Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [adv] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I do n't know that actually killing a man because he 's been touching up the boys would altogether hang together as a motive . ’ |
| 2 | Mind you , I suspect she 'll only stay ashore for a couple of hours , but that 's better than nothing at all . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I think we 'd better head back to a city , you know . |
| 4 | Though the group believes Britain should join , it warns that it should only do so at an exchange rate of around DM2.40 to the pound — involving a 15 per cent devaluation from the current DM2.79 . |
| 5 | Though the group believes Britain should join , it warns that it should only do so at an exchange rate of around DM2.40 to the pound — involving a 15 per cent devaluation from the current DM2.79 . |
| 6 | If , for some reason , you have to press some flowers that are not completely dry ( and you should only do so in an emergency ) , then you must first mop them with some clean paper tissues to soak up any droplets of water . |
| 7 | These were a valuable indicator , as they would only show up from a distance if you were ‘ on the line ’ . |
| 8 | Nicholson wanted to loiter with the man who — in his eyes — could pluck with ease a flower he could only look on at a distance . |
| 9 | They need only look out at a sheep . |
| 10 | Interconnection of elements determine that action can only run effectively in a matrix . |
| 11 | I 'm hearing things now that I have not heard in fifteen years that I 've been on this County Council and I would suggest erm to Mr that when he 's talking about things that this County Council ought to print , and I think the one suggestion he came up with is very sensible , he could perhaps follow up with a catalogue of those things which he considers need doing that after a hundred years have not been done . |
| 12 | As Crick points out , however , the right idea can only fit in to a mind which is trained , and predisposed to accept that idea . |
| 13 | And ensure that your client prepares the plans to a reasonable scale , not too small or too large — if on a size A4 page that will not only annex conveniently to a lease or transfer of part but will also facilitate the taking of photocopies . |
| 14 | We might then only end up with a series of discrete micro-studies that could not be articulated . |
| 15 | The use of a particular language does not necessarily coincide either with a group that claims common descent , or a geographical area or what is supposedly a culture . |
| 16 | ‘ I think you 'd better rest here for a while , ’ she followed him out of the kitchen and into the sitting-room to tell him . |
| 17 | It will be a non-title clash , but if Owens is successful then he will obviously press hard for a title chance . |
| 18 | Cos they wo n't all go up on a tree . |
| 19 | ‘ You could only get in with a pass if you were a member of the project . |
| 20 | But remember , sugar does not only come out of a packet . |
| 21 | Only when this phantasy is well on the way to realization as a practical mode of government does the citizen begin to notice that the state 's omnipresence means the total bureaucratization and control of life , that its omniscience dictates the need for total state surveillance , and that its omnipotence can only come about as a consequence of the total impotence of its subjects . |
| 22 | The reduction in the real wage rate which was a necessary concomitant of a rise in unemployment could only come about through an expansion of aggregate demand . |
| 23 | This , he feels , can only come about by a return to the basic function of inspection . |
| 24 | A homogeneous population will eventually grow at a steady rate r , which is given by the Euler-Lotka equation , In an asexual population , or a population of sexually reproducing haploids that vary only at a single locus , the outcome of natural selection depends simply on the long-term growth rates associated with each genotype , in the absence of density- or frequency-dependent interactions , each genotype will eventually grow exponentially at a rate that depends on its own life history , given by equation ( 1 ) . |
| 25 | At the depth of a hundred feet , which is what we will be at , we could easily remain underwater for an hour without any risk of either oxygen poisoning or decompression illness . |
| 26 | So er to get to your question erm I 've sort of not been doing anything erm I was hoping that I would be sort of fully fit round about now and then if I saw something on teletext er that was good I 'd just buzz off for a week or so . |
| 27 | I 'd sooner wind up in a debtors ’ prison ! ’ |
| 28 | It would just fall off like a dust . |
| 29 | We could just fall back on a bit of sweets and chocolate or something in the end but I 'd like to get some |
| 30 | ‘ You did n't exactly carry on like a pacifist yourself , ’ she retorted evasively , mouth reproachful . |