Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [adv prt] [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At first the simple machines available could only detect down a few inches , and — amongst other operating difficulties — encounters with tufts of grass caused them to constantly give off false signals . |
| 2 | I can only pick up the linguistic crumbs . |
| 3 | A sociology of the unconscious would not only point out the unintended consequences of social action , where these are grasped and comprehended in terms of conscious intentions which are then misunderstood , or reinterpreted , by other groups within the social relationships , and which result in outcomes which neither the original intender nor the others could have foreseen . |
| 4 | Another issue , which commentators are keen to see debated widely , is the question of whether the Institute can effectively carry out the dual roles of protecting the interests of both the public and its members . |
| 5 | The drop down to half-moon Rhossili Bay below me was almost sheer , and the sea was striped with shimmering blue and white as endlessly long parallel lines of surf moved in slow motion towards the expanse of sand , on which I could just make out a few figures as tiny specks . |
| 6 | Straining his eyes , he could just make out the two boxes which were stacked in the far corner of the room and a picture frame which was propped up against them . |
| 7 | He could just make out the two rows of cottages and the fields beyond them . |
| 8 | To her right , as her eyes adjusted to the faint lifting of the darkness , she could just make out the first steps of the spiral tower staircase . |
| 9 | It was clear enough for Gareth to just make out the gaunt shapes of the drilling platforms on the north-eastern horizon . |
| 10 | When they waved to her , and held up little Enoch to see her better , she could no longer keep back the blinding tears . |
| 11 | If you could just jot down a few ideas that . |
| 12 | I 'll know it 'll be he who 'll end up cassandring me , precisely in nomansland where the male gods will ever take over the pythian oracles , turning them into twittering spokespersons . |
| 13 | A quarter of a century later , it is a moment she can still picture in her mind 's eye and she can still summon up the painful feelings of rejection , breach of trust and isolation that the break-up of her parents ’ marriage signified to her . |
| 14 | If your notes are well structured , you can nearly always fill in the decorative details later . |
| 15 | You can always fill in the missing details later . |
| 16 | Dr Jaffery could still point out the faded murals which filled niches of the Drum House — pictures of Central Asian plants , he thought , put there to remind the Mughals of their TransOxianan homelands — but the painted and gilt ceiling of the audience hall has entirely disappeared , along with the awnings , the Kashmiri carpets , the solid silver railings and the magnificent Peacock Throne which , with its twelve pillars of emerald supporting a golden roof topped with two gilt peacocks ablaze with precious stones , was arguably the most dazzling seat ever constructed . |
| 17 | On such capital-intensive projects , any over-runs can rapidly push up the overall costings . |
| 18 | ( The reader is advised to temporarily cover up the remaining nodes . ) |
| 19 | But now the old paternalism began to reassert itself , determined that whatever shackles had been placed around the BBC should also tie down the commercial companies . |
| 20 | At the same time , it can also bring out the complex ways in which such forms of power also produce their own forms of resistance ; as critics like Stephen Greenblatt demonstrate , these are not separable processes but are simultaneous effects of power . |
| 21 | Teaching should also bring out the structural characteristics of different types of verse and poetry , eg nursery rhymes , concrete poetry , haiku , limericks , ballads , sonnets etc . |
| 22 | By shopping around and comparing prices it is often possible to save quite a bit of money , but even so , dry mixes always work out more expensive than mixing your own , although they do also cut out the preliminary stages of the mixing process . |
| 23 | In the past , the surgeon would automatically snip out the affected tubes , but this could leave you with half the chance of conceiving later , or completely infertile . |
| 24 | If the information is acceptable , LIFESPAN will automatically fill in the missing identifiers/titles . |
| 25 | If the above information is acceptable , LIFESPAN will automatically fill in the missing identifiers/titles . |
| 26 | To my left was a rough wooden handrail , below , to right and left , I could now make out the grey slopes of two of the conical pits formed by the vault of the transept beneath — the floor under the catwalk was really a negative ceiling — but , apart from a yard or two near the edge , it was completely submerged in nest , as was the catwalk itself a few steps further in . |
| 27 | What was needed was ‘ to radically wipe out the major differences between towns and villages ’ in order ‘ to more powerfully homogenize our socialist society , to create a single worker people ’ . |
| 28 | After these preliminary remarks , we will now set out the main methods of accompaniment structure , bearing in mind that frequently one kind of structure may be fused with another , that colour factors may be combined with movement elements , etc . |
| 29 | It will selectively build up the thinned fibres , across which osmotic diffusion will be most rapid . |
| 30 | Q Could you please clear up a few points which I am sure confuse other readers as well as myself . |