Example sentences of "[adv] [vb -s] [adv prt] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I can see the point he was trying to make — the Pallas ' Sandgrouse only turns up in this country once every 10 or 20 years . |
| 2 | Mr Binyon has thought ; he has plunged into the knowledge of the East and extended the borders of occidental knowledge , and yet his mind constantly harks back to some folly of nineteenth century Europe . |
| 3 | A Formalist/Prague School approach thus necessarily projects back onto earlier literature the aesthetic standards peculiar to the modern age . |
| 4 | This should be set so that it only comes out under considerable pressure . |
| 5 | However , the subject of commission rarely crops up with major artists . |
| 6 | Lynda Moss agrees : ‘ 1,1,1-trichloroethane rarely crops up in published syntheses — a heck of a lot of syntheses use methylene chloride [ dichloromethane ] however ’ . |
| 7 | As Reyburn observes : ‘ Of course the necessity to flush ping-pong balls down the toilet rarely crops up in everyday life but the owner of a double-trap ‘ siphonic ’ can take comfort from the fact that she has the toilet for the job when it arises . ’ |
| 8 | On the other hand , the LIMB database generally receives up to ten copies of each item , so it is possible to send out copies for retention to requesting librarians , and a loan system is regarded as administratively cumbersome . |
| 9 | A field where the sign no longer refers back to real objects or persons but instead constructs what is to be perceived within the system of signification . |
| 10 | From the priority date , the patentee normally has up to 12 months to apply for patents in other countries . |
| 11 | The third sister , Mrs. Price has made an imprudent marriage as she has allowed her feeling to overtake her judgement and finally ends up with little money and too many children . |
| 12 | Racism just boils down to ruling-class propaganda ; you 've only got to look at the popular Tory press , churning it out day after day , all owned and controlled by capitalists who 've got a direct interest in setting white workers against black and undermining the unity of the working class . |
| 13 | She just appears out of thin air- ’ At this point Mildred broke off and looked around in case she had done just that , but she had n't . |
| 14 | But Trogus soon falls back into imaginary history when he tells the episode of the chieftain Catumarandus , who had been persuaded in a dream by a goddess to make peace with Massalia . |
| 15 | Much of Husameddin 's argument on the question of Molla Fenari 's death date thus falls down on close examination , but there does remain one compelling piece of evidence for his conclusion , namely the document apparently bearing Molla Fenari " s signature and dated Rabi " II 838/ November 1434 : in a real sense all else depends on this . |
| 16 | The latter is a very slow growing starter and is happier without peat at planting time — in fact , it grows best for me in builder 's rubble and when it does get going soon catches up on lost time . |
| 17 | this one it just comes out like soft rubber |
| 18 | Above them on a rocky promontory of convenient geology , Jesus kneels in prayer , an exercise that still goes on in some places , though with less agony and less certainty of address . ’ |
| 19 | Turkey , which seized the northern third of Cyprus in 1974 and still has up to 30,000 troops here , withheld immediate comment on Mr Clerides ' victory . |
| 20 | When the patient is in bed , he usually uses up to three pillows plus a wedge cushion support for his head and shoulders , to counteract spasticity ( p. 49 ) . |
| 21 | Even when the weather is too bad for astronomical observing , Alcock still wakes up at two-hourly intervals during the night to make meteorological observations . |
| 22 | Nevertheless , the dominant female still ends up with most eggs . |
| 23 | I expect SHe hardly gets off on this stuff . |
| 24 | " The amount the young can do nowadays — now when I was carrying Dan I was not able to get up for days together , me ankles swoll so , and I 'ad dizzy spells , something terrible , but she still gets around on that bike , perky as Punch . |
| 25 | Brady was ordered to shed half a stone but still weighs in at 12 stone 8lb . |
| 26 | and the Racomitrium lanuginosum sub-community ( North Harris and Lewis ) , where Nardus still dominates along with much Racomitrium but few other grasses . |
| 27 | He 'd been hired by the man 's parents but still faces up to 20 years in gaol . |
| 28 | He 's a class traitor , and if he ever comes round to this house he 's fucking dead . ’ |
| 29 | It also goes on for bloody ages . |
| 30 | Useful load also goes up to 450 kilos from 380 . |