Example sentences of "[adv] [vb -s] [pron] [vb infin] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Er , I I I thought it extremely discourteous of Councillor instead of responding to my letter he goes to the press and starts complaining , this does n't seem to me the way to sort out the problem at all and I am equally aware of the problem er and if it only helps me get some facts together then it it will strengthen my arm getting things sorted out . |
2 | And the first one is , Is the policy required and if so does it give sufficient guidance . |
3 | So does he believe this TV story ? |
4 | So does she regret that period of her life ? |
5 | From the spectators ' viewpoint , not only does he provide wonderful entertainment but he does it without encasing himself in a helmet , now so rare as to be a treat in itself . |
6 | Ice is the greatest worry that a pool owner has during winter months , for not only does it trap noxious gases which are likely to suffocate the fish , but it also exerts tremendous pressure upon the pool structure and can crack the most expertly laid concrete . |
7 | Not only does it involve large sums of money but , for the vast majority of us , most , if not all , of the money has to be borrowed . |
8 | So prices have tend to have fallen on world markets for agricultural goods because of support right , and they 've also become a lot more volatile and that , and that is the er the source of the international frustration with erm the common agricultural policy and this is why we 've got agriculture er being introduced into the G A T T. Not only does it impose huge costs on domestic tax payers and consumers , it also in incurs erm a large cost on third country exporters , right now if you think that most of those countries may well be developing countries and agricultural output is their only source of foreign exchange erm then er the policies of the rich countries in the West are erm a actively erm hindering the development prospects of developing countries alright and that may not be the desired intention . |
9 | Some of these may offer opportunities which lean more towards science , technology or maths work — drawing up and costing a cleaning contract for a historic building ( How exactly does one clean that crystal chandelier ? |
10 | The diesel never feels slovenly and can be hurried along snaking back roads with the sort of haste which soon makes you forget that derv , not four-star ( or unleaded ) , goes into its fuel tank . |
11 | It serves as a dual purpose : it performs a musicological service by presenting us with an intelligently planned selection of the kind of harpsichord music current in the Germany in which the young Bach grew up , and it also lets us hear several composers of outstanding merit in their own right . |
12 | This speeds up calculations , reduces memory requirements and often lets you use narrower columns , so you can fit more on-screen . |
13 | How far does she go each second ? |
14 | Because she [ the new maths teacher ] did n't know me , she did n't have any confidence in me … but because she did n't have any confidence in me , I did n't have any confidence in myself , and that is the thing that really makes me regret changing schools … at my first school all the teachers knew me and had confidence in me . |
15 | Quattro Pro virtually lets you make full presentations without the expense of a presentation package |
16 | THE recovery of no fewer than eleven kinds of filamentous microfossil from 3,465-million-year-old rocks in Western Australia ( J. W. Schopf Science 260 , 640–646 ; 1993 ) , shows that life was not only in existence a few hundred million years after the planet was formed , but was thriving : rarely does one find single fossils of this antiquity , let alone entire communities . |
17 | Rarely does one hear such creativity in the recreation of music of the past . ’ |