Example sentences of "[adv] [vb -s] [adj] [conj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the case of household waste , the price rarely covers more than a fraction of the cost of collection and sorting . |
| 2 | Only objects smaller than the hole can pass through it . |
| 3 | The problem only becomes worse where the end results — the rate of pay , or the hours worked , or the promotion achieved — are easily quantified and compared . |
| 4 | The price of petrol thus has to reflect the cost of a single-occupant trip by bus or rail , so that private motoring only becomes cheaper if the car has more than one occupant . |
| 5 | The care which other carers might give to the child only becomes relevant if the threshold test is met . |
| 6 | It only becomes conspicuous after an attack has started , and never provokes that attack . |
| 7 | And does it not have the ludicrous implication that a two-month-old only knows more than the two-week-old because he is more active ? |
| 8 | As was said in the introductory section , it is not feasible for the government to direct the firm to produce specific quantities at specific prices because the government necessarily knows less than the firm about underlying demand and cost conditions . |
| 9 | The plant , which produces baby wipes , already employs 72 and the figure will rise to 100 by the middle of 1993 when more production lines are introduced . |
| 10 | A very sticky variety clings to each new copy for an average time of more than an hour before it finally breaks free and the process can begin again . |
| 11 | It nevertheless seems clear that the brand of Whiggery we associate with the Walpolean ascendancy of the 1720s and 1730s was very different from that which had been predominant for much of the later-Stuart period . |
| 12 | Since they extract heat from the food inside , and since the compressor and fans generate heat , it soon becomes apparent that the area around a poorly ventilated refrigerator can quickly become hot . |
| 13 | It thus becomes clear that the play of pronouns in the chiasmus of the narrative circuit through which the subject plays out its split existence does indeed function as an ‘ elementary structure of signification ’ in Thru , though not in the way Greimas intended . |
| 14 | The bond thus becomes weaker and the bond enthalpies decrease . |
| 15 | It is the prestige of winning this historic race that is important rather than the prize money , as the winner usually receives less than the runner-up . |
| 16 | Therefore V c falls until it reaches the lower logic 0 threshold ( V- ) , upon which the output once more goes high and the cycle repeats . |
| 17 | In the world of adults a 15-year-old usually has little or no reputation . |
| 18 | Other possible future projects include a video on credit , a video on the half-yearly results 1993 and the possibility of a further video on the subject of staff security . |
| 19 | It always seems funny when a Rottweiler guards for the first time , barking loudly , usually backing off , not quite sure if he is doing the right thing . |
| 20 | Isabella does not know that the Duke had played the role of the Friar instructing her in the foiling of Angelo 's plots , and so , lacking any independent evidence , she realizes how feeble her case must seem ; yet she still affirms that But the Duke , behaving as Angelo had predicted , and as he would have to behave if he had no evidence , sweeps aside her complaint , leaving her with only heaven to appeal to : The evil is indeed finally ‘ unfolded ’ , not by heaven but by the Duke , although Angelo ( as if recalling that passage in Luke 's gospel ) ascribes divine omniscience to him : But the Duke has only used deception and disguise , legitimately , as Shakespeare makes him say : ‘ Craft against vice I must apply ’ ( III.ii.270 ) . |
| 21 | It hardly seems likely that the Government was jolted into action by the Northamptonshire Society 's letter , but nevertheless three days later the House of Commons ordered that a Select Committee ‘ be appointed to consider and report upon the Re-construction of the Foreign Office in relation to the future Rebuilding of other Offices on a uniform Plan , due regard being had to Public Convenience and Economy ’ . |
| 22 | The play begins with disco music , popping champagne corks and manic games of blind-man's-buff , yet it quickly becomes clear that the party spirit is not shared by Leontes . |
| 23 | Despite the above , it still remains valid that the importance of the covariances between the returns of securities is the mot effective method of reducing risk where the number of shares in a portfolio is necessarily limited . |
| 24 | In the past , the guards have smacked of overkill , since it rarely takes more than a baton charge with their lathi sticks to quell the traditional rotten orange barrage that welcomes most touring teams . |
| 25 | STA also gets three and the Ministry of Education , Science and Culture gets two for national universities or university-related institutes . |
| 26 | It also seems right that the offence under clause 12(1) , as well as applying to obtaining possession or control without ownership , should apply to obtaining ownership without possession or control . |
| 27 | It also seems plausible that the glutathione supplements might have protected the erythrocytes against oxidative stress , thus allowing the patient to tolerate up to 60 g ascorbic acid without appreciable haemolysis . |
| 28 | It also seems unfair that the Report should appear to place Scott as an equal with Banks and Barry , because of his second place on the unofficial War Department lists . |
| 29 | It also seems clear that the trend will soon emerge elsewhere , for as Vining and Pallone ( 1982 ) in their study of 22 countries have argued , the phenomenon is due to the fact that the scale economies of the core regions of any country either have been or are being reduced , as the peripheral areas manage to offer sites that are as competitive as those of the core regions . |
| 30 | Not only does a diesel engine consume less of the world 's oil resources , but — provided it is regularly serviced — also lasts longer than a petrol engine . |