Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] [vb -s] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We can infer from these studies that horses reared with other horses in a free and enriched environment ( like a large paddock which offers variety and interest ) , if given the extra stimulation of owners who continually expand their mental horizons , will be more intelligent than a horse that never leaves its paddock or continually lives in a stable or yard . |
| 2 | This assumption is not theoretically neutral and arguably derives from a traditional positivist view of law which defines law or legal systems in terms of their effectiveness in establishing ordered behaviour . |
| 3 | It introduces non-state actors and so belongs to a new pluralism in International Relations . |
| 4 | It is also that , even were it not , the reliance on competition between economic units inevitably generates individual/sectional self-interest , and so reproduces in a socialist economy the individualist attitudes and self-seeking practices characteristic of capitalism . |
| 5 | So a Gettier counter-example is one in which a has a justified but false belief by inference from which he justifiably believes something which happens to be true , and so arrives at a justified true belief which is not knowledge . |
| 6 | The smoke is probably unburnt fuel If the carb is a little bit worn it will do this The Solex carb is more prone to this than the later Zenith It may also be slight oil burning which is also very common as the engine starts and only happens for a few seconds This is a ‘ feature ’ of Land Rovers and is not really cause for concern |
| 7 | The melodic line must stand out with the greatest power and clarity in our arrangement , and obviously calls for a great sweep of strings . |
| 8 | Fourthly , London is situated in a favourable time-zone between the Far East and North America and thus acts as a valuable/key link between various national money and foreign exchange markets . |
| 9 | The second broad approach is what Kenneth Plummer has labelled the ‘ meta-theoretical ’ , and usually derives from a psychodynamic or neo- ( or even would-be ) Freudian theory . |
| 10 | The professional literature on violence is extensive and usually refers to a complex interaction of factors which have to be taken into account to explain its occurrence . |
| 11 | Listening to children reading has dominated the early stages of reading instruction for several decades , and still does to a great extent . |
| 12 | Thus , they reckon , a director who weighs up the burden of meeting interest charges , and still opts for a big loan , has got to feel assured of success . |
| 13 | To solve the clogging problem , Peter Oakes of A1 Garden Aquaria has made the GSM which uses Siporax and also acts as a main biological filter . |
| 14 | What is common to all these conceptions is the idea that economic development , based upon the growth of science — and even some kind of ‘ technological imperative ’ — has a pervasive and fundamental influence upon the whole of social and cultural life , and hence determines to a large extent the nature of political struggles , bringing into prominence new social groups , changing the balance of power between nations , and promoting an ever-growing intervention of the state in the economy . |
| 15 | All this is extremely helpful and clearly points towards a political explanation . |
| 16 | It lays two eggs in a scrappy nest made of twigs and grass , and habitually changes to a new colony site each year . |
| 17 | It is a mid-18th-century mansion built by the famous architect , John Adam , and typically consists of a main building with two connecting wings . |
| 18 | In its present form it is substantially an early eighteenth-century building , and now serves as a local nursing home . |
| 19 | Ameliaranne Stiggins , they suggest , has not been forced to take in washing to support the several children of her unfortunate failed early marriage — she did a New Horizons for Women course at her local community centre , passed her CQSW , and now works as a social worker in Tower Hamlets , where My Little Sister is her team leader . |
| 20 | Free milk to pupils was abolished in 1981 and now applies to a few very special cases . |
| 21 | He has multiplied his numbers to plague proportions , caused the extinction of 500 species of animals , ransacked the planet for fuels and now stands like a brutish infant , gloating over this meteoric rise to ascendancy , on the brink of a war to end all wars and of effectively destroying this oasis of life in the solar system . |
| 22 | If your business creates flyers , brochures , catalogues , price lists or anything that involves the combination of text , graphics , illustrations and even photographs into a single document you will need page makeup software . |
| 23 | But this is a resort that has moved with the times , and today serves as a superbly-located touring centre for North Wales as well as an entertainment-packed seaside destination . |
| 24 | ‘ He did write to that American professor that Boz ‘ disappears and presently emerges from a bathing machine , and may be seen — a kind of salmon-coloured porpoise splashing about in the ocean ’ . ’ |
| 25 | Calls a low-level procedure getframe in turn for each half of the image and then waits through a specified decay period , the exposure . |
| 26 | The 45 they 've decided to pluck from this last collection if ‘ Suck You Dry ’ , a glorious slab of grunge that opens with the innocent sound of a tambourine beating time and then explodes into a vampiric rocker that comes across like the successor ( at last ! ) to ‘ Touch Me , I 'm Sick ’ . |
| 27 | The more normal ‘ indirect ’ system has two water circuits : a primary circuit which is heated in the boiler and then circulates to a heat-exchange unit inside the hot water cylinder before returning to the boiler to be reheated ; and a second circuit which runs from the boiler to the radiators . |
| 28 | Water is pumped up a tall central stem and then tumbles into a small bowl . |
| 29 | Liability of T towards L2 and vice-versa rests upon a statutory basis . |
| 30 | Thus laden , I rode the 20 miles to Picton and caught the ferry ; stayed overnight in Wellington and then took the train to Auckland — no problems in putting the bike aboard ; and this journey lived up to expectations and surpassed them ; the scenery through the ‘ King Country ’ in autumn is quite unrivalled , and again looks like a superb area for a cycle tour . |