Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] [adj] [prep] [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The politics are quite different , and if the SNP MPs really expected to be hailed as conquering heroes , then it can only fortify the impression that they were either negligent or culpably naive in thinking through the consequences of their actions . |
| 2 | I 've experimented with guns , of course , both mere projectile weapons and mortars which would lob the sling-bombs , but they have all been clumsy , dangerous , slow and rather prone to blowing up . |
| 3 | As the leavening of hardened veterans became sparser and sparser , so the pathetic eighteen-year-olds fresh from the parade grounds in the Fatherland showed themselves less and less capable of standing up to the remorseless demands of the Verdun fighting . |
| 4 | Strong enough to whip a 1 50-kilogramme seal out of the water with one paw , able to swim many kilometres in freezing seas and quite capable of climbing up almost vertical ice-faces , they represent one of nature 's supreme examples of adaptation to an inhospitable environment . |
| 5 | The acceleration is sensational and very similar to taking off in a piston-engined aircraft with open cockpit . |
| 6 | Pretty as it looks , the carpet in our picture is particularly hardwearing and very clever at shrugging off stains . |