Example sentences of "[subord] [adj] [adv] [vb base] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 6.8 The observations above on the behaviour of these adjectives may appear to suggest a surprising degree of linguistic sophistication on the part of ordinary language users ; it may , though , seem less surprising now that we have recognized in the earlier part of this chapter the sense-qualifiers , since these distinctively qualify the property of a noun without constituting a qualification of the corresponding entity . |
| 2 | Whilst some now characterise the relationship as grossly unfavourable , others draw the line at calling it less favourable . |
| 3 | The S.S.O. said he 'd no complaints , and he was dead against changing specials , as that always upset the patient . |
| 4 | Each of these three events involved the legal process or changes in the law , and as such inevitably make the censorship issue in libraries less localized than it used to be even after the Obscene Publications Act of 1959 . |
| 5 | In practice , they are the only important regular market makers and as such collectively constitute the trading core of the market . |
| 6 | Do not carry on with large water changes , however , as these only perpetuate the problem . |
| 7 | All pest control technicians are now well and truly plugged into the system , as all now operate the hand held PSIONS . |
| 8 | The hypothesis is that , when there is no formal communication structure to ensure that the symbols used trigger the same reaction everywhere , differentiations such as those above have the effect of making it probable that they will trigger quite different responses in different people . |