily addressed within a context of ‘ open-decision making ’ . |
2 | ideas should be differently ordered or more fully expressed in order to convey their meaning ; |
3 | ‘ It appears to me that the whole question is governed by the broad , general , universal principle that English legislation , unless the contrary is expressly enacted or so plainly implied as to make it the duty of an English court to give effect to an English statute , is applicable only to English subjects or to foreigners who by coming into this country , whether for a long or a short time , have made themselves during that time subject to English jurisdiction . |
4 | ‘ Put into the language of today , the general principle being there stated is simply that , unless the contrary is expressly enacted or so plainly implied that the courts must give effect to it , United Kingdom legislation is applicable only to British subjects or to foreigners who by coming to the United Kingdom , whether for a short or a long time , have made themselves subject to British jurisdiction . |
5 | Conversely , it has also been shown that in the absence of another meal , the previous one may be kept in the stomach for more than twice as long as usual ( Chitty , 1938 ) , presumably with a gradual increase in stomach acidity , and the bones in this instance are likely to be strongly modified or even totally destroyed . |
6 | The other distinctions are relative rather than absolute ; for example , the subject matter may be more or less abstract , the audience may be very well known or less well known . |
7 | He had never , he wrote to his superiors , seen an operation so badly planned or so amateurishly organized ; ‘ at the CIA , we really do run a better show than that . ’ |
8 | The industries which used to provide employment for inner city residents have either died or long since gone to the new towns or to green field sites and industrial estates on the outskirts of the towns . |